List of ISO 639 language codes

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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:

The Type column distinguishes:

More information ISO Language Names, Set 1 ...
ISO Language Names Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Scope Type Endonym(s) Other Name(s)
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Abkhazianababkabk Individual Living Аҧсуа; Apsua; აფსუა Abkhaz
Afaraaaaraar Individual Living Qafar af
Afrikaansafafrafr Individual Living Afrikaans
Akanakakaaka + 2 Macrolanguage Living Ákán Twi is tw/twi, Fante is fat
Albaniansqsqialbsqi + 4 Macrolanguage Living Shqip called "Albanian Phylozone" in 639-6
Amharicamamhamh Individual Living አማርኛ (Amarəñña)
Arabicararaara + 28 Macrolanguage Living اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ

(al-ʿarabiyyah)

Standard Arabic is arb
Aragoneseanargarg Individual Living Aragonés
Armenianhyhyearmhye Individual Living Հայերեն (Hayeren) ISO 639-3 code hye is for Eastern Armenian, hyw is for Western Armenian, and xcl is for Classical Armenian
Assameseasasmasm Individual Living অসমীয়া (Ôxômiya) Asamiya
Avaricavavaava Individual Living Авар мацӏ; اوار ماض (Avar maz) Avar
Avestanaeaveave Individual Ancient Upastawakaēna
Aymaraayaymaym + 2 Macrolanguage Living Aymara Aymaran
Azerbaijaniazazeaze + 2 Macrolanguage Living Azərbaycan dili; آذربایجان دیلی; Азәрбајҹан дили Azeri
Bambarabmbambam Individual Living بَمَنَنكَن ;ߓߡߊߣߊ߲ߞߊ߲ (Bamanankan) Bamana; Bamanankan
Bashkirbabakbak Individual Living Башҡорт теле; Başqort tele Bashkort
Basqueeueusbaqeus Individual Living Euskara
Belarusianbebelbel Individual Living Беларуская мова (Belaruskaâ mova)
Bengalibnbenben Individual Living বাংলা (Bāŋlā) Bangla
Bislamabibisbis Individual Living Bislama Language formed from English and Vanuatuan languages, with some French influence.
Bosnianbsbosbos Individual Living Босански (Bosanski) Bosniak
Bretonbrbrebre Individual Living Brezhoneg
Bulgarianbgbulbul Individual Living Български (Bulgarski)
Burmesemymyaburmya Individual Living မြန်မာစာ (Mrãmācā) Myanmar
Catalan, Valenciancacatcat Individual Living Català; Valencià
Chamorrochchacha Individual Living Finu' Chamoru
Chechencecheche Individual Living Нохчийн мотт;

(Noxçiyn mott)

Chechnyan; Chechnian
Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanjanynyanya Individual Living Chichewa; Chinyanja
Chinesezhzhochizho + 16 Macrolanguage Living 中文 (Zhōngwén)

汉语; 漢語 (Hànyǔ)

Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Church Slavoniccuchuchu Individual Ancient, in use by the Eastern Orthodox Church Славе́нскїй ѧ҆зы́къ
Chuvashcvchvchv Individual Living Чӑвашла (Çăvaşla)
Cornishkwcorcor Individual Living Kernowek
Corsicancocoscos Individual Living Corsu
Creecrcrecre + 6 Macrolanguage Living ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ (Nehiyawewin)
Croatianhrhrvhrv Individual Living Hrvatski Crovatian
Czechcscesczeces Individual Living Čeština Czechian
Danishdadandan Individual Living Dansk
Divehi, Dhivehi, Maldiviandvdivdiv Individual Living ދިވެހި (Dhivehi)
Dutch, Flemishnlnlddutnld 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
Dzongkhadzdzodzo Individual Living རྫོང་ཁ་ (Dzongkha) Bhutanese
Englishenengeng Individual Living English
Esperantoeoepoepo Individual Constructed by L.L. Zamenhof in 1887 Esperanto
Estonianetestest + 2 Macrolanguage Living Eesti keel
Eweeeeweewe Individual Living Èʋegbe
Faroesefofaofao Individual Living Føroyskt Faeroese
Fijianfjfijfij Individual Living Na Vosa Vakaviti
Finnishfifinfin Individual Living Suomi
Frenchfrfrafrefra Individual Living Français
Western Frisianfyfryfry Individual Living Frysk West Frisian; Frisian;
Fries
Fulahfffulful + 9 Macrolanguage Living 𞤊𞤵𞤤𞤬𞤵𞤤𞤣𞤫 ;ࢻُلْࢻُلْدٜ; Fulfulde

𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞥄𞤪 ;ݒُلَارْ; Pulaar

Fula; Fulani
Gaelic, Scottish Gaelicgdglagla Individual Living Gàidhlig Scots Gaelic
Galicianglglgglg Individual Living Galego Galego
Gandalgluglug Individual Living Luganda Luganda
Georgiankakatgeokat Individual Living ქართული (Kharthuli)
Germandedeugerdeu Individual Living Deutsch
Greek, Modern (1453–)elellgreell Individual Living Νέα Ελληνικά; (Néa Ellêniká) for Ancient Greek, use the ISO 639-3 code grc
Kalaallisut, Greenlandicklkalkal Individual Living Kalaallisut
Guaranigngrngrn + 5 Macrolanguage Living Avañe'ẽ
Gujaratigugujguj Individual Living ગુજરાતી (Gujarātī)
Haitian, Haitian Creolehthathat Individual Living Kreyòl ayisyen
Hausahahauhau Individual Living هَرْشٜن هَوْس (halshen Hausa) Hausan
Hebrewhehebheb Individual Living עברית‎ (Ivrit) Modern Hebrew. Code changed in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, iw.[3]
Hererohzherher Individual Living Otjiherero Otjiherero
Hindihihinhin Individual Living हिन्दी (Hindī)
Hiri Motuhohmohmo Individual Living Hiri Motu Police Motu; Pidgin Motu
Hungarianhuhunhun Individual Living Magyar nyelv Magyar
Icelandicisisliceisl Individual Living Íslenska
Idoioidoido Individual Constructed in 1907 by Louis de Beaufront as variation of Esperanto Ido
Igboigiboibo Individual Living ásụ̀sụ́ Ìgbò
Indonesianidindind Individual Living bahasa Indonesia covered by macrolanguage ms/msa. Changed in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, in.[3]
Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association)iainaina Individual Constructed by the International Auxiliary Language Association Interlingua
Interlingue, Occidentalieileile Individual Constructed by Edgar de Wahl, first published in 1922 Interlingue; Occidental
Inuktitutiuikuiku + 2 Macrolanguage Living ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ (Inuktitut)
Inupiaqikipkipk + 2 Macrolanguage Living Iñupiaq Inupiat; Inupiatun
Irishgaglegle Individual Living Gaeilge Irish Gaelic
Italianititaita Individual Living Italiano
Japanesejajpnjpn Individual Living 日本語 (Nihongo)
Javanesejvjavjav Individual Living ꦧꦱꦗꦮ; basa Jawa
Kannadaknkankan Individual Living ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannađa) Kannadan; Canarese
Kanurikrkaukau + 3 Macrolanguage Living كَنُرِيِه; Kànùrí
Kashmirikskaskas Individual Living कॉशुर; كأشُر (Kosher) Koshur
Kazakhkkkazkaz Individual Living Қазақша; Qazaqşa Qazaq
Central Khmerkmkhmkhm Individual Living ខេមរភាសា; (Khémôrôphéasa) Khmer; Cambodian
Kikuyu, Gikuyukikikkik Individual Living Gĩgĩkũyũ
Kinyarwandarwkinkin Individual Living Ikinyarwanda Rwandan; Rwanda; Ikinyarwanda
Kyrgyz, Kirghizkykirkir Individual Living Кыргыз
Komikvkomkom + 2 Macrolanguage Living Коми кыв Zyran; Zyrian; Komi-Zyryan
Kongokgkonkon + 3 Macrolanguage Living Kikongo Kikongo
Koreankokorkor Individual Living 한국어 (Hangugeo)

조선말 (Chosŏnmal)

