List of ISO 639 codes
The following incomplete list of ISO 639-1 and ISO 639-2 codes is sorted by language name in the third column.
Two codes for special situations (mul<code>, "multiple languages", and <code>und, "undetermined language") are defined in the standard. Additionally a code for Miscellaneous languages (mis) is defined.
Where two alpha-3 codes exist, the first is the B-code, the second the T-Code. The T-codes are preferred.
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A
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name |
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| abk | ab | Abkhazian |
| ace | Achinese | |
| ach | Acoli | |
| ada | Adangme | |
| ady | Adyghe; Adygei | |
| aar | aa | Afar |
| afh | Afrihili | |
| afr | af | Afrikaans |
| afa | Afro-Asiatic (Other) | |
| ain | Ainu | |
| aka | ak | Akan |
| akk | Akkadian | |
| alb/sqi | sq | Albanian |
| ale | Aleut | |
| alg | Algonquian languages | |
| tut | Altaic (Other) | |
| amh | am | Amharic |
| apa | Apache languages | |
| ara | ar | Arabic |
| arg | an | Aragonese |
| arc | Aramaic | |
| arp | Arapaho | |
| arn | Araucanian | |
| arw | Arawak | |
| arm/hye | hy | Armenian |
| rup | Aromanian | |
| art | Artificial (Other) | |
| asm | as | Assamese |
| ast | Asturian; Bable | |
| ath | Athapascan languages | |
| aus | Australian languages | |
| map | Austronesian (Other) | |
| ava | av | Avaric |
| ave | ae | Avestan |
| awa | Awadhi | |
| aym | ay | Aymara |
| aze | az | Azerbaijani |
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B
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name | Native name |
|---|---|---|---|
| ban | Balinese | ||
| bat | Baltic (Other) | ||
| bal | Baluchi | ||
| bam | bm | Bambara | Bamanankan |
| bai | Bamileke languages | ||
| bad | Banda | ||
| bnt | Bantu (Other) | ||
| bas | Basa | ||
| bak | ba | Bashkir | |
| baq/eus | eu | Basque | |
| btk | Batak (Indonesia) | ||
| bej | Beja | ||
| bel | be | Belarusian | |
| bem | Bemba | ||
| ben | bn | Bangla | |
| ber | Berber (Other) | ||
| bho | Bhojpuri | ||
| bih | bh | Bihari | |
| bik | Bikol | ||
| bin | Bini | ||
| bis | bi | Bislama | |
| byn | Blin; Bilin | ||
| bos | bs | Bosnian | |
| bra | Braj | ||
| bre | br | Breton | |
| bug | Buginese | ||
| bul | bg | Bulgarian | |
| bua | Buriat | ||
| bpm | Bishnupriya Manipuri(Imarthar) | ||
| bur/mya | my | Burmese |
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C
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name | Native name |
|---|---|---|---|
| cad | Caddo | ||
| car | Carib | ||
| cat | ca | Catalan; Valencian | |
| cau | Caucasian (Other) | ||
| ceb | Cebuano | ||
| cel | Celtic (Other) | ||
| cai | Central American Indian (Other) | ||
| chg | Chagatai | ||
| cmc | Chamic languages | ||
| cha | ch | Chamorro | |
| che | ce | Chechen | |
| chr | Cherokee | ||
| chy | Cheyenne | ||
| chb | Chibcha | ||
| nya | ny | Chichewa; Chewa; Nyanja | |
| chi/zho | zh | Chinese | 中文 |
| chn | Chinook jargon | ||
| chp | Chipewyan | ||
| cho | Choctaw | ||
| chu | cu | Church Slavonic; Church Slavic; Old Church Slavonic; Old Slavonic; Old Bulgarian | |
| chk | Chuukese | ||
| chv | cv | Chuvash | |
| nwc | Classical Newari; Old Newari; Classical Nepal Bhasa | ||
| cop | Coptic | ||
| cor | kw | Cornish | Kernewek |
| cos | co | Corsican | |
| cre | cr | Cree | |
| mus | Creek | ||
| crp | Creoles and Pidgins (Other) | ||
| cpe | Creoles and Pidgins, English-based (Other) | ||
| cpf | Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other) | ||
| cpp | Creoles and Pidgins, Portuguese-based (Other) | ||
| crh | Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish | ||
| scr/hrv | hr | Croatian | |
| cus | Cushitic (Other) | ||
| cze/ces | cs | Czech |
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D
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name | Native name |
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| dak | Dakota | ||
| dan | da | Danish | |
| dar | Dargwa | ||
| day | Dayak | ||
| del | Delaware | ||
| din | Dinka | ||
| div | dv | Divehi | |
| doi | Dogri | ||
| dgr | Dogrib | ||
| dra | Dravidian (Other) | ||
| dua | Duala | ||
| dut/nld | nl | Dutch; Flemish | Nederlands |
| dum | Dutch, Middle (ca. 1050–1350) | ||
| dyu | Dyula | ||
| dzo | dz | Dzongkha |
