Table G-2. ISO 639 and 639-2 language codes
|
| Language
| ISO 639
| ISO 639-2
|
| Abkhazian
| ab
| abk
|
| Achinese
|
| ace
|
| Acoli
|
| ach
|
| Adangme
|
| ada
|
| Afar
| aa
| aar
|
| Afrihili
|
| afh
|
| Afrikaans
| af
| afr
|
| Afro-Asiatic (Other)
|
| afa
|
| Akan
|
| aka
|
| Akkadian
|
| akk
|
| Albanian
| sq
| alb/sqi
|
| Aleut
|
| ale
|
| Algonquian languages
|
| alg
|
| Altaic (Other)
|
| tut
|
| Amharic
| am
| amh
|
| Apache languages
|
| apa
|
| Arabic
| ar
| ara
|
| Aramaic
|
| arc
|
| Arapaho
|
| arp
|
| Araucanian
|
| arn
|
| Arawak
|
| arw
|
| Armenian
| hy
| arm/hye
|
| Artificial (Other)
|
| art
|
| Assamese
| as
| asm
|
| Athapascan languages
|
| ath
|
| Austronesian (Other)
|
| map
|
| Avaric
|
| ava
|
| Avestan
|
| ave
|
| Awadhi
|
| awa
|
| Aymara
| ay
| aym
|
| Azerbaijani
| az
| aze
|
| Aztec
|
| nah
|
| Balinese
|
| ban
|
| Baltic (Other)
|
| bat
|
| Baluchi
|
| bal
|
| Bambara
|
| bam
|
| Bamileke languages
|
| bai
|
| Banda
|
| bad
|
| Bantu (Other)
|
| bnt
|
| Basa
|
| bas
|
| Bashkir
| ba
| bak
|
| Basque
| eu
| baq/eus
|
| Beja
|
| bej
|
| Bemba
|
| bem
|
| Bengali
| bn
| ben
|
| Berber (Other)
|
| ber
|
| Bhojpuri
|
| bho
|
| Bihari
| bh
| bih
|
| Bikol
|
| bik
|
| Bini
|
| bin
|
| Bislama
| bi
| bis
|
| Braj
|
| bra
|
| Breton
| be
| bre
|
| Buginese
|
| bug
|
| Bulgarian
| bg
| bul
|
| Buriat
|
| bua
|
| Burmese
| my
| bur/mya
|
| Byelorussian
| be
| bel
|
| Caddo
|
| cad
|
| Carib
|
| car
|
| Catalan
| ca
| cat
|
| Caucasian (Other)
|
| cau
|
| Cebuano
|
| ceb
|
| Celtic (Other)
|
| cel
|
| Central American Indian (Other)
|
| cai
|
| Chagatai
|
| chg
|
| Chamorro
|
| cha
|
| Chechen
|
| che
|
| Cherokee
|
| chr
|
| Cheyenne
|
| chy
|
| Chibcha
|
| chb
|
| Chinese
| zh
| chi/zho
|
| Chinook jargon
|
| chn
|
| Choctaw
|
| cho
|
| Church Slavic
|
| chu
|
| Chuvash
|
| chv
|
| Coptic
|
| cop
|
| Cornish
|
| cor
|
| Corsican
| co
| cos
|
| Cree
|
| cre
|
| Creek
|
| mus
|
| Creoles and Pidgins (Other)
|
| crp
|
| Creoles and Pidgins, English-based (Other)
|
| cpe
|
| Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other)
|
| cpf
|
| Creoles and Pidgins, Portuguese-based (Other)
|
| cpp
|
| Cushitic (Other)
|
| cus
|
| Croatian
| hr
|
|
| Czech
| cs
| ces/cze
|
| Dakota
|
| dak
|
| Danish
| da
| dan
|
| Delaware
|
| del
|
| Dinka
|
| din
|
| Divehi
|
| div
|
| Dogri
|
| doi
|
| Dravidian (Other)
|
| dra
|
| Duala
