ISO language names
|
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 Letzebuergesch
|
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 M?ori
|
Marathi
|
mr
|
mar
|
mar
|
mar
|
also known as Mar??h?
|
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,
Bokmal
is
nb
/
nob
,
Nynorsk
is
nn
/
nno
|
Norwegian Bokmal
|
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 P?li
|
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 M?`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
|
|
Volapuk
|
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
|
|