List of ISO 639-1 codes

ISO 639 is a standardized nomenclature used to classify languages. Each language is assigned a two-letter (639-1) and three-letter (639-2 and 639-3) lowercase abbreviation, amended in later versions of the nomenclature.

Table

This table lists all of:

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 variety of an ISO 639 macrolanguage
ISO language name 639-1 639-2/T 639-2/B 639-3 Notes
Abkhazianababkabkabkalso known as Abkhaz
Afaraaaaraaraar
Afrikaansafafrafrafr
Akanakakaakaaka + 2macrolanguage, Twi is tw/twi, Fanti is fat
Albaniansqsqialbsqi + 4macrolanguage, called "Albanian Phylozone" in 639-6
Amharicamamhamhamh
Arabicararaaraara + 28macrolanguage, Standard Arabic is arb
Aragoneseanargargarg
ArmenianhyhyearmhyeISO 639-3 code hye is for Eastern Armenian, hyw is for Western Armenian, and xcl is for Classical Armenian
Assameseasasmasmasm
Avaricavavaavaavaalso known as Avar
Avestanaeaveaveaveancient
Aymaraayaymaymaym + 2macrolanguage
Azerbaijaniazazeazeaze + 2macrolanguage, also known as Azeri
Bambarabmbambambam
Bashkirbabakbakbak
Basqueeueusbaqeus
Belarusianbebelbelbel
Bengalibnbenbenbenalso known as Bangla
BislamabibisbisbisLanguage formed from English and Vanuatuan languages, with some French influence.
Bosnianbsbosbosbos
Bretonbrbrebrebre
Bulgarianbgbulbulbul
Burmesemymyaburmyaalso known as Myanmar
Catalan, Valenciancacatcatcat
Chamorrochchachacha
Chechencechecheche
Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanjanynyanyanya
Chinesezhzhochizho + 16macrolanguage
Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Church Slavoniccuchuchuchuancient, in use by the Eastern Orthodox Church
Chuvashcvchvchvchv
Cornishkwcorcorcor
Corsicancocoscoscos
Creecrcrecrecre + 6macrolanguage
Croatianhrhrvhrvhrv
Czechcscesczeces
Danishdadandandan
Divehi, Dhivehi, Maldiviandvdivdivdiv
Dutch, FlemishnlnlddutnldFlemish is not to be confused with the closely related West Flemish which is referred to as Vlaams (Dutch for "Flemish") in ISO 639-3 and has the ISO 639-3 code vls
Dzongkhadzdzodzodzo
Englishenengengeng
Esperantoeoepoepoepoconstructed, initially by L.L. Zamenhof in 1887
Estonianetestestest + 2macrolanguage
Eweeeeweeweewe
Faroesefofaofaofao
Fijianfjfijfijfij
Finnishfifinfinfin
Frenchfrfrafrefra
Western Frisianfyfryfryfryalso known as Frisian
Fulahfffulfulful + 9macrolanguage, also known as Fula
Gaelic, Scottish Gaelicgdglaglagla
Galicianglglgglgglg
Gandalglugluglug
Georgiankakatgeokat
Germandedeugerdeu
Greek, Modern (1453–)elellgreellfor Ancient Greek, use the ISO 639-3 code grc
Kalaallisut, Greenlandicklkalkalkal
Guaranigngrngrngrn + 5macrolanguage
Gujaratigugujgujguj
Haitian, Haitian Creolehthathathat
Hausahahauhauhau
HebrewhehebhebhebModern Hebrew. Code changed in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, iw.[1]
Hererohzherherher
Hindihihinhinhin
Hiri Motuhohmohmohmo
Hungarianhuhunhunhun
Icelandicisisliceisl
Idoioidoidoidoconstructed by De Beaufront, 1907, as variation of Esperanto
Igboigiboiboibo
Indonesianidindindindcovered by macrolanguage ms/msa. Changed in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, in.[1]
Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association)iainainainaconstructed by the International Auxiliary Language Association
Interlingue, Occidentalieileileileconstructed by Edgar de Wahl, first published in 1922
Inuktitutiuikuikuiku + 2macrolanguage
Inupiaqikipkipkipk + 2macrolanguage
Irishgagleglegle
Italianititaitaita
Japanesejajpnjpnjpn
Javanesejvjavjavjav
Kannadaknkankankan
Kanurikrkaukaukau + 3macrolanguage
Kashmirikskaskaskas
