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== Language names and language codes == | == 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 usedl | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
!ISO language name | |||
!639-1 | |||
!639-2/T | |||
!639-2/B | |||
!Notes | |||
|- | |||
|Abkhazian | |||
|<code>ab</code> | |||
|<code>abk</code> | |||
|<code>abk</code> | |||
|also known as Abkhaz | |||
|- | |||
|Afar | |||
|<code>aa</code> | |||
|<code>aar</code> | |||
|<code>aar</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Afrikaans | |||
|<code>af</code> | |||
|<code>afr</code> | |||
|<code>afr</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Akan | |||
|<code>ak</code> | |||
|<code>aka</code> | |||
|<code>aka</code> | |||
|macrolanguage, Twi is <code>tw</code>/<code>twi</code>, Fanti is <code>fat</code> | |||
|- | |||
|Albanian | |||
|<code>sq</code> | |||
|<code>sqi</code> | |||
|<code>'''alb'''</code> | |||
|macrolanguage, called "Albanian Phylozone" in 639-6 | |||
|- | |||
|Amharic | |||
|<code>am</code> | |||
|<code>amh</code> | |||
|<code>amh</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Arabic | |||
|<code>ar</code> | |||
|<code>ara</code> | |||
|<code>ara</code> | |||
|macrolanguage, Standard Arabic is <code>arb</code> | |||
|- | |||
|Aragonese | |||
|<code>an</code> | |||
|<code>arg</code> | |||
|<code>arg</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Armenian | |||
|<code>hy</code> | |||
|<code>hye</code> | |||
|<code>'''arm'''</code> | |||
|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 | |||
|<code>as</code> | |||
|<code>asm</code> | |||
|<code>asm</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Avaric | |||
|<code>av</code> | |||
|<code>ava</code> | |||
|<code>ava</code> | |||
|also known as Avar | |||
|- | |||
|Avestan | |||
|<code>ae</code> | |||
|<code>ave</code> | |||
|<code>ave</code> | |||
|ancient | |||
|- | |||
|Aymara | |||
|<code>ay</code> | |||
|<code>aym</code> | |||
|<code>aym</code> | |||
|macrolanguage | |||
|- | |||
|Azerbaijani | |||
|<code>az</code> | |||
|<code>aze</code> | |||
|<code>aze</code> | |||
|macrolanguage, also known as Azeri | |||
|- | |||
|Bambara | |||
|<code>bm</code> | |||
|<code>bam</code> | |||
|<code>bam</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Bashkir | |||
|<code>ba</code> | |||
|<code>bak</code> | |||
|<code>bak</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Basque | |||
|<code>eu</code> | |||
|<code>eus</code> | |||
|<code>'''baq'''</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Belarusian | |||
|<code>be</code> | |||
|<code>bel</code> | |||
|<code>bel</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Bengali | |||
|<code>bn</code> | |||
|<code>ben</code> | |||
|<code>ben</code> | |||
|also known as Bangla | |||
|- | |||
|Bislama | |||
|<code>bi</code> | |||
|<code>bis</code> | |||
|<code>bis</code> | |||
|Language formed from English and Vanuatuan languages, with some French influence. | |||
|- | |||
|Bosnian | |||
|<code>bs</code> | |||
|<code>bos</code> | |||
|<code>bos</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Breton | |||
|<code>br</code> | |||
|<code>bre</code> | |||
|<code>bre</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Bulgarian | |||
|<code>bg</code> | |||
|<code>bul</code> | |||
|<code>bul</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Burmese | |||
|<code>my</code> | |||
|<code>mya</code> | |||
|<code>'''bur'''</code> | |||
|also known as Myanmar | |||
|- | |||
|Catalan (Valencian) | |||
|<code>ca</code> | |||
|<code>cat</code> | |||
|<code>cat</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Central Khmer | |||
|<code>km</code> | |||
|<code>khm</code> | |||
|<code>khm</code> | |||
|also known as Khmer or Cambodian | |||
|- | |||
|Chamorro | |||
|<code>ch</code> | |||
|<code>cha</code> | |||
|<code>cha</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Chechen | |||
|<code>ce</code> | |||
|<code>che</code> | |||
|<code>che</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Chichewa (Chewa, Nyanja) | |||
|<code>ny</code> | |||
|<code>nya</code> | |||
|<code>nya</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Chinese | |||
|<code>zh</code> | |||
