List of ISO 639-2 codes

ISO 639 is a set of international standards that lists short codes for language names. The following is a complete list of three-letter codes defined in part two (ISO 639-2) of the standard, including the corresponding two-letter (ISO 639-1) codes where they exist.

Where two ISO 639-2 codes are given in the table, the one with the asterisk is the bibliographic code (B code) and the other is the terminological code (T code).

Entries in the Scope and Type columns distinguish:

• ancient languages (extinct since ancient times);
• collections of languages (which are connected, for example genetically or by region)
• constructed languages;
• languages extinct in recent times;
• historical languages (distinct from their modern form);
• macrolanguages.

The standard includes some codes for special situations:

• mis, for "uncoded languages";
• mul, for "multiple languages";
• qaa-qtz, a range reserved for local use.
• und, for "undetermined";
• zxx, for "no linguistic content; not applicable";

639-2	639-3	639-5	639-1	Language name(s) from ISO 639-2	Scope	Type	Native name(s)	Other name(s)
aar	aar		aa	Afar	Individual	Living	Qafaraf; ’Afar Af; Afaraf; Qafar af
abk	abk		ab	Abkhazian	Individual	Living	Аҧсуа бызшәа; Аҧсшәа	Abkhaz
ace	ace			Achinese	Individual	Living	بهسا اچيه	Acehnese
ach	ach			Acoli	Individual	Living	Lwo	Acholi
ada	ada			Adangme	Individual	Living	Dangme	Dangme
ady	ady			Adyghe; Adygei	Individual	Living	Адыгабзэ; Кӏахыбзэ	West Circassian
afa		afa		Afro-Asiatic languages	Collective
afh	afh			Afrihili	Individual	Constructed	El-Afrihili
afr	afr		af	Afrikaans	Individual	Living	Afrikaans
ain	ain			Ainu	Individual	Living	アイヌ・イタㇰ
aka	aka		ak	Akan	Macrolanguage	Living	Akan
akk	akk			Akkadian	Individual	Ancient	𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑
alb* / sqi	sqi		sq	Albanian	Macrolanguage	Living	Shqip
ale	ale			Aleut	Individual	Living	Унáӈам тунуý; Унаӈан умсуу
alg		alg		Algonquian languages	Collective
alt	alt			Southern Altai	Individual	Living	Алтай тили
amh	amh		am	Amharic	Individual	Living	አማርኛ
ang	ang			English, Old (ca.450–1100)	Individual	Historical	Ænglisc; Anglisc; Englisc
anp	anp			Angika	Individual	Living
apa		apa		Apache languages	Collective			Southern Athabaskan languages
ara	ara		ar	Arabic	Macrolanguage	Living	العَرَبِيَّة
arc	arc			Official Aramaic (700–300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700–300 BCE)	Individual	Ancient
arg	arg		an	Aragonese	Individual	Living	aragonés
arm* / hye	hye		hy	Armenian	Individual	Living	Հայերէն; Հայերեն
arn	arn			Mapudungun; Mapuche	Individual	Living
arp	arp			Arapaho	Individual	Living	Hinónoʼeitíít
art		art		Artificial languages	Collective
arw	arw			Arawak	Individual	Living	Lokono	Lokono
asm	asm		as	Assamese	Individual	Living	অসমীয়া
ast	ast			Asturian; Bable; Leonese; Asturleonese	Individual	Living	Asturianu
ath		ath		Athapascan languages	Collective			Athabaskan languages
aus		aus		Australian languages	Collective
ava	ava		av	Avaric	Individual	Living	Магӏарул мацӏ; Авар мацӏ	Avar
ave	ave		ae	Avestan	Individual	Ancient
awa	awa			Awadhi	Individual	Living	अवधी
aym	aym		ay	Aymara	Macrolanguage	Living	Aymar aru
aze	aze		az	Azerbaijani	Macrolanguage	Living	Azərbaycan dili; آذربایجان دیلی; Азәрбајҹан дили
bad		bad		Banda languages	Collective
bai		bai		Bamileke languages	Collective		Bamiléké
bak	bak		ba	Bashkir	Individual	Living	Башҡорт теле; Başqort tele
bal	bal			Baluchi	Macrolanguage	Living	بلوچی	Balochi
bam	bam		bm	Bambara	Individual	Living	ߓߊߡߊߣߊߣߞߊߣ
ban	ban			Balinese	Individual	Living	ᬪᬵᬱᬩᬮᬶ; ᬩᬲᬩᬮᬶ
baq* / eus	eus		eu	Basque	Individual	Living	euskara
bas	bas			Basa	Individual	Living	Mbene; Ɓasaá	Basaa
bat		bat		Baltic languages	Collective
bej	bej			Beja; Bedawiyet	Individual	Living	Bidhaawyeet