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E
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name |
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| efi | Efik | |
| egy | Egyptian (Ancient) | |
| eka | Ekajuk | |
| elx | Elamite | |
| eng | en | English |
| enm | English, Middle (ca. 1100–1500) | |
| ang | English, Old (ca. 450–1100) | |
| myv | Erzya | |
| epo | eo | Esperanto |
| est | et | Estonian |
| ewe | ee | Ewe |
| ewo | Ewondo |
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F
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name | Native name |
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| fan | Fang | ||
| fat | Fanti | ||
| fao | fo | Faroese | |
| fij | fj | Fijian | |
| fil | Filipino | ||
| fin | fi | Finnish | suomi |
| fiu | Finno-Ugrian (Other) | ||
| fon | Fon | ||
| fre/fra | fr | French | Français |
| frm | French, Middle (ca. 1400–1600) | ||
| fro | French, Old (842–ca. 1400) | ||
| fry | fy | Frisian | |
| fur | Friulian | ||
| ful | ff | Fulah | Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular |
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G
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name | Native name |
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| gaa | Ga | ||
| glg | gl | Galician | |
| lug | lg | Ganda | |
| gay | Gayo | ||
| gba | Gbaya | ||
| gez | Geez | ||
| geo/kat | ka | Georgian | Kartuli |
| ger/deu | de | German | Deutsch |
| nds | German, Low; Low German; Saxon, Low; Low Saxon | Nederdüütsch, Niederdeutsch | |
| gmh | German, Middle High (ca. 1050–1500) | Mittelhochdeutsch | |
| goh | German, Old High (ca. 750–1050) | Althochdeutsch | |
| gem | Germanic (Other) | ||
| gil | Gilbertese; Kiribati | ||
| gon | Gondi | ||
| gor | Gorontalo | ||
| got | Gothic | Gutisk | |
| grb | Grebo | ||
| grc | Greek, Ancient (to 1453) | ||
| gre/ell | el | Greek, Modern (1453–) | |
| kal | kl | Greenlandic; Kalaallisut | |
| grn | gn | Guarani | |
| guj | gu | Gujarati | |
| gwi | Gwich'in |
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H
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name | Native name |
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| hai | Haida | ||
| hat | ht | Haitian Creole; Haitian | Kreyòl ayisyen |
| hau | ha | Hausa | هَوُسَ |
| haw | Hawaiian | ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i | |
| heb | he | Hebrew | עברית |
| her | hz | Herero | |
| hil | Hiligaynon | ||
| him | Himachali | ||
| hin | hi | Hindi | हिन्दी |
| hmo | ho | Hiri Motu | |
| hit | Hittite | ||
| hmn | Hmong | ||
| hun | hu | Hungarian | Magyar |
| hup | Hupa |
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I
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name |
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| iba | Iban | |
| ice/isl | is | Icelandic |
| ido | io | Ido |
| ibo | ig | Igbo |
| ijo | Ijo | |
| ilo | Iloko | |
| smn | Inari Sami | |
| inc | Indic (Other) | |
| ine | Indo-European (Other) | |
| ind | id | Indonesian |
| inh | Ingush | |
| ina | ia | Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association) |
| ile | ie | Interlingue |
| iku | iu | Inuktitut |
| ipk | ik | Inupiaq |
| ira | Iranian (Other) | |
| gle | ga | Irish |
| mga | Irish, Middle (900–1200) | |
| sga | Irish, Old (to 900) | |
| iro | Iroquoian languages | |
| ita | it | Italian |
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J
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name | Native name |
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| jpn | ja | Japanese | 日本語 |
| jav | jv | Javanese | |
| jrb | Judeo-Arabic | ||
| jpr | Judeo-Persian |
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K
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name |
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| kbd | Kabardian | |
| kab | Kabyle | |
| kac | Kachin | |
| xal | Kalmyk; Oirat | |
| kam | Kamba | |
| kan | kn | Kannada |
| kau | kr | Kanuri |
| krc | Karachay-Balkar | |
| kaa | Kara-Kalpak | |
| kar | Karen | |
| kas | ks | Kashmiri |
| csb | Kashubian | |
| kaw | Kawi | |
| kaz | kk | Kazakh |
| kha | Khasi | |
| khm | km | Khmer |
| khi | Khoisan (Other) | |
| kho | Khotanese | |
| kik | ki | Kikuyu; Gikuyu |
| kmb | Kimbundu | |
| kin | rw | Kinyarwanda |
| kir | ky | Kirghiz |
| tlh | Klingon; tlhIngan-Hol | |
