Codes for the
Representation of Names
of Languages

Codes arranged alphabetically by Alpha-3 Code

A-B-- aar to byn	M-N -- mac to nzi
C-D -- cad to dzo	O-P -- oci to pus
E-F -- efi to fur	Q-R -- qaa to rus
G-H -- gaa to hup	S-T -- sad to tyv
I-J -- iba to jrb	U-Z -- udm to zun
K-L -- kaa to lus

ISO 639-2 is the alpha-3 code. Where two codes are provided (22 languages total) the bibliographic code is given first and the terminology code is given second.

ISO 639-1 is the alpha-2 code. Multiple codes for the same language are to be considered synonyms.

A-B

639-2	639-1	Language Name (English)	Language Name (French)
aar	aa	Afar	afar
abk	ab	Abkhazian	abkhaze
ace		Achinese	aceh
ach		Acoli	acoli
ada		Adangme	adangme
ady		Adyghe; Adygei	adyghé
afa		Afro-Asiatic (Other)	afro-asiatiques, autres langues
afh		Afrihili	afrihili
afr	af	Afrikaans	afrikaans
aka	ak	Akan	akan
akk		Akkadian	akkadien
alb/sqi*	sq	Albanian	albanais
ale		Aleut	aléoute
alg		Algonquian languages	algonquines, langues
alt		Southern Altai	altaï du Sud
amh	am	Amharic	amharique
ang		English, Old (ca.450-1100)	anglo-saxon (ca.450-1100)
apa		Apache languages	apache
ara	ar	Arabic	arabe
arc		Aramaic	araméen
arg	an	Aragonese	aragonais
arm/hye*	hy	Armenian	arménien
arn		Araucanian	araucan
arp		Arapaho	arapaho
art		Artificial (Other)	artificielles, autres langues
arw		Arawak	arawak
asm	as	Assamese	assamais
ast		Asturian; Bable	asturien; bable
ath		Athapascan languages	athapascanes, langues
aus		Australian languages	australiennes, langues
ava	av	Avaric	avar
ave	ae	Avestan	avestique
awa		Awadhi	awadhi
aym	ay	Aymara	aymara
aze	az	Azerbaijani	azéri
bad		Banda	banda
bai		Bamileke languages	bamilékés, langues
bak	ba	Bashkir	bachkir
bal		Baluchi	baloutchi
bam	bm	Bambara	bambara
ban		Balinese	balinais
baq/eus*	eu	Basque	basque
bas		Basa	basa
bat		Baltic (Other)	baltiques, autres langues
bej		Beja	bedja
bel	be	Belarusian	biélorusse
bem		Bemba	bemba
ben	bn	Bengali	bengali
ber		Berber (Other)	berbères, autres langues
bho		Bhojpuri	bhojpuri
bih	bh	Bihari	bihari
bik		Bikol	bikol
bin		Bini	bini
bis	bi	Bislama	bichlamar
bla		Siksika	blackfoot
bnt		Bantu (Other)	bantoues, autres langues
tib/bod*	bo	Tibetan	tibétain
bos	bs	Bosnian	bosniaque
bra		Braj	braj
bre	br	Breton	breton
btk		Batak (Indonesia)	batak (Indonésie)
bua		Buriat	bouriate
bug		Buginese	bugi
bul	bg	Bulgarian	bulgare
bur/mya*	my	Burmese	birman
byn		Blin; Bilin	blin; bilen