bel	bel		be	Belarusian	Individual	Living	Беларуская мова
bem	bem			Bemba	Individual	Living	Chibemba
ben	ben		bn	Bengali	Individual	Living	বাংলা
ber		ber		Berber languages	Collective		Tamaziɣt; Tamazight; ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ; ⵝⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵗⵝ; ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵗⵜ	Amazigh languages
bho	bho			Bhojpuri	Individual	Living	भोजपुरी
bih		bih	bh	Bihari languages	Collective
bik	bik			Bikol	Macrolanguage	Living
bin	bin			Bini; Edo	Individual	Living	Ẹ̀dó
bis	bis		bi	Bislama	Individual	Living
bla	bla			Siksika	Individual	Living	ᓱᖽᐧᖿ	Blackfoot
bnt		bnt		Bantu (Other)	Collective
bod / tib*	bod		bo	Tibetan	Individual	Living	བོད་སྐད་; ལྷ་སའི་སྐད་
bos	bos		bs	Bosnian	Individual	Living	bosanski; босански
bra	bra			Braj	Individual	Living		Braj Bhāshā
bre	bre		br	Breton	Individual	Living	Brezhoneg
btk		btk		Batak languages	Collective
bua	bua			Buriat	Macrolanguage	Living	буряад хэлэн	Buryat
bug	bug			Buginese	Individual	Living	ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ
bul	bul		bg	Bulgarian	Individual	Living	български език
bur* / mya	mya		my	Burmese	Individual	Living	မြန်မာစာ; မြန်မာစကား	Myanmar
byn	byn			Blin; Bilin	Individual	Living	ብሊና, ብሊን	Bilen
cad	cad			Caddo	Individual	Living	Hasí:nay
cai		cai		Central American Indian languages	Collective
car	car			Galibi Carib	Individual	Living	Kari'nja	Carib
cat	cat		ca	Catalan; Valencian	Individual	Living	català
cau		cau		Caucasian languages	Collective
ceb	ceb			Cebuano	Individual	Living	Sinugbuanong Binisayâ
cel		cel		Celtic languages	Collective
ces / cze*	ces		cs	Czech	Individual	Living	čeština; český jazyk
cha	cha		ch	Chamorro	Individual	Living	Finu' Chamoru
chb	chb			Chibcha	Individual	Extinct	Muysccubun
che	che		ce	Chechen	Individual	Living	Нохчийн мотт; نَاخچیین موٓتت; ნახჩიე მუოთთ
chg	chg			Chagatai	Individual	Extinct	جغتای
chi* / zho	zho		zh	Chinese	Macrolanguage	Living	中文; 汉语; 漢語
chk	chk			Chuukese	Individual	Living
chm	chm			Mari	Macrolanguage	Living	марий йылме
chn	chn			Chinook jargon	Individual	Living	chinuk wawa; wawa; chinook lelang; lelang
cho	cho			Choctaw	Individual	Living	Chahta'
chp	chp			Chipewyan; Dene Suline	Individual	Living	ᑌᓀᓱᒼᕄᓀ (Dënesųłiné)
chr	chr			Cherokee	Individual	Living	ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ
chu	chu		cu	Church Slavic; Old Slavonic; Church Slavonic; Old Bulgarian; Old Church Slavonic	Individual	Ancient	Славе́нскїй ѧ҆зы́къ
chv	chv		cv	Chuvash	Individual	Living	Чӑвашла
chy	chy			Cheyenne	Individual	Living	Tsėhésenėstsestȯtse
cmc		cmc		Chamic languages	Collective
cnr	cnr			Montenegrin	Individual	Living	crnogorski / црногорски
cop	cop			Coptic	Individual	Extinct	ϯⲙⲉⲑⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ; ⲧⲙⲛ̄ⲧⲣⲙ̄ⲛ̄ⲕⲏⲙⲉ
cor	cor		kw	Cornish	Individual	Living	Kernowek
cos	cos		co	Corsican	Individual	Living	Corsu; Lingua corsa
cpe		cpe		Creoles and pidgins, English based	Collective
cpf		cpf		Creoles and pidgins, French-based	Collective
cpp		cpp		Creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based	Collective
cre	cre		cr	Cree	Macrolanguage	Living
crh	crh			Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish	Individual	Living	Къырымтатарджа; Къырымтатар тили; Ҡырымтатарҗа; Ҡырымтатар тили
crp		crp		Creoles and pidgins	Collective
csb	csb			Kashubian	Individual	Living	Kaszëbsczi jãzëk	Cassubian
cus		cus		Cushitic languages	Collective
cym / wel*	cym		cy	Welsh	Individual	Living	Cymraeg; y Gymraeg
cze* / ces	ces		cs	Czech	Individual	Living	čeština; český jazyk
dak	dak			Dakota	Individual	Living	Dakhótiyapi; Dakȟótiyapi
dan	dan		da	Danish	Individual	Living	dansk
dar	dar			Dargwa	Individual	Living	дарган мез
day		day		Land Dayak languages	Collective
del	del			Delaware	Macrolanguage	Living
den	den			Slave (Athapascan)	Macrolanguage	Living	Dene K'e	Slavey
