List of ISO 639-2 codes

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";

ISO 639-2	ISO 639-1	Language name	Native name	Notes
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		collection
bho		Bhojpuri	भोजपुरी
bih	bh	Bihari languages		collection
bik		Bikol		macrolanguage
bin		Bini, Edo	Edo
bis	bi	Bislama	Bislama
bla		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	ⲙⲉⲧⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ	extinct
cor	kw	Cornish	Kernewek
cos	co	Corsican	corsu, lingua corsa
cpe		creoles and pidgins, English-based		collection
cpf		creoles and pidgins, French-based		collection
cpp		creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based		collection
cre	cr	Cree	ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ	macrolanguage
crh		Crimean Tatar, Crimean Turkish	qırımtatar tili, къырымтатар тили
crp		creoles and pidgins		collection
csb		Kashubian	kaszëbsczi jãzëk
cus		Cushitic languages		collection
cze/ces	cs	Czech	čeština (substantive), česky (adverb)
dak		Dakota	Lakhota
dan	da	Danish	dansk
dar		Dargwa	дарган мез
day		Land Dayak languages		collection
del		Delaware	Lënape	macrolanguage
den		Slave (Athapascan)		macrolanguage
dgr		Dogrib	Tłįchǫ
din		Dinka	Thuɔŋjäŋ	macrolanguage
div	dv	Divehi, Dhivehi, Maldivian	ދިވެހިބަސ
doi		Dogri	डोगरी	macrolanguage
dra		Dravidian languages		collection
dsb		Lower Sorbian	dolnoserbski
dua		Duala
dum		Dutch, Middle (c. 1050–1350)		historic
dut/nld	nl	Dutch, Flemish	Nederlands
dyu		Dyula	Julakan
dzo	dz	Dzongkha	རྫོང་ཁ
efi		Efik
egy		Egyptian (Ancient)		ancient
eka		Ekajuk
elx		Elamite		ancient
eng	en	English	English
enm		Middle English (1100–1500)	English	historic
epo	eo	Esperanto	Esperanto	constructed
est	et	Estonian	eesti keel	macrolanguage
ewe	ee	Ewe	Ɛʋɛgbɛ
ewo		Ewondo
fan		Fang
fao	fo	Faroese	føroyskt
fat		Fanti
fij	fj	Fijian	vosa Vakaviti
fil		Filipino, Pilipino	Wikang Filipino
fin	fi	Finnish	suomi, suomen kieli
fiu		Finno-Ugric languages		collection
fon		Fon	Fɔngbe
fre/fra	fr	French	français, langue française
frm		Middle French (c. 1400—1600)		historic
fro		Old French (842—c. 1400)		historic
frr		Northern Frisian
frs		Eastern Frisian	Seeltersk Fräisk, Seeltersk, Fräisk
fry	fy	Western Frisian	frysk
ful	ff	Fulah	Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular	macrolanguage
fur		Friulian	furlan
gaa		Ga	Gã
gay		Gayo
gba		Gbaya		macrolanguage
gem		Germanic languages		collection
geo/kat	ka	Georgian	ქართული ენა (kartuli ena)
ger/deu	de	German	Deutsch
gez		Ge'ez	ግዕዝ	ancient
gil		Gilbertese, Kiribati	taetae ni Kiribati
gla	gd	Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic	Gàidhlig
gle	ga	Irish	Gaeilge
glg	gl	Galician	Galego
glv	gv	Manx	Gaelg, Manninagh