Kazakhkkkazkazkaz
Central Khmerkmkhmkhmkhmalso known as Khmer or Cambodian
Kikuyu, Gikuyukikikkikkik
Kinyarwandarwkinkinkin
Kirghiz, Kyrgyzkykirkirkir
Komikvkomkomkom + 2macrolanguage
Kongokgkonkonkon + 3macrolanguage
Koreankokorkorkor
Kuanyama, Kwanyamakjkuakuakua
Kurdishkukurkurkur + 3macrolanguage
Laololaolaolao
Latinlalatlatlatancient
Latvianlvlavlavlav + 2macrolanguage
Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgishlilimlimlim
Lingalalnlinlinlin
Lithuanianltlitlitlit
Luba-Katangalulublublubalso known as Luba-Shaba
Luxembourgish, Letzeburgeschlbltzltzltzalso known as Luxembourgian and Lëtzebuergesch
Macedonianmkmkdmacmkd
Malagasymgmlgmlgmlg + 11macrolanguage
Malaymsmsamaymsa + 36macrolanguage, Standard Malay is zsm, Indonesian is id/ind
Malayalammlmalmalmal
Maltesemtmltmltmlt
Manxgvglvglvglv
Maorimimrimaomrialso known as Māori
Marathimrmarmarmaralso known as Marāṭhī
Marshallesemhmahmahmah
Mongolianmnmonmonmon + 2macrolanguage
Naurunanaunaunaualso known as Nauruan
Navajo, Navahonvnavnavnav
North Ndebelendndendendealso known as Northern Ndebele
South Ndebelenrnblnblnblalso known as Southern Ndebele
Ndongangndondondo
Nepalinenepnepnep + 2macrolanguage
Norwegiannonornornor + 2macrolanguage, Bokmål is nb/nob, Nynorsk is nn/nno
Norwegian Bokmålnbnobnobnobcovered by macrolanguage no/nor
Norwegian Nynorsknnnnonnonnocovered by macrolanguage no/nor
Sichuan Yi, Nuosuiiiiiiiiiiistandard form of the Yi languages
Occitanocociocioci
Ojibwaojojiojioji + 7macrolanguage, also known as Ojibwe
Oriyaororioriori + 2macrolanguage, also known as Odia
Oromoomormormorm + 4macrolanguage
Ossetian, Osseticosossossoss
Palipipliplipliancient, also known as Pāli
Pashto, Pushtopspuspuspus + 3macrolanguage
Persianfafasperfas + 2macrolanguage, also known as Farsi
Polishplpolpolpol
Portugueseptporporpor
Punjabi, Panjabipapanpanpan
Quechuaququequeque + 43macrolanguage
Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovanroronrumronthe identifiers mo and mol for Moldavian are deprecated. They will not be assigned to different items, and recordings using these identifiers will not be invalid.
Romanshrmrohrohroh
Rundirnrunrunrunalso known as Kirundi
Russianrurusrusrus
Northern Samisesmesmesme
Samoansmsmosmosmo
Sangosgsagsagsag
Sanskritsasansansanancient
Sardinianscsrdsrdsrd + 4macrolanguage
Serbiansrsrpsrpsrpthe ISO 639-2/T code srp deprecated the ISO 639-2/B code scc[2]
Shonasnsnasnasna
Sindhisdsndsndsnd
Sinhala, Sinhalesesisinsinsin
Slovakskslksloslk
Slovenianslslvslvslvalso known as Slovene
Somalisosomsomsom
Southern Sothostsotsotsot
Spanish, Castilianesspaspaspa
Sundanesesusunsunsun
Swahiliswswaswaswa + 2macrolanguage
Swatisssswsswsswalso known as Swazi
Swedishsvswesweswe
Tagalogtltgltgltglnote: Filipino (Pilipino) has the code fil
Tahitiantytahtahtahone of the Reo Mā`ohi (languages of French Polynesia)[3]
Tajiktgtgktgktgk
Tamiltatamtamtam
Tatartttattattat
Telugutetelteltel
Thaiththathatha
Tibetanbobodtibbodalso known as Standard Tibetan
Tigrinyatitirtirtir
Tonga (Tonga Islands)totontontonalso known as Tongan
Tsongatstsotsotso
Tswanatntsntsntsn
Turkishtrturturtur
Turkmentktuktuktuk
Twitwtwitwitwicovered by macrolanguage ak/aka
Uighur, Uyghuruguiguiguig
Ukrainianukukrukrukr
Urduururdurdurd
Uzbekuzuzbuzbuzb + 2macrolanguage
Vendavevenvenven
Vietnamesevivievievie
Volapükvovolvolvolconstructed
Walloonwawlnwlnwln
Welshcycymwelcym
Wolofwowolwolwol
Xhosaxhxhoxhoxho
Yiddishyiyidyidyid + 2macrolanguage. Changed in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, ji.[1]
Yorubayoyoryoryor
Zhuang, Chuangzazhazhazha + 16macrolanguage
Zuluzuzulzulzul

