List of ISO 639 language codes

List of ISO 639 language codes

ISO 639 is a standardized nomenclature used to classify languages. Each language is assigned a two-letter (set 1) and three-letter lowercase abbreviation (sets 2–5). 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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List of ISO 639 language codes

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.

• Individual language • Macrolanguages

• Living languages • Historical languages • Constructed languages (with indications on their original authors)

<table><thead><tr><th>ISO Language Names</th><th>Set 1</th><th>Set 2</th><th>Set 3</th><th>Scope</th><th>Type</th><th>Endonym(s)</th><th>Other Name(s)</th><th>Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>T</td><td>B</td></tr><tr><td>Abkhazian</td><td>ab</td><td>abk</td><td>abk</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Аҧсуа; Apsua; აფსუა</td><td>Abkhaz</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Afar</td><td>aa</td><td>aar</td><td>aar</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Qafar af</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Afrikaans</td><td>af</td><td>afr</td><td>afr</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Afrikaans</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Akan</td><td>ak</td><td>aka</td><td>aka + 2</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>Ákán</td><td></td><td>Twi is tw/twi, Fanti is fat</td></tr><tr><td>Albanian</td><td>sq</td><td>sqi</td><td>alb</td><td>sqi + 4</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>Shqip</td><td>called "Albanian Phylozone" in 639-6</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Amharic</td><td>am</td><td>amh</td><td>amh</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>አማርኛ (Amarəñña)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Arabic</td><td>ar</td><td>ara</td><td>ara + 28</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ (al-ʿarabiyyah)</td><td></td><td>Standard Arabic is arb</td></tr><tr><td>Aragonese</td><td>an</td><td>arg</td><td>arg</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Aragonés</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Armenian</td><td>hy</td><td>hye</td><td>arm</td><td>hye</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Հայերեն (Hayeren)</td><td></td><td>ISO 639-3 code hye is for Eastern Armenian, hyw is for Western Armenian, and xcl is for Classical Armenian</td></tr><tr><td>Assamese</td><td>as</td><td>asm</td><td>asm</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>অসমীয়া (Ôxômiya)</td><td>Asamiya</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Avaric</td><td>av</td><td>ava</td><td>ava</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Авар мацӏ; اوار ماض (Avar maz)</td><td>Avar</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Avestan</td><td>ae</td><td>ave</td><td>ave</td><td>Individual</td><td>Historical</td><td>Upastawakaēna</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Aymara</td><td>ay</td><td>aym</td><td>aym + 2</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>Aymara</td><td>Aymaran</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Azerbaijani</td><td>az</td><td>aze</td><td>aze + 2</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>Azərbaycan dili; آذربایجان دیلی; Азәрбајҹан дили</td><td>Azeri</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bambara</td><td>bm</td><td>bam</td><td>bam</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>بَمَنَنكَن ;ߓߡߊߣߊ߲ߞߊ߲ (Bamanankan)</td><td>Bamana; Bamanankan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bashkir</td><td>ba</td><td>bak</td><td>bak</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Башҡорт теле; Başqort tele</td><td>Bashkort</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Basque</td><td>eu</td><td>eus</td><td>baq</td><td>eus</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Euskara/Euskera</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Belarusian</td><td>be</td><td>bel</td><td>bel</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Беларуская мова (Biełaruskaja mova)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bengali</td><td>bn</td><td>ben</td><td>ben</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>বাংলা (Bāŋlā)</td><td>Bangla</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bislama</td><td>bi</td><td>bis</td><td>bis</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Bislama</td><td></td><td>Language formed from English and Vanuatuan languages, with some French influence.</td></tr><tr><td>Bosnian</td><td>bs</td><td>bos</td><td>bos</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Босански (Bosanski)</td><td>Bosniak</td><td>Member language of Serbo-Croatian with code sh deprecated in 2000</td></tr><tr><td>Breton</td><td>br</td><td>bre</td><td>bre</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Brezhoneg</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bulgarian</td><td>bg</td><td>bul</td><td>bul</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Български (Bulgarski)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Burmese</td><td>my</td><td>mya</td><td>bur</td><td>mya</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>မြန်မာစာ (Mrãmācā)</td><td>Myanmar</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Catalan, Valencian</td><td>ca</td><td>cat</td><td>cat</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Català; Valencià</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chamorro</td><td>ch</td><td>cha</td><td>cha</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Finu' Chamoru</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chechen</td><td>ce</td><td>che</td><td>che</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Нохчийн мотт; (Noxçiyn