Introduction

A job may require proficiency in a language to a certain level, a person may possess a particular language skill. This argot is used to describe these proficiencies.

See also: http://ramonantonio.net/doac/0.1/

Details

Language skill

Identifier: http://ramonantonio.net/doac/0.1/#LanguageSkill

Language

Identifier: http://ramonantonio.net/doac/0.1/#Language

The language being referred to. This is the two character ISO code.

Reads

Identifier: http://ramonantonio.net/doac/0.1/#reads

The level of reading in the language that is required or attained.

Writes

Identifier: http://ramonantonio.net/doac/0.1/#writes

The level of writing in the language that is required or attained.

Speaks

Identifier: http://ramonantonio.net/doac/0.1/#speaks

The level of speaking in the language that is required or attained.

Levels

The reads, writes and speaks levels are as follows:

Native level

Identifier:

Example

A GCHQ linguist job is described as follows:

We are currently looking for people with the following languages, however this list will change according to needs of our business:
 
Amharic, Arabic, Baluchi, Bengali, Brahui, Chinese, Dari, Farsi, Georgian, Hausa, Hindi, Korean, Mirpuri, Pashto, Potohari, Punjabi, Shona, Somali, Sorani, Swahili and Urdu.
 
A formal qualification is not required, but you should have native tongue or degree level knowledge of the language. In addition to excellent language skills and good English, you must be able to demonstrate an interest in, and understanding of, the cultural and current affairs of the region(s) related to the language(s) you speak.