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List of ISO 639-2 codes

 
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ISO 639 has five code lists. The following is a complete list of ISO 639-2 codes, including the corresponding ISO 639-1 codes where they exist. The codes are sorted by language name in the third column. The ISO 639-3 and ISO 639-5 codes that are not also in ISO 639-2 are not included here.

The standard defines some codes for special situations:

  • mis, for "uncoded languages";
  • mul, for "multiple languages";
  • und, for "undetermined";
  • zxx, for "no linguistic content, not applicable".

There is also a range reserved for local use: qaa-qtz.

Where two alpha-3 codes are given in the table, the first is the bibliographic code (B code) and the second is the terminological code (T code).

Contents
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
abk ab Abkhazian Аҧсуа
ace   Acehnese, Achinese Basa Acèh
ach   Acoli
ada   Adangme adangbɛ
ady   Adyghe, Adygei адыгэбзэ, адыгабзэ
aar aa Afar Qafara
afh   Afrihili constructed
afr af Afrikaans Afrikaans
afa   Afroasiatic languages collection
ain   Ainu (Japan) アイヌ イタㇰ(イタッㇰ) or ainu itak
aka ak Akan macrolanguage
akk   Akkadian akkadû, lišānum akkadītum ancient
alb/sqi sq Albanian Shqip macrolanguage
ale   Aleut
alg   Algonquian languages collection
tut   Altaic languages collection
amh am Amharic አማርኛ
anp   Angika
apa   Apache languages collection
ara ar Arabic العربية macrolanguage
arg an Aragonese Aragonés
arc   Official Aramaic, Imperial Aramaic (700300 BC) ܐܪܡܝܐ ancient
arp   Arapaho Hinóno'eitíít
arn   Mapudungun, Mapuche mapudungun, mapuchedungun
arw   Arawak
arm/hye hy Armenian Հայերեն լեզու
rup   Aromanian, Arumanian, Macedo-Romanian Armãneashce, Armãneashti, Limba armãneascã
art   Artificial languages collection
asm as Assamese অসমীয়া
ast   Asturian, Bable, Leonese, Asturleonese asturianu, Bable, Llionés, Asturllionés
ath   Athabaskan languages collection
aus   Australian languages collection
map   Austronesian languages collection
ava av Avaric авар мацӀ, магӀарул мацӀ
ave ae Avestan avesta ancient
awa   Awadhi अवधी
aym ay Aymara aymar aru macrolanguage
aze az Azerbaijani Azərbaycanca macrolanguage

B

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
ban   Balinese Basa Bali
bat   Baltic languages collection
bal   Baluchi بلوچی macrolanguage
bam bm Bambara bamanankan
bai   Bamileke languages collection
bad   Banda languages collection
bnt   Bantu languages collection
bas   Basa ɓasaá
bak ba Bashkir башҡорт теле
baq/eus eu Basque euskara
btk   Batak languages collection
bej   Beja, Bedawiyet بداوية
bel be Belarusian Беларуская мова
bem   Bemba ichiBemba
ben bn Bengali বাংলা
ber   Berber languages collection
bho   Bhojpuri भोजपुरी
bih bh Bihari (languages) collection
bik   Bikol macrolanguage
bin   Bini, Edo Edo
bis bi Bislama Bislama
byn   Blin, Bilin ብሊና
zbl   Blissymbols, Blissymbolics, Bliss constructed
bos bs Bosnian bosanski jezik
bra   Braj ब्रज भाषा
bre br Breton brezhoneg
bug   Buginese ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ
bul bg Bulgarian български език
bua   Buriat буряад хэлэн macrolanguage
bur/mya my Burmese ျမန္မာစာ

