ISO 639 has five code lists. The following is a list of ISO 639-1 language codes, including the ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3 codes. The ISO 639-2/B is listed only if different from the ISO 639-2/T code. The data is sorted by ISO 639-1 code. | 639-1 | 639-2 (T) | 639-2 B | 639-3 | Language name | Native name | comment | | aa | aar | - | aar | Afar | Afaraf | | | ab | abk | - | abk | Abkhazian | Аҧсуа | | | ae | ave | - | ave | Avestan | avesta | ancient | | af | afr | - | afr | Afrikaans | Afrikaans | | | ak | aka | - | aka + 2 | Akan | Akan | macrolanguage, Twi is [tw/twi], Fanti is [fat] | | am | amh | - | amh | Amharic | አማርኛ | | | an | arg | - | arg | Aragonese | Aragonés | | | ar | ara | - | ara + 30 | Arabic | العربية | macrolanguage, Standard Arabic is [arb] | | as | asm | - | asm | Assamese | অসমীয়া | | | av | ava | - | ava | Avaric | авар мацӀ, магӀарул мацӀ | | | ay | aym | - | aym + 2 | Aymara | aymar aru | macrolanguage | | az | aze | - | aze + 2 | Azerbaijani | azərbaycan dili | macrolanguage | | ba | bak | - | bak | Bashkir | башҡорт теле | | | be | bel | - | bel | Belarusian | Беларуская | | | bg | bul | - | bul | Bulgarian | български език | | | bh | bih | - | — | Bihari | भोजपुरी | Collective language code for Bhojpuri, Magahi, and Maithili | | bi | bis | - | bis | Bislama | Bislama | | | bm | bam | - | bam | Bambara | bamanankan | | | bn | ben | - | ben | Bengali | বাংলা | | | bo | bod | tib | bod | Tibetan | བོད་ཡིག | | | br | bre | - | bre | Breton | brezhoneg | | | bs | bos | - | bos | Bosnian | bosanski jezik | | | ca | cat | - | cat | Catalan, Valencian | Català | | | ce | che | - | che | Chechen | нохчийн мотт | | | ch | cha | - | cha | Chamorro | Chamoru | | | co | cos | - | cos | Corsican | corsu, lingua corsa | | | cr | cre | - | cre + 6 | Cree | ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ | macrolanguage | | cs | ces | cze | ces | Czech | česky, čeština | | | cu | chu | - | chu | Church Slavic, Old Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian, Old Church Slavonic | ѩзыкъ словѣньскъ | ancient | | cv | chv | - | chv | Chuvash | чӑваш чӗлхи | | | cy | cym | wel | cym | Welsh | Cymraeg | | | da | dan | - | dan | Danish | dansk | | | de | deu | ger | deu | German | Deutsch | | | dv | div | - | div | Divehi, Dhivehi, Maldivian | ދިވެހި | | | dz | dzo | - | dzo | Dzongkha | རྫོང་ཁ | | | ee | ewe | - | ewe | Ewe | Eʋegbe | | | el | ell | gre | ell | Modern Greek | Ελληνικά | | | en | eng | - | eng | English | English | | | eo | epo | - | epo | Esperanto | Esperanto | constructed | | es | spa | - | spa | Spanish, Castilian | español, castellano | | | et | est | - | est + 2 | Estonian | eesti, eesti keel | macrolanguage | | eu | eus | baq | eus | Basque | euskara, euskera | | | fa | fas | per | fas + 2 | Persian | فارسی | macrolanguage | | ff | ful | - | ful + 9 | Fulah | Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular | macrolanguage | | fi | fin | - | fin | Finnish | suomi, suomen kieli | | | fj | fij | - | fij | Fijian | vosa Vakaviti | | | fo | fao | - | fao | Faroese | føroyskt | | | fr | fra | fre | fra | French | français, langue française | | | fy | fry | - | fry | Western Frisian | Frysk | | | ga | gle | - | gle | Irish | Gaeilge | | | gd | gla | - | gla | Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic | Gàidhlig | | | gl | glg | - | glg | Galician | Galego | | | gn | grn | - | grn + 5 | Guaraní | Avañe'ẽ | macrolanguage | | gu | guj | - | guj | Gujarati | ગુજરાતી | | | gv | glv | - | glv | Manx | Gaelg, Gailck | | | ha | hau | - | hau | Hausa | Hausa, هَوُسَ | | | he | heb | - | heb | Modern Hebrew | עברית | | | hi | hin | - | hin | Hindi | हिन्दी, हिंदी | | | ho | hmo | - | hmo | Hiri Motu | Hiri Motu | | | hr | hrv | - | hrv | Croatian | hrvatski | | | ht | hat | - | hat | Haitian, Haitian Creole | Kreyòl ayisyen | | | hu | hun | - | hun | Hungarian | Magyar | | | hy | hye | arm | hye | Armenian | Հայերեն | | | hz | her | - | her | Herero | Otjiherero | | | ia | ina | - | ina | Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association) | Interlingua | constructed | | id | ind | - | ind | Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia | Covered by macrolanguage [ms/msa] | | ie | ile | - | ile | Interlingue, Occidental | Interlingue | constructed | | ig | ibo | - | ibo | Igbo | Igbo | | | ii | iii | - | iii | Sichuan Yi, Nuosu | ꆇꉙ | | | ik | ipk | - | ipk + 2 | Inupiaq | Iñupiaq, Iñupiatun | macrolanguage | | io | ido | - | ido | Ido | Ido | constructed | | is | isl | ice | isl | Icelandic | Íslenska | | | it | ita | - | ita | Italian | Italiano | | | iu | iku | - | iku + 2 | Inuktitut | ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ | macrolanguage | | ja | jpn | - | jpn | Japanese | 日本語 (にほんご/にっぽんご) | | | jv | jav | - | jav | Javanese | basa Jawa | | | ka | kat | geo | kat | Georgian | ქართული | | | kg | kon | - | kon + 3 | Kongo | KiKongo | macrolanguage | | ki | kik | - | kik | Kikuyu, Gikuyu | Gĩkũyũ | | | kj | kua | - | kua | Kwanyama, Kuanyama | Kuanyama | | | kk | kaz | - | kaz | Kazakh | Қазақ тілі | | | kl | kal | - | kal | Kalaallisut, Greenlandic | kalaallisut, kalaallit oqaasii | | | km | khm | - | khm | Central Khmer | ភាសាខ្មែរ | | | kn | kan | - | kan | Kannada | ಕನ್ನಡ | | | ko | kor | - | kor | Korean | 한국어 (韓國語), 조선말 (朝鮮語) | | | kr | kau | - | kau + 3 | Kanuri | Kanuri | macrolanguage | | ks | kas | - | kas | Kashmiri | कश्मीरी, كشميري | | | ku | kur | - | kur + 3 | Kurdish | Kurdî, كوردی | macrolanguage | | kv | kom | - | kom + 2 | Komi | коми кыв | macrolanguage | | kw | cor | - | cor | Cornish | Kernewek | | | ky | kir | - | kir | Kirghiz, Kyrgyz | кыргыз тили | | | la | lat | - | lat | Latin | latine, lingua latina | ancient | | lb | ltz | - | ltz | Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch | Lëtzebuergesch | | | lg | lug | - | lug | Ganda | Luganda | | | li | lim | - | lim | Limburgish, Limburgan, Limburger | Limburgs | | | ln | lin | - | lin | Lingala | Lingála | | | lo | lao | - | lao | Lao | ພາສາລາວ | | | lt | lit | - | lit | Lithuanian | lietuvių kalba | | | lu | lub | - | lub | Luba-Katanga | | | | lv | lav | - | lav | Latvian | latviešu valoda | | | mg | mlg | - | mlg + 10 | Malagasy | Malagasy fiteny | macrolanguage | | mh | mah | - | mah | Marshallese | Kajin M̧ajeļ | | | mi | mri | mao | mri | Māori | te reo Māori | | | mk | mkd | mac | mkd | Macedonian | македонски јазик | | | ml | mal | - | mal | Malayalam | മലയാളം | | | mn | mon | - | mon + 2 | Mongolian | Монгол | macrolanguage | | mr | mar | - | mar | Marathi | मराठी | | | ms | msa | may | msa + 13 | Malay | bahasa Melayu, بهاس ملايو | macrolanguage, Standard Malay is [zsm], Indonesian is [id/ind] | | mt | mlt | - | mlt | Maltese | Malti | | | my | mya | bur | mya | Burmese | ဗမာစာ | | | na | nau | - | nau | Nauru | Ekakairũ Naoero | | | nb | nob | - | nob | Norwegian Bokmål | Norsk bokmål | Covered by macrolanguage [no/nor] | | nd | nde | - | nde | North Ndebele | isiNdebele | | | ne | nep | - | nep | Nepali | नेपाली | | | ng | ndo | - | ndo | Ndonga | Owambo | | | nl | nld | dut | nld | Dutch, Flemish | Nederlands, Vlaams | | | nn | nno | - | nno | Norwegian Nynorsk | Norsk nynorsk | Covered by macrolanguage [no/nor] | | no | nor | - | nor + 2 | Norwegian | Norsk | macrolanguage | | nr | nbl | - | nbl | South Ndebele | isiNdebele | | | nv | nav | - | nav | Navajo, Navaho | Diné bizaad, Dinékʼehǰí | | | ny | nya | - | nya | Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja | chiCheŵa, chinyanja | | | oc | oci | - | oci | Occitan (after 1500) | Occitan | | | oj | oji | - | oji + 7 | Ojibwa | ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ | macrolanguage | | om | orm | - | orm + 4 | Oromo | Afaan Oromoo | macrolanguage | | or | ori | - | ori | Oriya | ଓଡ଼ିଆ | | | os | oss | - | oss | Ossetian, Ossetic | Ирон æвзаг | | | pa | pan | - | pan | Panjabi, Punjabi | ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی | | | pi | pli | - | pli | Pāli | पाऴि | ancient | | pl | pol | - | pol | Polish | polski | | | ps | pus | - | pus + 3 | Pashto, Pushto | پښتو | macrolanguage | | pt | por | - | por | Portuguese | Português | | | qu | que | - | que + 44 | Quechua | Runa Simi, Kichwa | macrolanguage | | rm | roh | - | roh | Romansh | rumantsch grischun | | | rn | run | - | run | Rundi | kiRundi | | | ro | ron | rum | ron | Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan | română | [mo] for Moldavian has been withdrawn, recommending [ro] also for Moldavian | | ru | rus | - | rus | Russian | Русский язык | | | rw | kin | - | kin | Kinyarwanda | Ikinyarwanda | | | sa | san | - | san | Sanskrit | संस्कृतम् | ancient | | sc | srd | - | srd + 4 | Sardinian | sardu | macrolanguage | | sd | snd | - | snd | Sindhi | सिन्धी, سنڌي، سندھی | | | se | sme | - | sme | Northern Sami | Davvisámegiella | | | sg | sag | - | sag | Sango | yângâ tî sängö | | | si | sin | - | sin | Sinhala, Sinhalese | සිංහල | | | sk | slk | slo | slk | Slovak | slovenčina | | | sl | slv | - | slv | Slovene | slovenščina | | | sm | smo | - | smo | Samoan | gagana fa'a Samoa | | | sn | sna | - | sna | Shona | chiShona | | | so | som | - | som | Somali | Soomaaliga, af Soomaali | | | sq | sqi | alb | sqi + 4 | Albanian | Shqip | macrolanguage | | sr | srp | - | srp | Serbian | српски језик | | | ss | ssw | - | ssw | Swati | SiSwati | | | st | sot | - | sot | Southern Sotho | Sesotho | | | su | sun | - | sun | Sundanese | Basa Sunda | | | sv | swe | - | swe | Swedish | svenska | | | sw | swa | - | swa + 2 | Swahili | Kiswahili | macrolanguage | | ta | tam | - | tam | Tamil | தமிழ் | | | te | tel | - | tel | Telugu | తెలుగు | | | tg | tgk | - | tgk | Tajik | тоҷикӣ, toğikī, تاجیکی | | | th | tha | - | tha | Thai | ไทย | | | ti | tir | - | tir | Tigrinya | ትግርኛ | | | tk | tuk | - | tuk | Turkmen | Türkmen, Түркмен | | | tl | tgl | - | tgl | Tagalog | Wikang Tagalog, ᜏᜒᜃᜅ᜔ ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔ | Note: Filipino (Pilipino) has the code [fil] | | tn | tsn | - | tsn | Tswana | Setswana | | | to | ton | - | ton | Tonga (Tonga Islands) | faka Tonga | | | tr | tur | - | tur | Turkish | Türkçe | | | ts | tso | - | tso | Tsonga | Xitsonga | | | tt | tat | - | tat | Tatar | татарча, tatarça, تاتارچا | | | tw | twi | - | twi | Twi | Twi | Covered by macrolanguage [ak/aka] | | ty | tah | - | tah | Tahitian | Reo Mā`ohi | | | ug | uig | - | uig | Uighur, Uyghur | Uyƣurqə, ئۇيغۇرچە | | | uk | ukr | - | ukr | Ukrainian | Українська | | | ur | urd | - | urd | Urdu | اردو | | | uz | uzb | - | uzb + 2 | Uzbek | O'zbek, Ўзбек, أۇزبېك | macrolanguage | | ve | ven | - | ven | Venda | Tshivenḓa | | | vi | vie | - | vie | Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt | | | vo | vol | - | vol | Volapük | Volapük | constructed | | wa | wln | - | wln | Walloon | Walon | | | wo | wol | - | wol | Wolof | Wollof | | | xh | xho | - | xho | Xhosa | isiXhosa | | | yi | yid | - | yid + 2 | Yiddish | ייִדיש | macrolanguage | | yo | yor | - | yor | Yoruba | Yorùbá | | | za | zha | - | zha + 16 | Zhuang, Chuang | Saɯ cueŋƅ, Saw cuengh | macrolanguage | | zh | zho | chi | zho + 13 | Chinese | 中文 (Zhōngwén), 汉语, 漢語 | macrolanguage | | zu | zul | - | zul | Zulu | isiZulu | | [edit] See also [edit] External links |