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G.4 ISO 639 Language Codes
Table G-2. ISO 639 and 639-2 language codes
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| Language | ISO 639 | ISO 639-2 |
| Abkhazian | ab | abk |
| Achinese |
| ace |
| Acoli |
| ach |
| Adangme |
| ada |
| Afar | aa | aar |
| Afrihili |
| afh |
| Afrikaans | af | afr |
| Afro-Asiatic (Other) |
| afa |
| Akan |
| aka |
| Akkadian |
| akk |
| Albanian | sq | alb/sqi |
| Aleut |
| ale |
| Algonquian languages |
| alg |
| Altaic (Other) |
| tut |
| Amharic | am | amh |
| Apache languages |
| apa |
| Arabic | ar | ara |
| Aramaic |
| arc |
| Arapaho |
| arp |
| Araucanian |
| arn |
| Arawak |
| arw |
| Armenian | hy | arm/hye |
| Artificial (Other) |
| art |
| Assamese | as | asm |
| Athapascan languages |
| ath |
| Austronesian (Other) |
| map |
| Avaric |
| ava |
| Avestan |
| ave |
| Awadhi |
| awa |
| Aymara | ay | aym |
| Azerbaijani | az | aze |
| Aztec |
| nah |
| Balinese |
| ban |
| Baltic (Other) |
| bat |
| Baluchi |
| bal |
| Bambara |
| bam |
| Bamileke languages |
| bai |
| Banda |
| bad |
| Bantu (Other) |
| bnt |
| Basa |
| bas |
| Bashkir | ba | bak |
| Basque | eu | baq/eus |
| Beja |
| bej |
| Bemba |
| bem |
| Bengali | bn | ben |
| Berber (Other) |
| ber |
| Bhojpuri |
| bho |
| Bihari | bh | bih |
| Bikol |
| bik |
| Bini |
| bin |
| Bislama | bi | bis |
| Braj |
| bra |
| Breton | be | bre |
| Buginese |
| bug |
| Bulgarian | bg | bul |
| Buriat |
| bua |
| Burmese | my | bur/mya |
| Byelorussian | be | bel |
| Caddo |
| cad |
| Carib |
| car |
| Catalan | ca | cat |
| Caucasian (Other) |
| cau |
| Cebuano |
| ceb |
| Celtic (Other) |
| cel |
| Central American Indian (Other) |
| cai |
| Chagatai |
| chg |
| Chamorro |
| cha |
| Chechen |
| che |
| Cherokee |
| chr |
| Cheyenne |
| chy |
| Chibcha |
| chb |
| Chinese | zh | chi/zho |
| Chinook jargon |
| chn |
| Choctaw |
| cho |
| Church Slavic |
| chu |
| Chuvash |
| chv |
| Coptic |
| cop |
| Cornish |
| cor |
| Corsican | co | cos |
| Cree |
| cre |
| Creek |
| mus |
| Creoles and Pidgins (Other) |
| crp |
| Creoles and Pidgins, English-based (Other) |
| cpe |
| Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other) |
| cpf |
| Creoles and Pidgins, Portuguese-based (Other) |
| cpp |
| Cushitic (Other) |
| cus |
| Croatian | hr |
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| Czech | cs | ces/cze |
| Dakota |
| dak |
| Danish | da | dan |
| Delaware |
| del |
| Dinka |
| din |
| Divehi |
| div |
| Dogri |
| doi |
| Dravidian (Other) |
| dra |
| Duala |
| dua |
| Dutch | nl | dut/nla |
| Dutch, Middle (ca. 1050-1350) |
| dum |
| Dyula |
| dyu |
| Dzongkha | dz | dzo |
| Efik |
| efi |
| Egyptian (Ancient) |
| egy |
| Ekajuk |
| eka |
| Elamite |
| elx |
| English | en | eng |
| English, Middle (ca. 1100-1500) |
| enm |
| English, Old (ca. 450-1100) |
| ang |
| Eskimo (Other) |
| esk |
| Esperanto | eo | epo |
| Estonian | et | est |
| Ewe |
| ewe |
| Ewondo |
| ewo |
| Fang |
| fan |
| Fanti |
| fat |
| Faroese | fo | fao |
| Fijian | fj | fij |
| Finnish | fi | fin |
| Finno-Ugrian (Other) |
| fiu |
| Fon |
| fon |
| French | fr | fra/fre |
| French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600) |
| frm |
| French, Old (842- ca. 1400) |
| fro |
| Frisian | fy | fry |
| Fulah |
| ful |