|<code>zho</code> | |||
|<code>'''chi'''</code> | |||
|macrolanguage | |||
|- | |||
|Church Slavonic (Old Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic) | |||
|<code>cu</code> | |||
|<code>chu</code> | |||
|<code>chu</code> | |||
|ancient, in use by the Eastern Orthodox Church | |||
|- | |||
|Chuvash | |||
|<code>cv</code> | |||
|<code>chv</code> | |||
|<code>chv</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Cornish | |||
|<code>kw</code> | |||
|<code>cor</code> | |||
|<code>cor</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Corsican | |||
|<code>co</code> | |||
|<code>cos</code> | |||
|<code>cos</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Cree | |||
|<code>cr</code> | |||
|<code>cre</code> | |||
|<code>cre</code> | |||
|macrolanguage | |||
|- | |||
|Croatian | |||
|<code>hr</code> | |||
|<code>hrv</code> | |||
|<code>hrv</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Czech | |||
|<code>cs</code> | |||
|<code>ces</code> | |||
|<code>'''cze'''</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Danish | |||
|<code>da</code> | |||
|<code>dan</code> | |||
|<code>dan</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Divehi (Dhivehi, Maldivian) | |||
|<code>dv</code> | |||
|<code>div</code> | |||
|<code>div</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Dutch (and Flemish) | |||
|<code>nl</code> | |||
|<code>nld</code> | |||
|<code>'''dut'''</code> | |||
|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 <code>vls</code> | |||
|- | |||
|Dzongkha | |||
|<code>dz</code> | |||
|<code>dzo</code> | |||
|<code>dzo</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|English | |||
|<code>en</code> | |||
|<code>eng</code> | |||
|<code>eng</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Esperanto | |||
|<code>eo</code> | |||
|<code>epo</code> | |||
|<code>epo</code> | |||
|constructed, initially by L.L. Zamenhof in 1887 | |||
|- | |||
|Estonian | |||
|<code>et</code> | |||
|<code>est</code> | |||
|<code>est</code> | |||
|macrolanguage | |||
|- | |||
|Ewe | |||
|<code>ee</code> | |||
|<code>ewe</code> | |||
|<code>ewe</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Faroese | |||
|<code>fo</code> | |||
|<code>fao</code> | |||
|<code>fao</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Fijian | |||
|<code>fj</code> | |||
|<code>fij</code> | |||
|<code>fij</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Finnish | |||
|<code>fi</code> | |||
|<code>fin</code> | |||
|<code>fin</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|French | |||
|<code>fr</code> | |||
|<code>fra</code> | |||
|<code>'''fre'''</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Fulah | |||
|<code>ff</code> | |||
|<code>ful</code> | |||
|<code>ful</code> | |||
|macrolanguage, also known as Fula | |||
|- | |||
|Gaelic (and Scottish Gaelic) | |||
|<code>gd</code> | |||
|<code>gla</code> | |||
|<code>gla</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Galician | |||
|<code>gl</code> | |||
|<code>glg</code> | |||
|<code>glg</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Ganda | |||
|<code>lg</code> | |||
|<code>lug</code> | |||
|<code>lug</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Georgian | |||
|<code>ka</code> | |||
|<code>kat</code> | |||
|<code>'''geo'''</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|German | |||
|<code>de</code> | |||
|<code>deu</code> | |||
|<code>'''ger'''</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Greek [from 1453 CE] | |||
|<code>el</code> | |||
|<code>ell</code> | |||
|<code>'''gre'''</code> | |||
|i.e. Modern Greek; for Ancient Greek, use the ISO 639-3 code <code>grc</code> | |||
|- | |||
|Guarani | |||
|<code>gn</code> | |||
|<code>grn</code> | |||
|<code>grn</code> | |||
|macrolanguage | |||
|- | |||
|Gujarati | |||
|<code>gu</code> | |||
|<code>guj</code> | |||
|<code>guj</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Haitian (Haitian Creole) | |||
|<code>ht</code> | |||
|<code>hat</code> | |||
|<code>hat</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Hausa | |||
|<code>ha</code> | |||
|<code>hau</code> | |||
|<code>hau</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Hebrew | |||
|<code>he</code> | |||