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C-D

639-2	639-1	Language Name (English)	Language Name (French)
cad		Caddo	caddo
cai		Central American Indian (Other)	indiennes d'Amérique centrale, autres langues
car		Carib	caribe
cat	ca	Catalan; Valencian	catalan; valencien
cau		Caucasian (Other)	caucasiennes, autres langues
ceb		Cebuano	cebuano
cel		Celtic (Other)	celtiques, autres langues
cze/ces*	cs	Czech	tchèque
cha	ch	Chamorro	chamorro
chb		Chibcha	chibcha
che	ce	Chechen	tchétchène
chg		Chagatai	djaghataï
chi/zho*	zh	Chinese	chinois
chk		Chuukese	chuuk
chm		Mari	mari
chn		Chinook jargon	chinook, jargon
cho		Choctaw	choctaw
chp		Chipewyan	chipewyan
chr		Cherokee	cherokee
chu	cu	Church Slavic; Old Slavonic; Church Slavonic; Old Bulgarian; Old Church Slavonic	slavon d'église; vieux slave; slavon liturgique; vieux bulgare
chv	cv	Chuvash	tchouvache
chy		Cheyenne	cheyenne
cmc		Chamic languages	chames, langues
cop		Coptic	copte
cor	kw	Cornish	cornique
cos	co	Corsican	corse
cpe		Creoles and pidgins, English based (Other)	créoles et pidgins anglais, autres
cpf		Creoles and pidgins, French-based (Other)	créoles et pidgins français, autres
cpp		Creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based (Other)	créoles et pidgins portugais, autres
cre	cr	Cree	cree
crh		Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish	tatar de Crimé
crp		Creoles and pidgins (Other)	créoles et pidgins divers
csb		Kashubian	kachoube
cus		Cushitic (Other)	couchitiques, autres langues
wel/cym*	cy	Welsh	gallois
cze/ces*	cs	Czech	tchèque
dak		Dakota	dakota
dan	da	Danish	danois
dar		Dargwa	dargwa
day		Dayak	dayak
del		Delaware	delaware
den		Slave (Athapascan)	esclave (athapascan)
ger/deu*	de	German	allemand
dgr		Dogrib	dogrib
din		Dinka	dinka
div	dv	Divehi	maldivien
doi		Dogri	dogri
dra		Dravidian (Other)	dravidiennes, autres langues
dsb		Lower Sorbian	bas-sorabe
dua		Duala	douala
dum		Dutch, Middle (ca.1050-1350)	néerlandais moyen (ca. 1050-1350)
dut/nld*	nl	Dutch; Flemish	néerlandais; flamand
dyu		Dyula	dioula
dzo	dz	Dzongkha	dzongkha

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E-F

639-2	639-1	Language Name (English)	Language Name (French)
efi		Efik	efik
egy		Egyptian (Ancient)	égyptien
eka		Ekajuk	ekajuk
gre/ell*	el	Greek, Modern (1453-)	grec moderne (après 1453)
elx		Elamite	élamite
eng	en	English	anglais
enm		English, Middle (1100-1500)	anglais moyen (1100-1500)
epo	eo	Esperanto	espéranto
est	et	Estonian	estonien
baq/eus*	eu	Basque	basque
ewe	ee	Ewe	éwé
ewo		Ewondo	éwondo
fan		Fang	fang
fao	fo	Faroese	féroïen
per/fas*	fa	Persian	persan
fat		Fanti	fanti
fij	fj	Fijian	fidjien
fil		Filipino; Pilipino	filipino; pilipino
fin	fi	Finnish	finnois
fiu		Finno-Ugrian (Other)	finno-ougriennes, autres langues
fon		Fon	fon
fre/fra*	fr	French	français
frm		French, Middle (ca.1400-1800)	français moyen (1400-1800)
fro		French, Old (842-ca.1400)	français ancien (842-ca.1400)
fry	fy	Frisian	frison
ful	ff	Fulah	peul
fur		Friulian	frioulan