gmh		Middle High German (ca. 1050–1500)	diutisk	historic
goh		Old High German (ca. 750–1050)	diutisc	historic
gon		Gondi	Gōndi	macrolanguage
gor		Gorontalo
got		Gothic	𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺	ancient
grb		Grebo		macrolanguage
grc		Ancient Greek (–1453)	Ἑλληνικά	historic
gre/ell	el	Modern Greek (1453–)	Ελληνικά
grn	gn	Guarani	Avañe'ẽ	macrolanguage
gsw		Swiss German, Alemannic, Alsatian	Schwyzerdütsch, Alemannisch, Elsassisch
guj	gu	Gujarati	ગુજરાતી
gwi		Gwichʼin
hai		Haida	X̲aat Kíl	macrolanguage
hat	ht	Haitian Creole, Haitian	Kreyòl ayisyen
hau	ha	Hausa	Hausancī, هَوُسَ
haw		Hawaiian	‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i
heb	he	Hebrew	עִבְרִית, עברית
her	hz	Herero	Otjiherero
hil		Hiligaynon	Ilonggo
him		Himachali languages		collection
hin	hi	Hindi	हिन्दी
hit		Hittite		ancient
hmn		Hmong	Hmoob	macrolanguage
hmo	ho	Hiri Motu	Hiri Motu
hrv	hr	Croatian	hrvatski jezik
hsb		Upper Sorbian	hornjoserbsce
hun	hu	Hungarian	magyar
hup		Hupa	Na:tinixwe Mixine:whe
iba		Iban
ibo	ig	Igbo	Igbo
ice/isl	is	Icelandic	íslenska
ido	io	Ido	Ido	constructed
iii	ii	Sichuan Yi, Nuosu	ꆇꉙ
ijo		Ijo languages		collection
iku	iu	Inuktitut	ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ	macrolanguage
ile	ie	Interlingue, Occidental	Interlingue	constructed
ilo		Iloko
ina	ia	Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association)	interlingua	constructed
inc		Indic languages		collection
ind	id	Indonesian	Bahasa Indonesia
ine		Indo-European languages		collection
inh		Ingush	гӀалгӀай мотт
ipk	ik	Inupiaq	Iñupiaq, Iñupiatun	macrolanguage
ira		Iranian languages		collection
iro		Iroquoian languages		collection
ita	it	Italian	italiano
jav	jv	Javanese	basa Jawa (ꦧꦱꦗꦮ)
jbo		Lojban	lojban	constructed
jpn	ja	Japanese	日本語 (にほんご)
jpr		Judæo-Persian
jrb		Judeo-Arabic		macrolanguage
kaa		Kara-Kalpak	қарақалпақ тили
kab		Kabyle	Taqbaylit
kac		Kachin, Jingpho	Jingpho, Marip
kal	kl	Greenlandic, Kalaallisut	kalaallisut, kalaallit oqaasii
kam		Kamba
kan	kn	Kannada	ಕನ್ನಡ
kar		Karen languages		collection
kas	ks	Kashmiri	कॉशुर, کٲشُر
kau	kr	Kanuri		macrolanguage
kaw		Kawi	Bhāṣa Kawi	ancient
kaz	kk	Kazakh	Қазақ тілі
kbd		Circassian	Адыгэбзэ
kha		Khasi	Khasi
khi		Khoisan languages		collection
khm	km	Central Khmer	ភាសាខ្មែរ
kho		Khotanese, Sakan	ancient
kik	ki	Kikuyu, Gikuyu	Gĩkũyũ
kin	rw	Kinyarwanda	Ikinyarwanda
kir	ky	Kirghiz, Kyrgyz	кыргыз тили
kmb		Kimbundu
kok		Konkani	कॊंकणि	macrolanguage
kom	kv	Komi	коми кыв	macrolanguage
kon	kg	Kongo	Kikongo	macrolanguage
kor	ko	Korean	한국어 (韓國語), 조선말 (朝鮮語)
kos		Kosraean	Kosrae
kpe		Kpelle	kpele	macrolanguage
krc		Karachay-Balkar	къарачай-малкъар тил
krl		Karelian	karjalan kieli
kro		Kru languages		collection