|<code>heb</code> | |||
|<code>heb</code> | |||
|Modern Hebrew. Code changed in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, <code>iw</code>. | |||
|- | |||
|Herero | |||
|<code>hz</code> | |||
|<code>her</code> | |||
|<code>her</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Hindi | |||
|<code>hi</code> | |||
|<code>hin</code> | |||
|<code>hin</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Hiri Motu | |||
|<code>ho</code> | |||
|<code>hmo</code> | |||
|<code>hmo</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Hungarian | |||
|<code>hu</code> | |||
|<code>hun</code> | |||
|<code>hun</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Icelandic | |||
|<code>is</code> | |||
|<code>isl</code> | |||
|<code>'''ice'''</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Ido | |||
|<code>io</code> | |||
|<code>ido</code> | |||
|<code>ido</code> | |||
|constructed by De Beaufront, 1907, as variation of Esperanto | |||
|- | |||
|Igbo | |||
|<code>ig</code> | |||
|<code>ibo</code> | |||
|<code>ibo</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Indonesian | |||
|<code>id</code> | |||
|<code>ind</code> | |||
|<code>ind</code> | |||
|covered by macrolanguage <code>ms</code>/<code>msa</code>. Changed in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, <code>in</code>. | |||
|- | |||
|Interlingua | |||
|<code>ia</code> | |||
|<code>ina</code> | |||
|<code>ina</code> | |||
|constructed by the International Auxiliary Language Association | |||
|- | |||
|Interlingue | |||
|<code>ie</code> | |||
|<code>ile</code> | |||
|<code>ile</code> | |||
|constructed by Edgar de Wahl, first published in 1922 | |||
|- | |||
|Inuktitut | |||
|<code>iu</code> | |||
|<code>iku</code> | |||
|<code>iku</code> | |||
|macrolanguage | |||
|- | |||
|Inupiaq | |||
|<code>ik</code> | |||
|<code>ipk</code> | |||
|<code>ipk</code> | |||
|macrolanguage | |||
|- | |||
|Irish | |||
|<code>ga</code> | |||
|<code>gle</code> | |||
|<code>gle</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Italian | |||
|<code>it</code> | |||
|<code>ita</code> | |||
|<code>ita</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Japanese | |||
|<code>ja</code> | |||
|<code>jpn</code> | |||
|<code>jpn</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Javanese | |||
|<code>jv</code> | |||
|<code>jav</code> | |||
|<code>jav</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Kalaallisut (Greenlandic) | |||
|<code>kl</code> | |||
|<code>kal</code> | |||
|<code>kal</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Kannada | |||
|<code>kn</code> | |||
|<code>kan</code> | |||
|<code>kan</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Kanuri | |||
|<code>kr</code> | |||
|<code>kau</code> | |||
|<code>kau</code> | |||
|macrolanguage | |||
|- | |||
|Kashmiri | |||
|<code>ks</code> | |||
|<code>kas</code> | |||
|<code>kas</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Kazakh | |||
|<code>kk</code> | |||
|<code>kaz</code> | |||
|<code>kaz</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Kikuyu (Gikuyu) | |||
|<code>ki</code> | |||
|<code>kik</code> | |||
|<code>kik</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Kinyarwanda | |||
|<code>rw</code> | |||
|<code>kin</code> | |||
|<code>kin</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Kirghiz (Kyrgyz) | |||
|<code>ky</code> | |||
|<code>kir</code> | |||
|<code>kir</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Komi | |||
|<code>kv</code> | |||
|<code>kom</code> | |||
|<code>kom</code> | |||
|macrolanguage | |||
|- | |||
|Kongo | |||
|<code>kg</code> | |||
|<code>kon</code> | |||
|<code>kon</code> | |||
|macrolanguage | |||
|- | |||
|Korean | |||
|<code>ko</code> | |||
|<code>kor</code> | |||
|<code>kor</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Kuanyama (Kwanyama) | |||
|<code>kj</code> | |||
|<code>kua</code> | |||
|<code>kua</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Kurdish | |||
|<code>ku</code> | |||
|<code>kur</code> | |||
|<code>kur</code> | |||
|macrolanguage | |||
|- | |||
|Lao | |||
|<code>lo</code> | |||
|<code>lao</code> | |||
|<code>lao</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Latin | |||
|<code>la</code> | |||
