Talk:List of ISO 639-2 codes

message: Standardized the name to Acehnese, which is the correct modern spelling. Eagleswings 13:39, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Acehnese / Achinese 

message: Bishnupriya Manipuri(bpm), Aromanian (rup), North Frisian (frr), Mazandarani (mzn), Otomian languages (oto), Sranan Tongo (srn), Tulu (tul) are not ISO 639-2 languages, so I removed them from the list, since at the top of the article it writes “The following list of ISO 639-1 and ISO 639-2 codes......” --Hello World! 16:24, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Not ISO 639-2 languages

message: I notice that 'div/dv' appears twice, for both Divehi and Mahl. Are these different names for the same language?
'ota' also appears twice: once for 'Ottoman Turkish language', and again for 'Turkish Ottoman (1500-1928)'.
Is 'Belarusian' a misprint for 'Belarussian'?
139.143.5.160 10:01, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, see Belarusian language. Wikipeditor 15:35, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

text: ota = Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928); oto = Otomian languages --Hello World! 10:54, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  (1) Duplicate entries for 'div', 'ota'. (2) Is 'Belarusian' a misprint? 

message: Anybody know what these refer to?
—Steve Summit (talk) 03:33, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Aha.  Answered my own question.  It looks like the "B code" is an abbreviation of the English name of the language, while the "T code" refers to the language's name for the language (the "autoglossonym"). —Steve Summit (talk) 03:45, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

text: See Talk:ISO 639-2 --Hello World! 16:24, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  B/T codes? 

message: Why is there no 2letter code for sign languages?? :( And why isn't there a separate code for each sign language, just as there is for oral languages? :( I can say "en" and "eo" for English and Esperanto, then for ASL I have to say "sgn-asl"? --Sonjaaa 17:28, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Some languages simply don't have 2-letter codes. Sorry, take it up with the ISO  ;o) — OwenBlacker 17:08, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: 2 letter codes missing!!

message: Why are the two and three-letter codes being linked to the language articles, when there's a column for the language name which is also being linked to the language articles? Why the duplicate links? Fagstein 01:24, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Linking codes? 

message: Hello, would those who contribute to this page (translating or linking articles) also please add their translations to the new ISO 639-3 pages. Thanks. Iancarter 06:39, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  ISO 639-3 TRANSLATIONS & LINKS 

message: Efik redirects me to Ibibio, but Ibibio (according to its page) is listed under bnt. I can't seem to find a Wikipedia article about language "efi". Should there be one at all? Thanks. Mnlg (talk) 22:00, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Efik 

message: I noticed that Serbian language is mistakingly represented with only one symbol: sr (српски језик). However, Serbian language uses two concurrent scripts (just like Serbocroatian), and there should be a clear difference between the two. Also, "српски језик" should also include "srpski jezik" as its Latin counterpart. Sergivs (talk) 13:59, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Serbian language 

message: The 639-1, 639-2, 639-3 and Alpha-2, Alpha-3 notation is initially confusing to readers, since if you don't check what 639-1 is, then you can guess that "639-2 = Alpha-2" and "639-3 = Alpha-3", since at least at first sight it seems to make sense. However, a little more careful reading shows that this is wrong. Since the first paragraph starts with 639 in general, this helps in the confusion.
Shouldn't we say something a bit clearer in the first paragraph? My suggestion:
:ISO 639 has three code lists. The following is a complete list of ISO 639-2 codes, including the corresponding ISO 639-1 codes where they exist. The ISO 639-2 codes include an Alpha-3 code in all cases, and in many cases include an Alpha-2 code. Both the Alpha-2 and Alpha-3 codes listed here are considered valid ISO 639-2 codes. The codes are sorted by language name in the third column. The DIS/ISO 639-3 codes are not included.
If there are no complaints/corrections/discussion within one week, then i'll assume that there's consensus for this change. Boud (talk) 23:22, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alpha-2 vs Alpha-3 - what is the recommended standard? 

message: Can someone have a look at this and verify it or not?   I could not find the code on sil's web site. Thanks... -- ArielGlenn (talk) 22:47, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: According to the official list  there is no separate code for the Cypriot dialect; likewise in these references/lists , ,  it seems to use the language code of the standard dialect.  So I'm going to revert the edit for now. -- ArielGlenn (talk) 14:42, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need check of this edit 

message: The following are valid ISO 639-2/T codes and are on SIL, but are missing from the table. Are they intentionally omitted, or were they adopted by ISO after this list was compiled?
Code	Language
asa 	Asu
bez 	Bena
cgg 	Chiga
dav 	Taita
ebu 	Embu
guz 	Gusii
jmc 	Machame
kde 	Makonde
kea 	Kabuverdianu
khq 	Koyra Chiini
kln 	Kalenjin
lag 	Langi
luy 	Luyia
mer 	Meru
mfe 	Morisyen
naq 	Nama
rof 	Rombo
rwk 	Rwa
saq 	Samburu
seh 	Sena
ses 	Koyraboro Senni
shi 	Tachelhit
teo 	Teso
tzm 	Central Morocco Tamazight
vun 	Vunjo
xog 	Soga
– RossJ81 Talk/Cont 15:42, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Ignore above. These are ISO 639-3 codes. – RossJ81 Talk/Cont 15:45, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  List is incomplete