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 |
Volapk | 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 |