| Ga |
| gaa |
| Gaelic (Scots) |
| gae/gdh |
| Gallegan | gl | glg |
| Ganda |
| lug |
| Gayo |
| gay |
| Geez |
| gez |
| Georgian | ka | geo/kat |
| German | de | deu/ger |
| German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500) |
| gmh |
| German, Old High (ca. 750-1050) |
| goh |
| Germanic (Other) |
| gem |
| Gilbertese |
| gil |
| Gondi |
| gon |
| Gothic |
| got |
| Grebo |
| grb |
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453) |
| grc |
| Greek, Modern (1453-) | el | ell/gre |
| Greenlandic | kl | kal |
| Guarani | gn | grn |
| Gujarati | gu | guj |
| Haida |
| hai |
| Hausa | ha | hau |
| Hawaiian |
| haw |
| Hebrew | he | heb |
| Herero |
| her |
| Hiligaynon |
| hil |
| Himachali |
| him |
| Hindi | hi | hin |
| Hiri Motu |
| hmo |
| Hungarian | hu | hun |
| Hupa |
| hup |
| Iban |
| iba |
| Icelandic | is | ice/isl |
| Igbo |
| ibo |
| Ijo |
| ijo |
| Iloko |
| ilo |
| Indic (Other) |
| inc |
| Indo-European (Other) |
| ine |
| Indonesian | id | ind |
| Interlingua (IALA) | ia | ina |
| Interlingue | ie | ine |
| Inuktitut | iu | iku |
| Inupiak | ik | ipk |
| Iranian (Other) |
| ira |
| Irish | ga | gai/iri |
| Irish, Old (to 900) |
| sga |
| Irish, Middle (900 - 1200) |
| mga |
| Iroquoian languages |
| iro |
| Italian | it | ita |
| Japanese | ja | jpn |
| Javanese | jv/jw | jav/jaw |
| Judeo-Arabic |
| jrb |
| Judeo-Persian |
| jpr |
| Kabyle |
| kab |
| Kachin |
| kac |
| Kamba |
| kam |
| Kannada | kn | kan |
| Kanuri |
| kau |
| Kara-Kalpak |
| kaa |
| Karen |
| kar |
| Kashmiri | ks | kas |
| Kawi |
| kaw |
| Kazakh | kk | kaz |
| Khasi |
| kha |
| Khmer | km | khm |
| Khoisan (Other) |
| khi |
| Khotanese |
| kho |
| Kikuyu |
| kik |
| Kinyarwanda | rw | kin |
| Kirghiz | ky | kir |
| Komi |
| kom |
| Kongo |
| kon |
| Konkani |
| kok |
| Korean | ko | kor |
| Kpelle |
| kpe |
| Kru |
| kro |
| Kuanyama |
| kua |
| Kumyk |
| kum |
| Kurdish | ku | kur |
| Kurukh |
| kru |
| Kusaie |
| kus |
| Kutenai |
| kut |
| Ladino |
| lad |
| Lahnda |
| lah |
| Lamba |
| lam |
| Langue d'Oc (post-1500) | oc | oci |
| Lao | lo | lao |
| Latin | la | lat |
| Latvian | lv | lav |
| Letzeburgesch |
| ltz |
| Lezghian |
| lez |
| Lingala | ln | lin |
| Lithuanian | lt | lit |
| Lozi |
| loz |
| Luba-Katanga |
| lub |
| Luiseno |
| lui |
| Lunda |
| lun |
| Luo (Kenya and Tanzania) |
| luo |
| Macedonian | mk | mac/mak |
| Madurese |
| mad |
| Magahi |
| mag |
| Maithili |
| mai |
| Makasar |
| mak |
| Malagasy | mg | mlg |
| Malay | ms | may/msa |
| Malayalam |
| mal |
| Maltese | ml | mlt |
| Mandingo |
| man |
| Manipuri |
| mni |
| Manobo languages |
| mno |
| Manx |
| max |
| Maori | mi | mao/mri |
| Marathi | mr | mar |
| Mari |
| chm |
| Marshall |
| mah |
| Marwari |
| mwr |
| Masai |
| mas |
| Mayan languages |
| myn |
| Mende |
| men |
| Micmac |
| mic |
| Minangkabau |
| min |
| Miscellaneous (Other) |
| mis |
| Mohawk |
| moh |
| Moldavian | mo | mol |
| Mon-Kmer (Other) |
| mkh |
| Mongo |
| lol |
| Mongolian | mn | mon |
| Mossi |
| mos |
| Multiple languages |
| mul |
| Munda languages |
| mun |
| Nauru | na | nau |
| Navajo |
| nav |
| Ndebele, North |
| nde |
| Ndebele, South |
| nbl |
| Ndongo |
| ndo |
| Nepali | ne | nep |
| Newari |
| new |
| Niger-Kordofanian (Other) |
| nic |
| Nilo-Saharan (Other) |
| ssa |
| Niuean |