|<code>lat</code> | |||
|<code>lat</code> | |||
|ancient | |||
|- | |||
|Latvian | |||
|<code>lv</code> | |||
|<code>lav</code> | |||
|<code>lav</code> | |||
|macrolanguage | |||
|- | |||
|Limburgan (Limburger, Limburgish) | |||
|<code>li</code> | |||
|<code>lim</code> | |||
|<code>lim</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Lingala | |||
|<code>ln</code> | |||
|<code>lin</code> | |||
|<code>lin</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Lithuanian | |||
|<code>lt</code> | |||
|<code>lit</code> | |||
|<code>lit</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Luba-Katanga | |||
|<code>lu</code> | |||
|<code>lub</code> | |||
|<code>lub</code> | |||
|also known as Luba-Shaba | |||
|- | |||
|Luxembourgish (Letzeburgesch) | |||
|<code>lb</code> | |||
|<code>ltz</code> | |||
|<code>ltz</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Macedonian | |||
|<code>mk</code> | |||
|<code>mkd</code> | |||
|<code>'''mac'''</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Malagasy | |||
|<code>mg</code> | |||
|<code>mlg</code> | |||
|<code>mlg</code> | |||
|macrolanguage | |||
|- | |||
|Malay | |||
|<code>ms</code> | |||
|<code>msa</code> | |||
|<code>'''may'''</code> | |||
|macrolanguage, Standard Malay is <code>zsm</code>, Indonesian is <code>id</code>/<code>ind</code> | |||
|- | |||
|Malayalam | |||
|<code>ml</code> | |||
|<code>mal</code> | |||
|<code>mal</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Maltese | |||
|<code>mt</code> | |||
|<code>mlt</code> | |||
|<code>mlt</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Manx | |||
|<code>gv</code> | |||
|<code>glv</code> | |||
|<code>glv</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Maori | |||
|<code>mi</code> | |||
|<code>mri</code> | |||
|<code>'''mao'''</code> | |||
|also known as Māori | |||
|- | |||
|Marathi | |||
|<code>mr</code> | |||
|<code>mar</code> | |||
|<code>mar</code> | |||
|also known as Marāṭhī | |||
|- | |||
|Marshallese | |||
|<code>mh</code> | |||
|<code>mah</code> | |||
|<code>mah</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Mongolian | |||
|<code>mn</code> | |||
|<code>mon</code> | |||
|<code>mon</code> | |||
|macrolanguage | |||
|- | |||
|Nauru | |||
|<code>na</code> | |||
|<code>nau</code> | |||
|<code>nau</code> | |||
|also known as Nauruan | |||
|- | |||
|Navajo (Navaho) | |||
|<code>nv</code> | |||
|<code>nav</code> | |||
|<code>nav</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Ndonga | |||
|<code>ng</code> | |||
|<code>ndo</code> | |||
|<code>ndo</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Nepali | |||
|<code>ne</code> | |||
|<code>nep</code> | |||
|<code>nep</code> | |||
|macrolanguage | |||
|- | |||
|North Ndebele | |||
|<code>nd</code> | |||
|<code>nde</code> | |||
|<code>nde</code> | |||
|also known as Northern Ndebele | |||
|- | |||
|Northern Sami | |||
|<code>se</code> | |||
|<code>sme</code> | |||
|<code>sme</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Norwegian | |||
|<code>no</code> | |||
|<code>nor</code> | |||
|<code>nor</code> | |||
|macrolanguage, Bokmål is <code>nb</code>/<code>nob</code>, Nynorsk is <code>nn</code>/<code>nno</code> | |||
|- | |||
|Norwegian Bokmal (Bokmål) | |||
|<code>nb</code> | |||
|<code>nob</code> | |||
|<code>nob</code> | |||
|covered by macrolanguage <code>no</code>/<code>nor - this wiki prefers Bokmal</code> | |||
|- | |||
|Norwegian Nynorsk | |||
|<code>nn</code> | |||
|<code>nno</code> | |||
|<code>nno</code> | |||
|covered by macrolanguage <code>no</code>/<code>nor</code> | |||
|- | |||
|Occitan | |||
|<code>oc</code> | |||
|<code>oci</code> | |||
|<code>oci</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Ojibwa | |||
|<code>oj</code> | |||
|<code>oji</code> | |||
|<code>oji</code> | |||
|macrolanguage, also known as Ojibwe | |||
|- | |||
|Oriya | |||
|<code>or</code> | |||
|<code>ori</code> | |||
|<code>ori</code> | |||
|macrolanguage, also known as Odia | |||
|- | |||
|Oromo | |||
|<code>om</code> | |||
|<code>orm</code> | |||
|<code>orm</code> | |||
|macrolanguage | |||
|- | |||
|Ossetian (Ossetic) | |||
|<code>os</code> | |||
|<code>oss</code> | |||
|<code>oss</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Pali | |||
