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]
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 +
2 |
macrolanguage |
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 |
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 | 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 |
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183/676
|
Officially assigned: assigned to a language | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7/676
|
Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
486/676
|
Unassigned |
This document specifies the ISO 639 language code and establishes the harmonized terminology and general principles of language coding.
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]
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 +
2 |
macrolanguage |
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 |
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 | 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 |
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This document specifies the ISO 639 language code and establishes the harmonized terminology and general principles of language coding.