Iso language codes
ISO language codes refer to a standardized coding system used to represent the names of languages. These codes are defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in ISO 639. ISO 639 defines two- and three-letter codes to represent different translation languages.
ISO two-letter and three-letter language codes
ISO two-letter language codes are used to represent languages concisely. For example, “en” for English, “fr” for French, “es” for Spanish, etc. Some languages have three-letter codes for more specific representation. For example, “eng” for English, “fra” for French, “spa” for Spanish, etc.
Extensions, development and use
ISO 639 also includes extensions for less common languages and language groups. For example, historical languages, regional variants and constructed languages (such as Esperanto) can be represented by specific codes. It is subject to updates to include new languages, revise existing codes and meet the changing needs of the global language community.
ISO language codes are used in many contexts:
- In IT systems for software localisation and internationalisation,
- In library and database documentation
- In various applications related to linguistics and linguistic research.
| 639-1 | 639-2 | 639-3 | Name in corresponding language | Name in English | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aa | aar | aar | Afaraf | Afar | ||
| ab | abk | abk | Аҧсуа | Abkhazian | ||
| ae | ave | ave | Avesta | Avestan | ||
| af | afr | afr | Afrikaans | Afrikaans | ||
| ak | aka | aka | Akan | Akan | ||
| am | amh | amh | አማርኛ | Amharic | ||
| an | arg | arg | Aragonés | Aragonese | ||
| ar | ara | ara | العربية | Arabic | ||
| as | asm | asm | অসমীয়া | Assamese | ||
| av | ava | ava | авар мацӀ ; магӀарул мацӀ | Avaric | ||
| ay | aym | aym | Aymar aru | Aymara | ||
| az | aze | aze | Azərbaycan dili | Azerbaijani | ||
| ba | bak | bak | башҡорт теле | Bashkir | ||
| be | bel | bel | Беларуская | Belarusian | ||
| bg | bul | bul | български език | Bulgarian | ||
| bh | bih | — | भोजपुरी | Bihari | ||
| bi | bis | bis | Bislama | Bislama | ||
| bm | bam | bam | Bamanankan | Bambara | ||
| bn | ben | ben | বাংলা | Bengali | ||
| bo | tib/bod | bod | བོད་ཡིག | Tibetan | ||
| br | bre | bre | Brezhoneg | Breton | ||
| bs | bos | bos | Bosanski jezik | Bosnian | ||
| ca | cat | cat | Català | Catalan | ||
| ce | che | che | нохчийн мотт | Chechen | ||
| ch | cha | cha | Chamoru | Chamorro | ||
| co | cos | cos | Corsu ; lingua corsa | Corsian | ||
| cr | cre | cre | ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ | Cree | ||
| cs | cze/ces | ces | Česky ; čeština | Czech | ||
| cu | chu | chu | Словѣньскъ | Church Slavic | ||
| cv | chv | chv | чӑваш чӗлхи | Chuvash | ||
| cy | wel/cym | cym | Cymraeg | Welsh | ||
| da | dan | dan | Dansk | Danish | ||
| de | ger/deu | deu | Deutsch | German | ||
| dv | div | div | ދިވެހި | Divehi | ||
| dz | dzo | dzo | རྫོང་ཁ | Dzongkha | ||
| ee | ewe | ewe | Ɛʋɛgbɛ | Ewe | ||
| el | gre/ell | ell | Ελληνικά | Greek | ||
| en | eng | eng | English | English | ||
| eo | epo | epo | Esperanto | Esperanto | ||
| es | spa | spa | Español; castellano | Spanish | ||
| et | est | est | Eesti keel | Estonian | ||
| eu | baq/eus | eus | Euskara | Basque | ||
| fa | per/fas | fas | فارسی | Persian | ||
