List of ISO 639 language codes

ISO 639 is a standardized nomenclature used to classify languages.[1] Each language is assigned a two-letter (set 1) and three-letter lowercase abbreviation (sets 2–5).[2]

Table

This table lists all of two-letter codes (set 1), one per language for ISO 639 macrolanguage, and some of the three-letter codes of the other sets, formerly parts 2 and 3.

ISO language name Set 1 Set 2/T Set 2/B Set 3 Notes
Abkhazian ab abk abk abk also known as Abkhaz
Afar aa aar aar aar
Afrikaans af afr afr afr
Akan ak aka aka aka + 2 macrolanguage, Twi is tw/twi, Fanti is fat
Albanian sq sqi alb sqi + 4 macrolanguage, called "Albanian Phylozone" in 639-6
Amharic am amh amh amh
Arabic ar ara ara ara + 28 macrolanguage, Standard Arabic is arb
Aragonese an arg arg arg
Armenian hy hye arm hye ISO 639-3 code hye is for Eastern Armenian, hyw is for Western Armenian, and xcl is for Classical Armenian
Assamese as asm asm asm
Avaric av ava ava ava also known as Avar
Avestan ae ave ave ave ancient
Aymara ay aym aym aym + 2 macrolanguage
Azerbaijani az aze aze aze + 2 macrolanguage, also known as Azeri
Bambara bm bam bam bam
Bashkir ba bak bak bak
Basque eu eus baq eus
Belarusian be bel bel bel
Bengali bn ben ben ben also known as Bangla
Bislama bi bis bis bis Language formed from English and Vanuatuan languages, with some French influence.
Bosnian bs bos bos bos
Breton br bre bre bre
Bulgarian bg bul bul bul
Burmese my mya bur mya also known as Myanmar
Catalan, Valencian ca cat cat cat
Chamorro ch cha cha cha
Chechen ce che che che
Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja ny nya nya nya
Chinese zh zho chi zho + 16 macrolanguage
Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic cu chu chu chu ancient, in use by the Eastern Orthodox Church
Chuvash cv chv chv chv
Cornish kw cor cor cor
Corsican co cos cos cos
Cree cr cre cre cre + 6 macrolanguage
Croatian hr hrv hrv hrv
Czech cs ces cze ces
Danish da dan dan dan
Divehi, Dhivehi, Maldivian dv div div div
Dutch, Flemish nl nld dut nld Flemish is not to be confused with the closely related West Flemish which is referred to as Vlaams (Dutch for "Flemish") in ISO 639-3 and has the ISO 639-3 code vls
Dzongkha dz dzo dzo dzo
English en eng eng eng
Esperanto eo epo epo epo constructed, initially by L.L. Zamenhof in 1887
Estonian et est est est + 2 macrolanguage
Ewe ee ewe ewe ewe
Faroese fo fao fao fao
Fijian fj fij fij fij
Finnish fi fin fin fin
French fr fra fre fra
Western Frisian fy fry fry fry also known as Frisian or Fries
Fulah ff ful ful ful + 9 macrolanguage, also known as Fula
Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic gd gla gla gla
Galician gl glg glg glg
Ganda lg lug lug lug
Georgian ka kat geo kat
German de deu ger deu
Greek, Modern (1453–) el ell gre ell for Ancient Greek, use the ISO 639-3 code grc
Kalaallisut, Greenlandic kl kal kal kal
Guarani gn grn grn grn + 5 macrolanguage
Gujarati gu guj guj guj
Haitian, Haitian Creole ht hat hat hat
Hausa ha hau hau hau
Hebrew he heb heb heb Modern Hebrew. Code changed in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, iw.[3]
Herero hz her her her
Hindi hi hin hin hin
Hiri Motu ho hmo hmo hmo
Hungarian hu hun hun hun
Icelandic is isl ice isl
Ido io ido ido ido constructed by De Beaufront, 1907, as variation of Esperanto
Igbo ig ibo ibo ibo
Indonesian id ind ind ind covered by macrolanguage ms/msa. Changed in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, in.[3]
Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association) ia ina ina ina constructed by the International Auxiliary Language Association
Interlingue, Occidental ie ile ile ile constructed by Edgar de Wahl, first published in 1922
Inuktitut iu iku iku iku + 2 macrolanguage
Inupiaq ik ipk ipk ipk + 2 macrolanguage
Irish ga gle gle gle
Italian it ita ita ita
Japanese ja jpn jpn jpn
Javanese jv jav jav jav
Kannada kn kan kan kan
Kanuri kr kau kau kau + 3 macrolanguage
Kashmiri ks kas kas kas
Kazakh kk kaz kaz kaz
Central Khmer km khm khm khm also known as Khmer or Cambodian
