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 cover all known natural languages, largely superseding the ISO 639-2 three-letter code standard.

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This table lists all two-letter codes (set 1), one per language for ISO 639 macrolanguage, and some of the three-letter codes of the other sets, formerly parts 2 and 3.

Entries in the Scope column distinguish:

Individual language
Collections of related languages
Macrolanguages

The Type column distinguishes:

Ancient languages (extinct since ancient times)
Historical languages (distinct from their modern form)
Extinct languages in recent times
Constructed languages

ISO Language Names	Set 1	Set 2/T	Set 2/B	Set 3	Scope	Type	Endonym(s)	Other Name(s) ^{[note 1]}	Notes
Abkhazian	`ab`	`abk`	`abk`	`abk`	Individual	Living	Аҧсуа (Apsua)	Abkhaz
Afar	`aa`	`aar`	`aar`	`aar`	Individual	Living	Qafar af
Afrikaans	`af`	`afr`	`afr`	`afr`	Individual	Living	Afrikaans
Akan	`ak`	`aka`	`aka`	`aka` + 2	Macrolanguage	Living	Ákán		Twi is `tw`/`twi`, Fanti is `fat`
Albanian	`sq`	`sqi`	`alb`	`sqi` + 4	Macrolanguage	Living	Shqip	called "Albanian Phylozone" in 639-6
Amharic	`am`	`amh`	`amh`	`amh`	Individual	Living	አማርኛ (Amarəñña)
Arabic	`ar`	`ara`	`ara`	`ara` + 28	macrolanguage	Living	اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ (al-ʿarabiyyah)		Standard Arabic is `arb`
Aragonese	`an`	`arg`	`arg`	`arg`	Individual	Living	Aragonés
Armenian	`hy`	`hye`	`arm`	`hye`	Individual	Living	Հայերեն (Hayeren)		ISO 639-3 code `hye` is for Eastern Armenian, `hyw` is for Western Armenian, and `xcl` is for Classical Armenian
Assamese	`as`	`asm`	`asm`	`asm`	Individual	Living	অসমীয়া (Ôxômiya)
Avaric	`av`	`ava`	`ava`	`ava`	Individual	Living	Авар мацӏ; اوار ماض (Avar maz)	Avar
Avestan	`ae`	`ave`	`ave`	`ave`	Individual	Ancient	Upastawakaēna
Aymara	`ay`	`aym`	`aym`	`aym` + 2	Macrolanguage	Living	Aymara	Aymaran
Azerbaijani	`az`	`aze`	`aze`	`aze` + 2	Macrolanguage	Living	Azərbaycan dili; آذربایجان دیلی; Азәрбајҹан дили	Azeri
Bambara	`bm`	`bam`	`bam`	`bam`	Individual	Living	بَمَنَنكَن ;ߓߡߊߣߊ߲ߞߊ߲ (Bamanankan)
Bashkir	`ba`	`bak`	`bak`	`bak`	Individual	Living	Башҡорт теле; Başqort tele
Basque	`eu`	`eus`	`baq`	`eus`	Individual	Living	Euskara
Belarusian	`be`	`bel`	`bel`	`bel`	Individual	Living	Беларуская мова (Belaruskaâ mova)
Bengali	`bn`	`ben`	`ben`	`ben`	Individual	Living	বাংলা (Bāŋlā)	Bangla
Bislama	`bi`	`bis`	`bis`	`bis`	Individual	Living	Bislama		Language formed from English and Vanuatuan languages, with some French influence.
Bosnian	`bs`	`bos`	`bos`	`bos`	Individual	Living	Босански (Bosanski)
Breton	`br`	`bre`	`bre`	`bre`	Individual	Living	Brezhoneg
Bulgarian	`bg`	`bul`	`bul`	`bul`	Individual	Living	Български (Bulgarski)
Burmese	`my`	`mya`	`bur`	`mya`	Individual	Living	မြန်မာစာ (Mrãmācā)	Myanmar
Catalan, Valencian	`ca`	`cat`	`cat`	`cat`	Individual	Living	Català; Valencià
Chamorro	`ch`	`cha`	`cha`	`cha`	Individual	Living	Finu' Chamoru