| ff | ful | ful | Fulfulde | Fulah | ||
| fi | fin | fin | Suomen kieli | Finnish | ||
| fj | fij | fij | Vosa Vakaviti | Fijian | ||
| fo | fao | fao | Føroyskt | Faroese | ||
| fr | fre/fra | fra | Français ; langue française | French | ||
| fy | fry | fry | Frysk | Western Frisian | ||
| ga | gle | gle | Gaeilge | Irish | ||
| gd | gla | gla | Gàidhlig | Scottish Gaelic | ||
| gl | glg | glg | Galego | Galician | ||
| gn | grn | grn | Avañe’ẽ | Guarani | ||
| gu | guj | guj | ગુજરાતી | Gujarati | ||
| gv | glv | glv | Ghaelg | Manx | ||
| ha | hau | hau | هَوُسَ | Hausa | ||
| he | heb | heb | עברית | Hebrew | ||
| hi | hin | hin | हिन्दी ; हिंदी | Hindi | ||
| ho | hmo | hmo | Hiri Motu | Hiri Motu | ||
| hr | scr/hrv | hrv | Hrvatski | Croatian | ||
| ht | hat | hat | Kreyòl ayisyen | Haitian | ||
| hu | hun | hun | Magyar | Hungarian | ||
| hy | arm/hye | hye | Հայերեն | Armenian | ||
| hz | her | her | Otjiherero | Herero | ||
| ia | ina | ina | Interlingua | Interlingua | ||
| id | ind | ind | Bahasa Indonesia | Indonesian | ||
| ie | ile | ile | Interlingue | Interlingue | ||
| ig | ibo | ibo | Igbo | Igbo | ||
| ii | iii | iii | ꆇꉙ | Sichuan Yi | ||
| ik | ipk | ipk | Iñupiaq ; Iñupiatun | Inupiaq | ||
| io | ido | ido | Ido | Ido | ||
| is | ice/isl | isl | Íslenska | Icelandic | ||
| it | ita | ita | Italiano | Italian | ||
| iu | iku | iku | ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ | Inuktitut | ||
| ja | jpn | jpn | 日本語 (にほんご) | Japanese | ||
| jv | jav | jav | Basa Jawa | Javanese | ||
| ka | geo/kat | kat | ქართული | Georgian | ||
| kg | kon | kon | KiKongo | Kongo | ||
| ki | kik | kik | Gĩkũyũ | Kikuyu | ||
| kj | kua | kua | Kuanyama | Kwanyama | ||
| kk | kaz | kaz | Қазақ тілі | Kazakh | ||
| kl | kal | kal | Kalaallisut ; kalaallit oqaasii | Kalaallisut | ||
| km | khm | khm | ភាសាខ្មែរ | Khmer | ||
| kn | kan | kan | ಕನ್ನಡ | Kannada | ||
| ko | kor | kor | 한국어 (韓國語) ; 조선말 (朝鮮語) | Korean | ||
| kr | kau | kau | Kanuri | Kanuri | ||
| ks | kas | kas | कश्मीरी ; كشميري | Kashmiri | ||
| ku | kur | kur | Kurdî ; كوردی | Kurdish | ||
| kv | kom | kom | коми кыв | Komi | ||
| kw | cor | cor | Kernewek | Cornish | ||
| ky | kir | kir | кыргыз тили | Kirghiz | ||
| la | lat | lat | Latine ; lingua latina | Latin | ||
| lb | ltz | ltz | Lëtzebuergesch | Luxembourgish | ||
| lg | lug | lug | Luganda | Ganda | ||
| li | lim | lim | Limburgs | Limburgish | ||
| ln | lin | lin | Lingála | Lingala | ||
| lo | lao | lao | ພາສາລາວ | Lao | ||
| lt | lit | lit | Lietuvių kalba | Lithuanian | ||
| lu | lub | lub | cilubà | Luba-Katanga | ||
| lv | lav | lav | Latviešu valoda | Latvian | ||
| mg | mlg | mlg | Fiteny malagasy | Malagasy | ||
| mh | mah | mah | Kajin M̧ajeļ | Marshallese | ||
| mi | mao/mri | mri | Te reo Māori | Māori | ||
| mk | mac/mkd | mkd | македонски јазик | Macedonian | ||
| ml | mal | mal | മലയാളം | Malayalam | ||
| mn | mon | mon | Монгол | Mongolian | ||
| mo | mol | mol | лимба молдовеняскэ | Moldavian | ||
| mr | mar | mar | मराठी | Marathi | ||
| ms | may/msa | msa | Bahasa Melayu ; بهاس ملايو | Malay | ||
| mt | mlt | mlt | Malti | Maltese | ||
| my | bur/mya | mya | ဗမာစာ | Burmese | ||
| na | nau | nau | Ekakairũ Naoero | Nauru | ||
| nb | nob | nob | Norsk bokmål | Norwegian Bokmål | ||
| nd | nde | nde | isiNdebele | North Ndebele | ||
