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List of ISO 639-1 Codes

ISO 639 is a standardized nomenclature used to classify languages. Each language is assigned a two-letter (639-1) and three-letter (639-2 and 639-3) lowercase abbreviation, amended in later versions of the nomenclature.

This table lists all of:

And some of:

  • ISO 639-2/T: three-letter codes, for the same languages as 639-1
  • ISO 639-2/B: three-letter codes, mostly the same as 639-2/T, but with some codes derived from English names rather than native names of languages (in the following table, these differing codes are highlighted in boldface)
  • ISO 639-3: three-letter codes, the same as 639-2/T for languages, but with distinct codes for each variety of an ISO 639 macrolanguage

Note: Colors on the leftmost column represent the language family mentioned in the second column.

Language family ISO language name Native name (endonym) 639-1 639-2/T 639-2/B 639-3 Notes
Northwest Caucasian Abkhazian , ab abk abk abk also known as Abkhaz
Afro-Asiatic Afar Afaraf aa aar aar aar
Afrikaans Afrikaans af afr afr afr
Niger-Congo Akan Akan ak aka aka aka + 2 macrolanguage, Twi is [tw/twi], Fanti is [fat]
Indo-European Albanian Shqip sq sqi alb sqi + 4 macrolanguage, "Albanian Phylozone" in 639-6
Afro-Asiatic Amharic ? am amh amh amh
Afro-Asiatic Arabic
?
 ar ara ara macrolanguage, Standard Arabic is [arb]
Indo-European Aragonese aragonés an arg arg arg
Indo-European Armenian ? hy hye arm hye also known as ?; ISO 639-3 code "hye" is for Eastern Armenian, "hyw" is for Western Armenian, and "xcl" is for Classical Armenian
Indo-European Assamese ? as asm asm asm
Northeast Caucasian Avaric ? ?, ? av ava ava ava also known as Avar
Indo-European Avestan avesta ae ave ave ave ancient
Aymaran Aymara aymar aru ay aym aym aym + 2 macrolanguage
Turkic Azerbaijani az?rbaycan dili, az aze aze aze + 2 macrolanguage
Niger-Congo Bambara bamanankan bm bam bam bam
Turkic Bashkir ? ? ba bak bak bak
Language isolate Basque euskara, euskera eu eus baq eus
Indo-European Belarusian ? ? be bel bel bel
Indo-European Bengali bn ben ben ben also known as Bangla
Indo-European ? bh bih bih collective language code for Bhojpuri, Magahi, and Maithili
Creole Bislama Bislama bi bis bis bis Language formed from English and Ni-Vanuatu, with some French influence.
Indo-European Bosnian bosanski jezik bs bos bos bos
Indo-European Breton brezhoneg br bre bre bre
Indo-European Bulgarian ? bg bul bul bul
Sino-Tibetan Burmese my mya bur mya also known as Myanmar
Indo-European Catalan, Valencian català, valencià ca cat cat cat
Austronesian Chamorro Chamoru ch cha cha cha
Northeast Caucasian Chechen ? ? ce che che che
Niger-Congo Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja chiChe?a, chinyanja ny nya nya nya
Sino-Tibetan Chinese (Zh?ngwén), , zh zho chi macrolanguage
Turkic Chuvash cv chv chv chv
Indo-European Cornish Kernewek kw cor cor cor
Indo-European Corsican corsu, lingua corsa co cos cos cos
Algonquian Cree ? cr cre cre cre + 6 macrolanguage
Indo-European Croatian hrvatski jezik hr hrv hrv hrv
Indo-European Czech ?e?tina, ?eský jazyk cs ces cze ces
Indo-European Danish dansk da dan dan dan
Indo-European Divehi, Dhivehi, Maldivian
dv div div div
Indo-European Dutch, Flemish Nederlands, Vlaams 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