| niu |
| Norse, Old |
| non |
| North American Indian (Other) |
| nai |
| Norwegian | no | nor |
| Norwegian (Nynorsk) |
| nno |
| Nubian languages |
| nub |
| Nyamwezi |
| nym |
| Nyanja |
| nya |
| Nyankole |
| nyn |
| Nyoro |
| nyo |
| Nzima |
| nzi |
| Ojibwa |
| oji |
| Oriya | or | ori |
| Oromo | om | orm |
| Osage |
| osa |
| Ossetic |
| oss |
| Otomian languages |
| oto |
| Pahlavi |
| pal |
| Palauan |
| pau |
| Pali |
| pli |
| Pampanga |
| pam |
| Pangasinan |
| pag |
| Panjabi | pa | pan |
| Papiamento |
| pap |
| Papuan-Australian (Other) |
| paa |
| Persian | fa | fas/per |
| Persian, Old (ca 600 - 400 B.C.) |
| peo |
| Phoenician |
| phn |
| Polish | pl | pol |
| Ponape |
| pon |
| Portuguese | pt | por |
| Prakrit languages |
| pra |
| Provencal, Old (to 1500) |
| pro |
| Pushto | ps | pus |
| Quechua | qu | que |
| Rhaeto-Romance | rm | roh |
| Rajasthani |
| raj |
| Rarotongan |
| rar |
| Romance (Other) |
| roa |
| Romanian | ro | ron/rum |
| Romany |
| rom |
| Rundi | rn | run |
| Russian | ru | rus |
| Salishan languages |
| sal |
| Samaritan Aramaic |
| sam |
| Sami languages |
| smi |
| Samoan | sm | smo |
| Sandawe |
| sad |
| Sango | sg | sag |
| Sanskrit | sa | san |
| Sardinian |
| srd |
| Scots |
| sco |
| Selkup |
| sel |
| Semitic (Other) |
| sem |
| Serbian | sr |
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| Serbo-Croatian | sh | scr |
| Serer |
| srr |
| Shan |
| shn |
| Shona | sn | sna |
| Sidamo |
| sid |
| Siksika |
| bla |
| Sindhi | sd | snd |
| Singhalese | si | sin |
| Sino-Tibetan (Other) |
| sit |
| Siouan languages |
| sio |
| Slavic (Other) |
| sla |
| Siswant | ss | ssw |
| Slovak | sk | slk/slo |
| Slovenian | sl | slv |
| Sogdian |
| sog |
| Somali | so | som |
| Songhai |
| son |
| Sorbian languages |
| wen |
| Sotho, Northern |
| nso |
| Sotho, Southern | st | sot |
| South American Indian (Other) |
| sai |
| Spanish | es | esl/spa |
| Sukuma |
| suk |
| Sumerian |
| sux |
| Sudanese | su | sun |
| Susu |
| sus |
| Swahili | sw | swa |
| Swazi |
| ssw |
| Swedish | sv | sve/swe |
| Syriac |
| syr |
| Tagalog | tl | tgl |
| Tahitian |
| tah |
| Tajik | tg | tgk |
| Tamashek |
| tmh |
| Tamil | ta | tam |
| Tatar | tt | tat |
| Telugu | te | tel |
| Tereno |
| ter |
| Thai | th | tha |
| Tibetan | bo | bod/tib |
| Tigre |
| tig |
| Tigrinya | ti | tir |
| Timne |
| tem |
| Tivi |
| tiv |
| Tlingit |
| tli |
| Tonga (Nyasa) | to | tog |
| Tonga (Tonga Islands) |
| ton |
| Truk |
| tru |
| Tsimshian |
| tsi |
| Tsonga | ts | tso |
| Tswana | tn | tsn |
| Tumbuka |
| tum |
| Turkish | tr | tur |
| Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) |
| ota |
| Turkmen | tk | tuk |
| Tuvinian |
| tyv |
| Twi | tw | twi |
| Ugaritic |
| uga |
| Uighur | ug | uig |
| Ukrainian | uk | ukr |
| Umbundu |
| umb |
| Undetermined |
| und |
| Urdu | ur | urd |
| Uzbek | uz | uzb |
| Vai |
| vai |
| Venda |
| ven |
| Vietnamese | vi | vie |
| Volapk | vo | vol |
| Votic |
| vot |
| Wakashan languages |
| wak |
| Walamo |
| wal |
| Waray |
| war |
| Washo |
| was |
| Welsh | cy | cym/wel |
| Wolof | wo | wol |
| Xhosa | xh | xho |
| Yakut |
| sah |
| Yao |
| yao |
| Yap |
| yap |
| Yiddish | yi | yid |
| Yoruba | yo | yor |
| Zapotec |
| zap |
| Zenaga |
| zen |
| Zhuang | za | zha |
| Zulu | zu | zul |
| Zuni |
| zun |