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== Form:Enter language ==
'''All languages in the the ISO 639-1 approved list are now (18 May 2023) entered.'''
To edit an existing entry, use the form [[Form:Enter language]]
For a list of valid languages (in the ISO 639-1 sense) see [[:Category:Languages]].
For experts, there are other relevant resources in [[:Category:Languages/tools]]
In particular see [[Languages_speakers]].
=== Languages so far ===
There are entries on the following {{#ask:[[Category:Languages]] | limit=500 | format=count}} languages:
{{#ask:[[Category:Languages]] | limit=500 | format=table | mainlabel=Language | ?Has langcode=ISO 639-1 code
| ?Has langcode bis=ISO 639-2 code | ?Has population=Native speakers#
| ?Has population bis=2nd language speakers
}}
Work is under way to add languages from ISO 639-2 not in ISO 639-1 and selected languages from macrolanguage groups in ISO 693-3 in the light of expected user demand.
== Overview ==
As noted on the page [[Wikipedia:Languages]]:
As noted on the page [[Wikipedia:Languages]]:


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!Notes
!Notes
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|-
|Abkhazian
|[[Abkhazian]]
|<code>ab</code>
|<code>ab</code>
|<code>abk</code>
|<code>abk</code>
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|also known as Abkhaz
|also known as Abkhaz
|-
|-
|Afar
|[[Afar]]
|<code>aa</code>
|<code>aa</code>
|<code>aar</code>
|<code>aar</code>
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|
|-
|-
|Afrikaans
|[[Afrikaans]]
|<code>af</code>
|<code>af</code>
|<code>afr</code>
|<code>afr</code>
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|-
|-
|Akan
|[[Akan]]
|<code>ak</code>
|<code>ak</code>
|<code>aka</code>
|<code>aka</code>
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|macrolanguage, Twi is <code>tw</code>/<code>twi</code>, Fanti is <code>fat</code>
|macrolanguage, Twi is <code>tw</code>/<code>twi</code>, Fanti is <code>fat</code>
|-
|-
|Albanian
|[[Albanian]]
|<code>sq</code>
|<code>sq</code>
|<code>sqi</code>
|<code>sqi</code>
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|macrolanguage, called "Albanian Phylozone" in 639-6
|macrolanguage, called "Albanian Phylozone" in 639-6
|-
|-
|Amharic
|[[Amharic]]
|<code>am</code>
|<code>am</code>
|<code>amh</code>
|<code>amh</code>
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|
|-
|-
|Arabic
|[[Arabic]]
|<code>ar</code>
|<code>ar</code>
|<code>ara</code>
|<code>ara</code>
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|macrolanguage, Standard Arabic is <code>arb</code>
|macrolanguage, Standard Arabic is <code>arb</code>
|-
|-
|Aragonese
|[[Aragonese]]
|<code>an</code>
|<code>an</code>
|<code>arg</code>
|<code>arg</code>
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|
|-
|-
|Armenian
|[[Armenian]]
|<code>hy</code>
|<code>hy</code>
|<code>hye</code>
|<code>hye</code>
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|ISO 639-3 code <code>hye</code> is for Eastern Armenian, <code>hyw</code> is for Western Armenian, and <code>xcl</code> is for Classical Armenian
|ISO 639-3 code <code>hye</code> is for Eastern Armenian, <code>hyw</code> is for Western Armenian, and <code>xcl</code> is for Classical Armenian
|-
|-
|Assamese
|[[Assamese]]
|<code>as</code>
|<code>as</code>
|<code>asm</code>
|<code>asm</code>
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|
|-
|-
|Avaric
|[[Avaric]]
|<code>av</code>
|<code>av</code>
|<code>ava</code>
|<code>ava</code>
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|also known as Avar
|also known as Avar
|-
|-
|Avestan
|[[Avestan]]
|<code>ae</code>
|<code>ae</code>
|<code>ave</code>
|<code>ave</code>
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|ancient
|ancient
|-
|-
|Aymara
|[[Aymara]]
|<code>ay</code>
|<code>ay</code>
|<code>aym</code>
|<code>aym</code>
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|macrolanguage
|macrolanguage
|-
|-
|Azerbaijani
|[[Azerbaijani]]
|<code>az</code>
|<code>az</code>
|<code>aze</code>
|<code>aze</code>
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|-
|-
|Bulgarian
|[[Bulgarian]]
|<code>bg</code>
|<code>bg</code>
|<code>bul</code>
|<code>bul</code>
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|also known as Myanmar
|also known as Myanmar
|-
|-
|Catalan (Valencian)
|[[Catalan]] (Valencian)
|<code>ca</code>
|<code>ca</code>
|<code>cat</code>
|<code>cat</code>
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|macrolanguage
|macrolanguage
|-
|-
|Korean
|[[Korean]]
|<code>ko</code>
|<code>ko</code>
|<code>kor</code>
|<code>kor</code>
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|-
|-
|Lithuanian
|[[Lithuanian]]
|<code>lt</code>
|<code>lt</code>
|<code>lit</code>
|<code>lit</code>
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|-
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|Maltese
|[[Maltese]]
|<code>mt</code>
|<code>mt</code>
|<code>mlt</code>
|<code>mlt</code>
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Latest revision as of 19:43, 18 May 2023