mott)</td><td>Chechnyan; Chechnian</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja</td><td>ny</td><td>nya</td><td>nya</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Chichewa; Chinyanja</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chinese</td><td>zh</td><td>zho</td><td>chi</td><td>zho + 19</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>中文 (Zhōngwén), 汉语; 漢語 (Hànyǔ)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic</td><td>cu</td><td>chu</td><td>chu</td><td>Individual</td><td>Historical</td><td>Славе́нскїй ѧ҆зы́къ</td><td></td><td>In use by the Eastern Orthodox Church</td></tr><tr><td>Chuvash</td><td>cv</td><td>chv</td><td>chv</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Чӑвашла (Çăvaşla)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cornish</td><td>kw</td><td>cor</td><td>cor</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Kernowek</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Corsican</td><td>co</td><td>cos</td><td>cos</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Corsu</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cree</td><td>cr</td><td>cre</td><td>cre + 6</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ (Nehiyawewin)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Croatian</td><td>hr</td><td>hrv</td><td>hrv</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Hrvatski</td><td></td><td>Member language of Serbo-Croatian with code sh deprecated in 2000</td></tr><tr><td>Czech</td><td>cs</td><td>ces</td><td>cze</td><td>ces</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Čeština</td><td>Czechian</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Danish</td><td>da</td><td>dan</td><td>dan</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Dansk</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Divehi, Dhivehi, Maldivian</td><td>dv</td><td>div</td><td>div</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>ދިވެހި (Dhivehi)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dutch, Flemish</td><td>nl</td><td>nld</td><td>dut</td><td>nld</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Nederlands</td><td></td><td>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</td></tr><tr><td>Dzongkha</td><td>dz</td><td>dzo</td><td>dzo</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>རྫོང་ཁ་ (Dzongkha)</td><td>Bhutanese</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>English</td><td>en</td><td>eng</td><td>eng</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>English</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Esperanto</td><td>eo</td><td>epo</td><td>epo</td><td>Individual</td><td>Constructed</td><td>Esperanto</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Estonian</td><td>et</td><td>est</td><td>est + 2</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>Eesti keel</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ewe</td><td>ee</td><td>ewe</td><td>ewe</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Èʋegbe</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Faroese</td><td>fo</td><td>fao</td><td>fao</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Føroyskt</td><td>Faeroese</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Fijian</td><td>fj</td><td>fij</td><td>fij</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Na Vosa Vakaviti</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Finnish</td><td>fi</td><td>fin</td><td>fin</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Suomi</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>French</td><td>fr</td><td>fra</td><td>fre</td><td>fra</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Français</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Western Frisian</td><td>fy</td><td>fry</td><td>fry</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Frysk</td><td>West Frisian; Frisian; Fries</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Fulah</td><td>ff</td><td>ful</td><td>ful + 9</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>𞤊𞤵𞤤𞤬𞤵𞤤𞤣𞤫 ;ࢻُلْࢻُلْدٜ; Fulfulde, 𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞥄𞤪 ;ݒُلَارْ; Pulaar</td><td>Fula; Fulani</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic</td><td>gd</td><td>gla</td><td>gla</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Gàidhlig</td><td>Scots Gaelic</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Galician</td><td>gl</td><td>glg</td><td>glg</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Galego</td><td>Galego</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ganda</td><td>lg</td><td>lug</td><td>lug</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Luganda</td><td>Luganda</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Georgian</td><td>ka</td><td>kat</td><td>geo</td><td>kat</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>ქართული (Kharthuli)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>German</td><td>de</td><td>deu</td><td>ger</td><td>deu</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Deutsch</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Greek, Modern (1453–)</td><td>el</td><td>ell</td><td>gre</td><td>ell</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Νέα Ελληνικά; (Néa Ellêniká)</td><td></td><td>for Ancient Greek, use the ISO 639-3 code grc</td></tr><tr><td>Kalaallisut, Greenlandic</td><td>kl</td><td>kal</td><td>kal</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Kalaallisut</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Guarani</td><td>gn</td><td>grn</td><td>grn + 5</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>Avañe'ẽ</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Gujarati</td><td>gu</td><td>guj</td><td>guj</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>ગુજરાતી (Gujarātī)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Haitian, Haitian Creole</td><td>ht</td><td>hat</td><td>hat</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Kreyòl ayisyen</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Hausa</td><td>ha</td><td>hau</td><td>hau</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>هَرْشٜن هَوْس (halshen Hausa)</td><td>Hausan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Hebrew</td><td>he</td><td>heb</td><td>heb</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>עברית‎ (Ivrit)</td><td></td><td>Modern Hebrew. Code changed in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, iw.