ISO 639 has five code lists. The following is a list of w:ISO 639-1 language codes, including the ISO 639-3 codes. The data is sorted by ISO 639-1 code.
Active codes [edit]
| 639-1 |
639-3 |
Language name |
Native name |
comment |
| aa |
aar |
Afar |
Afaraf |
|
| ab |
abk |
Abkhaz |
Аҧсуа |
|
| ae |
ave |
Avestan |
avesta |
ancient |
| af |
afr |
Afrikaans |
Afrikaans |
|
| ak |
aka + 2 |
Akan |
Akan |
macrolanguage, Twi is [tw/twi], Fanti is [fat] |
| am |
amh |
Amharic |
አማርኛ |
|
| an |
arg |
Aragonese |
aragonés |
|
| ar |
ara + 30 |
Arabic |
العربية |
macrolanguage, Standard Arabic is [arb] |
| as |
asm |
Assamese |
অসমীয়া |
|
| av |
ava |
Avar |
авар мацӀ, магӀарул мацӀ |
|
| ay |
aym + 2 |
Aymara |
aymar aru |
macrolanguage |
| az |
aze + 2 |
Azerbaijani |
azərbaycan dili |
macrolanguage |
| ba |
bak |
Bashkir |
башҡорт теле |
|
| be |
bel |
Belarusian |
Беларуская |
|
| bg |
bul |
Bulgarian |
български език |
|
| bh |
— |
Bihari |
भोजपुरी |
Collective language code for Bhojpuri, Magahi, and Maithili |
| bi |
bis |
Bislama |
Bislama |
|
| bm |
bam |
Bambara |
bamanankan |
|
| bn |
ben |
Bengali |
বাংলা |
|
| bo |
bod |
Tibetan |
བོད་ཡིག |
|
| br |
bre |
Breton |
brezhoneg |
|
| bs |
bos |
Bosnian |
bosanski jezik |
|
| ca |
cat |
Catalan, Valencian |
Català |
|
| ce |
che |
Chechen |
нохчийн мотт |
|
| ch |
cha |
Chamorro |
Chamoru |
|
| co |
cos |
Corsican |
corsu, lingua corsa |
|
| cr |
cre + 6 |
Cree |
ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ |
macrolanguage |
| cs |
ces |
Czech |
česky, čeština |
|
| cu |
chu |
Church Slavic, Old Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian, Old Church Slavonic |
ѩзыкъ словѣньскъ |
ancient |
| cv |
chv |
Chuvash |
чӑваш чӗлхи |
|
| cy |
cym |
Welsh |
Cymraeg |
|
| da |
dan |
Danish |
dansk |
|
| de |
deu |
German |
Deutsch |
|
| dv |
div |
Dhivehi, Dhivehi, Maldivian |
ދިވެހި |
|
| dz |
dzo |
Dzongkha |
རྫོང་ཁ |
|
| ee |
ewe |
Ewe |
Eʋegbe |
|
| el |
ell |
Modern Greek |
Ελληνικά |
|
| en |
eng |
English |
English |
|
| eo |
epo |
Esperanto |
Esperanto |
constructed |
| es |
spa |
Spanish, Castilian |
español, castellano |
|
| et |
est + 2 |
Estonian |
eesti, eesti keel |
macrolanguage |
| eu |
eus |
Basque |
euskara, euskera |
|
| fa |
fas + 2 |
Persian |
فارسی |
macrolanguage |
| ff |
ful + 9 |
Fula |
Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular |
macrolanguage |
| fi |
fin |
Finnish |
suomi, suomen kieli |
|
| fj |
fij |
Fijian |
vosa Vakaviti |
|
| fo |
fao |
Faroese |
føroyskt |
|
| fr |
fra |
French |
français, langue française |
|
| fy |
fry |
West Frisian |
Frysk |
|
| ga |
gle |
Irish |
Gaeilge |
|
| gd |
gla |
Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic |
Gàidhlig |
|
| gl |
glg |
Galician |
Galego |
|
| gn |
grn + 5 |
Guaraní |
Avañe'ẽ |
macrolanguage |
| gu |
guj |
Gujarati |
ગુજરાતી |
|
| gv |
glv |
Manx |
Gaelg, Gailck |
|
| ha |
hau |
Hausa |
Hausa, هَوُسَ |
|
| he |
heb |
Modern Hebrew |
עברית |
|
| hi |
hin |
Hindi |
हिन्दी, हिंदी |
|
| ho |
hmo |
Hiri Motu |
Hiri Motu |
|
| hr |
hrv |
Croatian |
hrvatski |
|
| ht |
hat |