kru		Kurukh
kua	kj	Kuanyama, Kwanyama
kum		Kumyk	Кумык
kur	ku	Kurdish	Kurdî	macrolanguage
kut		Kutenai	Ktunaxa
lad		Ladino	ג'ודיאו-איספאנייול
lah		Lahnda	ਲਹਿੰਦੀ	macrolanguage (does not include Punjabi (pa/pan))
lam		Lamba
lao	lo	Lao	ພາສາລາວ
lat	la	Latin	latine, lingua Latina	ancient
lav	lv	Latvian	latviešu valoda
lez		Lezghian	лезги чӀал
lim	li	Limburgish, Limburger, Limburgan	Limburgs
lin	ln	Lingala	lingala
lit	lt	Lithuanian	lietuvių kalba
lol		Mongo
loz		Lozi	siLozi
ltz	lb	Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch	Lëtzebuergesch
lua		Luba-Lulua	lwaà:
lub	lu	Luba-Katanga
lug	lg	Ganda	Luganda
lui		Luiseño
lun		Lunda	chiLunda
luo		Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)	Dholuo
lus		Lushai
mac/mkd	mk	Macedonian	македонски јазик
mad		Madurese
mag		Magahi
mah	mh	Marshallese	Kajin M̧ajeļ
mai		Maithili	मैथिली
mak		Makasar
mal	ml	Malayalam	മലയാളം
man		Mandingo		macrolanguage
mao/mri	mi	Māori	te reo Māori
map		Austronesian languages		collection
mar	mr	Marathi	मराठी
mas		Maasai	ɔl Maa
may/msa	ms	Malay	bahasa Melayu, بهاس ملايو	macrolanguage
mdf		Moksha	мокшень кяль
mdr		Mandar
men		Mende	Mɛnde
mga		Middle Irish (900–1200)	Gaoidhealg	historic
mic		Mi'kmaq, Micmac	Míkmaq, Mi'gmaq
min		Minangkabau	Baso Minangkabau
mis		Uncoded languages
mkh		Mon–Khmer languages		collection
mlg	mg	Malagasy	Malagasy fiteny	macrolanguage
mlt	mt	Maltese	Malti
mnc		Manchu	ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ ᠪᡝ
mni		Manipuri	মৈইতৈইলোন
mno		Manobo languages		collection
moh		Mohawk	Kanien’keha
mon	mn	Mongolian	монгол хэл	macrolanguage
mos		Mossi	Mòoré
mul		Multiple languages
mun		Munda languages		collection
mus		Creek	Maskoki, Mvskokē empunakv
mwl		Mirandese	Lhéngua Mirandesa
mwr		Marwari	मारवाड़ी	macrolanguage
myn		Mayan languages		collection
myv		Erzya	эрзянь кель
nah		Nahuatl	nāhuatl, nawatlahtolli	collection
nai		North American Indian languages		collection
nap		Neapolitan	napulitano
nau	na	Nauruan	Ekakairũ Naoero
nav	nv	Navajo, Navaho	Diné bizaad, Dinékʼehǰí
nbl	nr	Southern Ndebele	isiNdebele
nde	nd	Northern Ndebele	isiNdebele
ndo	ng	Ndonga	Owambo
nds		Low German, Low Saxon	Nederdüütsch, Plattdüütsch
nep	ne	Nepali	नेपाली
new		Nepal Bhasa, Newari	Nepal Bhasa
nia		Nias
nic		Niger–Congo languages		collection
niu		Niuean	ko e vagahau Niuē, faka-Niue
nno	nn	Norwegian Nynorsk	nynorsk
nob	nb	Norwegian Bokmål	bokmål
nog		Nogai	ногай тили
non		Old Norse	norskr	historic
nor	no	Norwegian	norsk	macrolanguage
nqo		N'Ko
nso		Northern Sotho, Pedi, Sepedi	Sesotho sa Leboa, Sepedi
nub		Nubian languages		collection
nwc		Classical Newari, Old Newari, Classical Nepal Bhasa		historic
nya	ny	Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja	chiCheŵa, chinyanja