</td></tr><tr><td>Herero</td><td>hz</td><td>her</td><td>her</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Otjiherero</td><td>Otjiherero</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Hindi</td><td>hi</td><td>hin</td><td>hin</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>हिन्दी (Hindī)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Hiri Motu</td><td>ho</td><td>hmo</td><td>hmo</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Hiri Motu</td><td>Police Motu; Pidgin Motu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Hungarian</td><td>hu</td><td>hun</td><td>hun</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Magyar nyelv</td><td>Magyar</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Icelandic</td><td>is</td><td>isl</td><td>ice</td><td>isl</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Íslenska</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ido</td><td>io</td><td>ido</td><td>ido</td><td>Individual</td><td>Constructed</td><td>Ido</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Igbo</td><td>ig</td><td>ibo</td><td>ibo</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>ásụ̀sụ́ Ìgbò</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Indonesian</td><td>id</td><td>ind</td><td>ind</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>bahasa Indonesia</td><td></td><td>covered by macrolanguage ms/msa. Changed in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, in.</td></tr><tr><td>Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association)</td><td>ia</td><td>ina</td><td>ina</td><td>Individual</td><td>Constructed</td><td>Interlingua</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Interlingue, Occidental</td><td>ie</td><td>ile</td><td>ile</td><td>Individual</td><td>Constructed</td><td>Interlingue; Occidental</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Inuktitut</td><td>iu</td><td>iku</td><td>iku + 2</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ (Inuktitut)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Inupiaq</td><td>ik</td><td>ipk</td><td>ipk + 2</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>Iñupiaq</td><td>Inupiat; Inupiatun</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Irish</td><td>ga</td><td>gle</td><td>gle</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Gaeilge</td><td>Irish Gaelic</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Italian</td><td>it</td><td>ita</td><td>ita</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Italiano</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Japanese</td><td>ja</td><td>jpn</td><td>jpn</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>日本語 (Nihongo)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Javanese</td><td>jv</td><td>jav</td><td>jav</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>ꦧꦱꦗꦮ; basa Jawa</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kannada</td><td>kn</td><td>kan</td><td>kan</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannađa)</td><td>Kannadan; Canarese</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kanuri</td><td>kr</td><td>kau</td><td>kau + 3</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>كَنُرِيِه; Kànùrí</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kashmiri</td><td>ks</td><td>kas</td><td>kas</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>कॉशुर; كأشُر (Kosher)</td><td>Koshur</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kazakh</td><td>kk</td><td>kaz</td><td>kaz</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Қазақша; Qazaqşa; قازاقشا</td><td>Qazaq</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Central Khmer</td><td>km</td><td>khm</td><td>khm</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>ខេមរភាសា; (Khémôrôphéasa)</td><td>Khmer; Cambodian</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kikuyu, Gikuyu</td><td>ki</td><td>kik</td><td>kik</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Gĩgĩkũyũ</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kinyarwanda</td><td>rw</td><td>kin</td><td>kin</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Ikinyarwanda</td><td>Rwandan; Rwanda; Ikinyarwanda</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kyrgyz, Kirghiz</td><td>ky</td><td>kir</td><td>kir</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Кыргыз; قىرعىز</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Komi</td><td>kv</td><td>kom</td><td>kom + 2</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>Коми кыв</td><td>Zyran; Zyrian; Komi-Zyryan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kongo</td><td>kg</td><td>kon</td><td>kon + 3</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>Kikongo</td><td>Kikongo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Korean</td><td>ko</td><td>kor</td><td>kor</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>한국어 (Hangugeo), 조선말 (Chosŏnmal)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kuanyama, Kwanyama</td><td>kj</td><td>kua</td><td>kua</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Oshikwanyama</td><td>Cuanhama; Oshikwanyama</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kurdish</td><td>ku</td><td>kur</td><td>kur + 