Language codes
The ISO standard which provides language codes is ISO 639:
ISO 639-1:2002,
Codes for
the representation
of names of languages –
Part 1: Alpha-2 code
ISO 639-2:1998, Codes
for the representation
of names
of languages –
Part 2: Alpha-3 code
ISO
639-3:2007, Codes for the representation of names
of languages –
Part 3: Alpha-3 code for comprehensive coverage
of languages
ISO
639-4:2010, Codes for the representation of names of languages -
Part
4: General principles of coding of the representation of names of languages and related
entities, and application guidelines
ISO
639-5:2008, Codes
for the representation of names
of languages –
Part 5: Alpha-3 code for language families and groups
ISO 639-6:2009, Codes for the representation
of names
of languages –
Part 6: Alpha-4 code for comprehensive coverage
of language variants
The code lists for ISO 639 parts 1, 2 and 5 are available via the following Web site :
The code lists for ISO 639-3 are available through the following Web site :
The code lists for ISO 639-6 are available through the following Web site :
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