|
| dua
|
| Dutch
| nl
| dut/nla
|
| Dutch, Middle (ca. 1050-1350)
|
| dum
|
| Dyula
|
| dyu
|
| Dzongkha
| dz
| dzo
|
| Efik
|
| efi
|
| Egyptian (Ancient)
|
| egy
|
| Ekajuk
|
| eka
|
| Elamite
|
| elx
|
| English
| en
| eng
|
| English, Middle (ca. 1100-1500)
|
| enm
|
| English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
|
| ang
|
| Eskimo (Other)
|
| esk
|
| Esperanto
| eo
| epo
|
| Estonian
| et
| est
|
| Ewe
|
| ewe
|
| Ewondo
|
| ewo
|
| Fang
|
| fan
|
| Fanti
|
| fat
|
| Faroese
| fo
| fao
|
| Fijian
| fj
| fij
|
| Finnish
| fi
| fin
|
| Finno-Ugrian (Other)
|
| fiu
|
| Fon
|
| fon
|
| French
| fr
| fra/fre
|
| French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
|
| frm
|
| French, Old (842- ca. 1400)
|
| fro
|
| Frisian
| fy
| fry
|
| Fulah
|
| ful
|
| Ga
|
| gaa
|
| Gaelic (Scots)
|
| gae/gdh
|
| Gallegan
| gl
| glg
|
| Ganda
|
| lug
|
| Gayo
|
| gay
|
| Geez
|
| gez
|
| Georgian
| ka
| geo/kat
|
| German
| de
| deu/ger
|
| German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
|
| gmh
|
| German, Old High (ca. 750-1050)
|
| goh
|
| Germanic (Other)
|
| gem
|
| Gilbertese
|
| gil
|
| Gondi
|
| gon
|
| Gothic
|
| got
|
| Grebo
|
| grb
|
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
|
| grc
|
| Greek, Modern (1453-)
| el
| ell/gre
|
| Greenlandic
| kl
| kal
|
| Guarani
| gn
| grn
|
| Gujarati
| gu
| guj
|
| Haida
|
| hai
|
| Hausa
| ha
| hau
|
| Hawaiian
|
| haw
|
| Hebrew
| he
| heb
|
| Herero
|
| her
|
| Hiligaynon
|
| hil
|
| Himachali
|
| him
|
| Hindi
| hi
| hin
|
| Hiri Motu
|
| hmo
|
| Hungarian
| hu
| hun
|
| Hupa
|
| hup
|
| Iban
|
| iba
|
| Icelandic
| is
| ice/isl
|
| Igbo
|
| ibo
|
| Ijo
|
| ijo
|
| Iloko
|
| ilo
|
| Indic (Other)
|
| inc
|
| Indo-European (Other)
|
| ine
|
| Indonesian
| id
| ind
|
| Interlingua (IALA)
| ia
| ina
|
| Interlingue
| ie
| ine
|
| Inuktitut
| iu
| iku
|
| Inupiak
| ik
| ipk
|
| Iranian (Other)
|
| ira
|
| Irish
| ga
| gai/iri
|
| Irish, Old (to 900)
|
| sga
|
| Irish, Middle (900 - 1200)
|
| mga
|
| Iroquoian languages
|
| iro
|
| Italian
| it
| ita
|
| Japanese
| ja
| jpn
|
| Javanese
| jv/jw
| jav/jaw
|
| Judeo-Arabic
|
| jrb
|
| Judeo-Persian
|
| jpr
|
| Kabyle
|
| kab
|
| Kachin
|
| kac
|
| Kamba
|
| kam
|
| Kannada
| kn
| kan
|
| Kanuri
|
| kau
|
| Kara-Kalpak
|
| kaa
|
| Karen
|
| kar
|
| Kashmiri
| ks
| kas
|
| Kawi
|
| kaw
|
| Kazakh
| kk
| kaz
|
| Khasi