3</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>کوردی; Kurdî</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Lao</td><td>lo</td><td>lao</td><td>lao</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>ພາສາລາວ (phasa Lao)</td><td>Laotian</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Latin</td><td>la</td><td>lat</td><td>lat</td><td>Individual</td><td>Historical</td><td>Latinum</td><td></td><td>In use by several Christian organization of churches, and for sciences</td></tr><tr><td>Latvian</td><td>lv</td><td>lav</td><td>lav + 2</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>Latviešu</td><td>Lettish</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish</td><td>li</td><td>lim</td><td>lim</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Lèmburgs</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Lingala</td><td>ln</td><td>lin</td><td>lin</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Lingála</td><td>Ngala</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Lithuanian</td><td>lt</td><td>lit</td><td>lit</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Lietuvių</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Luba-Katanga</td><td>lu</td><td>lub</td><td>lub</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Kiluba</td><td>Luba-Shaba</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch</td><td>lb</td><td>ltz</td><td>ltz</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Lëtzebuergesch</td><td>Luxembourgian</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Macedonian</td><td>mk</td><td>mkd</td><td>mac</td><td>mkd</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Македонски (Makedonski)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Malagasy</td><td>mg</td><td>mlg</td><td>mlg + 11</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>مَلَغَسِ; Malagasy</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Malay</td><td>ms</td><td>msa</td><td>may</td><td>msa + 36</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>بهاس ملايو (bahasa Melayu)</td><td></td><td>Standard Malay is zsm, Indonesian is id/ind</td></tr><tr><td>Malayalam</td><td>ml</td><td>mal</td><td>mal</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>മലയാളം (Malayāḷam)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Maltese</td><td>mt</td><td>mlt</td><td>mlt</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Malti</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Manx</td><td>gv</td><td>glv</td><td>glv</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Gaelg; Gailck</td><td>Manx Gaelic</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Maori</td><td>mi</td><td>mri</td><td>mao</td><td>mri</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>reo Māori</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Marathi</td><td>mr</td><td>mar</td><td>mar</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>मराठी (Marāṭhī)</td><td>Maharashtran</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Marshallese</td><td>mh</td><td>mah</td><td>mah</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>kajin M̧ajel‌̧</td><td>Ebon</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mongolian</td><td>mn</td><td>mon</td><td>mon + 2</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ; Монгол хэл (Mongol xel)</td><td>Mongol</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Nauru</td><td>na</td><td>nau</td><td>nau</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>dorerin Naoe</td><td>Nauruan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Navajo, Navaho</td><td>nv</td><td>nav</td><td>nav</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Diné bizaad; Naabeehó bizaad</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>North Ndebele</td><td>nd</td><td>nde</td><td>nde</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>isiNdebele; saseNyakatho; Mthwakazi Ndebele</td><td>Northern Ndebele</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>South Ndebele</td><td>nr</td><td>nbl</td><td>nbl</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>isiNdebele; sakwaNdzundza</td><td>Southern Ndebele</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ndonga</td><td>ng</td><td>ndo</td><td>ndo</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Ndonga</td><td>Oshindonga</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Nepali</td><td>ne</td><td>nep</td><td>nep + 2</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>नेपाली भाषा (Nepālī bhāśā)</td><td>Nepalese; Gorkhali</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Norwegian</td><td>no</td><td>nor</td><td>nor + 2</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>Norsk</td><td></td><td>Bokmål is nb/nob, Nynorsk is nn/nno</td></tr><tr><td>Norwegian Bokmål</td><td>nb</td><td>nob</td><td>nob</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Norsk Bokmål</td><td></td><td>covered by macrolanguage no/nor</td></tr><tr><td>Norwegian Nynorsk</td><td>nn</td><td>nno</td><td>nno</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Norsk Nynorsk</td><td></td><td>covered by macrolanguage no/nor</td></tr><tr><td>Occitan</td><td>oc</td><td>oci</td><td>oci</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Occitan; Provençal</td><td>Provential; Provencal</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ojibwa</td><td>oj</td><td>oji</td><td>oji + 7</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ (Anishinaabemowin)</td><td>Ojibwe; Ojibway; Otchipwe; Ojibwemowin</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Oriya</td><td>or</td><td>ori</td><td>ori + 2</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>ଓଡ଼ିଆ (Odia)</td><td>Odian; Odishan; Orissan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Oromo</td><td>om</td><td>orm</td><td>orm + 4</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>afaan