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 first is the bibliographic code (B code) and the second is the terminological code (T code).
Entries in the Notes column denote:
- ancient languages (extinct since ancient times);
- collections of languages;
- 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";
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| ISO 639-2 | ISO 639-1 | Language name | Native name | Notes |
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| aar | aa | Afar | Qafara | |
| abk | ab | Abkhazian | Аҧсуа | |
| ace | Acehnese, Achinese | Bahsa Acèh | ||
| ach | Acoli | |||
| ada | Adangme | adangbɛ | ||
| ady | Adyghe, Adygei | адыгэбзэ, адыгабзэ | ||
| afa | Afroasiatic languages | collection | ||
| afh | Afrihili | constructed | ||
| afr | af | Afrikaans | Afrikaans | |
| ain | Ainu (Japan) | アイヌ イタㇰ(イタッㇰ) or ainu itak | ||
| aka | ak | Akan | macrolanguage | |
| akk | Akkadian | akkadû, lišānum akkadītum | ancient | |
| alb/sqi | sq | Albanian | Shqip | macrolanguage |
| ale | Aleut | |||
| alg | Algonquian languages | collection | ||
| alt | Southern Altai | алтай тили | ||
| amh | am | Amharic | አማርኛ | |
| ang | Old English (c. 450–1100) | Englisc | historic | |
| anp | Angika | |||
| apa | Apache languages | collection | ||
| ara | ar | Arabic | العربية | macrolanguage |
| arc | Official Aramaic, Imperial Aramaic (700 BC–300 BC) | ܐܪܡܝܐ | ancient | |
| arg | an | Aragonese | Aragonés | |
| arm/hye | hy | Armenian | Հայերեն լեզու | |
| arn | Mapudungun, Mapuche | mapudungun, mapuchedungun | ||
| arp | Arapaho | Hinóno'eitíít | ||
| art | Artificial languages | collection | ||
| arw | Arawak | |||
| asm | as | Assamese | অসমীয়া | |
| ast | Asturian, Bable, Leonese, Asturleonese | asturianu, Bable, Llionés, Asturllionés | ||
| ath | Athabaskan languages | collection | ||
| aus | Australian languages | collection | ||
| ava | av | Avaric | авар мацӀ, магӀарул мацӀ | |
| ave | ae | Avestan | avesta | ancient |
| awa | Awadhi | अवधी | ||
| aym | ay | Aymara | aymar aru | macrolanguage |
| aze | az | Azerbaijani | Azərbaycanca | macrolanguage |
| bad | Banda languages | collection | ||
| bai | Bamileke languages | collection | ||
| bak | ba | Bashkir | башҡорт теле | |
| bal | Baluchi | بلوچی | macrolanguage | |
| bam | bm | Bambara | bamanankan | |
| ban | Balinese | Basa Bali | ||
| baq/eus | eu | Basque | euskara | |
| bas | Basa | ɓasaá | ||
| bat | Baltic languages | collection | ||
| bej | Beja, Bedawiyet | بداوية | ||
| bel | be | Belarusian | Беларуская мова | |
| bem | Bemba | ichiBemba | ||
| ben | bn | Bengali | বাংলা | |
| ber | Berber languages | Tamazight / Tamaziɣt | collection of Berber dialects or languages, standarized Berber language, or unified Berber language | |
| bho | Bhojpuri | भोजपुरी | ||
| bih | bh | Bihari languages | collection | |
| bik | Bikol | macrolanguage | ||
| bin | Bini, Edo | Edo | ||
| bis | bi | Bislama | Bislama | |
| bla | Blackfoot, Siksika | siksiká, ᓱᖽᐧᖿ | ||
| bnt | Bantu languages | collection | ||
| bos | bs | Bosnian | bosanski jezik | |
| bra | Braj | ब्रज भाषा | ||
| bre | br | Breton | brezhoneg | |
| btk | Batak languages | Hata Batak | collection | |
| bua | Buriat | буряад хэлэн | macrolanguage | |
| bug | Buginese | ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ | ||
| bul | bg | Bulgarian | български език | |
| bur/mya | my | Burmese | မြန်မာစာ | |
| byn | Blin, Bilin | ብሊና | ||
| cad | Caddo | Hasí:nay | ||
| cai | Central American Indian languages | collection | ||
| car | Galibi Carib | |||
| cat | ca | Catalan, Valencian | català / valencià | |
| cau | Caucasian languages | collection | ||
| ceb | Cebuano | Sinugboanon | ||
| cel | Celtic languages | collection | ||
| cha | ch | Chamorro | Chamoru | |
| chb | Chibcha | extinct | ||
| che | ce | Chechen | нохчийн мотт | |
| chg | Chagatai | جغتای | extinct | |
| chi/zho | zh | Chinese | 中文 (ZhongWen) | macrolanguage |
| chk | Chuukese | |||
| chm | Mari (Russia) | марий йылме | macrolanguage | |
| chn | Chinook Jargon | |||
| cho | Choctaw | Chahta Anumpa | ||
| chp | Chipewyan, Dene Suline | Dëne Sųłiné, ᑌᓀᓲᒢᕄᓀ | ||
| chr | Cherokee | ᏣᎳᎩ | ||
| chu | cu | Church Slavonic, Church Slavic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian | ѩзыкъ словѣньскъ | ancient |
| chv | cv | Chuvash | чӑваш чӗлхи | |
| chy | Cheyenne | Tsêhést | ||
| cmc | Chamic languages | collection | ||
| cop | Coptic |
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