Chechen	`ce`	`che`	`che`	`che`	Individual	Living	Нохчийн мотт; (Noxçiyn mott)	Chechnyan; Chechnian
Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja	`ny`	`nya`	`nya`	`nya`	Individual	Living	Chichewa; Chinyanja
Chinese	`zh`	`zho`	`chi`	`zho` + 16	Macrolanguage	Living	中文 (Zhōngwén) 汉语; 漢語 (Hànyǔ)
Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic	`cu`	`chu`	`chu`	`chu`	Individual	Ancient, in use by the Eastern Orthodox Church	Славе́нскїй ѧ҆зы́къ
Chuvash	`cv`	`chv`	`chv`	`chv`	Individual	Living	Чӑвашла (Çăvaşla)
Cornish	`kw`	`cor`	`cor`	`cor`	Individual	Living	Kernowek
Corsican	`co`	`cos`	`cos`	`cos`	Individual	Living	Corsu
Cree	`cr`	`cre`	`cre`	`cre` + 6	Macrolanguage	Living	ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ (Nehiyawewin)
Croatian	`hr`	`hrv`	`hrv`	`hrv`	Individual	Living	Hrvatski	Crovatian
Czech	`cs`	`ces`	`cze`	`ces`	Individual	Living	Čeština	Czechian
Danish	`da`	`dan`	`dan`	`dan`	Individual	Living	Dansk
Divehi, Dhivehi, Maldivian	`dv`	`div`	`div`	`div`	Individual	Living	ދިވެހި (Dhivehi)	Maldivian
Dutch, Flemish	`nl`	`nld`	`dut`	`nld`	Individual	Living	Nederlands		Flemish is not to be confused with the closely related West Flemish which is referred to as "Vlaams" and has the code `vls` in ISO 639-3
Dzongkha	`dz`	`dzo`	`dzo`	`dzo`	Individual	Living	རྫོང་ཁ་ (Dzongkha)	Bhutanese
English	`en`	`eng`	`eng`	`eng`	Individual	Living	English
Esperanto	`eo`	`epo`	`epo`	`epo`	Individual	Constructedby L.L. Zamenhof in 1887	Esperanto
Estonian	`et`	`est`	`est`	`est` + 2	Macrolanguage	Living	Eesti keel
Ewe	`ee`	`ewe`	`ewe`	`ewe`	Individual	Living	Èʋegbe
Faroese	`fo`	`fao`	`fao`	`fao`	Individual	Living	Føroyskt
Fijian	`fj`	`fij`	`fij`	`fij`	Individual	Living	Na Vosa Vakaviti
Finnish	`fi`	`fin`	`fin`	`fin`	Individual	Living	Suomi
French	`fr`	`fra`	`fre`	`fra`	Individual	Living	Français
Western Frisian	`fy`	`fry`	`fry`	`fry`	Individual	Living	Frysk	West Frisian; Frisian; Fries
Fulah	`ff`	`ful`	`ful`	`ful` + 9	Macrolanguage	Living	𞤊𞤵𞤤𞤬𞤵𞤤𞤣𞤫 ;ࢻُلْࢻُلْدٜ; Fulfulde‎ 𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞥄𞤪 ;ݒُلَارْ; ‎Pulaar	Fulani
Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic	`gd`	`gla`	`gla`	`gla`	Individual	Living	Gàidhlig
Galician	`gl`	`glg`	`glg`	`glg`	Individual	Living	Galego
Ganda	`lg`	`lug`	`lug`	`lug`	Individual	Living	Luganda
Georgian	`ka`	`kat`	`geo`	`kat`	Individual	Living	ქართული (Kharthuli)
German	`de`	`deu`	`ger`	`deu`	Individual	Living	Deutsch
Greek, Modern (1453–)	`el`	`ell`	`gre`	`ell`	Individual	Living	Νέα Ελληνικά; (Néa Ellêniká)		for Ancient Greek, use the ISO 639-3 code `grc`
Kalaallisut, Greenlandic	`kl`	`kal`	`kal`	`kal`	Individual	Living	Kalaallisut
Guarani	`gn`	`grn`	`grn`	`grn` + 5	Macrolanguage	Living	Avañe'ẽ
Gujarati	`gu`	`guj`	`guj`	`guj`	Individual	Living	ગુજરાતી (Gujarātī)
Haitian, Haitian Creole	`ht`	`hat`	`hat`	`hat`	Individual	Living	Kreyòl ayisyen
Hausa	`ha`	`hau`	`hau`	`hau`	Individual	Living	هَرْشٜن هَوْس (halshen Hausa)	Hausan
Hebrew	`he`	`heb`	`heb`	`heb`	Individual	Living	עברית‎ (Ivrit)		Modern Hebrew. Code changed in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, `iw`.^[3]
