# LanguageValue

## **Code list: LanguageValue**

Describes the permitted languages

| Value | Definition                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ----- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| cym   | The name is in the Welsh language.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| eng   | The name is in the English language.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| gla   | The name is in the Scottish Gaelic language.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| NULL  | <p>The language type is not set if there is only one name. This appears as</p><p>\<gn:language nilReason="inapplicable" xsi:nil="true"/> (that is, the concept of language is not applicable to ‘Accepted’ names).</p><p>NULL is also used if there are two names, and the language of one or both of the names is not recorded as English, Welsh or Gaelic. This appears as</p><p>\<gn:sourceOfName nilReason=”unknown” xsi:nil=”true”/>.</p> |


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