deu / ger*	deu		de	German	Individual	Living	Deutsch
dgr	dgr			Dogrib	Individual	Living	डोगरी; ڈوگرى
din	din			Dinka	Macrolanguage	Living	Thuɔŋjäŋ
div	div		dv	Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian	Individual	Living	ދިވެހި; ދިވެހިބަސް
doi	doi			Dogri	Macrolanguage	Living	डोगरी; ڈوگرى
dra		dra		Dravidian languages	Collective
dsb	dsb			Lower Sorbian	Individual	Living	Dolnoserbski; Dolnoserbšćina
dua	dua			Duala	Individual	Living
dum	dum			Dutch, Middle (ca. 1050–1350)	Individual	Historical
dut* / nld	nld		nl	Dutch; Flemish	Individual	Living	Nederlands; Vlaams
dyu	dyu			Dyula	Individual	Living	Julakan	Jula
dzo	dzo		dz	Dzongkha	Individual	Living	རྫོང་ཁ་
efi	efi			Efik	Individual	Living
egy	egy			Egyptian (Ancient)	Individual	Ancient
eka	eka			Ekajuk	Individual	Living		Kajuk
ell / gre*	ell		el	Greek, Modern (1453–)	Individual	Living	Νέα Ελληνικά
elx	elx			Elamite	Individual	Ancient
eng	eng		en	English	Individual	Living	English
enm	enm			English, Middle (1100–1500)	Individual	Historical
epo	epo		eo	Esperanto	Individual	Constructed	Esperanto
est	est		et	Estonian	Macrolanguage	Living	eesti keel
eus / baq*	eus		eu	Basque	Individual	Living	euskara
ewe	ewe		ee	Ewe	Individual	Living	Èʋegbe
ewo	ewo			Ewondo	Individual	Living		Kolo
fan	fan			Fang	Individual	Living
fao	fao		fo	Faroese	Individual	Living	føroyskt
fas / per*	fas		fa	Persian	Macrolanguage	Living	فارسی	Farsi
fat	fat			Fanti	Individual	Living	Mfantse; Fante; Fanti	Fante
fij	fij		fj	Fijian	Individual	Living	Na Vosa Vakaviti
fil	fil			Filipino; Pilipino	Individual	Living	Wikang Filipino
fin	fin		fi	Finnish	Individual	Living	suomen kieli
fiu		fiu		Finno-Ugrian languages	Collective			Finno-Ugric languages
fon	fon			Fon	Individual	Living	Fon gbè
fra / fre*	fra		fr	French	Individual	Living	français
fre* / fra	fra		fr	French	Individual	Living	français
frm	frm			French, Middle (ca. 1400–1600)	Individual	Historical	françois; franceis
fro	fro			French, Old (842–ca. 1400)	Individual	Historical	Franceis; François; Romanz
frr	frr			Northern Frisian	Individual	Living	Frasch; Fresk; Freesk; Friisk	North Frisian
frs	frs			Eastern Frisian	Individual	Living	Seeltersk	Saterland Frisian
fry	fry		fy	Western Frisian	Individual	Living	Frysk	West Frisian
ful	ful		ff	Fulah	Macrolanguage	Living	Fulfulde; Pulaar; Pular	Fula
fur	fur			Friulian	Individual	Living	Furlan
gaa	gaa			Ga	Individual	Living	Gã
gay	gay			Gayo	Individual	Living	Basa Gayo
gba	gba			Gbaya	Macrolanguage	Living
gem		gem		Germanic languages	Collective
geo* / kat	kat		ka	Georgian	Individual	Living	ქართული
ger* / deu	deu		de	German	Individual	Living	Deutsch
gez	gez			Geez	Individual	Ancient	ግዕዝ	Ge'ez
gil	gil			Gilbertese	Individual	Living	Taetae ni Kiribati
gla	gla		gd	Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic	Individual	Living	Gàidhlig
gle	gle		ga	Irish	Individual	Living	Gaeilge
glg	glg		gl	Galician	Individual	Living	galego
glv	glv		gv	Manx	Individual	Living	Gaelg; Gailck
gmh	gmh			German, Middle High (ca. 1050–1500)	Individual	Historical	Diutsch
goh	goh			German, Old High (ca. 750–1050)	Individual	Historical	Diutisk
gon	gon			Gondi	Macrolanguage	Living
gor	gor			Gorontalo	Individual	Living	Bahasa Hulontalo
got	got			Gothic	Individual	Ancient
grb	grb			Grebo	Macrolanguage	Living
grc	grc			Greek, Ancient (to 1453)	Individual	Historical	Ἑλληνική
gre* / ell	ell		el	Greek, Modern (1453–)	Individual	Living	Νέα Ελληνικά
grn	grn		gn	Guarani	Macrolanguage	Living	Avañe'ẽ
gsw	gsw			Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian	Individual	Living	Schwiizerdütsch
guj	guj		gu	Gujarati	Individual	Living	ગુજરાતી
gwi	gwi			Gwich'in	Individual	Living	Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik
hai	hai			Haida	Macrolanguage	Living	X̱aat Kíl; X̱aadas Kíl; X̱aayda Kil; Xaad kil
