ISO 639 Language Codes

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ISO 639: 3-letter codes

abk      ab    Abkhazianace            Achineseach            Acoliada            Adangmeaar      aa    Afarafh            Afrihiliafr      af    Afrikaansafa            Afro-Asiatic (Other)aka            Akanakk            Akkadianalb/sqi  sq    Albanianale            Aleutalg            Algonquian languagestut            Altaic (Other)amh      am    Amharicapa            Apache languagesara      ar    Arabicarc            Aramaicarp            Arapahoarn            Araucanianarw            Arawakarm/hye  hy    Armenianart            Artificial (Other)asm      as    Assameseath            Athapascan languagesmap            Austronesian (Other)ava            Avaricave            Avestanawa            Awadhiaym      ay    Aymaraaze      az    Azerbaijaninah            Aztecban            Balinesebat            Baltic (Other)bal            Baluchibam            Bambarabai            Bamileke languagesbad            Bandabnt            Bantu (Other)bas            Basabak      ba    Bashkirbaq/eus  eu    Basquebej            Bejabem            Bembaben      bn    Bengaliber            Berber (Other)bho            Bhojpuribih      bh    Biharibik            Bikolbin            Binibis      bi    Bislamabra            Brajbre      be    Bretonbug            Buginesebul      bg    Bulgarianbua            Buriatbur/mya  my    Burmesebel      be    Byelorussiancad            Caddocar            Caribcat      ca    Catalancau            Caucasian (Other)ceb            Cebuanocel            Celtic (Other)cai            Central American Indian (Other)chg            Chagataicha            Chamorroche            Chechenchr            Cherokeechy            Cheyennechb            Chibchachi/zho  zh    Chinesechn            Chinook jargoncho            Choctawchu            Church Slavicchv            Chuvashcop            Copticcor            Cornishcos      co    Corsicancre            Creemus            Creekcrp            Creoles and Pidgins (Other)cpe            Creoles and Pidgins, English-based (Other)cpf            Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other)cpp            Creoles and Pidgins, Portuguese-based (Other)cus            Cushitic (Other)         hr    Croatiances/cze  cs    Czechdak            Dakotadan      da    Danishdel            Delawaredin            Dinkadiv            Divehidoi            Dogridra            Dravidian (Other)dua            Dualadut/nla  nl    Dutchdum            Dutch, Middle (ca. 1050-1350)dyu            Dyuladzo      dz    Dzongkhaefi            Efikegy            Egyptian (Ancient)eka            Ekajukelx            Elamiteeng      en    Englishenm            English, Middle (ca. 1100-1500)ang            English, Old (ca. 450-1100)esk            Eskimo (Other)epo      eo    Esperantoest      et    Estonianewe            Eweewo            Ewondofan            Fangfat            Fantifao      fo    Faroesefij      fj    Fijianfin      fi    Finnishfiu            Finno-Ugrian (Other)fon            Fonfra/fre  fr    Frenchfrm            French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)fro            French, Old (842- ca. 1400)fry      fy    Frisianful            Fulahgaa            Gagae/gdh  Gaelic (Scots)glg      gl    Galleganlug            Gandagay            Gayogez            Geezgeo/kat  ka    Georgiandeu/ger  de    Germangmh            German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)goh            German, Old High (ca. 750-1050)gem            Germanic (Other)gil            Gilbertesegon            Gondigot            Gothicgrb            Grebogrc            Greek, Ancient (to 1453)ell/gre  el    Greek, Modern (1453-)kal      kl    Greenlandicgrn      gn    Guaraniguj      gu    Gujaratihai            Haidahau      ha    Hausahaw            Hawaiianheb      he    Hebrewher            Hererohil            Hiligaynonhim            Himachalihin      hi    Hindihmo            Hiri Motuhun      hu    Hungarianhup            Hupaiba            Ibanice/isl  is    Icelandicibo            Igboijo            Ijoilo            Ilokoinc            Indic (Other)ine            Indo-European (Other)ind      id    Indonesianina      ia    Interlingua (International Auxiliary language Association)ine      -     Interlingueiku      iu    Inuktitutipk      ik    Inupiakira            Iranian (Other)gai/iri  ga    Irishsga            Irish, Old (to 900)mga            Irish, Middle (900 - 1200)iro            Iroquoian languagesita      it    Italianjpn      ja    Japanesejav/jaw  jv/jw Javanesejrb            Judeo-Arabicjpr            Judeo-Persiankab            Kabylekac            Kachinkam            Kambakan      kn    Kannadakau            Kanurikaa            Kara-Kalpakkar            Karenkas      ks    Kashmirikaw            Kawikaz      kk    Kazakhkha            Khasikhm      km    Khmerkhi            Khoisan (Other)kho            Khotanesekik            Kikuyukin      rw    