List of ISO 639-1 codes

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ISO 639 is a standardized nomenclature used to classify all known languages. Each language is assigned a 2-letter (639-1) and 3-letter (639-2 and 639-3), lowercase abbreviation, amended in later versions of the nomenclature. The system is highly useful for linguists and ethnographers to categorize the languages spoken on a regional basis, and to compute analysis in the field of lexicostatistics. ISO 639 has five code lists.

Partial ISO 639 table

This table lists all of:

ISO 639-1: two-letter codes, one per language or macrolanguage

And some of:

ISO 639-2/T: three-letter codes, for the same languages as 639-1
ISO 639-2/B: three-letter codes, mostly the same as 639-2/T, but with some codes derived from English names rather than native names of languages. In the following table, these differing codes are highlighted in boldface.
ISO 639-3: three-letter codes, the same as 639-2/T for languages, but with distinct codes for each dialect of macrolanguages

Language family	Language name	Native name	639-1	639-2/T	639-2/B	639-3	Notes
Northwest Caucasian	Abkhaz	аҧсуа бызшәа, аҧсшәа	ab	abk	abk	abk
Afro-Asiatic	Afar	Afaraf	aa	aar	aar	aar
Indo-European	Afrikaans	Afrikaans	af	afr	afr	afr
Niger–Congo	Akan	Akan	ak	aka	aka	aka + 2	macrolanguage, Twi is [tw/twi], Fanti is [fat]
Indo-European	Albanian	gjuha shqipe	sq	sqi	alb	sqi + 4	macrolanguage
Indo-European	Alemannic, Swiss German, Alsatian	Schwyzerdütsch, Elsassisch, Alemannisch		gsw	gsw	gsw
Afro-Asiatic	Amharic	አማርኛ	am	amh	amh	amh
Afro-Asiatic	Arabic	العربية	ar	ara	ara	ara + 30	macrolanguage, Standard Arabic is [arb]
Indo-European	Aragonese	aragonés	an	arg	arg	arg
Indo-European	Armenian	Հայերեն	hy	hye	arm	hye
Indo-European	Assamese	অসমীয়া	as	asm	asm	asm
Northeast Caucasian	Avaric	авар мацӀ, магӀарул мацӀ	av	ava	ava	ava
Indo-European	Avestan	avesta	ae	ave	ave	ave	ancient
Aymaran	Aymara	aymar aru	ay	aym	aym	aym + 2	macrolanguage
Turkic	Azerbaijani	azərbaycan dili	az	aze	aze	aze + 2	macrolanguage
Niger–Congo	Bambara	bamanankan	bm	bam	bam	bam
Turkic	Bashkir	башҡорт теле	ba	bak	bak	bak
Language isolate	Basque	euskara, euskera	eu	eus	baq	eus
Indo-European	Belarusian	беларуская мова	be	bel	bel	bel
Indo-European	Bengali	বাংলা	bn	ben	ben	ben
Indo-European	Bihari	भोजपुरी	bh	bih	bih	–	Collective language code for Bhojpuri, Magahi, and Maithili
Creole	Bislama	Bislama	bi	bis	bis	bis
Austronesian	Banjar	Bahasa Banjar	bjn	bjn	bjn	bjn	Indonesian is [id/ind]
Indo-European	Bosnian	bosanski jezik	bs	bos	bos	bos
Indo-European	Breton	brezhoneg	br	bre	bre	bre
Indo-European	Bulgarian	български език	bg	bul	bul	bul
Sino-Tibetan	Burmese	ဗမာစာ	my	mya	bur	mya
Indo-European	Catalan; Valencian	català, valencià	ca	cat	cat	cat
Austronesian	Chamorro	Chamoru	ch	cha	cha	cha
Northeast Caucasian	Chechen	нохчийн мотт	ce	che	che	che
Niger–Congo	Chichewa; Chewa; Nyanja	chiCheŵa, chinyanja	ny	nya	nya	nya
Sino-Tibetan	Chinese	中文 (Zhōngwén), 汉语, 漢語	zh	zho	chi	zho + 13	macrolanguage
Turkic	Chuvash	чӑваш чӗлхи	cv	chv	chv	chv
Indo-European	Cornish	Kernewek	kw	cor	cor	cor
