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List of ISO 639 language codes. 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] Part 1 of the standard, ISO 639-1 defines the two-letter codes, and Part 3 (2007), ISO 639-3, defines the three-letter codes, aiming to ...
Dec 21, 2017 · Codes arranged alphabetically by alpha-3/ISO 639-2 Code. Note: ISO 639-2 is the alpha-3 code in Codes for the representation of names of languages-- Part 2. There are 21 languages that have alternative codes for bibliographic or terminology purposes.
Iso 639-2 CodeIso 639-1 CodeEnglish Name Of LanguageFrench Name Of LanguageaaraaAfarafarabkabAbkhazianabkhazeafrafAfrikaansafrikaansakaakAkanakanThe ISO 639 language code comprises four sets of language identifiers: Set 1: two-letter language identifiers (originally as in ISO 639-1:2002) for major, mostly national individual languages.
May 1, 2014 · ISO 639-1 was devised primarily for use in terminology, lexicography and linguistics. ISO 639-2 represents all languages contained in ISO 639-1 and in addition any other language as well as language groups as they may be coded for special purposes when more specificity in coding is needed.
ISO 639-1: Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages - Part 1: Two-letter codes for languages. ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family. ISO 639-1 provides two-character lowercase alphabetic strings that serve as identifiers of languages.
ISO 639-1 also includes guidelines for the creation of language code elements and their use in some applications. 1 Scope. This part of ISO 639 provides a code consisting of language code elements comprising two-letter language identifiers for the representation of names of languages.