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:

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; აფსუა 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 Constructed by 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 Românã 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; ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ; 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
  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
Colour legend
183/676
 Officially assigned: assigned to a language
7/676
 Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned
486/676
 Unassigned

References

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  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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Code Changes". ISO 639-2. Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  5. ^ 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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