hat	hat		ht	Haitian; Haitian Creole	Individual	Living	kreyòl ayisyen
hau	hau		ha	Hausa	Individual	Living	Harshen Hausa; هَرْشَن
haw	haw			Hawaiian	Individual	Living	ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
heb	heb		he	Hebrew	Individual	Living	עברית
her	her		hz	Herero	Individual	Living	Otjiherero
hil	hil			Hiligaynon	Individual	Living	Ilonggo
him				Himachali languages; Pahari languages	Collective
hin	hin		hi	Hindi	Individual	Living	हिन्दी
hit	hit			Hittite	Individual	Ancient	𒉈𒅆𒇷
hmn	hmn			Hmong; Mong	Macrolanguage	Living	lus Hmoob; lug Moob; lol Hmongb
hmo	hmo		ho	Hiri Motu	Individual	Living
hrv	hrv		hr	Croatian	Individual	Living	hrvatski
hsb	hsb			Upper Sorbian	Individual	Living	hornjoserbšćina
hun	hun		hu	Hungarian	Individual	Living	magyar nyelv
hup	hup			Hupa	Individual	Living	Na:tinixwe Mixine:whe'
hye / arm*	hye		hy	Armenian	Individual	Living	Հայերէն; Հայերեն
iba	iba			Iban	Individual	Living	Jaku Iban
ibo	ibo		ig	Igbo	Individual	Living	Asụsụ Igbo
ice* / isl	isl		is	Icelandic	Individual	Living	íslenska
ido	ido		io	Ido	Individual	Constructed
iii	iii		ii	Sichuan Yi; Nuosu	Individual	Living	ꆈꌠꉙ
ijo		ijo		Ijo languages	Collective		Ịjọ	Ijaw languages
iku	iku		iu	Inuktitut	Macrolanguage	Living	ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ
ile	ile		ie	Interlingue; Occidental	Individual	Constructed
ilo	ilo			Iloko	Individual	Living	Pagsasao nga Ilokano; Ilokano	Ilocano
ina	ina		ia	Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association)	Individual	Constructed
inc		inc		Indic languages	Collective			Indo-Aryan languages
ind	ind		id	Indonesian	Individual	Living	bahasa Indonesia
ine		ine		Indo-European languages	Collective
inh	inh			Ingush	Individual	Living	ГӀалгӀай мотт
ipk	ipk		ik	Inupiaq	Macrolanguage	Living	Iñupiaq
ira		ira		Iranian languages	Collective
iro		iro		Iroquoian languages	Collective
isl / ice*	isl		is	Icelandic	Individual	Living	íslenska
ita	ita		it	Italian	Individual	Living	italiano; lingua italiana
jav	jav		jv	Javanese	Individual	Living	ꦧꦱꦗꦮ
jbo	jbo			Lojban	Individual	Constructed	la .lojban.
jpn	jpn		ja	Japanese	Individual	Living	日本語
jpr	jpr			Judeo-Persian	Individual	Living	Dzhidi
jrb	jrb			Judeo-Arabic	Macrolanguage	Living	عربية يهودية / ערבית יהודית
kaa	kaa			Kara-Kalpak	Individual	Living	Qaraqalpaq tili; Қарақалпақ тили	Karakalpak
kab	kab			Kabyle	Individual	Living	Tamaziɣt Taqbaylit; Tazwawt
kac	kac			Kachin; Jingpho	Individual	Living	Jingpho
kal	kal		kl	Kalaallisut; Greenlandic	Individual	Living
kam	kam			Kamba	Individual	Living
kan	kan		kn	Kannada	Individual	Living	ಕನ್ನಡ
kar		kar		Karen languages	Collective			Karenic languages
kas	kas		ks	Kashmiri	Individual	Living	कॉशुर / كأشُر
kat / geo*	kat		ka	Georgian	Individual	Living	ქართული
kau	kau		kr	Kanuri	Macrolanguage	Living
kaw	kaw			Kawi	Individual	Ancient	ꦧꦱꦗꦮ
kaz	kaz		kk	Kazakh	Individual	Living	қазақ тілі / qazaq tili
kbd	kbd			Kabardian	Individual	Living	Адыгэбзэ (Къэбэрдейбзэ)
kha	kha			Khasi	Individual	Living	কা কতিয়েন খাশি
khi		khi		Khoisan languages	Collective
khm	khm		km	Central Khmer	Individual	Living	ភាសាខ្មែរ
kho	kho			Khotanese; Sakan	Individual	Ancient		Saka
kik	kik		ki	Kikuyu; Gikuyu	Individual	Living	Gĩkũyũ
kin	kin		rw	Kinyarwanda	Individual	Living
kir	kir		ky	Kirghiz; Kyrgyz	Individual	Living	кыргызча; кыргыз тили
kmb	kmb			Kimbundu	Individual	Living
kok	kok			Konkani	Macrolanguage	Living	कोंकणी
kom	kom		kv	Komi	Macrolanguage	Living	Коми кыв
kon	kon		kg	Kongo	Macrolanguage	Living
kor	kor		ko	Korean	Individual	Living	한국어
kos	kos			Kosraean	Individual	Living
kpe	kpe			Kpelle	Macrolanguage	Living	Kpɛlɛwoo
krc	krc			Karachay-Balkar	Individual	Living	Къарачай-Малкъар тил; Таулу тил
krl	krl			Karelian	Individual	Living	karjal; kariela; karjala
kro		kro		Kru languages	Collective
kru	kru			Kurukh	Individual	Living	कुड़ुख़