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G-H

639-2	639-1	Language Name (English)	Language Name (French)
gaa		Ga	ga
gay		Gayo	gayo
gba		Gbaya	gbaya
gem		Germanic (Other)	germaniques, autres langues
geo/kat*	ka	Georgian	géorgien
ger/deu*	de	German	allemand
gez		Geez	guèze
gil		Gilbertese	kiribati
gla	gd	Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic	gaélique; gaélique écossais
gle	ga	Irish	irlandais
glg	gl	Gallegan	galicien
glv	gv	Manx	manx; mannois
gmh		German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500)	allemand, moyen haut (ca. 1050-1500)
goh		German, Old High (ca.750-1050)	allemand, vieux haut (ca. 750-1050)
gon		Gondi	gond
gor		Gorontalo	gorontalo
got		Gothic	gothique
grb		Grebo	grebo
grc		Greek, Ancient (to 1453)	grec ancien (jusqu'à 1453)
gre/ell*	el	Greek, Modern (1453-)	grec moderne (après 1453)
grn	gn	Guarani	guarani
guj	gu	Gujarati	goudjrati
gwi		Gwich´in	gwich´in
hai		Haida	haida
hat	ht	Haitian; Haitian Creole	haïtien; créole haïtien
hau	ha	Hausa	haoussa
haw		Hawaiian	hawaïen
heb	he	Hebrew	hébreu
her	hz	Herero	herero
hil		Hiligaynon	hiligaynon
him		Himachali	himachali
hin	hi	Hindi	hindi
hit		Hittite	hittite
hmn		Hmong	hmong
hmo	ho	Hiri Motu	hiri motu
scr/hrv*	hr	Croatian	croate
hsb		Upper Sorbian	haut-sorabe
hun	hu	Hungarian	hongrois
hup		Hupa	hupa
arm/hye*	hy	Armenian	arménien

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I-J

639-2	639-1	Language Name (English)	Language Name (French)
iba		Iban	iban
ibo	ig	Igbo	igbo
ice/isl*	is	Icelandic	islandais
ido	io	Ido	ido
iii	ii	Sichuan Yi	yi de Sichuan
ijo		Ijo	ijo
iku	iu	Inuktitut	inuktitut
ile	ie	Interlingue	interlingue
ilo		Iloko	ilocano
ina	ia	Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association)	interlingua (langue auxiliaire internationale)
inc		Indic (Other)	indo-aryennes, autres langues
ind	id	Indonesian	indonésien
ine		Indo-European (Other)	indo-européennes, autres langues
inh		Ingush	ingouche
ipk	ik	Inupiaq	inupiaq
ira		Iranian (Other)	iraniennes, autres langues
iro		Iroquoian languages	iroquoises, langues (famille)
ice/isl*	is	Icelandic	islandais
ita	it	Italian	italien
jav	jv	Javanese	javanais
jbo		Lojban	lojban
jpn	ja	Japanese	japonais
jpr		Judeo-Persian	judéo-persan
jrb		Judeo-Arabic	judéo-arabe

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K-L

639-2	639-1	Language Name (English)	Language Name (French)
kaa		Kara-Kalpak	karakalpak
kab		Kabyle	kabyle
kac		Kachin	kachin
kal	kl	Kalaallisut; Greenlandic	groenlandais
kam		Kamba	kamba
kan	kn	Kannada	kannada
kar		Karen	karen
kas	ks	Kashmiri	kashmiri
geo/kat*	ka	Georgian	géorgien
kau	kr	Kanuri	kanouri
kaw		Kawi	kawi
kaz	kk	Kazakh	kazakh
kbd		Kabardian	kabardien
kha		Khasi	khasi
khi		Khoisan (Other)	khoisan, autres langues
khm	km	Khmer	khmer
kho		Khotanese	khotanais
kik	ki	Kikuyu; Gikuyu	kikuyu
kin	rw	Kinyarwanda	rwanda
kir	ky	Kirghiz	kirghize
kmb		Kimbundu	kimbundu
kok		Konkani	konkani
kom	kv	Komi	kom
kon	kg	Kongo	kongo
kor	ko	Korean	coréen
kos		Kosraean	kosrae
kpe		Kpelle	kpellé
krc		Karachay-Balkar	karatchaï balkar
kro		Kru	krou
kru		Kurukh	kurukh
kua	kj	Kuanyama; Kwanyama	kuanyama; kwanyama
kum		Kumyk	koumyk
kur	ku	Kurdish	kurde
kut		Kutenai	kutenai
lad		Ladino	judéo-espagnol
lah		Lahnda	lahnda
lam		Lamba	lamba
lao	lo	Lao	lao
lat	la	Latin	latin
lav	lv	Latvian	letton
lez		Lezghian	lezghien
lim	li	Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish	limbourgeois
lin	ln	Lingala	lingala
lit	lt	Lithuanian	lituanien
lol		Mongo	mongo
loz		Lozi	lozi
ltz	lb	Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch	luxembourgeois
lua		Luba-Lulua	luba-lulua
lub	lu	Luba-Katanga	luba-katanga
lug	lg	Ganda	ganda
lui		Luiseno	luiseno
lun		Lunda	lunda
luo		Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)	luo (Kenya et Tanzanie)
lus		lushai	Lushai