Herero	`hz`	`her`	`her`	`her`	Individual	Living	Otjiherero
Hindi	`hi`	`hin`	`hin`	`hin`	Individual	Living	हिन्दी (Hindī)
Hiri Motu	`ho`	`hmo`	`hmo`	`hmo`	Individual	Living	Hiri Motu	Police Motu;
Hungarian	`hu`	`hun`	`hun`	`hun`	Individual	Living	Magyar nyelv
Icelandic	`is`	`isl`	`ice`	`isl`	Individual	Living	Íslenska
Ido	`io`	`ido`	`ido`	`ido`	Individual	Constructed in 1907 by Louis de Beaufront as variation of Esperanto	Ido
Igbo	`ig`	`ibo`	`ibo`	`ibo`	Individual	Living	ásụ̀sụ́ Ìgbò
Indonesian	`id`	`ind`	`ind`	`ind`	Individual	Living	bahasa Indonesia		covered by macrolanguage `ms`/`msa`. Changed in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, `in`.^[3]
Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association)	`ia`	`ina`	`ina`	`ina`	Individual	Constructed by the International Auxiliary Language Association	Interlingua
Interlingue, Occidental	`ie`	`ile`	`ile`	`ile`	Individual	Constructed by Edgar de Wahl, first published in 1922	Interlingue; Occidental
Inuktitut	`iu`	`iku`	`iku`	`iku` + 2	Macrolanguage	Living	ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ (Inuktitut)
Inupiaq	`ik`	`ipk`	`ipk`	`ipk` + 2	Macrolanguage	Living	Iñupiaq
Irish	`ga`	`gle`	`gle`	`gle`	Individual	Living	Gaeilge
Italian	`it`	`ita`	`ita`	`ita`	Individual	Living	Italiano
Japanese	`ja`	`jpn`	`jpn`	`jpn`	Individual	Living	日本語 (Nihongo)
Javanese	`jv`	`jav`	`jav`	`jav`	Individual	Living	ꦧꦱꦗꦮ; basa Jawa
Kannada	`kn`	`kan`	`kan`	`kan`	Individual	Living	ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannađa)	Kannadan
Kanuri	`kr`	`kau`	`kau`	`kau` + 3	Macrolanguage	Living	كَنُرِيِه; Kànùrí
Kashmiri	`ks`	`kas`	`kas`	`kas`	Individual	Living	कॉशुर; كأشُر (Kosher)
Kazakh	`kk`	`kaz`	`kaz`	`kaz`	Individual	Living	Қазақша; Qazaqşa
Central Khmer	`km`	`khm`	`khm`	`khm`	Individual	Living	ខេមរភាសា; (Khémôrôphéasa)	Khmer; Cambodian
Kikuyu, Gikuyu	`ki`	`kik`	`kik`	`kik`	Individual	Living	Gĩgĩkũyũ
Kinyarwanda	`rw`	`kin`	`kin`	`kin`	Individual	Living	Ikinyarwanda	Rwandan
Kirghiz, Kyrgyz	`ky`	`kir`	`kir`	`kir`	Individual	Living	Кыргызча; Kırgızça
Komi	`kv`	`kom`	`kom`	`kom` + 2	Macrolanguage	Living	Коми кыв	Zyran; Zyrian; Komi-Zyryan
Kongo	`kg`	`kon`	`kon`	`kon` + 3	Macrolanguage	Living	Kikongo
Korean	`ko`	`kor`	`kor`	`kor`	Individual	Living	한국어 (Hangugeo) 조선말 (Chosŏnmal)
Kuanyama, Kwanyama	`kj`	`kua`	`kua`	`kua`	Individual	Living	Oshikwanyama	Cuanhama
Kurdish	`ku`	`kur`	`kur`	`kur` + 3	Macrolanguage	Living	کوردی; Kurdî
Lao	`lo`	`lao`	`lao`	`lao`	Individual	Living	ພາສາລາວ (phasa Lao)
Latin	`la`	`lat`	`lat`	`lat`	Individual	Ancient	Latinum
Latvian	`lv`	`lav`	`lav`	`lav` + 2	Macrolanguage	Living	Latviski
Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish	`li`	`lim`	`lim`	`lim`	Individual	Living	Lèmburgs
Lingala	`ln`	`lin`	`lin`	`lin`	Individual	Living	Lingála	Ngala
Lithuanian	`lt`	`lit`	`lit`	`lit`	Individual	Living	Lietuviškai
Luba-Katanga	`lu`	`lub`	`lub`	`lub`	Individual	Living	Kiluba	Luba-Shaba
Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch	`lb`	`ltz`	`ltz`	`ltz`	Individual	Living	Lëtzebuergesch	Luxembourgian
Macedonian	`mk`	`mkd`	`mac`	`mkd`	Individual	Living	Македонски (Makedonski)
Malagasy	`mg`	`mlg`	`mlg`	`mlg` + 11	Macrolanguage	Living	مَلَغَسِ; Malagasy
Malay	`ms`	`msa`	`may`	`msa` + 36	Macrolanguage	Living	بهاس ملايو (bahasa Melayu)		Standard Malay is `zsm`, Indonesian is `id`/`ind`
Malayalam	`ml`	`mal`	`mal`	`mal`	Individual	Living	മലയാളം (Malayāļã)
Maltese	`mt`	`mlt`	`mlt`	`mlt`	Individual	Living	Malti
Manx	`gv`	`glv`	`glv`	`glv`	Individual	Living	Gaelg; Gailck
Maori	`mi`	`mri`	`mao`	`mri`	Individual	Living	reo Māori
Marathi	`mr`	`mar`	`mar`	`mar`	Individual	Living	मराठी (Marāṭhī)	Maharashtran
Marshallese	`mh`	`mah`	`mah`	`mah`	Individual	Living	kajin M̧ajel‌̧	Ebon
Mongolian	`mn`	`mon`	`mon`	`mon` + 2	Macrolanguage	Living	ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ; Монгол хэл (Mongol xel)
Nauru	`na`	`nau`	`nau`	`nau`	Individual	Living	dorerin Naoe	Nauruan
Navajo, Navaho	`nv`	`nav`	`nav`	`nav`	Individual	Living	Diné bizaad; Naabeehó bizaad
North Ndebele	`nd`	`nde`	`nde`	`nde`	Individual	Living	isiNdebele; saseNyakatho; Mthwakazi Ndebele	Northern Ndebele
South Ndebele	`nr`	`nbl`	`nbl`	`nbl`	Individual	Living	isiNdebele; sakwaNdzundza	Southern Ndebele
Ndonga	`ng`	`ndo`	`ndo`	`ndo`	Individual	Living	Ndonga
Nepali	`ne`	`nep`	`nep`	`nep` + 2	Macrolanguage	Living	नेपाली भाषा (Nepālī bhāśā)	Nepalese
Norwegian	`no`	`nor`	`nor`	`nor` + 2	Macrolanguage	Living	Norsk		Bokmål is `nb`/`nob`, Nynorsk is `nn`/`nno`
Norwegian Bokmål	`nb`	`nob`	`nob`	`nob`	Individual	Living	Norsk Bokmål		covered by macrolanguage `no`/`nor`
Norwegian Nynorsk	`nn`	`nno`	`nno`	`nno`	Individual	Living	Norsk Nynorsk		covered by macrolanguage `no`/`nor`
Occitan	`oc`	`oci`	`oci`	`oci`	Individual	Living	Occitan; Provençal	Provential
Ojibwa	`oj`	`oji`	`oji`	`oji` + 7	Macrolanguage	Living	ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ (Anishinaabemowin)	Ojibwe; Ojibway; Otchipwe; Ojibwemowin
Oriya	`or`	`ori`	`ori`	`ori` + 2	Macrolanguage	Living	ଓଡ଼ିଆ (Odia)	Odian; Odishan
Oromo	`om`	`orm`	`orm`	`orm` + 4	Macrolanguage	Living	afaan Oromoo
Ossetian, Ossetic	`os`	`oss`	`oss`	`oss`	Individual	Living	дигорон Ӕвзаг (digoron Ævzag)
Pali	`pi`	`pli`	`pli`	`pli`	Individual	Ancient	Pāli
Pashto, Pushto	`ps`	`pus`	`pus`	`pus` + 3	Macrolanguage	Living	پښتو (Pax̌tow)
Persian	`fa`	`fas`	`per`	`fas` + 2	Macrolanguage	Living	فارسی (Fārsiy)	Farsi
Polish	`pl`	`pol`	`pol`	`pol`	Individual	Living	Polski
Portuguese	`pt`	`por`	`por`	`por`	Individual	Living	Português
Punjabi, Panjabi	`pa`	`pan`	`pan`	`pan`	Individual	Living	ਪੰਜਾਬੀ; پنجابی (Pãjābī)
Quechua	`qu`	`que`	`que`	`que` + 43	Macrolanguage	Living	Runa simi; kichwa simi; Nuna shimi
Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan	`ro`	`ron`	`rum`	`ron`	Individual	Living	Românește		the 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.
Romansh	`rm`	`roh`	`roh`	`roh`	Individual	Living	Rumantsch; Rumàntsch; Romauntsch; Romontsch