Sino-Tibetan Dzongkha dz dzo dzo dzo
Indo-European English English en eng eng eng
Constructed Esperanto Esperanto eo epo epo epo constructed, initiated from L.L. Zamenhof, 1887
Uralic Estonian eesti, eesti keel et est est est + 2 macrolanguage
Niger-Congo Ewe E?egbe ee ewe ewe ewe
Indo-European Faroese føroyskt fo fao fao fao
Austronesian Fijian vosa Vakaviti fj fij fij fij
Uralic Finnish suomi, suomen kieli fi fin fin fin
Indo-European French français, langue française fr fra fre fra
Niger-Congo Fulah Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular ff ful ful ful + 9 macrolanguage, also known as Fula
Indo-European Galician Galego gl glg glg glg
Kartvelian Georgian ? ka kat geo kat
Indo-European German Deutsch de deu ger deu
Indo-European Greek, Modern (1453-) el ell gre ell
Tupian Guarani Avañe'? gn grn grn grn + 5 macrolanguage
Indo-European Gujarati ? gu guj guj guj
Creole Haitian, Haitian Creole Kreyòl ayisyen ht hat hat hat
Afro-Asiatic Hausa
(Hausa)
ha hau hau hau
Afro-Asiatic Hebrew
he heb heb heb Modern Hebrew. Code changed in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, iw.[1]
Niger-Congo Herero Otjiherero hz her her her
Indo-European Hindi , hi hin hin hin
Austronesian Hiri Motu Hiri Motu ho hmo hmo hmo
Uralic Hungarian magyar hu hun hun hun
Constructed Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association) Interlingua ia ina ina ina constructed by International Auxiliary Language Association
Austronesian Indonesian Bahasa Indonesia id ind ind ind Covered by macrolanguage [ms/msa]. Changed in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, in.[1]
Constructed Interlingue, Occidental (originally:) Occidental, (after WWII:) Interlingue ie ile ile ile constructed by Edgar de Wahl, first published in 1922
Indo-European Irish Gaeilge ga gle gle gle
Niger-Congo Igbo As?s? Igbo ig ibo ibo ibo
Eskimo-Aleut Inupiaq Iñupiaq, Iñupiatun ik ipk ipk ipk + 2 macrolanguage
Constructed Ido Ido io ido ido ido constructed by De Beaufront, 1907, as variation of Esperanto
Indo-European Icelandic Íslenska is isl ice isl
Indo-European Italian Italiano it ita ita ita
Eskimo-Aleut Inuktitut iu iku iku iku + 2 macrolanguage
Japonic Japanese (?) ja jpn jpn jpn
Austronesian Javanese ?, Basa Jawa jv jav jav jav
Eskimo-Aleut Kalaallisut, Greenlandic kalaallisut, kalaallit oqaasii kl kal kal kal
Dravidian Kannada kn kan kan kan
Nilo-Saharan Kanuri Kanuri kr kau kau kau + 3 macrolanguage
Indo-European Kashmiri ?, ‎ ks kas kas kas
Turkic Kazakh ? kk kaz kaz kaz
Austroasiatic Central Khmer , , km khm khm khm also known as Khmer or Cambodian
Niger-Congo Kikuyu, Gikuyu G?k?y? ki kik kik kik
Niger-Congo Kinyarwanda Ikinyarwanda rw kin kin kin
Turkic Kirghiz, Kyrgyz , ? ky kir kir kir
Uralic Komi ? kv kom kom kom + 2 macrolanguage
Niger-Congo Kongo Kikongo kg kon kon kon + 3 macrolanguage
Koreanic Korean ko kor kor kor
Indo-European Kurdish Kurdî, ‎ ku kur kur kur + 3 macrolanguage
Niger-Congo Kuanyama, Kwanyama Kuanyama kj kua kua kua
Indo-European Latin latine, lingua latina la lat lat lat ancient
Indo-European Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch Lëtzebuergesch lb ltz ltz ltz
Niger-Congo Ganda Luganda lg lug lug lug
Indo-European Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish Limburgs li lim lim lim
