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Codes for the 
Representation of Names
of Languages

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Alpha-3 codes arranged alphabetically by English name of language

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Table of Contents
A-B -- Abkhazian to Burmese M-N -- Macedonian to Nzima 
C-D -- Caddo to Dzongkha O-P -- Occitan (post 1500) to Pushto 
E-F -- Efik to Fulah Q-R -- Quechua to Russian 
G-H -- Ga to Hupa S-T -- Salishan languages to Twi 
I-J -- Iban to Judeo-Persian U-Z -- Ugaritic to Zuni 
K-L -- Kabyle to Lushai 

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ISO 639-2/B is the bibliographic code and ISO 639-2/T is the terminology code. 
ISO 639-1 is the Alpha-2 code.

A-B
Language Name (English) Language Name (French) 639-2/B 639-2/T 639-1 
Abkhazian abkhaze abk abk ab 
Achinese aceh ace ace   
Acoli acoli ach ach   
Adangme adangme ada ada   
Afar afar aar aar aa 
Afrihili afrihili afh afh   
Afrikaans afrikaans afr afr af 
Afro-Asiatic (Other) afro-asiatiques, autres langues afa afa   
Akan akan aka aka   
Akkadian akkadien akk akk   
Albanian albanais alb sqi sq 
Aleut aléoute ale ale   
Algonquian languages algonquines, langues alg alg   
Altaic (Other) altaïques, autres langues tut tut   
Amharic amharique amh amh am 
Apache languages apache apa apa   
Arabic arabe ara ara ar 
Aramaic araméen arc arc   
Arapaho arapaho arp arp   
Araucanian araucan arn arn   
Arawak arawak arw arw   
Armenian arménien arm hye hy 
Artificial (Other) artificielles, autres langues art art   
Assamese assamais asm asm as 
Athapascan languages athapascanes, langues ath ath   
Australian languages australiennes, langues aus aus   
Austronesian (Other) malayo-polynésiennes, 
autres langues map map   
Avaric avar ava ava   
Avestan avestique ave ave ae 
Awadhi awadhi awa awa   
Aymara aymara aym aym ay 
Azerbaijani azéri aze aze az 
Balinese balinais ban ban   
Baltic (Other) baltiques, autres langues bat bat   
Baluchi baloutchi bal bal   
Bambara bambara bam bam   
Bamileke languages bamilékés, langues bai bai   
Banda banda bad bad   
Bantu (Other) bantoues, autres langues bnt bnt   
Basa basa bas bas   
Bashkir bachkir bak bak ba 
Basque basque baq eus eu 
Batak (Indonesia) batak (Indonésie) btk btk   
Beja bedja bej bej   
Belarusian biélorusse bel bel be 
Bemba bemba bem bem   
Bengali bengali ben ben bn 
Berber (Other) berbères, autres langues ber ber   
Bhojpuri bhojpuri bho bho   
Bihari bihari bih bih bh 
Bikol bikol bik bik   
Bini bini bin bin   
Bislama bichlamar bis bis bi 
Bosnian bosniaque bos bos bs 
Braj braj bra bra   
Breton breton bre bre br 
Buginese bugi bug bug   
Bulgarian bulgare bul bul bg 
Buriat bouriate bua bua   
Burmese birman bur mya my 