|
| kha
|
| Khmer
| km
| khm
|
| Khoisan (Other)
|
| khi
|
| Khotanese
|
| kho
|
| Kikuyu
|
| kik
|
| Kinyarwanda
| rw
| kin
|
| Kirghiz
| ky
| kir
|
| Komi
|
| kom
|
| Kongo
|
| kon
|
| Konkani
|
| kok
|
| Korean
| ko
| kor
|
| Kpelle
|
| kpe
|
| Kru
|
| kro
|
| Kuanyama
|
| kua
|
| Kumyk
|
| kum
|
| Kurdish
| ku
| kur
|
| Kurukh
|
| kru
|
| Kusaie
|
| kus
|
| Kutenai
|
| kut
|
| Ladino
|
| lad
|
| Lahnda
|
| lah
|
| Lamba
|
| lam
|
| Langue d'Oc (post-1500)
| oc
| oci
|
| Lao
| lo
| lao
|
| Latin
| la
| lat
|
| Latvian
| lv
| lav
|
| Letzeburgesch
|
| ltz
|
| Lezghian
|
| lez
|
| Lingala
| ln
| lin
|
| Lithuanian
| lt
| lit
|
| Lozi
|
| loz
|
| Luba-Katanga
|
| lub
|
| Luiseno
|
| lui
|
| Lunda
|
| lun
|
| Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)
|
| luo
|
| Macedonian
| mk
| mac/mak
|
| Madurese
|
| mad
|
| Magahi
|
| mag
|
| Maithili
|
| mai
|
| Makasar
|
| mak
|
| Malagasy
| mg
| mlg
|
| Malay
| ms
| may/msa
|
| Malayalam
|
| mal
|
| Maltese
| ml
| mlt
|
| Mandingo
|
| man
|
| Manipuri
|
| mni
|
| Manobo languages
|
| mno
|
| Manx
|
| max
|
| Maori
| mi
| mao/mri
|
| Marathi
| mr
| mar
|
| Mari
|
| chm
|
| Marshall
|
| mah
|
| Marwari
|
| mwr
|
| Masai
|
| mas
|
| Mayan languages
|
| myn
|
| Mende
|
| men
|
| Micmac
|
| mic
|
| Minangkabau
|
| min
|
| Miscellaneous (Other)
|
| mis
|
| Mohawk
|
| moh
|
| Moldavian
| mo
| mol
|
| Mon-Kmer (Other)
|
| mkh
|
| Mongo
|
| lol
|
| Mongolian
| mn
| mon
|
| Mossi
|
| mos
|
| Multiple languages
|
| mul
|
| Munda languages
|
| mun
|
| Nauru
| na
| nau
|
| Navajo
|
| nav
|
| Ndebele, North
|
| nde
|
| Ndebele, South
|
| nbl
|
| Ndongo
|
| ndo
|
| Nepali
| ne
| nep
|
| Newari
|
| new
|
| Niger-Kordofanian (Other)
|
| nic
|
| Nilo-Saharan (Other)
|
| ssa
|
| Niuean
|
| niu
|
| Norse, Old
|
| non
|
| North American Indian (Other)
|
| nai
|
| Norwegian
| no
| nor
|
| Norwegian (Nynorsk)
|
| nno
|
| Nubian languages
|
| nub
|
| Nyamwezi
|
| nym
|
| Nyanja
|
| nya
|
| Nyankole
|
| nyn
|
| Nyoro
|
| nyo
|
| Nzima
|
| nzi
|
| Ojibwa
|
| oji
|
| Oriya
| or
| ori
|
| Oromo
| om
| orm
|
| Osage
|
| osa
|
| Ossetic
|
| oss
|
| Otomian languages
|
| oto
|
| Pahlavi
|
| pal
|
| Palauan
|
| pau
|
| Pali
|
| pli
|
| Pampanga
|
| pam
|
| Pangasinan
|
| pag
|
| Panjabi
| pa
| pan
|
| Papiamento
|
| pap
|
| Papuan-Australian (Other)
|
| paa
|
| Persian
| fa
| fas/per
|
| Persian, Old (ca 600 - 400 B.C.)