| ne | nep | nep | नेपाली | Nepali | ||
| ng | ndo | ndo | Owambo | Ndonga | ||
| nl | dut/nld | nld | Nederlands | Dutch | ||
| nn | nno | nno | Norsk nynorsk | Norwegian Nynorsk | ||
| no | nor | nor | Norsk | Norwegian | ||
| nr | nbl | nbl | Ndébélé | South Ndebele | ||
| nv | nav | nav | Diné bizaad ; Dinékʼehǰí | Navajo | ||
| ny | nya | nya | ChiCheŵa ; chinyanja | Chichewa | ||
| oc | oci | oci | Occitan | Occitan | ||
| oj | oji | oji | ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ | Ojibwa | ||
| om | orm | orm | Afaan Oromoo | Oromo | ||
| or | ori | ori | ଓଡ଼ିଆ | Oriya | ||
| os | oss | oss | Ирон æвзаг | Ossetian | ||
| pa | pan | pan | ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ; پنجابی | Panjabi | ||
| pi | pli | pli | पािऴ | Pāli | ||
| pl | pol | pol | Polski | Polish | ||
| ps | pus | pus | پښتو | Pashto | ||
| pt | por | por | Português | Portuguese | ||
| qu | que | que | Runa Simi ; Kichwa | Quechua | ||
| rm | roh | roh | Rumantsch grischun | Raeto-Romance | ||
| rn | run | run | kiRundi | Kirundi | ||
| ro | rum/ron | ron | Română | Romanian | ||
| ru | rus | rus | русский язык | Russian | ||
| rw | kin | kin | Kinyarwanda | Kinyarwanda | ||
| sa | san | san | संस्कृतम् | Sanskrit | ||
| sc | srd | srd | sardu | Sardinian | ||
| sd | snd | snd | सिन्धी ; سنڌي، سندھی | Sindhi | ||
| se | sme | sme | Davvisámegiella | Northern Sami | ||
| sg | sag | sag | Yângâ tî sängö | Sango | ||
| si | sin | sin | සිංහල | Sinhalese | ||
| sk | slo/slk | slk | Slovenčina | Slovak | ||
| sl | slv | slv | Slovenščina | Slovene | ||
| sm | smo | smo | Gagana fa’a Samoa | Samoan | ||
| sn | sna | sna | chiShona | Shona | ||
| so | som | som | Soomaaliga ; af Soomaali | Somali | ||
| sq | alb/sqi | sqi | Shqip | Albanian | ||
| sr | scc/srp | srp | српски језик | Serbian | ||
| ss | ssw | ssw | SiSwati | Swati | ||
| st | sot | sot | seSotho | Sotho | ||
| su | sun | sun | Basa Sunda | Sundanese | ||
| sv | swe | swe | Svenska | Swedish | ||
| sw | swa | swa | Kiswahili | Swahili | ||
| ta | tam | tam | தமிழ் | Tamil | ||
| te | tel | tel | తెలుగు | Telugu | ||
| tg | tgk | tgk | тоҷикӣ ; toğikī ; تاجیکی | Tajik | ||
| th | tha | tha | ไทย | Thai | ||
| ti | tir | tir | ትግርኛ | Tigrinya | ||
| tk | tuk | tuk | Türkmen ; Түркмен | Turkmen | ||
| tl | tgl | tgl | Tagalog | Tagalog | ||
| tn | tsn | tsn | seTswana | Tswana | ||
| to | ton | ton | faka Tonga | Tonga | ||
| tr | tur | tur | Türkçe | Turkish | ||
| ts | tso | tso | xiTsonga | Tsonga | ||
| tt | tat | tat | татарча ; tatarça ; تاتارچا | Tatar | ||
| tw | twi | twi | Twi | Twi | ||
| ty | tah | tah | Reo Mā`ohi | Tahitian | ||
| ug | uig | uig | Uyƣurqə ; ئۇيغۇرچ | Uighur | ||
| uk | ukr | ukr | українська мова | Ukrainian | ||
| ur | urd | urd | اردو | Urdu | ||
| uz | uzb | uzb | O’zbek ; Ўзбек ; أۇزبېك | Uzbek | ||
| ve | ven | ven | tshiVenḓa | Venda | ||
| vi | vie | vie | Tiếng Việt | Vietnamese | ||
| vo | vol | vol | Volapük | Volapük | ||
| wa | wln | wln | Walon | Walloon | ||
| wo | wol | wol | Wollof | Wolof | ||
| xh | xho | xho | isiXhosa | Xhosa | ||
| yi | yid | yid | ייִדיש | Yiddish | ||
| yo | yor | yor | Yorùbá | Yoruba | ||
| za | zha | zha | Saɯ cueŋƅ ; Saw cuengh | Zhuang | ||
| zh | chi/zho | zho | 中文, 汉语, 漢語 | Chinese | ||
| zu | zul | zul | isiZulu | Zulu |