List Of International Organization For Standardization 639 Language Codes

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
( 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.
Table
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:
* Individual language
* Collections of related languages
* Macrolanguages
The Type column distinguishes:
* Ancient languages (extinct since ancient times)
* Historical languages (distinct from their modern form)
* Extinct languages in recent times
* Constructed languages
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) 	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 	Constructedby 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 	Românește 	 	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; 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
# For reference only, alternate names are not included in the ISO standard.
Table of all possible two letter codes
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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183/676 	183/676 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language 	Officially assigned: assigned to a language
7/676 	7/676 	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned
486/676 	486/676 	Unassigned 	Unassigned 	Unassigned 	Unassigned 	Unassigned 	Unassigned 	Unassigned 	Unassigned 	Unassigned 	Unassigned 	Unassigned 	Unassigned 	Unassigned 	Unassigned 	Unassigned 	Unassigned 	Unassigned 	Unassigned 	Unassigned 	Unassigned 	Unassigned 	Unassigned 	Unassigned 	Unassigned
References
# "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.”
# "Access to the databases of the ISO 639 Language Code" (PDF). International Organization for Standardization. 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
# 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.
# "Code Changes". ISO 639-2. Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
# 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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