C

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
cad   Caddo Hasí:nay
car   Galibi Carib
cat ca Catalan, Valencian català
cau   Caucasian languages collection
ceb   Cebuano Sinugboanon
cel   Celtic languages collection
cai   Central American Indian languages collection
chg   Chagatai جغتای extinct
cmc   Chamic languages collection
cha ch Chamorro Chamoru
che ce Chechen нохчийн мотт
chr   Cherokee ᏣᎳᎩ
chy   Cheyenne Tsêhést
chb   Chibcha extinct
nya ny Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja chiCheŵa, chinyanja
chi/zho zh Chinese 中文 macrolanguage
chn   Chinook Jargon
cho   Choctaw Chahta Anumpa
chu cu Church Slavonic, Church Slavic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian ѩзыкъ словѣньскъ ancient
chk   Chuukese
chv cv Chuvash чӑваш чӗлхи
nwc   Classical Newari, Old Newari, Classical Nepal Bhasa historic
syc   Classical Syriac historic
cop   Coptic ⲙⲉⲧⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ extinct
cor kw Cornish Kernewek
cos co Corsican corsu, lingua corsa
cre cr Cree ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ macrolanguage
mus   Creek Maskoki, Mvskokē empunakv
crp   creoles and pidgins collection
cpe   creoles and pidgins, English-based collection
cpf   creoles and pidgins, French-based collection
cpp   creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based collection
crh   Crimean Tatar, Crimean Turkish qırımtatar tili, къырымтатар тили
hrv hr Croatian hrvatski jezik
cus   Cushitic languages collection
cze/ces cs Czech čeština (substantive), česky (adverb)

D

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
dak   Dakota Lakhota
dan da Danish dansk
dar   Dargwa дарган мез
day   Land Dayak languages collection
del   Delaware Lënape macrolanguage
chp   Chipewyan, Dene Suline Dëne Sųłiné, ᑌᓀᓲᒢᕄᓀ
din   Dinka Thuɔŋjäŋ macrolanguage
div dv Divehi, Dhivehi, Maldivian ދިވެހިބަސ
doi   Dogri डोगरी macrolanguage
dgr   Dogrib Tłįchǫ
dra   Dravidian languages collection
dua   Duala
dut/nld nl Dutch, Flemish Nederlands
dum   Dutch, Middle (ca. 10501350) historic
dyu   Dyula Julakan
dzo dz Dzongkha རྫོང་ཁ

E

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
efi   Efik
egy   Egyptian (Ancient) ancient
eka   Ekajuk
elx   Elamite ancient
eng en English English
enm   Middle English (11001500) English historic
ang   Old English (ca. 4501100) Englisc historic
myv   Erzya эрзянь кель
epo eo Esperanto Esperanto constructed
est et Estonian eesti keel macrolanguage
ewe ee Ewe Ɛʋɛgbɛ
ewo   Ewondo

F

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
fan   Fang
fat   Fanti
fao fo Faroese føroyskt
fij fj Fijian vosa Vakaviti
fil   Filipino, Pilipino Filipino
fin fi Finnish suomi, suomen kieli
fiu   Finno-Ugric languages collection
fon   Fon Fɔngbe
fre/fra fr French français, langue française
frm   Middle French (ca. 14001600) historic
fro   Old French (842—ca. 1400) historic
frs   Eastern Frisian Seeltersk Fräisk, Seeltersk, Fräisk
frr   Northern Frisian
fry fy Western Frisian frysk
fur   Friulian furlan
ful ff Fulah Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular macrolanguage

G

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
gaa   Ga
glg gl Galician Galego
lug lg Ganda Luganda
gay   Gayo
gba   Gbaya macrolanguage
gez   Ge'ez ግዕዝ ancient
geo/kat ka Georgian ქართული ენა (kartuli ena)
ger/deu de German Deutsch
gsw   Swiss German, Alemannic Schwyzerdütsch, Alemannisch
nds   Low German, Low Saxon Nederdüütsch, Plattdüütsch
gmh   Middle High German (ca. 10501500) diutisk historic
goh   Old High German (ca. 7501050) diutisc historic
gem   Germanic languages collection
gil   Gilbertese, Kiribati taetae ni Kiribati
gon   Gondi Gōndi macrolanguage
gor   Gorontalo
got   Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺 ancient
grb   Grebo macrolanguage
grc   Ancient Greek (–1453) Ἑλληνικά historic
gre/ell el Modern Greek (1453–) Ελληνικά
kal kl Greenlandic, Kalaallisut kalaallisut, kalaallit oqaasii
grn gn Guarani Avañe'ẽ macrolanguage
guj gu Gujarati ગુજરાતી
gwi   Gwichʼin

H

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
hai   Haida X̲aat Kíl macrolanguage
hat ht Haitian Creole, Haitian Kreyòl ayisyen
hau ha Hausa Hausancī, هَوُسَ
haw   Hawaiian ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i
heb he Hebrew עִבְרִית, עברית
her hz Herero Otjiherero
hil   Hiligaynon Ilonggo
him   Himachali collection
hin hi Hindi हिन्दी
hmo ho Hiri Motu Hiri Motu
hit   Hittite ancient
hmn   Hmong Hmoob macrolanguage
hun hu Hungarian magyar
hup   Hupa Na:tinixwe Mixine:whe