Indo-European	Corsican	corsu, lingua corsa	co	cos	cos	cos
Algonquian	Cree	ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ	cr	cre	cre	cre + 6	macrolanguage
Indo-European	Croatian	hrvatski jezik	hr	hrv	hrv	hrv
Indo-European	Czech	čeština, český jazyk	cs	ces	cze	ces
Indo-European	Danish	dansk	da	dan	dan	dan
Austronesian	Dayak	Behas Dayak	day	day	day	day	Indonesian is [id/ind]
Indo-European	Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian;	ދިވެހި	dv	div	div	div
Indo-European	Dutch	Nederlands, Vlaams	nl	nld	dut	nld
Sino-Tibetan	Dzongkha	རྫོང་ཁ	dz	dzo	dzo	dzo
Indo-European	English	English	en	eng	eng	eng
Constructed	Esperanto	Esperanto	eo	epo	epo	epo	constructed
Uralic	Estonian	eesti, eesti keel	et	est	est	est + 2	macrolanguage
Niger–Congo	Ewe	Eʋegbe	ee	ewe	ewe	ewe
Indo-European	Faroese	føroyskt	fo	fao	fao	fao
Austronesian	Fijian	vosa Vakaviti	fj	fij	fij	fij
Uralic	Finnish	suomi, suomen kieli	fi	fin	fin	fin
Indo-European	French	français, langue française	fr	fra	fre	fra
Niger–Congo	Fula; Fulah; Pulaar; Pular	Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular	ff	ful	ful	ful + 9	macrolanguage
Indo-European	Galician	galego	gl	glg	glg	glg
South Caucasian	Georgian	ქართული	ka	kat	geo	kat
Indo-European	German	Deutsch	de	deu	ger	deu
Indo-European	Greek, Modern	ελληνικά	el	ell	gre	ell
Tupian	Guaraní	Avañe'ẽ	gn	grn	grn	grn + 5	macrolanguage
Indo-European	Gujarati	ગુજરાતી	gu	guj	guj	guj
Creole	Haitian; Haitian Creole	Kreyòl ayisyen	ht	hat	hat	hat
Afro-Asiatic	Hausa	Hausa, هَوُسَ	ha	hau	hau	hau
Afro-Asiatic	Hebrew (modern)	עברית	he	heb	heb	heb
Niger–Congo	Herero	Otjiherero	hz	her	her	her
Indo-European	Hindi	हिन्दी, हिंदी	hi	hin	hin	hin
Austronesian	Hiri Motu	Hiri Motu	ho	hmo	hmo	hmo
Uralic	Hungarian	Magyar	hu	hun	hun	hun
Constructed	Interlingua	Interlingua	ia	ina	ina	ina	constructed by International Auxiliary Language Association
Austronesian	Indonesian	Bahasa Indonesia	id	ind	ind	ind	Covered by macrolanguage [ms/msa]
Constructed	Interlingue	Originally called Occidental; then Interlingue after WWII	ie	ile	ile	ile	constructed by Edgar de Wahl, first published in 1922
Indo-European	Irish	Gaeilge	ga	gle	gle	gle
Niger–Congo	Igbo	Asụsụ Igbo	ig	ibo	ibo	ibo
Eskimo–Aleut	Inupiaq	Iñupiaq, Iñupiatun	ik	ipk	ipk	ipk + 2	macrolanguage
Constructed	Ido	Ido	io	ido	ido	ido
Indo-European	Icelandic	Íslenska	is	isl	ice	isl
Indo-European	Italian	italiano	it	ita	ita	ita
Eskimo–Aleut	Inuktitut	ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ	iu	iku	iku	iku + 2	macrolanguage
Japonic	Japanese	日本語 (にほんご)	ja	jpn	jpn	jpn
Austronesian	Javanese	basa Jawa	jv	jav	jav	jav
Eskimo–Aleut	Kalaallisut, Greenlandic	kalaallisut, kalaallit oqaasii	kl	kal	kal	kal
Dravidian	Kannada	ಕನ್ನಡ	kn	kan	kan	kan
Nilo-Saharan	Kanuri	Kanuri	kr	kau	kau	kau + 3	macrolanguage
Indo-European	Kashmiri	कश्मीरी, كشميري‎	ks	kas	kas	kas
Turkic	Kazakh	қазақ тілі	kk	kaz	kaz	kaz
Austro-Asiatic	Khmer	ខ្មែរ, ខេមរភាសា, ភាសាខ្មែរ	km	khm	khm	khm	a.k.a. Cambodian
Niger–Congo	Kikuyu, Gikuyu	Gĩkũyũ	ki	kik	kik	kik
Niger–Congo	Kinyarwanda	Ikinyarwanda	rw	kin	kin	kin
Turkic	Kyrgyz language	[Кыргызча, Кыргыз тили]	ky	kir	kir	kir