Oromoo</td><td>Oromoo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ossetian, Ossetic</td><td>os</td><td>oss</td><td>oss</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>ирон Ӕвзаг (iron Ævzag)</td><td>Ossete</td><td>This generally refers to Iron, one of the two main dialect of Ossetian, Digor, as another one, has separate set 3 code osd</td></tr><tr><td>Pali</td><td>pi</td><td>pli</td><td>pli</td><td>Individual</td><td>Historical</td><td>Pāli</td><td>Pali-Magadhi</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Pashto, Pushto</td><td>ps</td><td>pus</td><td>pus + 3</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>پښتو (Pax̌tow)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Persian</td><td>fa</td><td>fas</td><td>per</td><td>fas + 2</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>فارسی (Fārsiy)</td><td>Farsi</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Polish</td><td>pl</td><td>pol</td><td>pol</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Polski</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Portuguese</td><td>pt</td><td>por</td><td>por</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Português</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Punjabi, Panjabi</td><td>pa</td><td>pan</td><td>pan</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ; پنجابی (Pãjābī)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Quechua</td><td>qu</td><td>que</td><td>que + 43</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>Runa simi; kichwa simi; Nuna shimi</td><td>Quechuan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan</td><td>ro</td><td>ron</td><td>rum</td><td>ron</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Română; Ромынэ</td><td></td><td>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.</td></tr><tr><td>Romansh</td><td>rm</td><td>roh</td><td>roh</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Rumantsch; Rumàntsch; Romauntsch; Romontsch</td><td>Romansch</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rundi</td><td>rn</td><td>run</td><td>run</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Ikirundi</td><td>Kirundi</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Russian</td><td>ru</td><td>rus</td><td>rus</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Русский язык (Russkiĭ âzyk)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Northern Sami</td><td>se</td><td>sme</td><td>sme</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Davvisámegiella</td><td>North Sami</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Samoan</td><td>sm</td><td>smo</td><td>smo</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>gagana Sāmoa</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sango</td><td>sg</td><td>sag</td><td>sag</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>yângâ tî Sängö</td><td>Sangoic</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sanskrit</td><td>sa</td><td>san</td><td>san + 2</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Historical</td><td>संस्कृतम् (Saṃskṛtam)</td><td></td><td>In use by some Indian states on judicial purposes</td></tr><tr><td>Sardinian</td><td>sc</td><td>srd</td><td>srd + 4</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>Sardu</td><td>Sard</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Serbian</td><td>sr</td><td>srp</td><td>srp</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Српски (Srpski)</td><td></td><td>Member language of Serbo-Croatian with code sh deprecated in 2000, the ISO 639-2/T code srp deprecated the ISO 639-2/B code scc</td></tr><tr><td>Shona</td><td>sn</td><td>sna</td><td>sna</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>chiShona</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sindhi</td><td>sd</td><td>snd</td><td>snd</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>سنڌي; सिन्धी (Sindhī)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sinhala, Sinhalese</td><td>si</td><td>sin</td><td>sin</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>සිංහල (Siṁhala)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Slovak</td><td>sk</td><td>slk</td><td>slo</td><td>slk</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Slovenčina</td><td>Slovakian</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Slovenian</td><td>sl</td><td>slv</td><td>slv</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Slovenščina</td><td>Slovene</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Somali</td><td>so</td><td>som</td><td>som</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Soomaali; 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘; سٝومالِ</td><td>Somalian</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Southern Sotho</td><td>st</td><td>sot</td><td>sot</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Sesotho</td><td>Sesotho; Sotho</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Spanish, Castilian</td><td>es</td><td>spa</td><td>spa</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Español; Castellano</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sundanese</td><td>su</td><td>sun</td><td>sun</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>basa Sunda; ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ; بَاسَا سُوْندَا</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Swahili</td><td>sw</td><td>swa</td><td>swa + 2</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>Kiswahili; كِسوَحِيلِ</td><td>Kiswahili</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Swati</td><td>ss</td><td>ssw</td><td>ssw</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>siSwati</td><td>Swazi</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Swedish</td><td>sv</td><td>swe</td><td>swe</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Svenska</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tagalog</td><td>tl</td><td>tgl</td><td>tgl</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Wikang