Form:Enter language

All languages in the the ISO 639-1 approved list are now (18 May 2023) entered.

To edit an existing entry, use the form Form:Enter language

For a list of valid languages (in the ISO 639-1 sense) see Category:Languages.

For experts, there are other relevant resources in Category:Languages/tools

In particular see Languages_speakers.


Languages so far

There are entries on the following 182 languages:

LanguageISO 639-1 codeISO 639-2 codeNative speakers#2nd language speakers
Abkhazianababk
Afaraaaar
Afrikaansafafr
Akanakaka
Albaniansqsqi
Amharicamamh
Arabicarara360,000,000270,000,000
Aragoneseanarg
Armenianhyhye
Assameseasasm
Avaricavava
Avestanaeave
Aymaraayaym
Azerbaijaniazaze
Bambarabmbam
Bashkirbabak
Basqueeubaq
eus
750,000440,000
Belarusianbebel
Bengalibnben234,000,000
Bislamabibis
Bosnianbsbos
Bretonbrbre
Bulgarianbgbul7,600,0002,400,000
Burmesemymya
Catalancacat4,100,0005,100,000
Central Khmerkmkhm
Chamorrochcha
Chechenceche
Chichewanynya
Chinesezhchi
zho
1,350,000,000
Church Slavoniccuchu
Chuvashcvchv
Cornishkwcor
Corsicancocos
Creecrcre
Croatianhrhrv7,000,0002,700,000
Czechcsces
Danishdadan6,000,000
Divehidvdiv
Dutchnldut
nld
25,000,0005,000,000
Dzongkhadzdzo
Englisheneng372,900,0001,080,000,000
Esperantoeoepo
Estonianetest1,200,000
Eweeeewe
Faroesefofao
Farsifafas
per
81,000,00049,000,000
Fijianfjfij
Finnishfifin
Frenchfrfra
fre
80,000,000190,000,000
Fulahffful
Gaelicgdgla
Galicianglglg
Gandalglug
Georgiankakat
Germandedeu
ger
95,000,00085,000,000
Greekelell
gre
13,500,000
Guaranigngrn
Gujaratiguguj57,100,000
Haitianhthat
Hausahahau51,700,000
Hebrewheheb
Hererohzher
Hindihihin345,000,00027,000,000
Hiri Motuhohmo
Hungarianhuhun17,000,000
Icelandicisisl
Idoioido
Igboigibo
Indonesianidind
Interlinguaiaina
Interlingueieile
Inuktitutiuiku
Inupiaqikipk
Irishgagle
Italianitita65,000,0003,100,000
Japanesejajpn128,000,000
Javanesejvjav68,300,000
Kalaallisutklkal
Kannadaknkan
Kanurikrkau
Kashmirikskas
Kazakhkkkaz
Kikuyukikik
Kinyarwandarwkin
Kirghizkykir
Komikvkom
Kongokgkon
Koreankokor80,400,000
Kuanyamakjkua
Kurdishkukur
Laololao
Latinlalat
Latvianlvlav1,500,000
Limburganlilim
Lingalalnlin
Lithuanianltlit3,000,000
Luba-Katangalulub
Luxembourgishlbltz
Macedonianmkmkd
Malagasymgmlg
Malaymsmsa
Malayalammlmal
Maltesemtmlt530,000
Manxgvglv
Maorimimao
mri
50,000186,000
Marathimrmar83,200,000
Marshallesemhmah
Mongolianmnmon
Nauruannanau
Navajonvnav
Ndongangndo
Nepalinenep
North Ndebelendnde
Northern Samisesme
Norwegiannb
nn
no
nor5,320,000
Norwegian Bokmalnbnob
Norwegian Nynorsknnnno
Occitanococi
Ojibwaojoji
Oriyaorori
Oromoomorm
Ossetianososs
Palipipli
Pashtopspus
Polishplpol40,000,0005,000,000
Portugueseptpor230,000,000250,000,000
Punjabipapan
Quechuaquque
Romanianroron
rum
24,000,0004,000,000