Table of all possible two letter codes

Decoding table of ISO 639-1 alpha-2 codes
aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az
ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz
ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz
da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz
ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em en eo ep eq er es et eu ev ew ex ey ez
fa fb fc fd fe ff fg fh fi fj fk fl fm fn fo fp fq fr fs ft fu fv fw fx fy fz
ga gb gc gd ge gf gg gh gi gj gk gl gm gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx gy gz
ha hb hc hd he hf hg hh hi hj hk hl hm hn ho hp hq hr hs ht hu hv hw hx hy hz
ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is it iu iv iw ix iy iz
ja jb jc jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz
ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr ks kt ku kv kw kx ky kz
la lb lc ld le lf lg lh li lj lk ll lm ln lo lp lq lr ls lt lu lv lw lx ly lz
ma mb mc md me mf mg mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz
na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns nt nu nv nw nx ny nz
oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot ou ov ow ox oy oz
pa pb pc pd pe pf pg ph pi pj pk pl pm pn po pp pq pr ps pt pu pv pw px py pz
qa qb qc qd qe qf qg qh qi qj qk ql qm qn qo qp qq qr qs qt qu qv qw qx qy qz
ra rb rc rd re rf rg rh ri rj rk rl rm rn ro rp rq rr rs rt ru rv rw rx ry rz
sa sb sc sd se sf sg sh si sj sk sl sm sn so sp sq sr ss st su sv sw sx sy sz
ta tb tc td te tf tg th ti tj tk tl tm tn to tp tq tr ts tt tu tv tw tx ty tz
ua ub uc ud ue uf ug uh ui uj uk ul um un uo up uq ur us ut uu uv uw ux uy uz
va vb vc vd ve vf vg vh vi vj vk vl vm vn vo vp vq vr vs vt vu vv vw vx vy vz
wa wb wc wd we wf wg wh wi wj wk wl wm wn wo wp wq wr ws wt wu wv ww wx wy wz
xa xb xc xd xe xf xg xh xi xj xk xl xm xn xo xp xq xr xs xt xu xv xw xx xy xz
ya yb yc yd ye yf yg yh yi yj yk yl ym yn yo yp yq yr ys yt yu yv yw yx yy yz
za zb zc zd ze zf zg zh zi zj zk zl zm zn zo zp zq zr zs zt zu zv zw zx zy zz
Colour legend
183/676
Officially assigned: assigned to a language
7/676
Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned
486/676
Unassigned

References

  1. Cover, Robin. "Code for the Representation of the Names of Languages. From ISO 639, revised 1989". xml.coverpages.org. Archived from the original on 2018-04-04. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  2. "Code Changes". ISO 639-2. Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  3. Charpentier, Jean-Michel; François, Alexandre (2015). Atlas Linguistique de Polynésie Française — Linguistic Atlas of French Polynesia (in French and English). Mouton de Gruyter & Université de la Polynésie Française. p. 106. ISBN 978-3-11-026035-9. Archived from the original on 2019-10-29. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
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