| kom | kv | Komi |
| kon | kg | Kongo |
| kok | Konkani | |
| kor | ko | Korean |
| kos | Kosraean | |
| kpe | Kpelle | |
| kro | Kru | |
| kua | kj | Kuanyama; Kwanyama |
| kum | Kumyk | |
| kur | ku | Kurdish |
| kru | Kurukh | |
| kut | Kutenai |
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L
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name |
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| lad | Ladino | |
| lah | Lahnda | |
| lam | Lamba | |
| lao | lo | Lao |
| lat | la | Latin |
| lav | lv | Latvian |
| lez | Lezghian | |
| lim | li | Limburgish; Limburger; Limburgan |
| lin | ln | Lingala |
| lit | lt | Lithuanian |
| jbo | Lojban | |
| dsb | Lower Sorbian | |
| loz | Lozi | |
| lub | lu | Luba-Katanga |
| lua | Luba-Lulua | |
| lui | Luiseno | |
| smj | Lule Sami | |
| lun | Lunda | |
| luo | Luo (Kenya and Tanzania) | |
| lus | Lushai | |
| ltz | lb | Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch |
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M
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name |
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| mac/mkd | mk | Macedonian |
| mad | Madurese | |
| mag | Magahi | |
| mai | Maithili | |
| mak | Makasar | |
| mlg | mg | Malagasy |
| may/msa | ms | Malay |
| mal | ml | Malayalam |
| mlt | mt | Maltese |
| mnc | Manchu | |
| mdr | Mandar | |
| man | Mandingo | |
| mni | Manipuri | |
| mno | Manobo languages | |
| glv | gv | Manx |
| mao/mri | mi | Maori |
| mar | mr | Marathi |
| chm | Mari | |
| mah | mh | Marshallese |
| mwr | Marwari | |
| mas | Masai | |
| myn | Mayan languages | |
| men | Mende | |
| mic | Mi'kmaq; Micmac | |
| min | Minangkabau | |
| mwl | Mirandese | |
| mis | Miscellaneous languages | |
| moh | Mohawk | |
| mdf | Moksha | |
| mol | mo | Moldavian |
| mkh | Mon-Khmer (Other) | |
| lol | Mongo | |
| mon | mn | Mongolian |
| mos | Mossi | |
| mul | Multiple languages (several languages used) | |
| mun | Munda languages |
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N
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name |
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| nah | Nahuatl | |
| nau | na | Nauruan |
| nav | nv | Navajo; Navaho |
| nde | nd | Ndebele, North |
| nbl | nr | Ndebele, South |
| ndo | ng | Ndonga |
| nap | Neapolitan | |
| nep | ne | Nepali |
| new | Newari; Nepal Bhasa | |
| nia | Nias | |
| nic | Niger-Kordofanian (Other) | |
| ssa | Nilo-Saharan (Other) | |
| niu | Niuean | |
| nog | Nogai | |
| non | Norse, Old | |
| nai | North American Indian (Other) | |
| sme | se | Northern Sami |
| nor | no | Norwegian |
| nob | nb | Norwegian Bokmål |
| nno | nn | Norwegian Nynorsk |
| nub | Nubian languages | |
| nym | Nyamwezi | |
| nyn | Nyankole | |
| nyo | Nyoro | |
| nzi | Nzima |
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O
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name |
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| oci | oc | Occitan (post 1500); Provençal |
| oji | oj | Ojibwa |
| ori | or | Oriya |
| orm | om | Oromo |
| osa | Osage | |
| oss | os | Ossetian; Ossetic |
| oto | Otomian languages |
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P
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name |
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| pal | Pahlavi | |
| pau | Palauan | |
| pli | pi | Pali |
| pam | Pampanga; Kapampangan | |
| pag | Pangasinan | |
| pap | Papiamento | |
| paa | Papuan (Other) | |
| per/fas | fa | Persian |
| peo | Persian, Old (ca. 600–400 BC) | |
| phi | Philippine (Other) | |
| phn | Phoenician | |
| pon | Pohnpeian | |
| pol | pl | Polish |
| por | pt | Portuguese |
| pra | Prakrit languages | |
| pro | Provençal, Old (to 1500) | |
| pan | pa | Punjabi; Panjabi |
| pus | ps | Pushto |
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Q
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name |
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| que | qu | Quechua |
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R
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name | Native name |
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| roh | rm | Raeto-Romance | |
| raj | Rajasthani | ||
| rap | Rapanui | ||
| rar | Rarotongan | ||
| qaa-qtz | Reserved for local use | ||
| roa | Romance (Other) | ||