Rundi	`rn`	`run`	`run`	`run`	Individual	Living	Ikirundi	Kirundi
Russian	`ru`	`rus`	`rus`	`rus`	Individual	Living	Русский язык (Russkiĭ âzyk)
Northern Sami	`se`	`sme`	`sme`	`sme`	Individual	Living	Davvisámegiella
Samoan	`sm`	`smo`	`smo`	`smo`	Individual	Living	gagana Sāmoa
Sango	`sg`	`sag`	`sag`	`sag`	Individual	Living	yângâ tî Sängö	Sangoic
Sanskrit	`sa`	`san`	`san`	`san` + 2	Macrolanguage	Ancient	संस्कृतम् (Saṃskṛtam)
Sardinian	`sc`	`srd`	`srd`	`srd` + 4	Macrolanguage	Living	Sardu
Serbian	`sr`	`srp`	`srp`	`srp`	Individual	Living	Српски (Srpski)		the ISO 639-2/T code `srp` deprecated the ISO 639-2/B code `scc`^[4]
Shona	`sn`	`sna`	`sna`	`sna`	Individual	Living	chiShona
Sindhi	`sd`	`snd`	`snd`	`snd`	Individual	Living	سنڌي; सिन्धी (Sindhī)
Sinhala, Sinhalese	`si`	`sin`	`sin`	`sin`	Individual	Living	සිංහල (Siṁhala)
Slovak	`sk`	`slk`	`slo`	`slk`	Individual	Living	Slovenčina
Slovenian	`sl`	`slv`	`slv`	`slv`	Individual	Living	Slovenščina	Slovene
Somali	`so`	`som`	`som`	`som`	Individual	Living	Soomaali; 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘; سٝومالِ	Somalian
Southern Sotho	`st`	`sot`	`sot`	`sot`	Individual	Living	Sesotho
Spanish, Castilian	`es`	`spa`	`spa`	`spa`	Individual	Living	Español; Castellano
Sundanese	`su`	`sun`	`sun`	`sun`	Individual	Living	basa Sunda; بَاسَا سُوْندَا
Swahili	`sw`	`swa`	`swa`	`swa` + 2	Macrolanguage	Living	Kiswahili; كِسوَحِيلِ
Swati	`ss`	`ssw`	`ssw`	`ssw`	Individual	Living	siSwati	Swazi
Swedish	`sv`	`swe`	`swe`	`swe`	Individual	Living	Svenska
Tagalog	`tl`	`tgl`	`tgl`	`tgl`	Individual	Living	Wikang Tagalog		note: Filipino (Pilipino) has the code `fil`
Tahitian	`ty`	`tah`	`tah`	`tah`	Individual	Living	reo Tahiti		One of the Reo Mā`ohi (languages of French Polynesia)^[5]
Tajik	`tg`	`tgk`	`tgk`	`tgk`	Individual	Living	Тоҷикӣ (Tojikī)
Tamil	`ta`	`tam`	`tam`	`tam`	Individual	Living	தமிழ் (Tamiḻ)	Tamizh
Tatar	`tt`	`tat`	`tat`	`tat`	Individual	Living	Татар теле; Tatar tele; تاتار تئلئ‎
Telugu	`te`	`tel`	`tel`	`tel`	Individual	Living	తెలుగు (Telugu)
Thai	`th`	`tha`	`tha`	`tha`	Individual	Living	ภาษาไทย (Phasa Thai)	Central Thai; Siamese
Tibetan	`bo`	`bod`	`tib`	`bod`	Individual	Living	བོད་སྐད་ (Bodskad); ལྷ་སའི་སྐད་ (Lhas'iskad)	Standard Tibetan
Tigrinya	`ti`	`tir`	`tir`	`tir`	Individual	Living	ትግርኛ (Təgrəñña)	Tigrigna
Tonga (Tonga Islands)	`to`	`ton`	`ton`	`ton`	Individual	Living	lea faka-Tonga	Tongan
Tsonga	`ts`	`tso`	`tso`	`tso`	Individual	Living	Xitsonga
Tswana	`tn`	`tsn`	`tsn`	`tsn`	Individual	Living	Setswana	Sechuana
Turkish	`tr`	`tur`	`tur`	`tur`	Individual	Living	Türkçe
Turkmen	`tk`	`tuk`	`tuk`	`tuk`	Individual	Living	Türkmençe; Түркменче; تۆرکمنچه
Twi	`tw`	`twi`	`twi`	`twi`	Individual	Living	Twi		covered by macrolanguage `ak`/`aka`
Uighur, Uyghur	`ug`	`uig`	`uig`	`uig`	Individual	Living	ئۇيغۇر تىلى; Уйғур тили; Uyƣur tili
Ukrainian	`uk`	`ukr`	`ukr`	`ukr`	Individual	Living	Українська (Ukraїnska)
Urdu	`ur`	`urd`	`urd`	`urd`	Individual	Living	اُردُو (Urduw)