kua	kua		kj	Kuanyama; Kwanyama	Individual	Living
kum	kum			Kumyk	Individual	Living	къумукъ тил/qumuq til
kur	kur		ku	Kurdish	Macrolanguage	Living	Kurdî / کوردی
kut	kut			Kutenai	Individual	Living
lad	lad			Ladino	Individual	Living	Judeo-español	Judaeo-Spanish
lah	lah			Lahnda	Macrolanguage	Living	بھارت کا	Western Punjabi
lam	lam			Lamba	Individual	Living
lao	lao		lo	Lao	Individual	Living	ພາສາລາວ
lat	lat		la	Latin	Individual	Ancient	Lingua latīna
lav	lav		lv	Latvian	Macrolanguage	Living	Latviešu valoda
lez	lez			Lezghian	Individual	Living	Лезги чӏал	Lezgian
lim	lim		li	Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish	Individual	Living	Lèmburgs
lin	lin		ln	Lingala	Individual	Living
lit	lit		lt	Lithuanian	Individual	Living	lietuvių kalba
lol	lol			Mongo	Individual	Living	Lomongo
loz	loz			Lozi	Individual	Living
ltz	ltz		lb	Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch	Individual	Living	Lëtzebuergesch
lua	lua			Luba-Lulua	Individual	Living	Tshiluba	Luba-Kasai
lub	lub		lu	Luba-Katanga	Individual	Living	Kiluba
lug	lug		lg	Ganda	Individual	Living	Luganda	Luganda
lui	lui			Luiseno	Individual	Extinct	Cham'teela
lun	lun			Lunda	Individual	Living	Chilunda
luo	luo			Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)	Individual	Living	Dholuo
lus	lus			Lushai	Individual	Living	Mizo ṭawng	Mizo
mac* / mkd	mkd		mk	Macedonian	Individual	Living	македонски јазик
mad	mad			Madurese	Individual	Living	Madhura
mag	mag			Magahi	Individual	Living	मगही
mah	mah		mh	Marshallese	Individual	Living	Kajin M̧ajeļ
mai	mai			Maithili	Individual	Living	मैथिली; মৈথিলী
mak	mak			Makasar	Individual	Living	Basa Mangkasara' / ᨅᨔ ᨆᨀᨔᨑ	Makassarese
mal	mal		ml	Malayalam	Individual	Living	മലയാളം
man	man			Mandingo	Macrolanguage	Living	Mandi'nka kango	Manding
mao* / mri	mri		mi	Maori	Individual	Living	Te Reo Māori
map		map		Austronesian languages	Collective
mar	mar		mr	Marathi	Individual	Living	मराठी
mas	mas			Masai	Individual	Living	ɔl
may* / msa	msa		ms	Malay	Macrolanguage	Living	Bahasa Melayu
mdf	mdf			Moksha	Individual	Living	мокшень кяль
mdr	mdr			Mandar	Individual	Living
men	men			Mende	Individual	Living	Mɛnde yia
mga	mga			Irish, Middle (900–1200)	Individual	Historical	Gaoidhealg
mic	mic			Mi'kmaq; Micmac	Individual	Living	Míkmawísimk
min	min			Minangkabau	Individual	Living	Baso Minang
mis	mis			Uncoded languages	Special
mkd / mac*	mkd		mk	Macedonian	Individual	Living	македонски јазик
mkh		mkh		Mon-Khmer languages	Collective			Austroasiatic languages
mlg	mlg		mg	Malagasy	Macrolanguage	Living
mlt	mlt		mt	Maltese	Individual	Living	Malti
mnc	mnc			Manchu	Individual	Living	ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ
mni	mni			Manipuri	Individual	Living		Meitei
mno		mno		Manobo languages	Collective
moh	moh			Mohawk	Individual	Living	Kanien’kéha
mon	mon		mn	Mongolian	Macrolanguage	Living	монгол хэл; ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ
mos	mos			Mossi	Individual	Living	Mooré
mri / mao*	mri		mi	Maori	Individual	Living	Te Reo Māori
msa / may*	msa		ms	Malay	Macrolanguage	Living	Bahasa Melayu
mul	mul			Multiple languages	Special
mun		mun		Munda languages	Collective
mus	mus			Creek	Individual	Living	Mvskoke	Muscogee
mwl	mwl			Mirandese	Individual	Living	mirandés; lhéngua mirandesa
mwr	mwr			Marwari	Macrolanguage	Living	मारवाड़ी
mya / bur*	mya		my	Burmese	Individual	Living	မြန်မာစာ; မြန်မာစကား	Myanmar
myn		myn		Mayan languages	Collective
myv	myv			Erzya	Individual	Living	эрзянь кель
nah		nah		Nahuatl languages	Collective			Nahuan languages
nai		nai		North American Indian languages	Collective
nap	nap			Neapolitan	Individual	Living	napulitano
nau	nau		na	Nauru	Individual	Living	dorerin Naoero	Nauruan
nav	nav		nv	Navajo; Navaho	Individual	Living	Diné bizaad; Naabeehó bizaad