Romanshrmroh
Rundirnrun
Russianrurus150,000,000110,000,000
Samoansmsmo
Sangosgsag
Sanskritsasan
Sardinianscsrd
Serbiansrsrp
Shonasnsna
Sichuan Yiiiiii
Sindhisdsnd
Sinhalasisin
Slovenianslslv
Somalisosom
South Ndebelenrnbl
Southern Sothostsot
Spanishesspa486,000,000595,000,000
Sundanesesusun
Swahiliswswa
Swatissssw
Swedishsvswe
Tagalogtltgl
Tahitiantytah
Tajiktgtgk
Tamiltatam78,600,000
Tatartttat
Telugutete83,000,000
Thaiththa
Tibetanbobod
Tigrinyatitir
Tongantoton
Tsongatstso
Tswanatntsn
Turkishtrtur82,000,0005,900,000
Turkmentktuk
Twitwtwi
Uighuruguig
Ukrainianukukr27,000,0005,800,000
Urduururd70,600,000
Uzbekuzuzb
Vendaveven
Vietnamesevivie
Volapukvovol20
Walloonwawln
Welshcycym
wel
538,000119,000
Western Frisianfyfry
Wolofwowol
Xhosaxhxho
Yiddishyiyid
Yorubayoyor
Zhuangzazha
Zuluzuzul

Work is under way to add languages from ISO 639-2 not in ISO 639-1 and selected languages from macrolanguage groups in ISO 693-3 in the light of expected user demand.


Overview

As noted on the page Wikipedia:Languages:

Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary. It is the primary means by which humans convey meaning, both in spoken and written forms, and may also be conveyed through sign languages. The vast majority of human languages have developed writing systems that allow for the recording and preservation of the sounds or signs of language. Human language is characterized by its cultural and historical diversity, with significant variations observed between cultures and across time. Human languages possess the properties of productivity and displacement, which enable the creation of an infinite number of sentences, and the ability to refer to objects, events, and ideas that are not immediately present in the discourse. The use of human language relies on social convention and is acquired through learning.

Estimates of the number of human languages in the world vary between 5,000 and 7,000. Precise estimates depend on an arbitrary distinction (dichotomy) established between languages and dialects. Natural languages are spoken, signed, or both; however, any language can be encoded into secondary media using auditory, visual, or tactile stimuli – for example, writing, whistling, signing, or braille. In other words, human language is modality-independent, but written or signed language is the way to inscribe or encode the natural human speech or gestures.


Language names and language codes

This page has been copied from the Wikipedia page Wikipedia:List_of_ISO_639-1_codes on 27 April 2023. Some minor changes have been made to fit the style of this wiki, in particular to ensure that language names are distinct from country names and that entry of language names does not require any accented characters to be used.

