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The following is a selective list of classification numbers for literatures, together with the language of the literature included in the area. Note: this list is far from complete.

LC Class Number Literature Classed There
PA3000-PA5868 Greek (including modern)
PA6000-PA8595 Latin
PB1000-PB3029 Celtic (various) languages and literatures
PC800-PC872 Romanian
PC3900-PC3976 Catalan
PG1000-PG1146 Bulgarian
PG1400-PG1696 Serbo-Croatian (or, Serbian and Croatian)
PG2801-PG2826 Russian
PG3900-PG3987 Ukrainian
PG5000-PG5146 Czech
PG5400-PG5546 Slovak
PG7001-PG7446 Polish
PH300-PH405 Finnish
PH3001-PH3445 Hungarian
PJ5001-PJ5060 Hebrew
PJ5111-PJ5192 Yiddish
PJ7501-PJ8518 Arabic
PK2901-PK5471 Indo-Aryan (languages of India)
PK6400-PK6546 Iranian
PL700-PL889 Japanese
PL2250-PL3208 Chinese
PN General and comparative literature; also film
PQ1-PQ3999 French [PQ3900-3919 not used at Queen's; see PS9000-PS9649]
PQ4000-PQ5991 Italian
PQ6000-PQ8921 Spanish (including Spanish American
PQ9000-PQ9991 Portuguese (including Brazilian)
PR1-PR8967 English (British and Irish)
PR9080-PR9680 English (Commonwealth, etc.) [PR9180-9199 not used at Queen's; see PS8000-PS8649]
PS1-PS3576 English (American)
PS8000-PS8649 English-Canadian [used at Queen's; not LC]
PS9000-PS9649 French-Canadian [used at Queen's; not LC]
PT1-PT4897 German
PT5001-PT6593 Dutch, Flemish, Afrikaans
PT7001-PT9999 Scandinavian (Icelandic, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish)
PZ Not used at Queen's; formerly used for fiction

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