nym		Nyamwezi	Kinyamwezi
nyn		Nyankole
nyo		Nyoro	Runyoro
nzi		Nzima
oci	oc	Occitan (1500–)	Occitan
oji	oj	Ojibwa	ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᒧᐏᐣ (Anishinaabemowin)	macrolanguage
ori	or	Oriya	ଓଡ଼ିଆ
orm	om	Oromo	Afaan Oromoo	macrolanguage
osa		Osage
oss	os	Ossetian, Ossetic	ирон ӕвзаг
ota		Turkish, Ottoman (1500–1928)		historic
oto		Otomian languages		collection
paa		Papuan languages		collection
pag		Pangasinan
pal		Pahlavi, (Middle Persian)		ancient
pam		Pampanga, Kapampangan	Kapampangan
pan	pa	Punjabi, Panjabi	ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی	(separate from Lahnda (lah))
pap		Papiamento	Papiamentu
pau		Palauan	tekoi ra Belau
peo		Old Persian (ca. 600–400 BC)		historic
per/fas	fa	Persian	فارسی	macrolanguage
phi		Philippine languages		collection
phn		Phoenician		ancient
pli	pi	Pali	पालि	ancient
pol	pl	Polish	polski
pon		Pohnpeian
por	pt	Portuguese	português
pra		Prakrit		collection
pro		Old Provençal, Old Occitan (–1500)		historic
pus	ps	Pashto language, Pashto	پښتو	macrolanguage
qaa-qtz		Reserved for local use
que	qu	Quechua	Runa Simi, Kichwa	macrolanguage
raj		Rajasthani	राजस्थानी	macrolanguage
rap		Rapanui	rapanui, pepito ote henua
rar		Rarotongan, Cook Islands Maori
roa		Romance languages		collection
roh	rm	Romansh	rumantsch grischun
rom		Romany	rromani ćhib, Romani šib, Romanó	macrolanguage
rum/ron	ro	Romanian	română
run	rn	Rundi	Rundi
rup		Aromanian, Arumanian, Macedo-Romanian	Armãneashce, Armãneashti, Limba armãneascã
rus	ru	Russian	русский язык
sad		Sandawe
sag	sg	Sango	yângâ tî sängö
sah		Yakut	Саха тыла
sai		South American Indian languages		collection
sal		Salishan languages		collection
sam		Samaritan Aramaic	ארמית, ܐܪܡܝܐ	extinct
san	sa	Sanskrit	संस्कृतम्	ancient
sas		Sasak
sat		Santali	संथाली
scn		Sicilian	Sicilianu
sco		Scots	Scots leid, Lallans
sel		Selkup	шӧльӄумыт әты
sem		Semitic languages		collection
sga		Old Irish (to 900)	Goídelc	historic
sgn		Sign languages		collection
shn		Shan
sid		Sidamo	Sidámo 'Afó
sin	si	Sinhalese, Sinhala	සිංහල
sio		Siouan languages		collection
sit		Sino-Tibetan languages		collection
sla		Slavic languages		collection
slo/slk	sk	Slovak	slovenčina
slv	sl	Slovenian	slovenščina
sma		Southern Sami	saemien giele
sme	se	Northern Sami	sámi, sámegiella
smi		Sami languages		collection
smj		Lule Sami	sámegiella
smn		Inari Sami	säämegiella
smo	sm	Samoan	gagana fa'a Samoa
sms		Skolt Sami	sääʼmǩiõll
sna	sn	Shona	chiShona
snd	sd	Sindhi	سنڌي، سندھی, सिन्धी
snk		Soninke	Soninkanxaane
sog		Sogdian		ancient
som	so	Somali	Soomaaliga, af Soomaali
son		Songhay languages		collection
sot	st	Southern Sotho	Sesotho
spa	es	Spanish, Castilian	español, castellano