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C-D
Language Name (English) Language Name (French) 639-2/B 639-2/T 639-1 
Caddo caddo cad cad   
Carib caribe car car   
Catalan catalan cat cat ca 
Caucasian (Other) caucasiennes, autres langues cau cau   
Cebuano cebuano ceb ceb   
Celtic (Other) celtiques, autres langues cel cel   
Central American
Indian (Other) indiennes d'Amérique centrale, 
autres langues cai cai   
Chagatai djaghataï chg chg   
Chamic languages chames, langues cmc cmc   
Chamorro chamorro cha cha ch 
Chechen tchetchène che che ce 
Cherokee cherokee chr chr   
Cheyenne cheyenne chy chy   
Chibcha chibcha chb chb   
Chichewa; Nyanja chichewa; nyanja nya nya ny 
Chinese chinois chi zho zh 
Chinook jargon chinook, jargon chn chn   
Chipewyan chipewyan chp chp   
Choctaw choctaw cho cho   
Church Slavic slavon d'église chu chu cu 
Chuukese chuuk chk chk   
Chuvash tchouvache chv chv cv 
Coptic copte cop cop   
Cornish cornique cor cor kw 
Corsican corse cos cos co 
Cree cree cre cre   
Creek muskogee mus mus   
Creoles and pidgins (Other) créoles et pidgins divers crp crp   
Creoles and pidgins,
English-based (Other) créoles et pidgins anglais, autres cpe cpe   
Creoles and pidgins,
French-based (Other) créoles et pidgins français, autres cpf cpf   
Creoles and pidgins,
Portuguese-based (Other) créoles et pidgins portugais, autres cpp cpp   
Croatian croate scr hrv hr 
Cushitic (Other) couchitiques, autres langues cus cus   
Czech tchèque cze ces cs 
Dakota dakota dak dak   
Danish danois dan dan da 
Dayak dayak day day   
Delaware delaware del del   
Dinka dinka din din   
Divehi maldivien div div   
Dogri dogri doi doi   
Dogrib dogrib dgr dgr   
Dravidian (Other) dravidiennes, autres langues dra dra   
Duala douala dua dua   
Dutch néerlandais dut nld nl 
Dutch, Middle (ca. 1050-1350) néerlandais moyen (ca. 1050-1350) dum dum   
Dyula dioula dyu dyu   
Dzongkha dzongkha dzo dzo dz 

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E-F
Language Name (English) Language Name (French) 639-2/B 639-2/T 639-1 
Efik efik efi efi   
Egyptian (Ancient) égyptien egy egy   
Ekajuk ekajuk eka eka   
Elamite élamite elx elx   
English anglais eng eng en 
English, Middle (1100-1500) anglais moyen (1100-1500) enm enm   
English, Old (ca.450-1100) anglo-saxon (ca.450-1100) ang ang   
Esperanto espéranto epo epo eo 
Estonian estonien est est et 
Ewe éwé ewe ewe   
Ewondo éwondo ewo ewo   
Fang fang fan fan   
Fanti fanti fat fat   
Faroese féroïen fao fao fo 
Fijian fidjien fij fij fj 
Finnish finnois fin fin fi 
Finno-Ugrian (Other) finno-ougriennes, autres langues fiu fiu   
Fon fon fon fon   
French français fre fra fr 
French, Middle (ca.1400-1600) français moyen (1400-1600) frm frm   
French, Old (842-ca.1400) français ancien (842-ca.1400) fro fro   
Frisian frison fry fry fy 
Friulian frioulan fur fur   
Fulah peul ful ful   

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G-H
Language Name (English) Language Name (French) 639-2/B 639-2/T 639-1 
Ga ga gaa gaa   
Gaelic (Scots) gaélique d'Ecosse gla gla gd 
Gallegan galicien glg glg gl 
Ganda ganda lug lug   
Gayo gayo gay gay   
Gbaya gbaya gba gba   
Geez guèze gez gez   
Georgian géorgien geo kat ka 
German allemand ger deu de 
German, Low; Saxon, Low; Low German; Low Saxon allemand, bas; saxon, bas; bas allemand; bas saxon nds nds   
German, Middle High
(ca.1050-1500) allemand, moyen haut
(ca. 1050-1500) gmh gmh   
German, Old High 
(ca.750-1050) allemand, vieux haut
(ca. 750-1050) goh goh   
Germanic (Other) germaniques, autres langues gem gem   
Gilbertese kiribati gil gil   
Gondi gond gon gon   
Gorontalo gorontalo gor gor   
Gothic gothique got got   
Grebo grebo grb grb   
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) grec ancien (jusqu'à 1453) grc grc   
Greek, Modern (1453-) grec moderne (après 1453) gre ell el 
Guarani guarani grn grn gn 
Gujarati goudjrati guj guj gu 
Gwich´in gwich´in gwi gwi   
Haida haida hai hai   
Hausa haoussa hau hau ha 
Hawaiian hawaïen haw haw   
Hebrew hébreu heb heb he 
Herero herero her her hz 
Hiligaynon hiligaynon hil hil   
Himachali himachali him him   
Hindi hindi hin hin hi 
Hiri Motu hiri motu hmo hmo ho 
Hittite hittite hit hit   
Hmong hmong hmn hmn   
Hungarian hongrois hun hun hu 
Hupa hupa hup hup   