Kuanyama, Kwanyamakjkuakua Individual Living Oshikwanyama Cuanhama; Oshikwanyama
Kurdishkukurkur + 3 Macrolanguage Living کوردی; Kurdî
Laololaolao Individual Living ພາສາລາວ (phasa Lao) Laotian
Latinlalatlat Individual Ancient Latinum
Latvianlvlavlav + 2 Macrolanguage Living Latviski Lettish
Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgishlilimlim Individual Living Lèmburgs
Lingalalnlinlin Individual Living Lingála Ngala
Lithuanianltlitlit Individual Living Lietuvių
Luba-Katangalulublub Individual Living Kiluba Luba-Shaba
Luxembourgish, Letzeburgeschlbltzltz Individual Living Lëtzebuergesch Luxembourgian
Macedonianmkmkdmacmkd Individual Living Македонски (Makedonski)
Malagasymgmlgmlg + 11 Macrolanguage Living مَلَغَسِ; Malagasy
Malaymsmsamaymsa + 36 Macrolanguage Living بهاس ملايو (bahasa Melayu) Standard Malay is zsm, Indonesian is id/ind
Malayalammlmalmal Individual Living മലയാളം (Malayāļã)
Maltesemtmltmlt Individual Living Malti
Manxgvglvglv Individual Living Gaelg; Gailck Manx Gaelic
Maorimimrimaomri Individual Living reo Māori
Marathimrmarmar Individual Living मराठी (Marāṭhī) Maharashtran
Marshallesemhmahmah Individual Living kajin M̧ajel‌̧ Ebon
Mongolianmnmonmon + 2 Macrolanguage Living ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ; Монгол хэл (Mongol xel) Mongol
Naurunanaunau Individual Living dorerin Naoe Nauruan
Navajo, Navahonvnavnav Individual Living Diné bizaad; Naabeehó bizaad
North Ndebelendndende Individual Living isiNdebele; saseNyakatho; Mthwakazi Ndebele Northern Ndebele
South Ndebelenrnblnbl Individual Living isiNdebele; sakwaNdzundza Southern Ndebele
Ndongangndondo Individual Living Ndonga Oshindonga
Nepalinenepnep + 2 Macrolanguage Living नेपाली भाषा (Nepālī bhāśā) Nepalese; Gorkhali
Norwegiannonornor + 2 Macrolanguage Living Norsk Bokmål is nb/nob, Nynorsk is nn/nno
Norwegian Bokmålnbnobnob Individual Living Norsk Bokmål covered by macrolanguage no/nor
Norwegian Nynorsknnnnonno Individual Living Norsk Nynorsk covered by macrolanguage no/nor
Occitanococioci Individual Living Occitan; Provençal Provential; Provencal
Ojibwaojojioji + 7 Macrolanguage Living ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ (Anishinaabemowin) Ojibwe; Ojibway; Otchipwe; Ojibwemowin
Oriyaororiori + 2 Macrolanguage Living ଓଡ଼ିଆ (Odia) Odian; Odishan; Orissan
Oromoomormorm + 4 Macrolanguage Living afaan Oromoo Oromoo
Ossetian, Osseticosossoss Individual Living дигорон Ӕвзаг

(digoron Ævzag)