I

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
iba   Iban
ice/isl is Icelandic íslenska
ido io Ido Ido constructed
ibo ig Igbo Igbo
ijo   Ijo languages collection
ilo   Iloko
smn   Inari Sami säämegiella
inc   Indic languages collection
ine   Indo-European languages collection
ind id Indonesian Bahasa Indonesia
inh   Ingush гӀалгӀай мотт
ina ia Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association) interlingua constructed
ile ie Interlingue, Occidental Interlingue constructed
iku iu Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ macrolanguage
ipk ik Inupiaq Iñupiaq, Iñupiatun macrolanguage
ira   Iranian languages collection
gle ga Irish Gaeilge
mga   Middle Irish (9001200) Gaoidhealg historic
sga   Old Irish (to 900) Goídelc historic
iro   Iroquoian languages collection
ita it Italian italiano

J

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
jpn ja Japanese 日本語 (にほんご)
jav jv Javanese basa Jawa
jrb   Judeo-Arabic macrolanguage
jpr   Judæo-Persian

K

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
kbd   Kabardian къэбэрдеибзэ
kab   Kabyle Taqbaylit
kac   Kachin, Jingpho Jingpho, Marip
xal   Kalmyk, Oirat хальмг келн
kam   Kamba
kan kn Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ
kau kr Kanuri macrolanguage
krc   Karachay-Balkar къарачай-малкъар тил
kaa   Kara-Kalpak қарақалпақ тили
krl   Karelian karjalan kieli
kar   Karen languages collection
kas ks Kashmiri कॉशुर, کٲشُر
csb   Kashubian kaszëbsczi jãzëk
kaw   Kawi Bhāṣa Kawi ancient
kaz kk Kazakh Қазақ тілі
kha   Khasi Khasi
khm km Central Khmer ភាសាខ្មែរ
khi   Khoisan languages collection
kho   Khotanese, Sakan ancient
kik ki Kikuyu, Gikuyu Gĩkũyũ
kmb   Kimbundu
kin rw Kinyarwanda kinyaRwanda
kir ky Kirghiz, Kyrgyz кыргыз тили
tlh   Klingon, tlhIngan-Hol tlhIngan Hol constructed
kom kv Komi коми кыв macrolanguage
kon kg Kongo Kikongo macrolanguage
kok   Konkani कोंकणी macrolanguage
kor ko Korean 한국어 (韓國語), 조선말 (朝鮮語)
kos   Kosraean Kosrae
kpe   Kpelle kpele macrolanguage
kro   Kru languages collection
kua kj Kuanyama, Kwanyama
kum   Kumyk Кумык
kur ku Kurdish Kurdî macrolanguage
kru   Kurukh
kut   Kutenai Ktunaxa

L

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
lad   Ladino ג'ודיאו-איספאנייול
lah   Lahnda ਲਹਿੰਦੀ macrolanguage (does not include Punjabi (pa/pan))
lam   Lamba
lao lo Lao ພາສາລາວ
lat la Latin latine, lingua latina ancient
lav lv Latvian latviešu valoda
lez   Lezghian лезги чӀал
lim li Limburgish, Limburger, Limburgan Limburgs
lin ln Lingala lingala
lit lt Lithuanian lietuvių kalba
jbo   Lojban lojban constructed
loz   Lozi siLozi
lub lu Luba-Katanga
lua   Luba-Lulua lwaà:
lui   Luiseño
smj   Lule Sami sámegiella
lun   Lunda chiLunda
luo   Luo (Kenya and Tanzania) Dholuo
lus   Lushai
ltz lb Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch Lëtzebuergesch

