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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 · Multiple codes assigned to the same language are to be considered synonyms. ISO 639-1 is the alpha-2 code. ISO 639-2 Code. ISO 639-1 Code. English name of Language. French name of Language. German name of Language. aar. aa.
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. Set 2 : three-letter language identifiers (originally as in ISO 639-2:1998) for a larger number of widely known individual languages (including all ...
ISO 639 is a set of international standards that lists short codes for language names. The following is a complete list of three-letter codes defined in part two ( ISO 639-2) of the standard, [1] including the corresponding two-letter ( ISO 639-1) codes where they exist.
- Use of ISO 639 Codes
- Current Sets and Historical Parts of The Standard
- Characteristics of Individual Codes
- Relations Between The Sets
- Code Space
- See Also
- External Links
The language codes defined in the several sections of ISO 639 are used for bibliographic purposes and, in computing and internet environments, as a key element of locale data. The codes also find use in various applications, such as Wikipedia URLsfor its different language editions.
Each set of the standard is maintained by a maintenance agency, which adds codes and changes the status of codes when needed. ISO 639-6 was withdrawn in 2014,and not included in ISO 639:2023.
Scopes: 1. Individual languages 2. Macrolanguages(Set 3) 3. Collections of languages (Sets 1, 2, 5). Some collections were already in Set 2, and others were added only in Set 5: 3.1. Remainder groups: 36 collections in both Set 2 and 5 are of this kind — for compatibility with Set 2 when Set 5 was still not published, the remainder groups do not co...
The different sets of ISO 639 are designed to work together, in such a way that no code means one thing in one set and something else in another. However, not all languages are in all sets, and there is a variety of different ways that specific languages and other elements are treated in the different sets. This depends, for example, whether a lang...
Two-letter code space
Two-letter (formerly "Alpha-2") identifiers (for codes composed of 2 letters of the ISO basic Latin alphabet) are used in Set 1. When codes for a wider range of languages were desired, more than 2 letter combinations could cover (a maximum of 262 = 676), Set 2 was developed using three-letter codes. (However, the latter was formally published first.)
Three-letter code space
Three-letter (formerly "Alpha-3") identifiers (for codes composed of 3 letters of the ISO basic Latin alphabet) are used in Set 2, Set 3, and Set 5. The number of languages and language groups that can be so represented is 263= 17,576. The common use of three-letter codes by three sets of ISO 639 requires some coordination within a larger system. Set 2 defines four special codes mis, mul, und, zxx, a reserved range qaa-qtz(20 × 26 = 520 codes) and has 20 double entries (the B/T codes), plus 2...
Alpha-4 code space
"Alpha-4" codes (for codes composed of 4 letters of the ISO basic Latin alphabet) were proposed to be used in ISO 639-6, which has been withdrawn. The upper limit for the number of languages and dialects that can be represented is 264= 456,976.
ISO 15924 (codes for writing systems)The ISO 639 language code comprises language code elements each consisting of one to three language identifiers, one unique language reference name, zero or more language names in English and French, and a code element scope. Each language identifier designates a recognized individual language or language group.
May 5, 2014 · ISO 639-3, Codes for the representation of names of languages - Part 3: Alpha-3 code for comprehensive coverage of languages, is a code list that aims to define three-letter identifiers for all known human languages. At the core of ISO 639-3 are the individual languages already accounted for in ISO 639-2.
