Where two ISO 639-2 codes are given in the table, the one with the asterisk is the bibliographic code (B code) and the other is the terminological code (T code).

Entries in the Scope column distinguish:

individual language;
collections of languages connected, for example genetically or by region;
macrolanguages.

The Type column distinguishes:

Living (natural languages in current use);
Historical (distinct from their modern form);
Extinct in recent times;
Constructed.

for individual languages, and

Genetic;
Genetic-like;
Geographic (for regional language groups).

for collectives. The differences between genetic and genetic-like are vague, but usually the former comprises more individual languages than the latter, while the latter comprises more language families than the former.

The standard includes some codes for special situations:^[1]

mis, for "uncoded languages";
mul, for "multiple languages";
qaa–qtz, a range reserved for local use;
und, for "undetermined";
zxx, for "no linguistic content; not applicable".

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*Synonyms for terminology applications (ISO 639-2/T) and for *bibliographic applications (ISO 639-2/B)

639-2^[1]	639-3^[2]	639-5^[3]	639-1	Language name(s) from ISO 639-2^[1]	Scope	Type	Native name(s)	Other name(s)
`aar`	`aar`		`aa`	Afar	Individual	Living	Qafaraf; ’Afar Af; Afaraf; Qafar af
`abk`	`abk`		`ab`	Abkhazian	Individual	Living	Аҧсуа бызшәа Aƥsua bızšwa; Аҧсшәа Aƥsua	Abkhaz
`ace`	`ace`			Achinese	Individual	Living	بهسا اچيه, Basa Acèh	Acehnese
`ach`	`ach`			Acoli	Individual	Living	Lwo	Acholi
`ada`	`ada`			Adangme	Individual	Living	Dangme	Dangme
`ady`	`ady`			Adyghe; Adygei	Individual	Living	Адыгабзэ; Кӏахыбзэ	West Circassian
`afa`		`afa`		Afro-Asiatic languages	Collective	Genetic
`afh`	`afh`			Afrihili	Individual	Constructed	El-Afrihili
`afr`	`afr`		`af`	Afrikaans	Individual	Living	Afrikaans
`ain`	`ain`			Ainu	Individual	Living	アイヌ・イタㇰ, Ainu-itak
`aka`	`aka`		`ak`	Akan	Macrolanguage	Living	Akan
`akk`	`akk`			Akkadian	Individual	Historical	𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑, Akkadû
`ale`	`ale`			Aleut	Individual	Living	Уна́ӈам тунуу́; Унаӈан умсуу
`alg`		`alg`		Algonquian languages	Collective	Genetic
`alt`	`alt`			Southern Altai	Individual	Living	Алтай тили
`amh`	`amh`		`am`	Amharic	Individual	Living	አማርኛ; Amârıñâ
`ang`	`ang`			English, Old (ca.450–1100)	Individual	Historical	Ænglisc; Anglisc; Englisc
`anp`	`anp`			Angika	Individual	Living	अंगिका
`apa`		`apa`		Apache languages	Collective	Genetic		Southern Athabaskan languages
`ara`	`ara`		`ar`	Arabic	Macrolanguage	Living	العربية; al'Arabiyyeẗ
`arc`	`arc`			Official Aramaic (700–300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700–300 BCE)	Individual	Historical
`arg`	`arg`		`an`	Aragonese	Individual	Living	Aragonés
`arn`	`arn`			Mapudungun; Mapuche	Individual	Living	Mapudungun
`arp`	`arp`			Arapaho	Individual	Living	Hinónoʼeitíít
`art`		`art`		Artificial languages	Collective	Genetic-like
`arw`	`arw`			Arawak	Individual	Living	Lokono	Lokono
`asm`	`asm`		`as`	Assamese	Individual	Living	অসমীয়া
`ast`	`ast`			Asturian; Bable; Leonese; Asturleonese	Individual	Living	Asturianu; Llïonés
`ath`		`ath`		Athapascan languages	Collective	Genetic		Athabaskan languages
`aus`		`aus`		Australian languages	Collective	Genetic
`ava`	`ava`		`av`	Avaric	Individual	Living	Авар мацӏ; Магӏарул мацӏ	Avar
`ave`	`ave`		`ae`	Avestan	Individual	Historical
`awa`	`awa`			Awadhi	Individual	Living	अवधी, Avadhī
`aym`	`aym`		`ay`	Aymara	Macrolanguage	Living	Aymar aru
`aze`	`aze`		`az`	Azerbaijani	Macrolanguage	Living	Azərbaycan dili; آذربایجان دیلی; Азәрбајҹан дили
`bad`		`bad`		Banda languages	Collective	Genetic
`bai`		`bai`		Bamileke languages	Collective	Genetic	Bamiléké
`bak`	`bak`		`ba`	Bashkir	Individual	Living	Башҡорт теле; Başqort tele
`bal`	`bal`			Baluchi	Macrolanguage	Living	بلۏچی	Balochi
`bam`	`bam`		`bm`	Bambara	Individual	Living	ߓߡߊߣߊ߲ߞߊ߲, Bamanankan	Bambaran

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