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M-N

639-2	639-1	Language Name (English)	Language Name (French)
mac/mkd*	mk	Macedonian	macédonien
mad		Madurese	madourais
mag		Magahi	magahi
mah	mh	Marshallese	marshall
mai		Maithili	maithili
mak		Makasar	makassar
mal	ml	Malayalam	malayalam
man		Mandingo	mandingue
mao/mri*	mi	Maori	maori
map		Austronesian (Other)	malayo-polynésiennes, autres langues
mar	mr	Marathi	marathe
mas		Masai	massaï
may/msa*	ms	Malay	malais
mdf		Moksha	moksa
mdr		Mandar	mandar
men		Mende	mendé
mga		Irish, Middle (900-1200)	irlandais moyen (900-1200)
mic		Mi'kmaq; Micmac	mi'kmaq; micmac
min		Minangkabau	minangkabau
mis		Miscellaneous languages	diverses, langues
mac/mkd*	mk	Macedonian	macédonien
mkh		Mon-Khmer (Other)	môn-khmer, autres langues
mlg	mg	Malagasy	malgache
mlt	mt	Maltese	maltais
mnc		Manchu	mandchou
mni		Manipuri	manipuri
mno		Manobo languages	manobo, langues
moh		Mohawk	mohawk
mol	mo	Moldavian	moldave
mon	mn	Mongolian	mongol
mos		Mossi	moré
mao/mri*	mi	Maori	maori
may/msa*	ms	Malay	malais
mul		Multiple languages	multilingue
mun		Munda languages	mounda, langues
mus		Creek	muskogee
mwl		Mirandese	mirandais
mwr		Marwari	marvari
bur/mya*	my	Burmese	birman
myn		Mayan languages	maya, langues
myv		Erzya	erza
nah		Nahuatl	nahuatl
nai		North American Indian	indiennes d'Amérique du Nord, autres langues
nap		Neapolitan	napolitain
nau	na	Nauru	nauruan
nav	nv	Navajo; Navaho	navaho
nbl	nr	Ndebele, South; South Ndebele	ndébélé du Sud
nde	nd	Ndebele, North; North Ndebele	ndébélé du Nord
ndo	ng	Ndonga	ndonga
nds		Low German; Low Saxon; German, Low; Saxon, Low	bas allemand; bas saxon; allemand, bas; saxon, bas
nep	ne	Nepali	népalais
new		Newari; Nepal Bhasa	newari; nepal bhasa
nia		Nias	nias
nic		Niger-Kordofanian (Other)	nigéro-congolaises, autres langues
niu		Niuean	niué
dut/nld*	nl	Dutch; Flemish	néerlandais; flamand
nno	nn	Norwegian Nynorsk; Nynorsk, Norwegian	norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
nob	nb	Norwegian Bokmål; Bokmål, Norwegian	norvégien bokmål; bokmål, norvégien
nog		Nogai	nogaï; nogay
non		Norse, Old	norrois, vieux
nor	no	Norwegian	norvégien
nso		Northern Sotho, Pedi; Sepedi	sotho du Nord; pedi; sepedi
nub		Nubian languages	nubiennes, langues
nwc		Classical Newari; Old Newari; Classical Nepal Bhasa	newari classique
nya	ny	Chichewa; Chewa; Nyanja	chichewa; chewa; nyanja
nym		Nyamwezi	nyamwezi
nyn		Nyankole	nyankolé
nyo		Nyoro	nyoro
nzi		Nzima	nzema