Kinyarwandakir      ky    Kirghizkom            Komikon            Kongokok            Konkanikor      ko    Koreankpe            Kpellekro            Krukua            Kuanyamakum            Kumykkur      ku    Kurdishkru            Kurukhkus            Kusaiekut            Kutenailad            Ladinolah            Lahndalam            Lambaoci      oc    Langue d'Oc (post 1500)lao      lo    Laolat      la    Latinlav      lv    Latvianltz            Letzeburgeschlez            Lezghianlin      ln    Lingalalit      lt    Lithuanianloz            Lozilub            Luba-Katangalui            Luisenolun            Lundaluo            Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)mac/mak  mk    Macedonianmad            Maduresemag            Magahimai            Maithilimak            Makasarmlg      mg    Malagasymay/msa  ms    Malaymal            Malayalammlt      ml    Malteseman            Mandingomni            Manipurimno            Manobo languagesmax            Manxmao/mri  mi    Maorimar      mr    Marathichm            Marimah            Marshallmwr            Marwarimas            Masaimyn            Mayan languagesmen            Mendemic            Micmacmin            Minangkabaumis            Miscellaneous (Other)moh            Mohawkmol      mo    Moldavianmkh            Mon-Kmer (Other)lol            Mongomon      mn    Mongolianmos            Mossimul            Multiple languagesmun            Munda languagesnau      na    Naurunav            Navajonde            Ndebele, Northnbl            Ndebele, Southndo            Ndongonep      ne    Nepalinew            Newarinic            Niger-Kordofanian (Other)ssa            Nilo-Saharan (Other)niu            Niueannon            Norse, Oldnai            North American Indian (Other)nor      no    Norwegiannno            Norwegian (Nynorsk)nub            Nubian languagesnym            Nyamwezinya            Nyanjanyn            Nyankolenyo            Nyoronzi            Nzimaoji            Ojibwaori      or    Oriyaorm      om    Oromoosa            Osageoss            Osseticoto            Otomian languagespal            Pahlavipau            Palauanpli            Palipam            Pampangapag            Pangasinanpan      pa    Panjabipap            Papiamentopaa            Papuan-Australian (Other)fas/per  fa    Persianpeo            Persian, Old (ca 600 - 400 B.C.)phn            Phoenicianpol      pl    Polishpon            Ponapepor      pt    Portuguesepra            Prakrit languagespro            Provencal, Old (to 1500)pus      ps    Pushtoque      qu    Quechuaroh      rm    Rhaeto-Romanceraj            Rajasthanirar            Rarotonganroa            Romance (Other)ron/rum  ro    Romanianrom            Romanyrun      rn    Rundirus      ru    Russiansal            Salishan languagessam            Samaritan Aramaicsmi            Sami languagessmo      sm    Samoansad            Sandawesag      sg    Sangosan      sa    Sanskritsrd            Sardiniansco            Scotssel            Selkupsem            Semitic (Other)         sr    Serbianscr      sh    Serbo-Croatiansrr            Serershn            Shansna      sn    Shonasid            Sidamobla            Siksikasnd      sd    Sindhisin      si    Singhalesesit      -     Sino-Tibetan (Other)sio            Siouan languagessla            Slavic (Other)ssw      ss    Siswantslk/slo  sk    Slovakslv      sl    Sloveniansog            Sogdiansom      so    Somalison            Songhaiwen            Sorbian languagesnso            Sotho, Northernsot      st    Sotho, Southernsai            South American Indian (Other)esl/spa  es    Spanishsuk            Sukumasux            Sumeriansun      su    Sudanesesus            Sususwa      sw    Swahilissw            Swazisve/swe  sv    Swedishsyr            Syriactgl      tl    Tagalogtah            Tahitiantgk      tg    Tajiktmh            Tamashektam      ta    Tamiltat      tt    Tatartel      te    Teluguter            Terenotha      th    Thaibod/tib  bo    Tibetantig            Tigretir      ti    Tigrinyatem            Timnetiv            Tivitli            Tlingittog      to    Tonga (Nyasa)ton            Tonga (Tonga Islands)tru            Truktsi            Tsimshiantso      ts    Tsongatsn      tn    Tswanatum            Tumbukatur      tr    Turkishota            Turkish, Ottoman (1500 - 1928)tuk      tk    Turkmentyv            Tuviniantwi      tw    Twiuga            Ugariticuig      ug    Uighurukr      uk    Ukrainianumb            Umbunduund            Undeterminedurd      ur    Urduuzb      uz    Uzbekvai            Vaiven            Vendavie      vi    Vietnamesevol      vo    Volapükvot            Voticwak            Wakashan languageswal            Walamowar            Waraywas            Washocym/wel  cy    Welshwol      wo    Wolofxho      xh    Xhosasah            Yakutyao            Yaoyap            Yapyid      yi    Yiddishyor      yo    Yorubazap            Zapoteczen            Zenagazha      za    Zhuangzul      zu    Zuluzun            Zuni