|<code>pi</code> | |||
|<code>pli</code> | |||
|<code>pli</code> | |||
|ancient, also known as Pāli | |||
|- | |||
|Pashto (Pushto) | |||
|<code>ps</code> | |||
|<code>pus</code> | |||
|<code>pus</code> | |||
|macrolanguage | |||
|- | |||
|Farsi (Persian) | |||
|<code>fa</code> | |||
|<code>fas</code> | |||
|<code>'''per'''</code> | |||
|Persian macrolanguage, also known as Farsi - preferred by this wiki | |||
|- | |||
|Polish | |||
|<code>pl</code> | |||
|<code>pol</code> | |||
|<code>pol</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Portuguese | |||
|<code>pt</code> | |||
|<code>por</code> | |||
|<code>por</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Punjabi (Panjabi) | |||
|<code>pa</code> | |||
|<code>pan</code> | |||
|<code>pan</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Quechua | |||
|<code>qu</code> | |||
|<code>que</code> | |||
|<code>que</code> | |||
|macrolanguage | |||
|- | |||
|Romanian (and Moldavian, Moldovan) | |||
|<code>ro</code> | |||
|<code>ron</code> | |||
|<code>'''rum'''</code> | |||
|the identifiers <code>mo</code> and <code>mol</code> for Moldavian are deprecated. They will not be assigned to different items, and recordings using these identifiers will not be invalid. | |||
|- | |||
|Romansh | |||
|<code>rm</code> | |||
|<code>roh</code> | |||
|<code>roh</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Rundi | |||
|<code>rn</code> | |||
|<code>run</code> | |||
|<code>run</code> | |||
|also known as Kirundi | |||
|- | |||
|Russian | |||
|<code>ru</code> | |||
|<code>rus</code> | |||
|<code>rus</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Samoan | |||
|<code>sm</code> | |||
|<code>smo</code> | |||
|<code>smo</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Sango | |||
|<code>sg</code> | |||
|<code>sag</code> | |||
|<code>sag</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Sanskrit | |||
|<code>sa</code> | |||
|<code>san</code> | |||
|<code>san</code> | |||
|ancient | |||
|- | |||
|Sardinian | |||
|<code>sc</code> | |||
|<code>srd</code> | |||
|<code>srd</code> | |||
|macrolanguage | |||
|- | |||
|Serbian | |||
|<code>sr</code> | |||
|<code>srp</code> | |||
|<code>srp</code> | |||
|the ISO 639-2/T code <code>srp</code> deprecated the ISO 639-2/B code <code>scc</code> | |||
|- | |||
|Shona | |||
|<code>sn</code> | |||
|<code>sna</code> | |||
|<code>sna</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Sichuan Yi (Nuosu) | |||
|<code>ii</code> | |||
|<code>iii</code> | |||
|<code>iii</code> | |||
|standard form of the Yi languages | |||
|- | |||
|Sindhi | |||
|<code>sd</code> | |||
|<code>snd</code> | |||
|<code>snd</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Sinhala (Sinhalese) | |||
|<code>si</code> | |||
|<code>sin</code> | |||
|<code>sin</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Slovak | |||
|<code>sk</code> | |||
|<code>slk</code> | |||
|<code>'''slo'''</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Slovenian | |||
|<code>sl</code> | |||
|<code>slv</code> | |||
|<code>slv</code> | |||
|also known as Slovene | |||
|- | |||
|Somali | |||
|<code>so</code> | |||
|<code>som</code> | |||
|<code>som</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|South Ndebele | |||
|<code>nr</code> | |||
|<code>nbl</code> | |||
|<code>nbl</code> | |||
|also known as Southern Ndebele | |||
|- | |||
|Southern Sotho | |||
|<code>st</code> | |||
|<code>sot</code> | |||
|<code>sot</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Spanish [Castilian version] | |||
|<code>es</code> | |||
|<code>spa</code> | |||
|<code>spa</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Sundanese | |||
|<code>su</code> | |||
|<code>sun</code> | |||
|<code>sun</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Swahili | |||
|<code>sw</code> | |||
|<code>swa</code> | |||
|<code>swa</code> | |||
|macrolanguage | |||
|- | |||
|Swati | |||
|<code>ss</code> | |||
|<code>ssw</code> | |||
|<code>ssw</code> | |||
|also known as Swazi | |||
|- | |||
|Swedish | |||
|<code>sv</code> | |||
|<code>swe</code> | |||
|<code>swe</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Tagalog | |||
|<code>tl</code> | |||
|<code>tgl</code> | |||
|<code>tgl</code> | |||