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O-P

639-2	639-1	Language Name (English)	Language Name (French)
oci	oc	Occitan (post 1500); Provençal	occitan (après 1500); provençal
oji	oj	Ojibwa	ojibwa
ori	or	Oriya	oriya
orm	om	Oromo	galla
osa		Osage	osage
oss	os	Ossetian; Ossetic	ossète
ota		Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)	turc ottoman (1500-1928)
oto		Otomian languages	otomangue, langues
paa		Papuan (Other)	papoues, autres langues
pag		Pangasinan	pangasinan
pal		Pahlavi	pahlavi
pam		Pampanga	pampangan
pan	pa	Panjabi; Punjabi	pendjabi
pap		Papiamento	papiamento
pau		Palauan	palau
peo		Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.)	perse, vieux (ca. 600-400 av. J.-C.)
per/fas*	fa	Persian	persan
phi		Philippine (Other)	philippines, autres langues
phn		Phoenician	phénicien
pli	pi	Pali	pali
pol	pl	Polish	polonais
pon		Pohnpeian	pohnpei
por	pt	Portuguese	portugais
pra		Prakrit languages	prâkrit
pro		Provençal, Old (to 1500)	provençal ancien (jusqu'à 1500)
pus	ps	Pushto	pachto

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Q-R

639-2	639-1	Language Name (English)	Language Name (French)
qaa-qtz		Reserved for local use	réservée à l'usage local
que	qu	Quechua	quechua
raj		Rajasthani	rajasthani
rap		Rapanui	rapanui
rar		Rarotongan	rarotonga
roa		Romance (Other)	romanes, autres langues
roh	rm	Raeto-Romance	rhéto-roman
rom		Romany	tsigane
rum/ron*	ro	Romanian	roumain
run	rn	Rundi	rundi
rus	ru	Russian	russe