srd	sc	Sardinian	sardu	macrolanguage
srn		Sranan Tongo
srp	sr	Serbian	српски језик, srpski jezik
srr		Serer
ssa		Nilo-Saharan languages		collection
ssw	ss	Swati	siSwati
suk		Sukuma
sun	su	Sundanese	basa Sunda
sus		Susu
sux		Sumerian	eme-ĝir	ancient
swa	sw	Swahili	Kiswahili	macrolanguage
swe	sv	Swedish	svenska
syc		Classical Syriac		historic
syr		Syriac (Northeastern Neo-Aramaic)	ܣܘܪܝܝܐ	macrolanguage
tah	ty	Tahitian	te reo Tahiti, te reo Māʼohi
tai		Tai languages		collection
tam	ta	Tamil	தமிழ்
tat	tt	Tatar	татарча, tatarça, تاتارچا
tel	te	Telugu	తెలుగు
tem		Time
ter		Tereno
tet		Tetum	Tetun
tgk	tg	Tajik	тоҷикӣ, تاجیکی
tgl	tl	Tagalog	Wikang Tagalog, ᜏᜒᜃᜅ᜔ ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔
tha	th	Thai	ภาษาไทย
tib/bod	bo	Tibetan	བོད་ཡིག
tig		Tigre	Tigré, Khasa
tir	ti	Tigrinya	ትግርኛ
tiv		Tiv
tkl		Tokelau	Tokelau
tlh		Klingon, tlhIngan-Hol	tlhIngan Hol	constructed
tli		Tlingit	Lingít
tmh		Tamashek	Tamajeq	macrolanguage
tog		Tonga (Nyasa)	chiTonga
ton	to	Tonga (Tonga Islands)	faka-Tonga
tpi		Tok Pisin	Tok Pisin
tsi		Tsimshian
tsn	tn	Tswana	Setswana
tso	ts	Tsonga	Xitsonga
tuk	tk	Turkmen	Түркмен
tum		Tumbuka	chiTumbuka
tup		Tupian languages	Nheengatu
tur	tr	Turkish	Türkçe
tut		Altaic languages		collection
tvl		Tuvalu	'gana Tuvalu
twi	tw	Twi
tyv		Tuvinian	тыва дыл
udm		Udmurt	удмурт кыл
uga		Ugaritic		ancient
uig	ug	Uighur, Uyghur	Uyƣurqə, Uyğurçe, ئۇيغۇرچ
ukr	uk	Ukrainian	українська мова
umb		Umbundu	úmbúndú
und		Undetermined language
urd	ur	Urdu	اردو
uzb	uz	Uzbek	O'zbek, Ўзбек, أۇزبېك	macrolanguage
vai		Vai
ven	ve	Venda	Tshivenḓa
vie	vi	Vietnamese	Tiếng Việt
vol	vo	Volapük	Volapük	constructed
vot		Votic	vaďďa tšeeli
wak		Wakashan languages		collection
wal		Wolaytta, Wolaitta
war		Waray-Waray	Winaray, Lineyte-Samarnon
was		Washo
wel/cym	cy	Welsh	Cymraeg
wen		Sorbian languages		collection
wln	wa	Walloon	walon
wol	wo	Wolof	Wolof
xal		Kalmyk, Oirat	хальмг келн
xho	xh	Xhosa	isiXhosa
yao		Yao	Chiyao
yap		Yapese
yid	yi	Yiddish	ייִדיש	macrolanguage
yor	yo	Yoruba	Yorùbá
ypk		Yupik languages		collection
zap		Zapotec		macrolanguage
zbl		Blissymbols, Blissymbolics, Bliss		constructed
zen		Zenaga	Tuḍḍungiyya
zha	za	Zhuang, Chuang	Saɯ cueŋƅ, Saw cuengh	macrolanguage
znd		Zande languages	Pazande	collection
zul	zu	Zulu	isiZulu
zun		Zuni	Shiwi
zxx		No linguistic content; not applicable
zza		Zaza, Dimili, Dimli, Kirdki, Kirmanjki, Zazaki		macrolanguage

References

• "ISO 639-2 Registration Authority". Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/. 

External links

• "Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages (ISO 639-1 and ISO 639-2 codes)". Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php.