Niger-Congo Lingala Lingála ln lin lin lin
Tai-Kadai Lao ? lo lao lao lao
Indo-European Lithuanian lietuvi? kalba lt lit lit lit
Niger-Congo Luba-Katanga Kiluba lu lub lub lub also known as Luba-Shaba
Indo-European Latvian latvie?u valoda lv lav lav lav + 2 macrolanguage
Indo-European Manx Gaelg, Gailck gv glv glv glv
Indo-European Macedonian ? mk mkd mac mkd
Austronesian Malagasy fiteny malagasy mg mlg mlg mlg + 11 macrolanguage
Austronesian Malay Bahasa Melayu, ? ‎ ms msa may macrolanguage, Standard Malay is [zsm], Indonesian is [id/ind]
Dravidian Malayalam ml mal mal mal
Afro-Asiatic Maltese Malti mt mlt mlt mlt
Austronesian Maori te reo M?ori mi mri mao mri also known as M?ori
Indo-European Marathi mr mar mar mar also known as Marh?
Austronesian Marshallese Kajin M?aje? mh mah mah mah
Mongolic Mongolian mn mon mon mon + 2 macrolanguage
Austronesian Nauru Dorerin Naoero na nau nau nau also known as Nauruan
Dené-Yeniseian Navajo, Navaho Diné bizaad nv nav nav nav
Niger-Congo North Ndebele isiNdebele nd nde nde nde also known as Northern Ndebele
Indo-European Nepali ne nep nep nep + 2 macrolanguage
Niger-Congo Ndonga Owambo ng ndo ndo ndo
Indo-European Norwegian Bokmål Norsk Bokmål nb nob nob nob Covered by macrolanguage [no/nor]
Indo-European Norwegian Nynorsk Norsk Nynorsk nn nno nno nno Covered by macrolanguage [no/nor]
Indo-European Norwegian Norsk no nor nor nor + 2 macrolanguage, Bokmål is [nb/nob], Nynorsk is [nn/nno]
Sino-Tibetan Sichuan Yi, Nuosu Nuosuhxop ii iii iii iii Standard form of Yi languages
Niger-Congo South Ndebele isiNdebele nr nbl nbl nbl also known as Southern Ndebele
Indo-European Occitan occitan, lenga d'òc oc oci oci oci
Algonquian Ojibwa oj oji oji oji + 7 macrolanguage, also known as Ojibwe
Indo-European Church Slavic, Old Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian, Old Church Slavonic ? cu chu chu chu ancient, in use by Orthodox Church
Afro-Asiatic Oromo Afaan Oromoo om orm orm orm + 4 macrolanguage
Indo-European Oriya or ori ori ori + 2 macrolanguage, also known as Odia
Indo-European Ossetian, Ossetic ? æ? os oss oss oss
Indo-European Punjabi, Panjabi , ‎ pa pan pan pan
Indo-European Pali ?, ? pi pli pli pli ancient, also known as P?li
Indo-European Persian
fa fas per fas + 2 macrolanguage, also known as Farsi
Indo-European Polish j?zyk polski, polszczyzna pl pol pol pol
Indo-European Pashto, Pushto
?
 ps pus pus pus + 3 macrolanguage
Indo-European Portuguese Português pt por por por
Quechuan Quechua Runa Simi, Kichwa qu que que que + 43 macrolanguage
Indo-European Romansh Rumantsch Grischun rm roh roh roh
Niger-Congo Rundi Ikirundi rn run run run also known as Kirundi
Indo-European Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan Român? ro ron rum ron The identifiers mo and mol are deprecated, leaving ro and ron (639-2/T) and rum (639-2/B) the current language identifiers to be used for the variant of the Romanian language also known as Moldavian and Moldovan in English and moldave in French. The identifiers mo and mol will not be assigned to different items, and recordings using these identifiers will not be invalid.
Indo-European Russian ? ru rus rus rus
Indo-European Sanskrit sa san san san ancient, still spoken, also known as Sa?sk?ta