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S-T

639-2	639-1	Language Name (English)	Language Name (French)
sad		Sandawe	sandawe
sag	sg	Sango	sango
sah		Yakut	iakoute
sai		South American Indian (Other)	indiennes d'Amérique du Sud, autres langues
sal		Salishan languages	salish, langues
sam		Samaritan Aramaic	samaritain
san	sa	Sanskrit	sanskrit
sas		Sasak	sasak
sat		Santali	santal
scc/srp*	sr	Serbian	serbe
scn		Sicilian	sicilien
sco		Scots	écossais
scr/hrv*	hr	Croatian	croate
sel		Selkup	selkoupe
sem		Semitic (Other)	sémitiques, autres langues
sga		Irish, Old (to 900)	irlandais ancien (jusqu'à 900)
sgn		Sign Languages	langues des signes
shn		Shan	chan
sid		Sidamo	sidamo
sin	si	Sinhala; Sinhalese	singhalais
sio		Siouan languages	sioux, langues
sit		Sino-Tibetan (Other)	sino-tibétaines, autres langues
sla		Slavic (Other)	slaves, autres langues
slo/slk*	sk	Slovak	slovaque
slv	sl	Slovenian	slovène
sma		Southern Sami	sami du Sud
sme	se	Northern Sami	sami du Nord
smi		Sami languages (Other)	sami, autres langues
smj		Lule Sami	sami de Lule
smn		Inari Sami	sami d'Inari
smo	sm	Samoan	samoan
sms		Skolt Sami	sami skolt
sna	sn	Shona	shona
snd	sd	Sindhi	sindhi
snk		Soninke	soninké
sog		Sogdian	sogdien
som	so	Somali	somali
son		Songhai	songhai
sot	st	Sotho, Southern	sotho du Sud
spa	es	Spanish; Castilian	espagnol; castillan
alb/sqi*	sq	Albanian	albanais
srd	sc	Sardinian	sarde
scc/srp*	sr	Serbian	serbe
srr		Serer	sérère
ssa		Nilo-Saharan (Other)	nilo-sahariennes, autres langues
ssw	ss	Swati	swati
suk		Sukuma	sukuma
sun	su	Sundanese	soundanais
sus		Susu	soussou
sux		Sumerian	sumérien
swa	sw	Swahili	swahili
swe	sv	Swedish	suédois
syr		Syriac	syriaque
tah	ty	Tahitian	tahitien
tai		Tai (Other)	thaïes, autres langues
tam	ta	Tamil	tamoul
tat	tt	Tatar	tatar
tel	te	Telugu	télougou
tem		Timne	temne
ter		Tereno	tereno
tet		Tetum	tetum
tgk	tg	Tajik	tadjik
tgl	tl	Tagalog	tagalog
tha	th	Thai	thaï
tib/bod*	bo	Tibetan	tibétain
tig		Tigre	tigré
tir	ti	Tigrinya	tigrigna
tiv		Tiv	tiv
tkl		Tokelau	tokelau
tlh		Klingon; tlhIngan-Hol	klingon
tli		Tlingit	tlingit
tmh		Tamashek	tamacheq
tog		Tonga (Nyasa)	tonga (Nyasa)
ton	to	Tonga (Tonga Islands)	tongan (Îles Tonga)
tpi		Tok Pisin	tok pisin
tsi		Tsimshian	tsimshian
tsn	tn	Tswana	tswana
tso	ts	Tsonga	tsonga
tuk	tk	Turkmen	turkmène
tum		Tumbuka	tumbuka
tup		Tupi languages	tupi, langues
tur	tr	Turkish	turc
tut		Altaic (Other)	altaïques, autres langues
tvl		Tuvalu	tuvalu
twi	tw	Twi	twi
tyv		Tuvinian	touva

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U-Z

639-2	639-1	Language Name (English)	Language Name (French)
udm		Udmurt	oudmourte
uga		Ugaritic	ougaritique
uig	ug	Uighur; Uyghur	ouïgour
ukr	uk	Ukrainian	ukrainien
umb		Umbundu	umbundu
und		Undetermined	indéterminée
urd	ur	Urdu	ourdou
uzb	uz	Uzbek	ouszbek
vai		Vai	vaï
ven	ve	Venda	venda
vie	vi	Vietnamese	vietnamien
vol	vo	Volapük	volapük
vot		Votic	vote
wak		Wakashan languages	wakashennes, langues
wal		Walamo	walamo
war		Waray	waray
was		Washo	washo
wel/cym*	cy	Welsh	gallois
wen		Sorbian languages	sorabes, langues
wln	wa	Walloon	wallon
wol	wo	Wolof	wolof
xal		Kalmyk	kalmouk
xho	xh	Xhosa	xhosa
yao		Yao	yao
yap		Yapese	yapois
yid	yi	Yiddish	yiddish
yor	yo	Yoruba	yoruba
ypk		Yupik languages	yupik, langues
zap		Zapotec	zapotèque
zen		Zenaga	zenaga
zha	za	Zhuang; Chuang	zhuang; chuang
chi/zho*	zh	Chinese	chinois
znd		Zande	zandé
zul	zu	Zulu	zoulou
zun		Zuni	zuni

Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages

Codes arranged alphabetically by Alpha-3 Code

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ISO 639-2 is the alpha-3 code. Where two codes are provided (22 languages total) the bibliographic code is given first and the terminology code is given second.

ISO 639-1 is the alpha-2 code. Multiple codes for the same language are to be considered synonyms.

Codes for the
Representation of Names
of Languages