|
| peo
|
| Phoenician
|
| phn
|
| Polish
| pl
| pol
|
| Ponape
|
| pon
|
| Portuguese
| pt
| por
|
| Prakrit languages
|
| pra
|
| Provencal, Old (to 1500)
|
| pro
|
| Pushto
| ps
| pus
|
| Quechua
| qu
| que
|
| Rhaeto-Romance
| rm
| roh
|
| Rajasthani
|
| raj
|
| Rarotongan
|
| rar
|
| Romance (Other)
|
| roa
|
| Romanian
| ro
| ron/rum
|
| Romany
|
| rom
|
| Rundi
| rn
| run
|
| Russian
| ru
| rus
|
| Salishan languages
|
| sal
|
| Samaritan Aramaic
|
| sam
|
| Sami languages
|
| smi
|
| Samoan
| sm
| smo
|
| Sandawe
|
| sad
|
| Sango
| sg
| sag
|
| Sanskrit
| sa
| san
|
| Sardinian
|
| srd
|
| Scots
|
| sco
|
| Selkup
|
| sel
|
| Semitic (Other)
|
| sem
|
| Serbian
| sr
|
|
| Serbo-Croatian
| sh
| scr
|
| Serer
|
| srr
|
| Shan
|
| shn
|
| Shona
| sn
| sna
|
| Sidamo
|
| sid
|
| Siksika
|
| bla
|
| Sindhi
| sd
| snd
|
| Singhalese
| si
| sin
|
| Sino-Tibetan (Other)
|
| sit
|
| Siouan languages
|
| sio
|
| Slavic (Other)
|
| sla
|
| Siswant
| ss
| ssw
|
| Slovak
| sk
| slk/slo
|
| Slovenian
| sl
| slv
|
| Sogdian
|
| sog
|
| Somali
| so
| som
|
| Songhai
|
| son
|
| Sorbian languages
|
| wen
|
| Sotho, Northern
|
| nso
|
| Sotho, Southern
| st
| sot
|
| South American Indian (Other)
|
| sai
|
| Spanish
| es
| esl/spa
|
| Sukuma
|
| suk
|
| Sumerian
|
| sux
|
| Sudanese
| su
| sun
|
| Susu
|
| sus
|
| Swahili
| sw
| swa
|
| Swazi
|
| ssw
|
| Swedish
| sv
| sve/swe
|
| Syriac
|
| syr
|
| Tagalog
| tl
| tgl
|
| Tahitian
|
| tah
|
| Tajik
| tg
| tgk
|
| Tamashek
|
| tmh
|
| Tamil
| ta
| tam
|
| Tatar
| tt
| tat
|
| Telugu
| te
| tel
|
| Tereno
|
| ter
|
| Thai
| th
| tha
|
| Tibetan
| bo
| bod/tib
|
| Tigre
|
| tig
|
| Tigrinya
| ti
| tir
|
| Timne
|
| tem
|
| Tivi
|
| tiv
|
| Tlingit
|
| tli
|
| Tonga (Nyasa)
| to
| tog
|
| Tonga (Tonga Islands)
|
| ton
|
| Truk
|
| tru
|
| Tsimshian
|
| tsi
|
| Tsonga
| ts
| tso
|
| Tswana
| tn
| tsn
|
| Tumbuka
|
| tum
|
| Turkish
| tr
| tur
|
| Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)
|
| ota
|
| Turkmen
| tk
| tuk
|
| Tuvinian
|
| tyv
|
| Twi
| tw
| twi
|
| Ugaritic
|
| uga
|
| Uighur
| ug
| uig
|
| Ukrainian
| uk
| ukr
|
| Umbundu
|
| umb
|
| Undetermined
|
| und
|
| Urdu
| ur
| urd
|
| Uzbek
| uz
| uzb
|
| Vai
|
| vai
|
| Venda
|
| ven
|
| Vietnamese
| vi
| vie
|
| Volapük
| vo
| vol
|
| Votic
|
| vot
|
| Wakashan languages
|
| wak
|
| Walamo
|
| wal
|
| Waray
|
| war
|
| Washo
|
| was
|
| Welsh
| cy
| cym/wel
|
| Wolof
| wo
| wol
|
| Xhosa
| xh
| xho
|
| Yakut
|
| sah
|
| Yao
|
| yao
|
| Yap
|
| yap
|
| Yiddish
| yi
| yid
|
| Yoruba
| yo
| yor
|
| Zapotec
|
| zap
|
| Zenaga
|
| zen
|
| Zhuang
| za
| zha
|
| Zulu
| zu
| zul
|
| Zuni
|
| zun |