|note: Filipino (Pilipino) has the code <code>fil</code> | |||
|- | |||
|Tahitian | |||
|<code>ty</code> | |||
|<code>tah</code> | |||
|<code>tah</code> | |||
|one of the Reo Mā`ohi (languages of French Polynesia) | |||
|- | |||
|Tajik | |||
|<code>tg</code> | |||
|<code>tgk</code> | |||
|<code>tgk</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Tamil | |||
|<code>ta</code> | |||
|<code>tam</code> | |||
|<code>tam</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Tatar | |||
|<code>tt</code> | |||
|<code>tat</code> | |||
|<code>tat</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Telugu | |||
|<code>te</code> | |||
|<code>tel</code> | |||
|<code>tel</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Thai | |||
|<code>th</code> | |||
|<code>tha</code> | |||
|<code>tha</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Tibetan | |||
|<code>bo</code> | |||
|<code>bod</code> | |||
|<code>'''tib'''</code> | |||
|also known as Standard Tibetan | |||
|- | |||
|Tigrinya | |||
|<code>ti</code> | |||
|<code>tir</code> | |||
|<code>tir</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Tongan (Tonga) | |||
|<code>to</code> | |||
|<code>ton</code> | |||
|<code>ton</code> | |||
|also known as Tongan - this wiki uses Tongan to avoid clash with the country name | |||
|- | |||
|Tsonga | |||
|<code>ts</code> | |||
|<code>tso</code> | |||
|<code>tso</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Tswana | |||
|<code>tn</code> | |||
|<code>tsn</code> | |||
|<code>tsn</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Turkish | |||
|<code>tr</code> | |||
|<code>tur</code> | |||
|<code>tur</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Turkmen | |||
|<code>tk</code> | |||
|<code>tuk</code> | |||
|<code>tuk</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Twi | |||
|<code>tw</code> | |||
|<code>twi</code> | |||
|<code>twi</code> | |||
|covered by macrolanguage <code>ak</code>/<code>aka</code> | |||
|- | |||
|Uighur (Uyghur) | |||
|<code>ug</code> | |||
|<code>uig</code> | |||
|<code>uig</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Ukrainian | |||
|<code>uk</code> | |||
|<code>ukr</code> | |||
|<code>ukr</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Urdu | |||
|<code>ur</code> | |||
|<code>urd</code> | |||
|<code>urd</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Uzbek | |||
|<code>uz</code> | |||
|<code>uzb</code> | |||
|<code>uzb</code> | |||
|macrolanguage | |||
|- | |||
|Venda | |||
|<code>ve</code> | |||
|<code>ven</code> | |||
|<code>ven</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Vietnamese | |||
|<code>vi</code> | |||
|<code>vie</code> | |||
|<code>vie</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Volapuk (Volapük) | |||
|<code>vo</code> | |||
|<code>vol</code> | |||
|<code>vol</code> | |||
|constructed - this wiki uses the name Volapuk to avoid accents | |||
|- | |||
|Walloon | |||
|<code>wa</code> | |||
|<code>wln</code> | |||
|<code>wln</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Welsh | |||
|<code>cy</code> | |||
|<code>cym</code> | |||
|<code>'''wel'''</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Western Frisian | |||
|<code>fy</code> | |||
|<code>fry</code> | |||
|<code>fry</code> | |||
|also known as Frisian | |||
|- | |||
|Wolof | |||
|<code>wo</code> | |||
|<code>wol</code> | |||
|<code>wol</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Xhosa | |||
|<code>xh</code> | |||
|<code>xho</code> | |||
|<code>xho</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Yiddish | |||
|<code>yi</code> | |||
|<code>yid</code> | |||
|<code>yid</code> | |||
|macrolanguage. Changed in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, <code>ji</code>. | |||
|- | |||
|Yoruba | |||
|<code>yo</code> | |||
|<code>yor</code> | |||
|<code>yor</code> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|Zhuang (Chuang) | |||
|<code>za</code> | |||
|<code>zha</code> | |||
|<code>zha</code> | |||
|macrolanguage | |||
|- | |||
|Zulu | |||
|<code>zu</code> | |||
|<code>zul</code> | |||
|<code>zul</code> | |||
| | |||
|} |
Revision as of 15:47, 27 April 2023
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 usedl
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
|