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Each language is assigned a two-letter (set 1) and three-letter lowercase abbreviation (sets 2–5). [2] Part 1 of the standard, ISO 639-1 defines the two-letter codes, and Part 3 (2007), ISO 639-3 , defines the three-letter codes, aiming to cover all known natural languages , largely superseding the ISO 639-2 three-letter code standard.
Where two ISO 639-2 codes are given in the table, the one with the asterisk is the bibliographic code (B code) and the other is the terminological code (T code). Entries in the Scope column distinguish: individual language; collections of languages connected, for example genetically or by region; macrolanguages. The Type column distinguishes:
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ISO 639 is a set of standards by the International Organization for Standardization that is concerned with representation of names for languages and language groups. Lists of ISO 639 codes are: List of ISO 639-1 codes, with corresponding ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3 codes; List of ISO 639-2 codes, with corresponding ISO 639-1 codes
List of ISO 639-1 codes – two-letter codes (184 major languages) List of ISO 639-2 codes – three-letter codes; ISO 639 macrolanguage – ISO 639-2 codes used as ISO 639-3 codes; List of ISO 639-3 codes – three-letter codes, intended to "cover all known natural languages" List of ISO 639-5 codes – three-letter codes for language families ...
This is the complete ISO code and name list as of the Jan 2019 code-table update. The bare ISO names are linked, without 'language' appended. That means that some links will lead to dab pages or even to the wrong article, some of which might not have a hatnote redirect. (For very short names (1–3 letters), this is being checked on the talk page.)
ISO 639-2:1998, Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code, is the second part of the ISO 639 standard, which lists codes for the representation of the names of languages. The three-letter codes given for each language in this part of the standard are referred to as "Alpha-3" codes.
This is a list of ISO 639-3 language codes starting with N. ... Abbreviations are used in the table as follows: Scope (Archived April 21, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.