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I-J
Language Name (English) Language Name (French) 639-2/B 639-2/T 639-1 
Iban iban iba iba   
Icelandic islandais ice isl is 
Igbo igbo ibo ibo   
Ijo ijo ijo ijo   
Iloko ilocano ilo ilo   
Indic (Other) indo-aryennes, autres langues inc inc   
Indo-European (Other) indo-européennes, autres langues ine ine   
Indonesian indonésien ind ind id 
Interlingua (International 
Auxiliary Language Association) interlingua (langue auxiliaire internationale) ina ina ia 
Interlingue interlingue ile ile ie 
Inuktitut inuktitut iku iku iu 
Inupiaq inupiaq ipk ipk ik 
Iranian (Other) iraniennes, autres langues ira ira   
Irish irlandais gle gle ga 
Irish, Middle (900-1200) irlandais moyen (900-1200) mga mga   
Irish, Old (to 900) irlandais ancien (jusqu'à 900) sga sga   
Iroquoian languages iroquoises, langues (famille) iro iro   
Italian italien ita ita it 
Japanese japonais jpn jpn ja 
Javanese javanais jav jaw jw 
Judeo-Arabic judéo-arabe jrb jrb   
Judeo-Persian judéo-persan jpr jpr   

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K-L
Language Name (English) Language Name (French) 639-2/B 639-2/T 639-1 
Kabyle kabyle kab kab   
Kachin kachin kac kac   
Kalaallisut groenlandais kal kal kl 
Kamba kamba kam kam   
Kannada kannada kan kan kn 
Kanuri kanouri kau kau   
Kara-Kalpak karakalpak kaa kaa   
Karen karen kar kar   
Kashmiri kashmiri kas kas ks 
Kawi kawi kaw kaw   
Kazakh kazakh kaz kaz kk 
Khasi khasi kha kha   
Khmer khmer khm khm km 
Khoisan (Other) khoisan, autres langues khi khi   
Khotanese khotanais kho kho   
Kikuyu kikuyu kik kik ki 
Kimbundu kimbundu kmb kmb   
Kinyarwanda rwanda kin kin rw 
Kirghiz kirghize kir kir ky 
Komi komi kom kom kv 
Kongo kongo kon kon   
Konkani konkani kok kok   
Korean coréen kor kor ko 
Kosraean kosrae kos kos   
Kpelle kpellé kpe kpe   
Kru krou kro kro   
Kuanyama kuanyama kua kua kj 
Kumyk koumyk kum kum   
Kurdish kurde kur kur ku 
Kurukh kurukh kru kru   
Kutenai kutenai kut kut   
Ladino judéo-espagnol lad lad   
Lahnda lahnda lah lah   
Lamba lamba lam lam   
Lao lao lao lao lo 
Latin latin lat lat la 
Latvian letton lav lav lv 
Letzeburgesch luxembourgeois ltz ltz lb 
Lezghian lezghien lez lez   
Lingala lingala lin lin ln 
Lithuanian lituanien lit lit lt 
Low German; Low Saxon; German, Low; Saxon, Low bas allemand; bas saxon; allemand, bas; saxon, bas nds nds   
Low Saxon; Low German; Saxon, Low; German, Low bas saxon; bas allemand; saxon, bas; allemand, bas nds nds   
Lozi lozi loz loz   
Luba-Katanga luba-katanga lub lub   
Luba-Lulua luba-lulua lua lua   
Luiseno luiseno lui lui   
Lunda lunda lun lun   
Luo (Kenya and Tanzania) luo (Kenya et Tanzanie) luo luo   
Lushai lushai lus lus   