Kikuyu, Gikuyu ki kik kik kik
Kinyarwanda rw kin kin kin
Kirghiz, Kyrgyz ky kir kir kir
Komi kv kom kom kom + 2 macrolanguage
Kongo kg kon kon kon + 3 macrolanguage
Korean ko kor kor kor
Kuanyama, Kwanyama kj kua kua kua
Kurdish ku kur kur kur + 3 macrolanguage
Lao lo lao lao lao
Latin la lat lat lat ancient
Latvian lv lav lav lav + 2 macrolanguage
Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish li lim lim lim
Lingala ln lin lin lin
Lithuanian lt lit lit lit
Luba-Katanga lu lub lub lub also known as Luba-Shaba
Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch lb ltz ltz ltz also known as Luxembourgian and Lëtzebuergesch
Macedonian mk mkd mac mkd
Malagasy mg mlg mlg mlg + 11 macrolanguage
Malay ms msa may msa + 36 macrolanguage, Standard Malay is zsm, Indonesian is id/ind
Malayalam ml mal mal mal
Maltese mt mlt mlt mlt
Manx gv glv glv glv
Maori mi mri mao mri also known as Māori
Marathi mr mar mar mar also known as Marāṭhī
Marshallese mh mah mah mah
Mongolian mn mon mon mon + 2 macrolanguage
Nauru na nau nau nau also known as Nauruan
Navajo, Navaho nv nav nav nav
North Ndebele nd nde nde nde also known as Northern Ndebele
South Ndebele nr nbl nbl nbl also known as Southern Ndebele
Ndonga ng ndo ndo ndo
Nepali ne nep nep nep + 2 macrolanguage
Norwegian no nor nor nor + 2 macrolanguage, Bokmål is nb/nob, Nynorsk is nn/nno
Norwegian Bokmål nb nob nob nob covered by macrolanguage no/nor
Norwegian Nynorsk nn nno nno nno covered by macrolanguage no/nor
Sichuan Yi, Nuosu ii iii iii iii standard form of the Yi languages
Occitan oc oci oci oci
Ojibwa oj oji oji oji + 7 macrolanguage, also known as Ojibwe
Oriya or ori ori ori + 2 macrolanguage, also known as Odia
Oromo om orm orm orm + 4 macrolanguage
Ossetian, Ossetic os oss oss oss
Pali pi pli pli pli ancient, also known as Pāli
Pashto, Pushto ps pus pus pus + 3 macrolanguage
Persian fa fas per fas + 2 macrolanguage, also known as Farsi
Polish pl pol pol pol
Portuguese pt por por por
Punjabi, Panjabi pa pan pan pan
Quechua qu que que que + 43 macrolanguage
Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan ro ron rum ron the identifiers mo and mol for Moldavian are deprecated. They will not be assigned to different items, and recordings using these identifiers will not be invalid.
Romansh rm roh roh roh
Rundi rn run run run also known as Kirundi
Russian ru rus rus rus
Northern Sami se sme sme sme
Samoan sm smo smo smo
Sango sg sag sag sag
Sanskrit sa san san san ancient
Sardinian sc srd srd srd + 4 macrolanguage
Serbian sr srp srp srp the ISO 639-2/T code srp deprecated the ISO 639-2/B code scc[4]
Shona sn sna sna sna
Sindhi sd snd snd snd
Sinhala, Sinhalese si sin sin sin
Slovak sk slk slo slk
Slovenian sl slv slv slv also known as Slovene
Somali so som som som
Southern Sotho st sot sot sot
Spanish, Castilian es spa spa spa
Sundanese su sun sun sun
Swahili sw swa swa swa + 2 macrolanguage
Swati ss ssw ssw ssw also known as Swazi
Swedish sv swe swe swe
Tagalog tl tgl tgl tgl note: Filipino (Pilipino) has the code fil
Tahitian ty tah tah tah one of the Reo Mā`ohi (languages of French Polynesia)[5]
Tajik tg tgk tgk tgk
Tamil ta tam tam tam also known as Tamizh
Tatar tt tat tat tat
Telugu te tel tel tel
Thai th tha tha tha
Tibetan bo bod tib bod also known as Standard Tibetan
Tigrinya ti tir tir tir
Tonga (Tonga Islands) to ton ton ton also known as Tongan
Tsonga ts tso tso tso
Tswana tn tsn tsn tsn
Turkish tr tur tur tur
Turkmen tk tuk tuk tuk
Twi tw twi twi twi covered by macrolanguage ak/aka
Uighur, Uyghur ug uig uig uig
Ukrainian uk ukr ukr ukr
Urdu ur urd urd urd
Uzbek uz uzb uzb uzb + 2 macrolanguage
Venda ve ven ven ven
Vietnamese vi vie vie vie
Volapük vo vol vol vol constructed
Walloon wa wln wln wln
Welsh cy cym wel cym
Wolof wo wol wol wol
Xhosa xh xho xho xho
Yiddish yi yid yid yid + 2 macrolanguage. Changed in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, ji.[3]
Yoruba yo yor yor yor
Zhuang, Chuang za zha zha zha + 16 macrolanguage
Zulu zu zul zul zul