Haitian Creole, Haitian Creole |
Kreyòl ayisyen |
|
| hu |
hun |
Hungarian |
Magyar |
|
| hy |
hye |
Armenian |
Հայերեն |
|
| hz |
her |
Herero |
Otjiherero |
|
| ia |
ina |
Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association) |
Interlingua |
constructed |
| id |
ind |
Indonesian |
Bahasa Indonesia |
Covered by macrolanguage [ms/msa] |
| ie |
ile |
Interlingue, Occidental |
Interlingue |
constructed |
| ig |
ibo |
Igbo |
Igbo |
|
| ii |
iii |
Yi, Nuosu |
ꆇꉙ |
|
| ik |
ipk + 2 |
Inupiaq |
Iñupiaq, Iñupiatun |
macrolanguage |
| io |
ido |
Ido |
Ido |
constructed |
| is |
isl |
Icelandic |
Íslenska |
|
| it |
ita |
Italian |
Italiano |
|
| iu |
iku + 2 |
Inuktitut |
ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ |
macrolanguage |
| ja |
jpn |
Japanese |
日本語 (にほんご／にっぽんご) |
|
| jv |
jav |
Javanese |
basa Jawa |
|
| ka |
kat |
Georgian |
ქართული |
|
| kg |
kon + 3 |
Kongo |
KiKongo |
macrolanguage |
| ki |
kik |
Gikuyu, Kikuyu |
Gĩkũyũ |
|
| kj |
kua |
Kwanyama, Kuanyama |
Kuanyama |
|
| kk |
kaz |
Kazakh |
Қазақ тілі |
|
| kl |
kal |
Kalaallisut, Greenlandic |
kalaallisut, kalaallit oqaasii |
|
| km |
khm |
Central Khmer |
ភាសាខ្មែរ |
|
| kn |
kan |
Kannada |
ಕನ್ನಡ |
|
| ko |
kor |
Korean |
한국어 (韓國語), 조선말 (朝鮮語) |
|
| kr |
kau + 3 |
Kanuri |
Kanuri |
macrolanguage |
| ks |
kas |
Kashmiri |
कश्मीरी, كشميري |
|
| ku |
kur + 3 |
Kurdish |
Kurdî, كوردی |
macrolanguage |
| kv |
kom + 2 |
Komi |
коми кыв |
macrolanguage |
| kw |
cor |
Cornish |
Kernewek |
|
| ky |
kir |
Kyrgyz, Kirgiz |
кыргыз тили |
|
| la |
lat |
Latin |
latine, lingua latina |
ancient |
| lb |
ltz |
Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch |
Lëtzebuergesch |
|
| lg |
lug |
Luganda |
Luganda |
|
| li |
lim |
Limburgish, Limburgan, Limburger |
Limburgs |
|
| ln |
lin |
Lingala |
Lingála |
|
| lo |
lao |
Lao |
ພາສາລາວ |
|
| lt |
lit |
Lithuanian |
lietuvių kalba |
|
| lu |
lub |
Luba-Katanga |
Kiluba |
|
| lv |
lav |
Latvian |
latviešu valoda |
|
| mg |
mlg + 10 |
Malagasy |
Malagasy fiteny |
macrolanguage |
| mh |
mah |
Marshallese |
Kajin M̧ajeļ |
|
| mi |
mri |
Māori |
te reo Māori |
|
| mk |
mkd |
Macedonian |
македонски јазик |
|
| ml |
mal |
Malayalam |
മലയാളം |
|
| mn |
mon + 2 |
Mongolian |
Монгол |
macrolanguage |
| mr |
mar |
Marathi |
मराठी |
|
| ms |
msa + 13 |
Malay |
bahasa Melayu, بهاس ملايو |
macrolanguage, Standard Malay is [zsm], Indonesian is [id/ind] |
| mt |
mlt |
Maltese |
Malti |
|
| my |
mya |
Burmese |
ဗမာစာ |
|
| na |
nau |
Nauruan |
Ekakairũ Naoero |
|
| nb |
nob |
Norwegian Bokmål |
Norsk bokmål |
Covered by macrolanguage [no/nor] |
| nd |
nde |
Northern Ndebele |
isiNdebele |
|
| ne |
nep |
Nepali |
नेपाली |
|
| ng |
ndo |
Ndonga |
Owambo |
|
| nl |
nld |
Dutch, Flemish |
Nederlands, Vlaams |
|
| nn |
nno |
Norwegian Nynorsk |
Norsk nynorsk |
Covered by macrolanguage [no/nor] |
| no |
nor + 2 |
Norwegian |
Norsk |
macrolanguage |
| nr |
nbl |
Southern Ndebele |
isiNdebele |
|
| nv |
nav |
Navajo, Navaho |
Diné bizaad, Dinékʼehǰí |
|
| ny |
nya |
Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja |
chiCheŵa, chinyanja |