ISO 639: 2-letter codes

AA "Afar"AB "Abkhazian"AF "Afrikaans"AM "Amharic"AR "Arabic"AS "Assamese"AY "Aymara"AZ "Azerbaijani"BA "Bashkir"BE "Byelorussian"BG "Bulgarian"BH "Bihari"BI "Bislama"BN "Bengali" "Bangla"BO "Tibetan"BR "Breton"CA "Catalan"CO "Corsican"CS "Czech"CY "Welsh"DA "Danish"DE "German"DZ "Bhutani"EL "Greek"EN "English" "American"EO "Esperanto"ES "Spanish"ET "Estonian"EU "Basque"FA "Persian"FI "Finnish"FJ "Fiji"FO "Faeroese"FR "French"FY "Frisian"GA "Irish"GD "Gaelic" "Scots Gaelic"GL "Galician"GN "Guarani"GU "Gujarati"HA "Hausa"HI "Hindi"HR "Croatian"HU "Hungarian"HY "Armenian"IA "Interlingua"IE "Interlingue"IK "Inupiak"IN "Indonesian"IS "Icelandic"IT "Italian"IW "Hebrew"JA "Japanese"JI "Yiddish"JW "Javanese"KA "Georgian"KK "Kazakh"KL "Greenlandic"KM "Cambodian"KN "Kannada"KO "Korean"KS "Kashmiri"KU "Kurdish"KY "Kirghiz"LA "Latin"LN "Lingala"LO "Laothian"LT "Lithuanian"LV "Latvian" "Lettish"MG "Malagasy"MI "Maori"MK "Macedonian"ML "Malayalam"MN "Mongolian"MO "Moldavian"MR "Marathi"MS "Malay"MT "Maltese"MY "Burmese"NA "Nauru"NE "Nepali"NL "Dutch"NO "Norwegian"OC "Occitan"OM "Oromo" "Afan"OR "Oriya"PA "Punjabi"PL "Polish"PS "Pashto" "Pushto"PT "Portuguese"QU "Quechua"RM "Rhaeto-Romance"RN "Kirundi"RO "Romanian"RU "Russian"RW "Kinyarwanda"SA "Sanskrit"SD "Sindhi"SG "Sangro"SH "Serbo-Croatian"SI "Singhalese"SK "Slovak"SL "Slovenian"SM "Samoan"SN "Shona"SO "Somali"SQ "Albanian"SR "Serbian"SS "Siswati"ST "Sesotho"SU "Sudanese"SV "Swedish"SW "Swahili"TA "Tamil"TE "Tegulu"TG "Tajik"TH "Thai"TI "Tigrinya"TK "Turkmen"TL "Tagalog"TN "Setswana"TO "Tonga"TR "Turkish"TS "Tsonga"TT "Tatar"TW "Twi"UK "Ukrainian"UR "Urdu"UZ "Uzbek"VI "Vietnamese"VO "Volapuk"WO "Wolof"XH "Xhosa"YO "Yoruba"ZH "Chinese"ZU "Zulu"

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Document Modified August 9, 1999