Ossete
Palipiplipli Individual Ancient Pāli Pali-Magadhi
Pashto, Pushtopspuspus + 3 Macrolanguage Living پښتو (Pax̌tow)
Persianfafasperfas + 2 Macrolanguage Living فارسی (Fārsiy) Farsi
Polishplpolpol Individual Living Polski
Portugueseptporpor Individual Living Português
Punjabi, Panjabipapanpan Individual Living ਪੰਜਾਬੀ; پنجابی (Pãjābī)
Quechuaququeque + 43 Macrolanguage Living Runa simi; kichwa simi; Nuna shimi Quechuan
Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovanroronrumron Individual Living Română; Ромынэ 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.
Romanshrmrohroh Individual Living Rumantsch; Rumàntsch; Romauntsch; Romontsch Romansch
Rundirnrunrun Individual Living Ikirundi Kirundi
Russianrurusrus Individual Living Русский язык (Russkiĭ âzyk)
Northern Samisesmesme Individual Living Davvisámegiella North Sami
Samoansmsmosmo Individual Living gagana Sāmoa
Sangosgsagsag Individual Living yângâ tî Sängö Sangoic
Sanskritsasansan + 2 Macrolanguage Ancient संस्कृतम् (Saṃskṛtam)
Sardinianscsrdsrd + 4 Macrolanguage Living Sardu Sard
Serbiansrsrpsrp Individual Living Српски (Srpski) the ISO 639-2/T code srp deprecated the ISO 639-2/B code scc[4]
Shonasnsnasna Individual Living chiShona
Sindhisdsndsnd Individual Living سنڌي; सिन्धी (Sindhī)
Sinhala, Sinhalesesisinsin Individual Living සිංහල (Siṁhala)
Slovakskslksloslk Individual Living Slovenčina Slovakian
Slovenianslslvslv Individual Living Slovenščina Slovene
Somalisosomsom Individual Living Soomaali; 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘; سٝومالِ Somalian
Southern Sothostsotsot Individual Living Sesotho Sesotho; Sotho
Spanish, Castilianesspaspa Individual Living Español; Castellano
Sundanesesusunsun Individual Living basa Sunda; ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ; بَاسَا سُوْندَا
Swahiliswswaswa + 2 Macrolanguage Living Kiswahili; كِسوَحِيلِ Kiswahili
Swatisssswssw Individual Living siSwati Swazi
Swedishsvsweswe Individual Living Svenska
Tagalogtltgltgl Individual Living Wikang Tagalog note: Filipino (Pilipino) has the code fil
Tahitiantytahtah Individual Living reo Tahiti One of the Reo Mā`ohi (languages of French Polynesia)[5]
Tajiktgtgktgk Individual Living Тоҷикӣ (Tojikī) Tajiki
Tamiltatamtam Individual Living தமிழ் (Tamiḻ) Thamizh
Tatartttattat Individual Living Татар теле;

Tatar tele; تاتار تئلئ‎

Teluguteteltel Individual Living తెలుగు (Telugu)
Thaiththatha Individual Living ภาษาไทย (Phasa Thai) Central Thai; Siamese
Tibetanbobodtibbod Individual Living བོད་སྐད་ (Bodskad);

ལྷ་སའི་སྐད་ (Lhas'iskad)

Standard Tibetan; Lhasa Tibetan
Tigrinyatitirtir Individual Living ትግርኛ (Təgrəñña) Tigrigna
Tonga (Tonga Islands)totonton Individual Living lea faka-Tonga Tongan
Tsongatstsotso Individual Living Xitsonga Xitsonga
Tswanatntsntsn Individual Living Setswana Setswana; Sechuana
Turkishtrturtur Individual Living Türkçe
Turkmentktuktuk Individual Living Türkmençe;

Түркменче; تۆرکمنچه

Twitwtwitwi Individual Living Twi covered by macrolanguage ak/aka
Uighur, Uyghuruguiguig Individual Living ئۇيغۇر تىلى;

Уйғур тили; Uyƣur tili

Ukrainianukukrukr Individual Living Українська (Ukraїnska)
Urduururdurd Individual Living اُردُو (Urduw)
Uzbekuzuzbuzb + 2 Macrolanguage Living Ózbekça;

ўзбекча; ئوزبېچه

Vendavevenven Individual Living Tshivenḓa Tshivenda
Vietnamesevivievie Individual Living tiếng Việt
Volapükvovolvol Individual Constructed in 1879-80 by Johann Martin Schleyer Volapük
Walloonwawlnwln Individual Living Walon
Welshcycymwelcym Individual Living Cymraeg
Wolofwowolwol Individual Living وࣷلࣷفْ
Xhosaxhxhoxho Individual Living isiXhosa Xosa
Sichuan Yi, Nuosu ii iii iii Individual Living ꆈꌠꉙ (Nuosuhxop) Northern Yi; Liangshan Yi; Nosu standard form of the Yi languages
Yiddishyiyidyid + 2 Macrolanguage Living ייִדיש (Yidiš) Judeo-GermanChanged in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, ji.[3]
Yorubayoyoryor Individual Living èdè Yorùbá
Zhuang, Chuangzazhazha + 16 Macrolanguage Living 話僮 (Vahcuengh)
Zuluzuzulzul Individual Living isiZulu
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Notes
  1. For reference only, alternate names are not included in the ISO standard.

Table of all possible two-letter codes

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