M

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
mac/mkd mk Macedonian македонски јазик
mad   Madurese
mag   Magahi
mai   Maithili मैथिली
mak   Makasar
mlg mg Malagasy Malagasy fiteny macrolanguage
may/msa ms Malay bahasa Melayu, بهاس ملايو macrolanguage
mal ml Malayalam മലയാളം
mlt mt Maltese Malti
mnc   Manchu ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ ᠪᡝ
mdr   Mandar
man   Mandingo macrolanguage
mni   Manipuri মৈইতৈইলোন
mno   Manobo languages collection
glv gv Manx Gaelg, Manninagh
mao/mri mi Māori te reo Māori
mar mr Marathi मराठी
chm   Mari (Russia) марий йылме macrolanguage
mah mh Marshallese Kajin M̧ajeļ
mwr   Marwari मारवाड़ी macrolanguage
mas   Maasai ɔl Maa
myn   Mayan languages collection
men   Mende Mɛnde
mic   Mi'kmaq, Micmac Míkmaq, Mi'gmaq
min   Minangkabau Baso Minangkabau
mwl   Mirandese Lhéngua Mirandesa
moh   Mohawk Kanien’keha
mdf   Moksha мокшень кяль
mkh   Mon-Khmer languages collection
lol   Mongo
mon mn Mongolian монгол хэл macrolanguage
mos   Mossi Mòoré
mun   Munda languages collection

N

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
nah   Nahuatl nāhuatl, nawatlahtolli collection
nau na Nauruan Ekakairũ Naoero
nav nv Navajo, Navaho Diné bizaad, Dinékʼehǰí
nde nd Northern Ndebele isiNdebele
nbl nr Southern Ndebele isiNdebele
ndo ng Ndonga Owambo
nap   Neapolitan napulitano
new   Nepal Bhasa, Newari Nepal Bhasa
nep ne Nepali नेपाली
nia   Nias
nic   Niger-Kordofanian languages collection
ssa   Nilo-Saharan languages collection
niu   Niuean ko e vagahau Niuē, faka-Niue
nqo   N'Ko
nog   Nogai ногай тили
non   Old Norse norskr historic
nai   North American Indian languages collection
sme se Northern Sami sámi, sámegiella
nor no Norwegian norsk macrolanguage
nob nb Norwegian Bokmål bokmål
nno nn Norwegian Nynorsk nynorsk
nub   Nubian languages collection
nym   Nyamwezi Kinyamwezi
nyn   Nyankole
nyo   Nyoro Runyoro
nzi   Nzima

O

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
oci oc Occitan, Provençal (1500–) Occitan
oji oj Ojibwa ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᒧᐏᐣ (Anishinaabemowin) macrolanguage
ori or Oriya ଓଡ଼ିଆ
orm om Oromo Afaan Oromoo macrolanguage
osa   Osage
oss os Ossetian, Ossetic ирон ӕвзаг
oto   Otomian languages collection

P

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
pal   Pahlavi, (Middle Persian) ancient
pau   Palauan tekoi ra Belau
pli pi Pali पालि ancient
pam   Pampanga, Kapampangan Kapampangan
pag   Pangasinan
pap   Papiamento Papiamentu
paa   Papuan languages collection
per/fas fa Persian فارسی macrolanguage
peo   Old Persian (ca. 600400 BC) historic
phi   Philippine languages collection
phn   Phoenician ancient
pon   Pohnpeian
pol pl Polish polski
por pt Portuguese português
pra   Prakrit collection
pro   Old Provençal, Old Occitan (–1500) historic
pan pa Punjabi, Panjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی (separate from Lahnda (lah))
pus ps Pashto language, Pashto پښتو macrolanguage

Q

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
qaa-qtz   Reserved for local use
que qu Quechua Runa Simi, Kichwa macrolanguage

R

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
raj   Rajasthani राजस्थानी macrolanguage
rap   Rapanui rapanui, pepito ote henua
rar   Rarotongan, Cook Islands Maori
roa   Romance languages collection
rum/ron ro Romanian română
roh rm Romansh rumantsch grischun
rom   Romany rromani ćhib, Romani šib, Romanó macrolanguage
run rn Rundi kiRundi
rus ru Russian русский язык