nbl	nbl		nr	Ndebele, South; South Ndebele	Individual	Living	isiNdebele seSewula	Southern Ndebele
nde	nde		nd	Ndebele, North; North Ndebele	Individual	Living	siNdebele saseNyakatho	Northern Ndebele
ndo	ndo		ng	Ndonga	Individual	Living	ndonga
nds	nds			Low German; Low Saxon; German, Low; Saxon, Low	Individual	Living	Plattdütsch; Plattdüütsch
nep	nep		ne	Nepali	Macrolanguage	Living	नेपाली भाषा
new	new			Nepal Bhasa; Newari	Individual	Living	नेपाल भाषा, नेवाः भाय्	Newar
nia	nia			Nias	Individual	Living	Li Niha
nic		nic		Niger-Kordofanian languages	Collective			Niger-Congo languages
niu	niu			Niuean	Individual	Living	ko e vagahau Niuē
nld / dut*	nld		nl	Dutch; Flemish	Individual	Living	Nederlands; Vlaams
nno	nno		nn	Norwegian Nynorsk; Nynorsk, Norwegian	Individual	Living	nynorsk	Nynorsk
nob	nob		nb	Bokmål, Norwegian; Norwegian Bokmål	Individual	Living	bokmål	Bokmål
nog	nog			Nogai	Individual	Living	Ногай тили
non	non			Norse, Old	Individual	Historical	Dǫnsk tunga; Norrœnt mál
nor	nor		no	Norwegian	Macrolanguage	Living	norsk
nqo	nqo			N'Ko	Individual	Living
nso	nso			Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho	Individual	Living	Sesotho sa Leboa
nub		nub		Nubian languages	Collective		لغات نوبية
nwc	nwc			Classical Newari; Old Newari; Classical Nepal Bhasa	Individual	Historical	पुलां भाय्; पुलाङु नेपाल भाय्
nya	nya		ny	Chichewa; Chewa; Nyanja	Individual	Living	Chichewa; Chinyanja
nym	nym			Nyamwezi	Individual	Living
nyn	nyn			Nyankole	Individual	Living		Nkore
nyo	nyo			Nyoro	Individual	Living	Runyoro
nzi	nzi			Nzima	Individual	Living		Nzema
oci	oci		oc	Occitan (post 1500); Provençal	Individual	Living	occitan; lenga d'òc; provençal
oji	oji		oj	Ojibwa	Macrolanguage	Living		Ojibwe
ori	ori		or	Oriya	Macrolanguage	Living	ଓଡ଼ିଆ	Odia
orm	orm		om	Oromo	Macrolanguage	Living	Afaan Oromoo
osa	osa			Osage	Individual	Living	Wazhazhe ie / 𐓏𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟 𐒻𐓟
oss	oss		os	Ossetian; Ossetic	Individual	Living	Ирон æвзаг
ota	ota			Turkish, Ottoman (1500–1928)	Individual	Historical	لسان عثمانى / lisân-ı Osmânî
oto		oto		Otomian languages	Collective			Oto-Pamean languages
paa		paa		Papuan languages	Collective
pag	pag			Pangasinan	Individual	Living	Salitan Pangasinan
pal	pal			Pahlavi	Individual	Ancient	Pārsīk; Pārsīg	Middle Persian
pam	pam			Pampanga; Kapampangan	Individual	Living	Amánung Kapampangan; Amánung Sísuan
pan	pan		pa	Panjabi; Punjabi	Individual	Living	ਪੰਜਾਬੀ / پنجابی
pap	pap			Papiamento	Individual	Living	Papiamentu
pau	pau			Palauan	Individual	Living	a tekoi er a Belau
peo	peo			Persian, Old (ca. 600–400 B.C.)	Individual	Historical
per* / fas	fas		fa	Persian	Macrolanguage	Living	فارسی
phi		phi		Philippine languages	Collective
phn	phn			Phoenician	Individual	Ancient	𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍𐤉𐤌
pli	pli		pi	Pali	Individual	Ancient	Pāli
pol	pol		pl	Polish	Individual	Living	Język polski
pon	pon			Pohnpeian	Individual	Living
por	por		pt	Portuguese	Individual	Living	português
pra		pra		Prakrit languages	Collective
pro	pro			Provençal, Old (to 1500); Old Occitan (to 1500)	Individual	Historical
pus	pus		ps	Pushto; Pashto	Macrolanguage	Living	پښتو
qaa-qtz	qaa-qtz			Reserved for local use	Local
que	que		qu	Quechua	Macrolanguage	Living	Runa simi; kichwa simi; Nuna shimi
raj	raj			Rajasthani	Macrolanguage	Living	राजस्थानी
rap	rap			Rapanui	Individual	Living	Vananga rapa nui
rar	rar			Rarotongan; Cook Islands Maori	Individual	Living	Māori Kūki 'Āirani
roa		roa		Romance languages	Collective
roh	roh		rm	Romansh	Individual	Living	Rumantsch; Rumàntsch; Romauntsch; Romontsch
rom	rom			Romany	Macrolanguage	Living	romani čhib	Romani
ron / rum*	ron		ro	Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan	Individual	Living	limba română
rum* / ron	ron		ro	Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan	Individual	Living	limba română