ISO language name 639-1 639-2/T 639-2/B Notes
Abkhazian ab abk abk also known as Abkhaz
Afar aa aar aar
Afrikaans af afr afr
Akan ak aka aka macrolanguage, Twi is tw/twi, Fanti is fat
Albanian sq sqi alb macrolanguage, called "Albanian Phylozone" in 639-6
Amharic am amh amh
Arabic ar ara ara macrolanguage, Standard Arabic is arb
Aragonese an arg arg
Armenian hy hye arm ISO 639-3 code hye is for Eastern Armenian, hyw is for Western Armenian, and xcl is for Classical Armenian
Assamese as asm asm
Avaric av ava ava also known as Avar
Avestan ae ave ave ancient
Aymara ay aym aym macrolanguage
Azerbaijani az aze aze macrolanguage, also known as Azeri
Bambara bm bam bam
Bashkir ba bak bak
Basque eu eus baq
Belarusian be bel bel
Bengali bn ben ben also known as Bangla
Bislama bi bis bis Language formed from English and Vanuatuan languages, with some French influence.
Bosnian bs bos bos
Breton br bre bre
Bulgarian bg bul bul
Burmese my mya bur also known as Myanmar
Catalan (Valencian) ca cat cat
Central Khmer km khm khm also known as Khmer or Cambodian
Chamorro ch cha cha
Chechen ce che che
Chichewa (Chewa, Nyanja) ny nya nya
Chinese zh zho chi macrolanguage
Church Slavonic (Old Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic) cu chu chu ancient, in use by the Eastern Orthodox Church
Chuvash cv chv chv
Cornish kw cor cor
Corsican co cos cos
Cree cr cre cre macrolanguage
Croatian hr hrv hrv
Czech cs ces cze
Danish da dan dan
Divehi (Dhivehi, Maldivian) dv div div
Dutch (and Flemish) nl nld dut 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
English en eng eng
Esperanto eo epo epo constructed, initially by L.L. Zamenhof in 1887
Estonian et est est macrolanguage
Ewe ee ewe ewe
Faroese fo fao fao
Fijian fj fij fij
Finnish fi fin fin
French fr fra fre
Fulah ff ful ful macrolanguage, also known as Fula
Gaelic (and Scottish Gaelic) gd gla gla
Galician gl glg glg
Ganda lg lug lug
Georgian ka kat geo
German de deu ger
Greek [from 1453 CE] el ell gre i.e. Modern Greek; for Ancient Greek, use the ISO 639-3 code grc
Guarani gn grn grn macrolanguage
Gujarati gu guj guj
Haitian (Haitian Creole) ht hat hat
Hausa ha hau hau
Hebrew he heb heb Modern Hebrew. Code changed in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, iw.
Herero hz her her
Hindi hi hin hin
Hiri Motu ho hmo hmo
Hungarian hu hun hun
Icelandic is isl ice
Ido io ido ido constructed by De Beaufront, 1907, as variation of Esperanto
Igbo ig ibo ibo
Indonesian id ind ind covered by macrolanguage ms/msa. Changed in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, in.
Interlingua ia ina ina constructed by the International Auxiliary Language Association
Interlingue ie ile ile constructed by Edgar de Wahl, first published in 1922
Inuktitut iu iku iku macrolanguage
Inupiaq ik ipk ipk macrolanguage
Irish ga gle gle
Italian it ita ita
Japanese ja jpn jpn
Javanese jv jav jav
Kalaallisut (Greenlandic) kl kal kal
Kannada kn kan kan
Kanuri kr kau kau macrolanguage
Kashmiri ks kas kas
Kazakh kk kaz kaz
Kikuyu (Gikuyu) ki kik kik
Kinyarwanda rw kin kin
Kirghiz (Kyrgyz) ky kir kir
Komi kv kom kom macrolanguage
Kongo kg kon kon macrolanguage
Korean ko kor kor
Kuanyama (Kwanyama) kj kua kua
Kurdish ku kur kur macrolanguage
Lao lo lao lao
Latin la lat lat ancient
Latvian lv lav lav macrolanguage