Uzbek	`uz`	`uzb`	`uzb`	`uzb` + 2	Macrolanguage	Living	Ózbekça; ўзбекча; ئوزبېچه
Venda	`ve`	`ven`	`ven`	`ven`	Individual	Living	Tshivenḓa
Vietnamese	`vi`	`vie`	`vie`	`vie`	Individual	Living	tiếng Việt
Volapük	`vo`	`vol`	`vol`	`vol`	Individual	Constructed in 1879-80 by Johann Martin Schleyer	Volapük
Walloon	`wa`	`wln`	`wln`	`wln`	Individual	Living	Walon
Welsh	`cy`	`cym`	`wel`	`cym`	Individual	Living	Cymraeg
Wolof	`wo`	`wol`	`wol`	`wol`	Individual	Living	وࣷلࣷفْ
Xhosa	`xh`	`xho`	`xho`	`xho`	Individual	Living	isiXhosa
Sichuan Yi, Nuosu	`ii`	`iii`	`iii`	`iii`	Individual	Living	ꆈꌠꉙ (Nuosuhxop)	Northern Yi; Liangshan Yi	standard form of the Yi languages
Yiddish	`yi`	`yid`	`yid`	`yid` + 2	Macrolanguage	Living	ייִדיש (Yidiš)		Changed in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, `ji`.^[3]
Yoruba	`yo`	`yor`	`yor`	`yor`	Individual	Living	èdè Yorùbá
Zhuang, Chuang	`za`	`zha`	`zha`	`zha` + 16	Macrolanguage	Living	話僮 (Vahcuengh)
Zulu	`zu`	`zul`	`zul`	`zul`	Individual	Living	isiZulu

Notes

^ For reference only, alternate names are not included in the ISO standard.

Table of all possible two letter codes[edit]

Decoding table of ISO 639 alpha-2 codes (set 1)
Colour legend
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
183/676		Officially assigned: assigned to a language
7/676		Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned
486/676		Unassigned

References[edit]

^ "ISO 639:2023 Code for individual languages and language groups". International Organization for Standardization. 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2023-12-17. This document specifies the ISO 639 language code and establishes the harmonized terminology and general principles of language coding.
^ "Access to the databases of the ISO 639 Language Code" (PDF). International Organization for Standardization. 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ "Code Changes". ISO 639-2. Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
^ 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.

External links[edit]

Official ISO 639 list at the Library of Congress
meta:Template:List of language names ordered by code on Wikimedia

[3] For reference only, alternate names are not included in the ISO standard.

[1] "ISO 639:2023 Code for individual languages and language groups". International Organization for Standardization. 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2023-12-17. This document specifies the ISO 639 language code and establishes the harmonized terminology and general principles of language coding.

[2] "Access to the databases of the ISO 639 Language Code" (PDF). International Organization for Standardization. 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2023-12-17.

[coverpage-4] 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.

[LOC_Changes-5] "Code Changes". ISO 639-2. Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2012.

[6] 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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