run	run		rn	Rundi	Individual	Living	Ikirundi	Kirundi
rup	rup			Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian	Individual	Living	armãneashce; armãneashti; rrãmãneshti
rus	rus		ru	Russian	Individual	Living	русский язык
sad	sad			Sandawe	Individual	Living	Sandaweeki
sag	sag		sg	Sango	Individual	Living	yângâ tî sängö
sah	sah			Yakut	Individual	Living	Сахалыы
sai		sai		South American Indian (Other)	Collective
sal		sal		Salishan languages	Collective
sam	sam			Samaritan Aramaic	Individual	Extinct	ארמית
san	san		sa	Sanskrit	Individual	Ancient	संस्कृतम्
sas	sas			Sasak	Individual	Living
sat	sat			Santali	Individual	Living	ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ
scn	scn			Sicilian	Individual	Living	Sicilianu
sco	sco			Scots	Individual	Living	Braid Scots; Lallans
sel	sel			Selkup	Individual	Living
sem		sem		Semitic languages	Collective
sga	sga			Irish, Old (to 900)	Individual	Historical	Goídelc
sgn		sgn		Sign Languages	Collective
shn	shn			Shan	Individual	Living	ၵႂၢမ်းတႆးယႂ်
sid	sid			Sidamo	Individual	Living	Sidaamu Afoo
sin	sin		si	Sinhala; Sinhalese	Individual	Living	සිංහල
sio		sio		Siouan languages	Collective
sit		sit		Sino-Tibetan languages	Collective
sla		sla		Slavic languages	Collective
slo* / slk	slk		sk	Slovak	Individual	Living	slovenčina; slovenský jazyk
slk / slo*	slk		sk	Slovak	Individual	Living	slovenčina; slovenský jazyk
slv	slv		sl	Slovenian	Individual	Living	slovenski jezik; slovenščina	Slovene
sma	sma			Southern Sami	Individual	Living	Åarjelsaemien gïele
sme	sme		se	Northern Sami	Individual	Living	davvisámegiella
smi		smi		Sami languages	Collective
smj	smj			Lule Sami	Individual	Living	julevsámegiella
smn	smn			Inari Sami	Individual	Living	anarâškielâ
smo	smo		sm	Samoan	Individual	Living	Gagana faʻa Sāmoa
sms	sms			Skolt Sami	Individual	Living	sääʹmǩiõll
sna	sna		sn	Shona	Individual	Living	chiShona
snd	snd		sd	Sindhi	Individual	Living	سنڌي / सिन्धी / ਸਿੰਧੀ
snk	snk			Soninke	Individual	Living	Sooninkanxanne
sog	sog			Sogdian	Individual	Ancient
som	som		so	Somali	Individual	Living	af Soomaali
son		son		Songhai languages	Collective			Songhay languages
sot	sot		st	Sotho, Southern	Individual	Living	Sesotho [southern]
spa	spa		es	Spanish; Castilian	Individual	Living	español; castellano
sqi / alb*	sqi		sq	Albanian	Macrolanguage	Living	Shqip
srd	srd		sc	Sardinian	Macrolanguage	Living	sardu; limba sarda; lingua sarda
srn	srn			Sranan Tongo	Individual	Living
srp	srp		sr	Serbian	Individual	Living	српски / srpski
srr	srr			Serer	Individual	Living	Seereer
ssa		ssa		Nilo-Saharan languages	Collective
ssw	ssw		ss	Swati	Individual	Living	siSwati	Swazi
suk	suk			Sukuma	Individual	Living	Kɪsukuma
sun	sun		su	Sundanese	Individual	Living	ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ / Basa Sunda
sus	sus			Susu	Individual	Living	Sosoxui
sux	sux			Sumerian	Individual	Ancient	𒅴𒂠
swa	swa		sw	Swahili	Macrolanguage	Living	Kiswahili
swe	swe		sv	Swedish	Individual	Living	svenska
syc	syc			Classical Syriac	Individual	Historical
syr	syr			Syriac	Macrolanguage	Living	ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ
tah	tah		ty	Tahitian	Individual	Living	Reo Tahiti; Reo Mā'ohi
tai		tai		Tai languages	Collective		ภาษาไท; ภาษาไต
tam	tam		ta	Tamil	Individual	Living	தமிழ்
tat	tat		tt	Tatar	Individual	Living	татар теле / tatar tele / تاتار
tel	tel		te	Telugu	Individual	Living	తెలుగు
tem	tem			Timne	Individual	Living	KʌThemnɛ	Temne
ter	ter			Tereno	Individual	Living	Terêna	Terena
tet	tet			Tetum	Individual	Living	Lia-Tetun
tgk	tgk		tg	Tajik	Individual	Living	тоҷикӣ / tojikī
tgl	tgl		tl	Tagalog	Individual	Living	Wikang Tagalog
tha	tha		th	Thai	Individual	Living	ภาษาไทย
tib* / bod	bod		bo	Tibetan	Individual	Living	བོད་སྐད་; ལྷ་སའི་སྐད་
tig	tig			Tigre	Individual	Living	ትግረ; ትግሬ; ኻሳ; ትግራይት