Indo-European Sardinian sardu sc srd srd srd + 4 macrolanguage
Indo-European Sindhi , ‎ sd snd snd snd
Uralic Northern Sami Davvisámegiella se sme sme sme
Austronesian Samoan gagana fa'a Samoa sm smo smo smo
Creole Sango yângâ tî sängö sg sag sag sag
Indo-European Serbian sr srp srp srp The ISO 639-2/T code srp deprecated the ISO 639-2/B code scc[2]
Indo-European Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic Gàidhlig gd gla gla gla
Niger-Congo Shona chiShona sn sna sna sna
Indo-European Sinhala, Sinhalese si sin sin sin
Indo-European Slovak Sloven?ina, Slovenský jazyk sk slk slo slk
Indo-European Slovenian Slovenski jezik, Slovenina sl slv slv slv also known as Slovene
Afro-Asiatic Somali Soomaaliga, af Soomaali so som som som
Niger-Congo Southern Sotho Sesotho st sot sot sot
Indo-European Spanish, Castilian Español es spa spa spa
Austronesian Sundanese Basa Sunda su sun sun sun
Niger-Congo Swahili Kiswahili sw swa swa swa + 2 macrolanguage
Niger-Congo Swati SiSwati ss ssw ssw ssw also known as Swazi
Indo-European Swedish Svenska sv swe swe swe
Dravidian Tamil ta tam tam tam
Dravidian Telugu te tel tel tel
Indo-European Tajik , toçik?, ‎ tg tgk tgk tgk
Tai-Kadai Thai th tha tha tha
Afro-Asiatic Tigrinya ? ti tir tir tir
Sino-Tibetan Tibetan ? bo bod tib bod also known as Standard Tibetan
Turkic Turkmen Türkmen, ? tk tuk tuk tuk
Austronesian Tagalog Wikang Tagalog tl tgl tgl tgl Note: Filipino (Pilipino) has the code [fil]
Niger-Congo Tswana Setswana tn tsn tsn tsn
Austronesian Tonga (Tonga Islands) Faka Tonga to ton ton ton also known as Tongan
Turkic Turkish Türkçe tr tur tur tur
Niger-Congo Tsonga Xitsonga ts tso tso tso
Turkic Tatar ?, tatar tele tt tat tat tat
Niger-Congo Twi Twi tw twi twi twi Covered by macrolanguage [ak/aka]
Austronesian Tahitian Reo Tahiti ty tah tah tah One of the Reo M?`ohi (languages of French Polynesia)
Turkic Uighur, Uyghur ‎, Uyghurche ug uig uig uig
Indo-European Ukrainian ? uk ukr ukr ukr
Indo-European Urdu
?
 ur urd urd urd
Turkic Uzbek O?zbek, , ‎ uz uzb uzb uzb + 2 macrolanguage
Niger-Congo Venda Tshiven?a ve ven ven ven
Austroasiatic Vietnamese Ti?ng Vi?t vi vie vie vie
Constructed Volapük Volapük vo vol vol vol constructed
Indo-European Walloon wa wln wln wln
Indo-European Welsh Cymraeg cy cym wel cym
Niger-Congo Wolof Wollof wo wol wol wol
Indo-European Western Frisian Frysk fy fry fry fry also known as Frisian
Niger-Congo Xhosa isiXhosa xh xho xho xho
Indo-European Yiddish
yi yid yid yid + 2 macrolanguage. Changed in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, ji.[1]
Niger-Congo Yoruba Yorùbá yo yor yor yor
Tai-Kadai Zhuang, Chuang Sa? cue, Saw cuengh za zha zha zha + 16 macrolanguage
Niger-Congo Zulu isiZulu zu zul zul zul

Table of all possible two letter codes

Decoding table of ISO 639-1 alpha-2 codes
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
184/676 Officially assigned: assigned to a language
6/676 Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned
486/676 Unassigned

References

  1. ^ a b c Cover, Robin. "Code for the Representation of the Names of Languages. From ISO 639, revised 1989". xml.coverpages.org. Retrieved .
  2. ^ "Code Changes". ISO 639-2. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2012.

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