Limburgan (Limburger, Limburgish) li lim lim
Lingala ln lin lin
Lithuanian lt lit lit
Luba-Katanga lu lub lub also known as Luba-Shaba
Luxembourgish (Letzeburgesch) lb ltz ltz
Macedonian mk mkd mac
Malagasy mg mlg mlg macrolanguage
Malay ms msa may macrolanguage, Standard Malay is zsm, Indonesian is id/ind
Malayalam ml mal mal
Maltese mt mlt mlt
Manx gv glv glv
Maori mi mri mao also known as Māori
Marathi mr mar mar also known as Marāṭhī
Marshallese mh mah mah
Mongolian mn mon mon macrolanguage
Nauru na nau nau also known as Nauruan
Navajo (Navaho) nv nav nav
Ndonga ng ndo ndo
Nepali ne nep nep macrolanguage
North Ndebele nd nde nde also known as Northern Ndebele
Northern Sami se sme sme
Norwegian no nor nor macrolanguage, Bokmål is nb/nob, Nynorsk is nn/nno
Norwegian Bokmal (Bokmål) nb nob nob covered by macrolanguage no/nor - this wiki prefers Bokmal
Norwegian Nynorsk nn nno nno covered by macrolanguage no/nor
Occitan oc oci oci
Ojibwa oj oji oji macrolanguage, also known as Ojibwe
Oriya or ori ori macrolanguage, also known as Odia
Oromo om orm orm macrolanguage
Ossetian (Ossetic) os oss oss
Pali pi pli pli ancient, also known as Pāli
Pashto (Pushto) ps pus pus macrolanguage
Farsi (Persian) fa fas per Persian macrolanguage, also known as Farsi - preferred by this wiki
Polish pl pol pol
Portuguese pt por por
Punjabi (Panjabi) pa pan pan
Quechua qu que que macrolanguage
Romanian (and Moldavian, Moldovan) ro ron rum 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
Rundi rn run run also known as Kirundi
Russian ru rus rus
Samoan sm smo smo
Sango sg sag sag
Sanskrit sa san san ancient
Sardinian sc srd srd macrolanguage
Serbian sr srp srp the ISO 639-2/T code srp deprecated the ISO 639-2/B code scc
Shona sn sna sna
Sichuan Yi (Nuosu) ii iii iii standard form of the Yi languages
Sindhi sd snd snd
Sinhala (Sinhalese) si sin sin
Slovak sk slk slo
Slovenian sl slv slv also known as Slovene
Somali so som som
South Ndebele nr nbl nbl also known as Southern Ndebele
Southern Sotho st sot sot
Spanish [Castilian version] es spa spa
Sundanese su sun sun
Swahili sw swa swa macrolanguage
Swati ss ssw ssw also known as Swazi
Swedish sv swe swe
Tagalog tl tgl tgl note: Filipino (Pilipino) has the code fil
Tahitian ty tah tah one of the Reo Mā`ohi (languages of French Polynesia)
Tajik tg tgk tgk
Tamil ta tam tam
Tatar tt tat tat
Telugu te tel tel
Thai th tha tha
Tibetan bo bod tib also known as Standard Tibetan
Tigrinya ti tir tir
Tongan (Tonga) to ton ton also known as Tongan - this wiki uses Tongan to avoid clash with the country name
Tsonga ts tso tso
Tswana tn tsn tsn
Turkish tr tur tur
Turkmen tk tuk tuk
Twi tw twi twi covered by macrolanguage ak/aka
Uighur (Uyghur) ug uig uig
Ukrainian uk ukr ukr
Urdu ur urd urd
Uzbek uz uzb uzb macrolanguage
Venda ve ven ven
Vietnamese vi vie vie
Volapuk (Volapük) vo vol vol constructed - this wiki uses the name Volapuk to avoid accents
Walloon wa wln wln
Welsh cy cym wel
Western Frisian fy fry fry also known as Frisian
Wolof wo wol wol
Xhosa xh xho xho
Yiddish yi yid yid macrolanguage. Changed in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, ji.
Yoruba yo yor yor
Zhuang (Chuang) za zha zha macrolanguage
Zulu zu zul zul



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