S

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
sal   Salishan languages collection
sam   Samaritan Aramaic ארמית, ܐܪܡܝܐ extinct
smi   Sami languages collection
smo sm Samoan gagana fa'a Samoa
sad   Sandawe
sag sg Sango yângâ tî sängö
san sa Sanskrit संस्कृतम् ancient
sat   Santali संथाली
srd sc Sardinian sardu macrolanguage
sas   Sasak
sco   Scots Scots leid, Lallans
gla gd Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic Gàidhlig
sel   Selkup шӧльӄумыт әты
sem   Semitic languages collection
srp sr Serbian српски језик, srpski jezik
srr   Serer
shn   Shan
sna sn Shona chiShona
iii ii Sichuan Yi, Nuosu ꆇꉙ
scn   Sicilian Sicilianu
sid   Sidamo Sidámo 'Afó
sgn   Sign languages collection
bla   Siksika siksiká,  ᓱᖽᐧᖿ
snd sd Sindhi سنڌي، سندھی, सिन्धी
sin si Sinhalese, Sinhala සිංහල
sit   Sino-Tibetan languages collection
sio   Siouan languages collection
sms   Skolt Sami sääʼmǩiõll
den   Slave (Athapascan) macrolanguage
sla   Slavic languages collection
slk/slo sk Slovak slovenčina
slv sl Slovenian slovenščina
sog   Sogdian ancient
som so Somali Soomaaliga, af Soomaali
son   Songhay languages collection
snk   Soninke Soninkanxaane
wen   Sorbian languages collection
dsb   Lower Sorbian dolnoserbski
hsb   Upper Sorbian hornjoserbsce
nso   Northern Sotho, Pedi, Sepedi Sesotho sa Leboa, Sepedi
sot st Southern Sotho Sesotho
sai   South American Indian languages collection
alt   Southern Altai алтай тили
sma   Southern Sami saemien giele
spa es Spanish, Castilian español, castellano
srn   Sranan Tongo
suk   Sukuma
sux   Sumerian eme-ĝir ancient
sun su Sundanese basa Sunda
sus   Susu
swa sw Swahili kiswahili macrolanguage
ssw ss Swati siSwati
swe sv Swedish svenska
syr   Syriac (Northeastern Neo-Aramaic) ܣܘܪܝܝܐ macrolanguage

T

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
tgl tl Tagalog Wikang Tagalog, ᜏᜒᜃᜅ᜔ ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔
tah ty Tahitian te reo Tahiti, te reo Māʼohi
tai   Tai languages collection
tgk tg Tajik тоҷикӣ, تاجیکی
tmh   Tamashek Tamajeq, ɫ[ǂ… macrolanguage
tam ta Tamil தமிழ்
tat tt Tatar татарча, tatarça, تاتارچا
tel te Telugu తెలుగు
ter   Tereno
tet   Tetum Tetun
tha th Thai ภาษาไทย
tib/bod bo Tibetan བོད་ཡིག
tig   Tigre Tigré, Khasa
tir ti Tigrinya ትግርኛ
tem   Timne
tiv   Tiv
tli   Tlingit Lingít
tpi   Tok Pisin Tok Pisin
tkl   Tokelau Tokelau
tog   Tonga (Nyasa) chiTonga
ton to Tonga (Tonga Islands) faka-Tonga
tsi   Tsimshian
tso ts Tsonga Xitsonga
tsn tn Tswana Setswana
tum   Tumbuka chiTumbuka
tup   Tupian languages Nheengatu
tur tr Turkish Türkçe
ota   Turkish, Ottoman (15001928) historic
tuk tk Turkmen Түркмен
tvl   Tuvalu 'gana Tuvalu
tyv   Tuvinian тыва дыл
twi tw Twi

U

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
udm   Udmurt удмурт кыл
uga   Ugaritic ancient
uig ug Uighur, Uyghur Uyƣurqə, Uyğurçe, ئۇيغۇرچ
ukr uk Ukrainian українська мова
umb   Umbundu úmbúndú
urd ur Urdu اردو
uzb uz Uzbek O'zbek, Ўзбек, أۇزبېك macrolanguage

V

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
vai   Vai
ven ve Venda Tshivenḓa
vie vi Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
vol vo Volapük Volapük constructed
vot   Votic vaďďa tšeeli

W

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
wak   Wakashan languages collection
wln wa Walloon walon
war   Waray-Waray Winaray, Lineyte-Samarnon
was   Washo
wel/cym cy Welsh Cymraeg
wal   Wolaytta, Wolaitta
wol wo Wolof Wolof

X

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
xho xh Xhosa isiXhosa

Y

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
sah   Yakut Саха тыла
yao   Yao Chiyao
yap   Yapese
yid yi Yiddish ייִדיש macrolanguage
yor yo Yoruba Yorùbá
ypk   Yupik languages collection

Z

Alpha-3 Alpha-2 Language name Native name
znd   Zande languages Pazande collection
zap   Zapotec macrolanguage
zza   Zaza, Dimili, Dimli, Kirdki, Kirmanjki, Zazaki macrolanguage
zen   Zenaga Tuḍḍungiyya
zha za Zhuang, Chuang Saɯ cueŋƅ, Saw cuengh macrolanguage
zul zu Zulu isiZulu
zun   Zuni Shiwi
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