Generic Codes
Four codes are set aside for "languages" without specific identification:
| mis | uncoded languages |
| mul | multiple languages |
| und | undetermined languages |
| zxx | no linguistic content (e.g., animal calls) |
In addition, codes qaa–qtz are 'reserved for local use', for example for extinct languages at Linguist List.
Read more about this topic: ISO 639-3
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