Table of all possible two letter codes

Decoding table of ISO 639 alpha-2 codes (set 1)
aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az
ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz
ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz
da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz
ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em en eo ep eq er es et eu ev ew ex ey ez
fa fb fc fd fe ff fg fh fi fj fk fl fm fn fo fp fq fr fs ft fu fv fw fx fy fz
ga gb gc gd ge gf gg gh gi gj gk gl gm gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx gy gz
ha hb hc hd he hf hg hh hi hj hk hl hm hn ho hp hq hr hs ht hu hv hw hx hy hz
ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is it iu iv iw ix iy iz
ja jb jc jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz
ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr ks kt ku kv kw kx ky kz
la lb lc ld le lf lg lh li lj lk ll lm ln lo lp lq lr ls lt lu lv lw lx ly lz
ma mb mc md me mf mg mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz
na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns nt nu nv nw nx ny nz
oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot ou ov ow ox oy oz
pa pb pc pd pe pf pg ph pi pj pk pl pm pn po pp pq pr ps pt pu pv pw px py pz
qa qb qc qd qe qf qg qh qi qj qk ql qm qn qo qp qq qr qs qt qu qv qw qx qy qz
ra rb rc rd re rf rg rh ri rj rk rl rm rn ro rp rq rr rs rt ru rv rw rx ry rz
sa sb sc sd se sf sg sh si sj sk sl sm sn so sp sq sr ss st su sv sw sx sy sz
ta tb tc td te tf tg th ti tj tk tl tm tn to tp tq tr ts tt tu tv tw tx ty tz
ua ub uc ud ue uf ug uh ui uj uk ul um un uo up uq ur us ut uu uv uw ux uy uz
va vb vc vd ve vf vg vh vi vj vk vl vm vn vo vp vq vr vs vt vu vv vw vx vy vz
wa wb wc wd we wf wg wh wi wj wk wl wm wn wo wp wq wr ws wt wu wv ww wx wy wz
xa xb xc xd xe xf xg xh xi xj xk xl xm xn xo xp xq xr xs xt xu xv xw xx xy xz
ya yb yc yd ye yf yg yh yi yj yk yl ym yn yo yp yq yr ys yt yu yv yw yx yy yz
za zb zc zd ze zf zg zh zi zj zk zl zm zn zo zp zq zr zs zt zu zv zw zx zy zz
Colour legend
183/676
 Officially assigned: assigned to a language
7/676
 Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned
486/676
 Unassigned

References

  1. ^ "ISO 639:2023 Code for individual languages and language groups". International Organization for Standardization. 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2023-12-17. This document specifies the ISO 639 language code and establishes the harmonized terminology and general principles of language coding.
  2. ^ "Access to the databases of the ISO 639 Language Code" (PDF). International Organization for Standardization. 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  3. ^ a b c Cover, Robin. "Code for the Representation of the Names of Languages. From ISO 639, revised 1989". xml.coverpages.org. Archived from the original on 2018-04-04. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  4. ^ "Code Changes". ISO 639-2. Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  5. ^ Charpentier, Jean-Michel; François, Alexandre (2015). Atlas Linguistique de Polynésie Française — Linguistic Atlas of French Polynesia (in French and English). Mouton de Gruyter & Université de la Polynésie Française. p. 106. ISBN 978-3-11-026035-9. Archived from the original on 2019-10-29. Retrieved 2021-01-22.

External links

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