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Jul 25, 2013 · 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 639-1 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. The list contains approximately 180 discrete codes.
It was first approved in 1967 as a single-part ISO Recommendation, ISO/R 639, superseded in 2002 by part 1 of the new series, ISO 639-1, followed by additional parts. All existing parts of the series were consolidated into a single standard in 2023, largely based on the text of ISO 639-4.
This document specifies the ISO 639 language code and establishes the harmonized terminology and general principles of language coding. It provides rules for the selection, formation, presentation and use of language identifiers as well as language reference names.
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.
List of ISO 639-1 codes. ISO 639 is a standard way to classify languages. Each language is given a two-letter (639-1) and three-letter ( 639-2 and 639-3) lowercase abbreviation, amended in later versions of the nomenclature. (for example, English gets abbreviated to en.)
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.