|
| oc |
oci |
Occitan (after 1500) |
Occitan |
|
| oj |
oji + 7 |
Anishinaabe |
ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ |
macrolanguage |
| om |
orm + 4 |
Oromo |
Afaan Oromoo |
macrolanguage |
| or |
ori |
Oriya |
ଓଡ଼ିଆ |
|
| os |
oss |
Ossetic, Ossetian |
Ирон æвзаг |
|
| pa |
pan |
Punjabi, Panjabi |
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی |
|
| pi |
pli |
Pali, Pāli |
पाऴि |
ancient |
| pl |
pol |
Polish |
polski |
|
| ps |
pus + 3 |
Pashto, Pushto |
پښتو |
macrolanguage |
| pt |
por |
Portuguese |
Português |
|
| qu |
que + 44 |
Quechua |
Runa Simi, Kichwa |
macrolanguage |
| rm |
roh |
Romansh |
rumantsch grischun |
|
| rn |
run |
Kirundi |
kiRundi |
|
| ro |
ron |
Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan |
română |
[mo] for Moldavian has been withdrawn, recommending [ro] also for Moldavian |
| ru |
rus |
Russian |
Русский язык |
|
| rw |
kin |
Kinyarwanda |
Ikinyarwanda |
|
| sa |
san |
Sanskrit |
संस्कृतम् |
ancient |
| sc |
srd + 4 |
Sardinian |
sardu |
macrolanguage |
| sd |
snd |
Sindhi |
सिन्धी, سنڌي، سندھی |
|
| se |
sme |
Northern Sami |
Davvisámegiella |
|
| sg |
sag |
Sango |
yângâ tî sängö |
|
| si |
sin |
Sinhala, Sinhalese |
සිංහල |
|
| sk |
slk |
Slovak |
slovenčina |
|
| sl |
slv |
Slovene |
slovenščina |
|
| sm |
smo |
Samoan |
gagana fa'a Samoa |
|
| sn |
sna |
Shona |
chiShona |
|
| so |
som |
Somali |
Soomaaliga, af Soomaali |
|
| sq |
sqi + 4 |
Albanian |
Shqip |
macrolanguage |
| sr |
srp |
Serbian |
српски језик |
|
| ss |
ssw |
Swati |
SiSwati |
|
| st |
sot |
Sotho |
Sesotho |
|
| su |
sun |
Sundanese |
Basa Sunda |
|
| sv |
swe |
Swedish |
svenska |
|
| sw |
swa + 2 |
Swahili |
Kiswahili |
macrolanguage |
| ta |
tam |
Tamil |
தமிழ் |
|
| te |
tel |
Telugu |
తెలుగు |
|
| tg |
tgk |
Tajik |
тоҷикӣ, toğikī, تاجیکی |
|
| th |
tha |
Thai |
ไทย |
|
| ti |
tir |
Tigrinya |
ትግርኛ |
|
| tk |
tuk |
Turkmen |
Türkmen, Түркмен |
|
| tl |
tgl |
Tagalog |
Wikang Tagalog, ᜏᜒᜃᜅ᜔ ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔ |
Note: Filipino (Pilipino) has the code [fil] |
| tn |
tsn |
Tswana |
Setswana |
|
| to |
ton |
Tongan (Tonga Islands) |
faka Tonga |
|
| tr |
tur |
Turkish |
Türkçe |
|
| ts |
tso |
Tsonga |
Xitsonga |
|
| tt |
tat |
Tatar |
татарча, tatarça, تاتارچا |
|
| tw |
twi |
Twi |
Twi |
Covered by macrolanguage [ak/aka] |
| ty |
tah |
Tahitian |
Reo Mā`ohi |
|
| ug |
uig |
Uyghur, Uyghur |
Uyƣurqə, ئۇيغۇرچە |
|
| uk |
ukr |
Ukrainian |
українська |
|
| ur |
urd |
Urdu |
اردو |
|
| uz |
uzb + 2 |
Uzbek |
O'zbek, Ўзбек, أۇزبېك |
macrolanguage |
| ve |
ven |
Venda |
Tshivenḓa |
|
| vi |
vie |
Vietnamese |
Tiếng Việt |
|
| vo |
vol |
Volapük |
Volapük |
constructed |
| wa |
wln |
Walloon |
Walon |
|
| wo |
wol |
Wolof |
Wollof |
|
| xh |
xho |
Xhosa |
isiXhosa |
|
| yi |
yid + 2 |
Yiddish |
ייִדיש |
macrolanguage |
| yo |
yor |
Yoruba |
Yorùbá |
|
| za |
zha + 16 |
Zhuang, Chuang |
Saɯ cueŋƅ, Saw cuengh |
macrolanguage |
| zh |
zho + 13 |
Chinese |
中文 (Zhōngwén), 汉语, 漢語 |
macrolanguage |
| zu |
zul |
Zulu |
isiZulu |
|
Deprecated codes [edit]
See also [edit]