Uralic	Komi	коми кыв	kv	kom	kom	kom + 2	macrolanguage
Niger–Congo	Kongo	KiKongo	kg	kon	kon	kon + 3	macrolanguage
Language isolate	Korean	한국어 (韓國語), 조선어 (朝鮮語)	ko	kor	kor	kor
Indo-European	Kurdish	Kurdî, كوردی‎	ku	kur	kur	kur + 3	macrolanguage
Niger–Congo	Kwanyama, Kuanyama	Kuanyama	kj	kua	kua	kua
Indo-European	Latin	latine, lingua latina	la	lat	lat	lat	ancient
Indo-European	Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch	Lëtzebuergesch	lb	ltz	ltz	ltz
Niger–Congo	Ganda	Luganda	lg	lug	lug	lug
Indo-European	Limburgish, Limburgan, Limburger	Limburgs	li	lim	lim	lim
Niger–Congo	Lingala	Lingála	ln	lin	lin	lin
Tai–Kadai	Lao	ພາສາລາວ	lo	lao	lao	lao
Indo-European	Lithuanian	lietuvių kalba	lt	lit	lit	lit
Niger–Congo	Luba-Katanga	Tshiluba	lu	lub	lub	lub
Indo-European	Latvian	latviešu valoda	lv	lav	lav	lav
Indo-European	Manx	Gaelg, Gailck	gv	glv	glv	glv
Indo-European	Macedonian	македонски јазик	mk	mkd	mac	mkd
Austronesian	Malagasy	Malagasy fiteny	mg	mlg	mlg	mlg + 10	macrolanguage
Austronesian	Malay	bahasa Melayu, بهاس ملايو‎	ms	msa	may	msa + 13	macrolanguage, Standard Malay is [zsm], Indonesian is [id/ind]
Dravidian	Malayalam	മലയാളം	ml	mal	mal	mal
Afro-Asiatic	Maltese	Malti	mt	mlt	mlt	mlt
Austronesian	Māori	te reo Māori	mi	mri	mao	mri
Indo-European	Marathi (Marāṭhī)	मराठी	mr	mar	mar	mar
Austronesian	Marshallese	Kajin M̧ajeļ	mh	mah	mah	mah
Mongolic	Mongolian	монгол	mn	mon	mon	mon + 2	macrolanguage
Austronesian	Nauru	Ekakairũ Naoero	na	nau	nau	nau
Dené–Yeniseian	Navajo, Navaho	Diné bizaad, Dinékʼehǰí	nv	nav	nav	nav
Indo-European	Norwegian Bokmål	Norsk bokmål	nb	nob	nob	nob	Covered by macrolanguage [no/nor]
Niger–Congo	North Ndebele	isiNdebele	nd	nde	nde	nde
Indo-European	Nepali	नेपाली	ne	nep	nep	nep
Niger–Congo	Ndonga	Owambo	ng	ndo	ndo	ndo
Indo-European	Norwegian Nynorsk	Norsk nynorsk	nn	nno	nno	nno	Covered by macrolanguage [no/nor]
Indo-European	Norwegian	Norsk	no	nor	nor	nor + 2	macrolanguage, Bokmål is [nb/nob], Nynorsk is [nn/nno]
Sino-Tibetan	Nuosu	ꆈꌠ꒿ Nuosuhxop	ii	iii	iii	iii	Standard form of Yi languages
Niger–Congo	South Ndebele	isiNdebele	nr	nbl	nbl	nbl
Indo-European	Occitan	occitan, lenga d'òc	oc	oci	oci	oci
Algonquian	Ojibwe, Ojibwa	ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ	oj	oji	oji	oji + 7	macrolanguage
Indo-European	Old Church Slavonic, Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian, Old Slavonic	ѩзыкъ словѣньскъ	cu	chu	chu	chu	ancient
Afro-Asiatic	Oromo	Afaan Oromoo	om	orm	orm	orm + 4	macrolanguage
Indo-European	Oriya	ଓଡ଼ିଆ	or	ori	ori	ori
Indo-European	Ossetian, Ossetic	ирон æвзаг	os	oss	oss	oss
Indo-European	Panjabi, Punjabi	ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی‎	pa	pan	pan	pan
Indo-European	Pāli	पाऴि	pi	pli	pli	pli	ancient
Indo-European	Persian	فارسی	fa	fas	per	fas + 2	macrolanguage
Indo-European	Polish	język polski, polszczyzna	pl	pol	pol	pol
Indo-European	Pashto, Pushto	پښتو	ps	pus	pus	pus + 3	macrolanguage
Indo-European	Portuguese	português	pt	por	por	por
Quechuan	Quechua	Runa Simi, Kichwa	qu	que	que	que + 44	macrolanguage
Indo-European	Romansh	rumantsch grischun	rm	roh	roh	roh
Niger–Congo	Kirundi	Ikirundi	rn	run	run	run