Tagalog</td><td></td><td>Filipino (Pilipino) has the code fil</td></tr><tr><td>Tahitian</td><td>ty</td><td>tah</td><td>tah</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>reo Tahiti</td><td></td><td>One of the Reo Māohi (languages of French Polynesia)</td></tr><tr><td>Tajik</td><td>tg</td><td>tgk</td><td>tgk</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Тоҷикӣ (Tojikī)</td><td>Tajiki</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tamil</td><td>ta</td><td>tam</td><td>tam</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>தமிழ் (Tamiḻ)</td><td>Thamizh</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tatar</td><td>tt</td><td>tat</td><td>tat</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Татар теле; Tatar tele; تاتار تئلئ‎</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Telugu</td><td>te</td><td>tel</td><td>tel</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>తెలుగు (Telugu)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Thai</td><td>th</td><td>tha</td><td>tha</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>ภาษาไทย (Phasa Thai)</td><td>Central Thai; Siamese</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tibetan</td><td>bo</td><td>bod</td><td>tib</td><td>bod</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>བོད་སྐད་ (Bodskad); ལྷ་སའི་སྐད་ (Lhas'iskad)</td><td>Standard Tibetan; Lhasa Tibetan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tigrinya</td><td>ti</td><td>tir</td><td>tir</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>ትግርኛ (Təgrəñña)</td><td>Tigrigna</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tonga (Tonga Islands)</td><td>to</td><td>ton</td><td>ton</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>lea faka-Tonga</td><td>Tongan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tsonga</td><td>ts</td><td>tso</td><td>tso</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Xitsonga</td><td>Xitsonga</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tswana</td><td>tn</td><td>tsn</td><td>tsn</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Setswana</td><td>Setswana; Sechuana</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turkish</td><td>tr</td><td>tur</td><td>tur</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Türkçe</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turkmen</td><td>tk</td><td>tuk</td><td>tuk</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Türkmençe; Түркменче; تۆرکمنچه</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Twi</td><td>tw</td><td>twi</td><td>twi</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Twi</td><td></td><td>covered by macrolanguage ak/aka</td></tr><tr><td>Uighur, Uyghur</td><td>ug</td><td>uig</td><td>uig</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>ئۇيغۇر تىلى; Уйғур тили; Uyƣur tili</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ukrainian</td><td>uk</td><td>ukr</td><td>ukr</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Українська (Ukraїnska)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Urdu</td><td>ur</td><td>urd</td><td>urd</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>اُردُو (Urduw)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Uzbek</td><td>uz</td><td>uzb</td><td>uzb + 2</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>Ózbekça; ўзбекча; ئوزبېچه</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Venda</td><td>ve</td><td>ven</td><td>ven</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Tshivenḓa</td><td>Tshivenda</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Vietnamese</td><td>vi</td><td>vie</td><td>vie</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>tiếng Việt</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Volapük</td><td>vo</td><td>vol</td><td>vol</td><td>Individual</td><td>Constructed</td><td>Volapük</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Walloon</td><td>wa</td><td>wln</td><td>wln</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Walon</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Welsh</td><td>cy</td><td>cym</td><td>wel</td><td>cym</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>Cymraeg</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Wolof</td><td>wo</td><td>wol</td><td>wol</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>وࣷلࣷفْ</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Xhosa</td><td>xh</td><td>xho</td><td>xho</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>isiXhosa</td><td>Xosa</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sichuan Yi, Nuosu</td><td>ii</td><td>iii</td><td>iii</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>ꆈꌠꉙ (Nuosuhxop)</td><td>Northern Yi; Liangshan Yi; Nosu</td><td>standard form of the Yi languages</td></tr><tr><td>Yiddish</td><td>yi</td><td>yid</td><td>yid + 2</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>ייִדיש (Yidiš)</td><td>Judeo-German</td><td>Changed in 1989 from original ISO 639:1988, ji.</td></tr><tr><td>Yoruba</td><td>yo</td><td>yor</td><td>yor</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>èdè Yorùbá</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Zhuang, Chuang</td><td>za</td><td>zha</td><td>zha + 16</td><td>Macrolanguage</td><td>Living</td><td>話僮 (Vahcuengh)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Zulu</td><td>zu</td><td>zul</td><td>zul</td><td>Individual</td><td>Living</td><td>isiZulu</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Table of all possible two-letter codes

List of ISO 639 language codes

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	Officially assigned: assigned to a language
7/676	Deprecated: used previously but no longer assigned
486/676	Unassigned