| rum/ron | ro | Romanian | |
| rom | Romany | ||
| run | rn | Rundi | |
| rus | ru | Russian | Русский |
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S
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name |
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| sal | Salishan languages | |
| sam | Samaritan Aramaic | |
| smi | Sami languages (Other) | |
| smo | sm | Samoan |
| sad | Sandawe | |
| sag | sg | Sango |
| san | sa | Sanskrit |
| sat | Santali | |
| srd | sc | Sardinian |
| sas | Sasak | |
| sco | Scots | |
| gla | gd | Scottish Gaelic; Gaelic |
| sel | Selkup | |
| sem | Semitic (Other) | |
| scc/srp | sr | Serbian |
| srr | Serer | |
| shn | Shan | |
| sna | sn | Shona |
| iii | ii | Sichuan Yi |
| scn | Sicilian | |
| sid | Sidamo | |
| sgn | Sign languages | |
| bla | Siksika | |
| snd | sd | Sindhi |
| sin | si | Sinhalese; Sinhala |
| sit | Sino-Tibetan (Other) | |
| sio | Siouan languages | |
| sms | Skolt Sami | |
| den | Slave (Athapascan) | |
| sla | Slavic (Other) | |
| slo/slk | sk | Slovak |
| slv | sl | Slovenian |
| sog | Sogdian | |
| som | so | Somali |
| son | Songhai | |
| snk | Soninke | |
| wen | Sorbian languages | |
| nso | Sotho, Northern; Pedi; Sepedi | |
| sot | st | Sotho, Southern |
| sai | South American Indian (Other) | |
| alt | Southern Altai | |
| sma | Southern Sami | |
| spa | es | Spanish; Castilian |
| suk | Sukuma | |
| sux | Sumerian | |
| sun | su | Sundanese |
| sus | Susu | |
| swa | sw | Swahili |
| ssw | ss | Swati |
| swe | sv | Swedish |
| syr | Syriac |
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T
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name |
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| tgl | tl | Tagalog |
| tah | ty | Tahitian |
| tai | Tai (Other) | |
| tgk | tg | Tajik |
| tmh | Tamashek | |
| tam | ta | Tamil |
| tat | tt | Tatar |
| tel | te | Telugu |
| ter | Tereno | |
| tet | Tetum | |
| tha | th | Thai |
| tib/bod | bo | Tibetan |
| tig | Tigre | |
| tir | ti | Tigrinya |
| tem | Timne | |
| tiv | Tiv | |
| tli | Tlingit | |
| tpi | Tok Pisin | |
| tkl | Tokelau | |
| tog | Tonga (Malawi) | |
| ton | to | Tongan |
| tsi | Tsimshian | |
| tso | ts | Tsonga |
| tsn | tn | Tswana |
| tul | Tulu | |
| tum | Tumbuka | |
| tup | Tupi languages | |
| tur | tr | Turkish |
| ota | Turkish, Ottoman (1500–1928) | |
| tuk | tk | Turkmen |
| tvl | Tuvalu | |
| tyv | Tuvinian | |
| twi | tw | Twi |
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U
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name |
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| udm | Udmurt | |
| uga | Ugaritic | |
| uig | ug | Uighur; Uyghur |
| ukr | uk | Ukrainian |
| umb | Umbundu | |
| und | Undetermined (language or languages cannot be identified) | |
| hsb | Upper Sorbian | |
| urd | ur | Urdu |
| uzb | uz | Uzbek |
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V
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name |
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| vai | Vai | |
| ven | ve | Venda |
| vie | vi | Vietnamese |
| vol | vo | Volapük |
| vot | Votic |
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W
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name | Native name |
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| wak | Wakashan languages | ||
| wal | Walamo | ||
| wln | wa | Walloon | |
| war | Waray | ||
| was | Washo | ||
| wel/cym | cy | Welsh | Cymraeg |
| wol | wo | Wolof | |
| wuu | Wu Chinese (Shanghainese) |
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X
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name |
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| xho | xh | Xhosa |
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Y
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name |
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| sah | Yakut | |
| yao | Yao | |
| yap | Yapese | |
| yid | yi | Yiddish |
| yor | yo | Yoruba |
| ypk | Yupik languages |
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Z
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name |
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| znd | Zande | |
| zap | Zapotec | |
| zen | Zenaga | |
| zha | za | Zhuang; Chuang |
| zul | zu | Zulu |
| zun | Zuni |
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