tir	tir		ti	Tigrinya	Individual	Living	ትግርኛ
tiv	tiv			Tiv	Individual	Living
tkl	tkl			Tokelau	Individual	Living		Tokelauan
tlh	tlh			Klingon; tlhIngan-Hol	Individual	Constructed
tli	tli			Tlingit	Individual	Living	Lingít
tmh	tmh			Tamashek	Macrolanguage	Living		Tamasheq
tog	tog			Tonga (Nyasa)	Individual	Living	chiTonga
ton	ton		to	Tonga (Tonga Islands)	Individual	Living	lea faka-Tonga	Tongan
tpi	tpi			Tok Pisin	Individual	Living
tsi	tsi			Tsimshian	Individual	Living
tsn	tsn		tn	Tswana	Individual	Living	Setswana
tso	tso		ts	Tsonga	Individual	Living	Xitsonga
tuk	tuk		tk	Turkmen	Individual	Living	Türkmençe / Түркменче / تورکمن تیلی ,تورکمنچه; türkmen dili / түркмен дили
tum	tum			Tumbuka	Individual	Living	chiTumbuka
tup		tup		Tupi languages	Collective			Tupian languages
tur	tur		tr	Turkish	Individual	Living	Türkçe
tut		tut		Altaic languages	Collective
tvl	tvl			Tuvalu	Individual	Living	Te Ggana Tuuvalu; Te Gagana Tuuvalu	Tuvaluan
twi	twi		tw	Twi	Individual	Living
tyv	tyv			Tuvinian	Individual	Living	тыва дыл	Tuvan
udm	udm			Udmurt	Individual	Living	удмурт кыл
uga	uga			Ugaritic	Individual	Ancient
uig	uig		ug	Uighur; Uyghur	Individual	Living	ئۇيغۇرچە ; ئۇيغۇر تىلى
ukr	ukr		uk	Ukrainian	Individual	Living	українська мова
umb	umb			Umbundu	Individual	Living	Úmbúndú
und	und			Undetermined	Special
urd	urd		ur	Urdu	Individual	Living	اُردُو
uzb	uzb		uz	Uzbek	Macrolanguage	Living	Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча / ئوزبېچه; oʻzbek tili / ўзбек тили / ئوبېک تیلی
vai	vai			Vai	Individual	Living	ꕙꔤ
ven	ven		ve	Venda	Individual	Living	Tshivenḓa
vie	vie		vi	Vietnamese	Individual	Living	Tiếng Việt
vol	vol		vo	Volapük	Individual	Constructed
vot	vot			Votic	Individual	Living	vađđa ceeli
wak		wak		Wakashan languages	Collective
wal	wal			Walamo	Individual	Living
war	war			Waray	Individual	Living	Winaray; Samareño; Lineyte-Samarnon; Binisayâ nga Winaray; Binisayâ nga Samar-Leyte; “Binisayâ nga Waray”
was	was			Washo	Individual	Living	wá:šiw ʔítlu
wel* / cym	cym		cy	Welsh	Individual	Living	Cymraeg; y Gymraeg
wen		wen		Sorbian languages	Collective		Serbsce / Serbski
wln	wln		wa	Walloon	Individual	Living	Walon
wol	wol		wo	Wolof	Individual	Living
xal	xal			Kalmyk; Oirat	Individual	Living	Хальмг келн / Xaľmg keln
xho	xho		xh	Xhosa	Individual	Living	isiXhosa
yao	yao			Yao	Individual	Living
yap	yap			Yapese	Individual	Living
yid	yid		yi	Yiddish	Macrolanguage	Living	ייִדיש, יידיש; אידיש
yor	yor		yo	Yoruba	Individual	Living	èdè Yorùbá
ypk		ypk		Yupik languages	Collective
zap	zap			Zapotec	Macrolanguage	Living	Diidxazá
zbl	zbl			Blissymbols; Blissymbolics; Bliss	Individual	Constructed
zen	zen			Zenaga	Individual	Living	Tuḍḍungiyya
zgh	zgh			Standard Moroccan Tamazight	Individual	Living	ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⴰⵡⴰⵢⵜ	Standard Moroccan Berber
zha	zha		za	Zhuang; Chuang	Macrolanguage	Living	Vahcuengh / 話僮
zho / chi*	zho		zh	Chinese	Macrolanguage	Living	中文; 汉语; 漢語
znd		znd		Zande languages	Collective
zul	zul		zu	Zulu	Individual	Living	isiZulu
zun	zun			Zuni	Individual	Living	Shiwi'ma
zxx	zxx			No linguistic content; Not applicable	Special
zza	zza			Zaza; Dimili; Dimli; Kirdki; Kirmanjki; Zazaki	Macrolanguage	Living

*Synonyms for terminology applications (ISO 639-2/T) and for *bibliographic applications (ISO 639-2/B)

Notes

^ SIL International treats ISO 639-2 code him (Himachali languages / Western Pahari languages) as an ISO 639-5 code, although it does not appear in the official list of ISO 639-5 codes maintained by the Library of Congress (the registration authority for ISO 639-5).

See also

• Lists of ISO 639 codes

External links

• ISO 639-2:1998 - ISO.org
• ISO 639-2 Registration Authority - Library of Congress
• List of ISO 639-2 codes at Wikipedia, the free Terran encyclopedia that anyone can edit.