Indo-European	Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan	limba română, limba moldovenească	ro	ron	rum	ron	[mo] for Moldavian has been withdrawn, recommending [ro] also for Moldavian
Indo-European	Russian	русский язык	ru	rus	rus	rus
Indo-European	Sanskrit (Saṁskṛta)	संस्कृतम्	sa	san	san	san	ancient, still spoken
Indo-European	Sardinian	sardu	sc	srd	srd	srd + 4	macrolanguage
Indo-European	Sindhi	सिन्धी, سنڌي، سندھی‎	sd	snd	snd	snd
Uralic	Northern Sami	Davvisámegiella	se	sme	sme	sme
Austronesian	Samoan	gagana fa'a Samoa	sm	smo	smo	smo
Creole	Sango	yângâ tî sängö	sg	sag	sag	sag
Indo-European	Serbian	српски језик	sr	srp	srp	srp
Indo-European	Scottish Gaelic; Gaelic	Gàidhlig	gd	gla	gla	gla
Niger–Congo	Shona	chiShona	sn	sna	sna	sna
Indo-European	Sinhala, Sinhalese	සිංහල	si	sin	sin	sin
Indo-European	Slovak	slovenčina, slovenský jazyk	sk	slk	slo	slk
Indo-European	Slovene	slovenski jezik, slovenščina	sl	slv	slv	slv
Afro-Asiatic	Somali	Soomaaliga, af Soomaali	so	som	som	som
Niger–Congo	Southern Sotho	Sesotho	st	sot	sot	sot
Indo-European	Spanish; Castilian	español, castellano	es	spa	spa	spa
Austronesian	Sundanese	Basa Sunda	su	sun	sun	sun
Niger–Congo	Swahili	Kiswahili	sw	swa	swa	swa + 2	macrolanguage
Niger–Congo	Swati	SiSwati	ss	ssw	ssw	ssw
Indo-European	Swedish	Svenska	sv	swe	swe	swe
Dravidian	Tamil	தமிழ்	ta	tam	tam	tam
Dravidian	Telugu	తెలుగు	te	tel	tel	tel
Indo-European	Tajik	тоҷикӣ, toğikī, تاجیکی‎	tg	tgk	tgk	tgk
Tai–Kadai	Thai	ไทย	th	tha	tha	tha
Afro-Asiatic	Tigrinya	ትግርኛ	ti	tir	tir	tir
Sino-Tibetan	Tibetan Standard, Tibetan, Central	བོད་ཡིག	bo	bod	tib	bod
Turkic	Turkmen	Türkmen, Түркмен	tk	tuk	tuk	tuk
Austronesian	Tagalog	Wikang Tagalog, ᜏᜒᜃᜅ᜔ ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔	tl	tgl	tgl	tgl	Note: Filipino (Pilipino) has the code [fil]
Niger–Congo	Tswana	Setswana	tn	tsn	tsn	tsn
Austronesian	Tonga (Tonga Islands)	faka Tonga	to	ton	ton	ton
Turkic	Turkish	Türkçe	tr	tur	tur	tur
Niger–Congo	Tsonga	Xitsonga	ts	tso	tso	tso
Turkic	Tatar	татар теле, tatar tele	tt	tat	tat	tat
Niger–Congo	Twi	Twi	tw	twi	twi	twi	Covered by macrolanguage [ak/aka]
Austronesian	Tahitian	Reo Tahiti	ty	tah	tah	tah	One of the Reo Mā`ohi (languages of French Polynesia)
Turkic	Uighur, Uyghur	Uyƣurqə, ئۇيغۇرچە‎	ug	uig	uig	uig
Indo-European	Ukrainian	українська мова	uk	ukr	ukr	ukr
Indo-European	Urdu	اردو	ur	urd	urd	urd
Turkic	Uzbek	O'zbek, Ўзбек, أۇزبېك‎	uz	uzb	uzb	uzb + 2	macrolanguage
Niger–Congo	Venda	Tshivenḓa	ve	ven	ven	ven
Austro-Asiatic	Vietnamese	Tiếng Việt	vi	vie	vie	vie
Constructed	Volapük	Volapük	vo	vol	vol	vol	constructed
Indo-European	Walloon	walon	wa	wln	wln	wln
Indo-European	Welsh	Cymraeg	cy	cym	wel	cym
Niger–Congo	Wolof	Wollof	wo	wol	wol	wol
Indo-European	Western Frisian	Frysk	fy	fry	fry	fry
Niger–Congo	Xhosa	isiXhosa	xh	xho	xho	xho
Indo-European	Yiddish	ייִדיש	yi	yid	yid	yid + 2	macrolanguage
Niger–Congo	Yoruba	Yorùbá	yo	yor	yor	yor
Tai–Kadai	Zhuang, Chuang	Saɯ cueŋƅ, Saw cuengh	za	zha	zha	zha + 16	macrolanguage
Niger–Congo	Zulu	isiZulu	zu	zul	zul	zul

External links

List of ISO 639-1 codes

Partial ISO 639 table

See also

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