Wikipedia Edition Codes
Each Wikipedia has a code, which is used as a subdomain below wikipedia.org. Interlanguage links are sorted by that code.
The codes mostly correspond to the language codes defined by ISO 639-1 and ISO 639-3, and the decision of which language code to use is mostly in accordance with the IETF language tag policy.
One code is not a language code ('be-x-old') but refers to a specific orthography.
Some deviations include:
| WP edition name | WP code | Code meaning in ISO 639 |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | sq | 'sq' is the ISO code as a macrolanguage with four individual languages, but Tosk Albanian is mainly used. 'Als' is the individual code for Tosk Albanian, but this code is already used for Alemannic Wikipedia. |
| Alemannic | als | 'als' is the ISO code for Tosk Albanian (an altogether unrelated language); should be moved to one of valid codes such as 'gsw'. |
| Aromanian | roa-rup | Not an ISO code. 'roa' is Romance (Other); should be moved to valid 'rup'. |
| Banyumasan | map-bms | Not an ISO code. 'map' is Austronesian (Other), bms is Bilma Kanuri, a language of Niger. |
| Dutch Low Saxon | nds-nl | Not an ISO code. nds is 'Low Saxon', restricted to Germany in Ethnologue. The Low Saxon dialects in the Netherlands have their own ISO codes. |
| Belarusian (Taraškievica) | be-x-old | Not an ISO code; should be moved to valid 'be-tarask'. |
| Bihari | bh | collective code 'ISO 639:bih' includes Bhojpuri bho, Maithili mai, Magahi mag and nine others |
| Yue | zh-yue | Not an ISO code; should be moved to valid 'yue'. This is a Chinese Wikipedia in written Cantonese. |
| Chinese | zh | The code is for Chinese in general, but Chinese Wikipedia is written in modern written vernacular Chinese with four standard forms. Modern written vernacular Chinese is based on modern Mandarin (cmn). |
| Classical Chinese | zh-classical | Not an ISO code; should be moved to valid 'lzh'. |
| Min Nan | zh-min-nan | Not an ISO code; should be moved to valid 'nan'. 'min' is unrelated. This is a Chinese Wikipedia in written Hokkien POJ. |
| Malay | ms | Macrolanguage that includes more than 30 individual languages/dialects. However, the wiki excludes Indonesian because Indonesian Wikipedia (id) exists independently. |
| Norwegian Bokmål | no | Norwegian in general, i.e. Bokmal ('nb'/'nob') and Nynorsk ('nn'/'nno'). Nynorsk correctly uses 'nn'. |
| Ripuarian | ksh | Kölsch, one variety of the Ripuarian languages |
| Samogitian | bat-smg | Not an ISO code; should be moved to valid 'sgs'. 'bat' is Baltic (Other), 'smg' is Simbali language. |
| Simple English | simple | Not an ISO code |
| Tarantino | roa-tara | Not an ISO code. 'roa' is Romance (Other). |
| Võro | fiu-vro | Not an ISO code; should be moved to valid 'vro'. |
| Zamboanga Chavacano | cbk-zam | Not an ISO code, 'cbk' is Chavacano. zam is unrelated Miahuatlán Zapotec. |
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