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M-N
Language Name (English) Language Name (French) 639-2/B 639-2/T 639-1 
Macedonian macédonien mac mkd mk 
Madurese madourais mad mad   
Magahi magahi mag mag   
Maithili maithili mai mai   
Makasar makassar mak mak   
Malagasy malgache mlg mlg mg 
Malay malais may msa ms 
Malayalam malayalam mal mal ml 
Maltese maltais mlt mlt mt 
Manchu mandchou mnc mnc   
Mandar mandar mdr mdr   
Mandingo mandingue man man   
Manipuri manipuri mni mni   
Manobo languages manobo, langues mno mno   
Manx manx glv glv gv 
Maori maori mao mri mi 
Marathi marathe mar mar mr 
Mari mari chm chm   
Marshall marshall mah mah mh 
Marwari marvari mwr mwr   
Masai massaï mas mas   
Mayan languages maya, langues myn myn   
Mende mendé men men   
Micmac micmac mic mic   
Minangkabau minangkabau min min   
Miscellaneous languages diverses, langues mis mis   
Mohawk mohawk moh moh   
Moldavian moldave mol mol mo 
Mon-Khmer (Other) môn-khmer, autres langues mkh mkh   
Mongo mongo lol lol   
Mongolian mongol mon mon mn 
Mossi moré mos mos   
Multiple languages multilingue mul mul   
Munda languages mounda, langues mun mun   
Nahuatl nahuatl nah nah   
Nauru nauruan nau nau na 
Navajo navaho nav nav nv 
Ndebele, North ndébélé du Nord nde nde nd 
Ndebele, South ndébélé du Sud nbl nbl nr 
Ndonga ndonga ndo ndo ng 
Nepali népalais nep nep ne 
Newari newari new new   
Nias nias nia nia   
Niger-Kordofanian (Other) nigéro-congolaises, autres langues nic nic   
Nilo-Saharan (Other) nilo-sahariennes, autres langues ssa ssa   
Niuean niué niu niu   
Norse, Old norrois, vieux non non   
North American Indian 
(Other) indiennes d'Amérique du Nord, autres langues nai nai   
Northern Sami sami du Nord sme sme se 
Norwegian norvégien nor nor no 
Norwegian Bokmål norvégien bokmål nob nob nb 
Norwegian Nynorsk norvégien nynorsk nno nno nn 
Nubian languages nubiennes, langues nub nub   
Nyamwezi nyamwezi nym nym   
Nyanja; Chichewa nyanja; chichewa nya nya ny 
Nyankole nyankolé nyn nyn   
Nyoro nyoro nyo nyo   
Nzima nzema nzi nzi   

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O-P
Language Name (English) Language Name (French) 639-2/B 639-2/T 639-1 
Occitan (post 1500); Provençal occitan (après 1500); provençal oci oci oc 
Ojibwa ojibwa oji oji   
Oriya oriya ori ori or 
Oromo galla orm orm om 
Osage osage osa osa   
Ossetian; Ossetic ossète oss oss os 
Ossetic; Ossetian ossète oss oss os 
Otomian languages otomangue, langues oto oto   
Pahlavi pahlavi pal pal   
Palauan palau pau pau   
Pali pali pli pli pi 
Pampanga pampangan pam pam   
Pangasinan pangasinan pag pag   
Panjabi pendjabi pan pan pa 
Papiamento papiamento pap pap   
Papuan (Other) papoues, autres langues paa paa   
Persian persan per fas fa 
Persian, Old 
(ca.600-400 B.C.) perse, vieux 
(ca. 600-400 av. J.-C.) peo peo   
Philippine (Other) philippines, autres langues phi phi   
Phoenician phénicien phn phn   
Pohnpeian pohnpei pon pon   
Polish polonais pol pol pl 
Portuguese portugais por por pt 
Prakrit languages prâkrit pra pra   
Provençal; Occitan (post 1500)  provençal; occitan (après 1500)  oci oci oc 
Provençal, Old (to 1500) provençal ancien (jusqu'à 1500) pro pro   
Pushto pachto pus pus ps 

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Q-R
Language Name (English) Language Name (French) 639-2/B 639-2/T 639-1 
Quechua quechua que que qu 
Raeto-Romance rhéto-roman roh roh rm 
Rajasthani rajasthani raj raj   
Rapanui rapanui rap rap   
Rarotongan rarotonga rar rar   
Reserved for local use réservée à l'usage local qaa-qtz qaa-qtz   
Romance (Other) romanes, autres langues roa roa   
Romanian roumain rum ron ro 
Romany tsigane rom rom   
Rundi rundi run run rn 
Russian russe rus rus ru 

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S-T
Language Name (English) Language Name (French) 639-2/B 639-2/T 639-1 
Salishan languages salish, langues sal sal   
Samaritan Aramaic samaritain sam sam   
Sami languages (Other) sami, autres langues smi smi   
Samoan samoan smo smo sm 
Sandawe sandawe sad sad   
Sango sango sag sag sg 
Sanskrit sanskrit san san sa 
Santali santal sat sat   
Sardinian sarde srd srd sc 
Sasak sasak sas sas   
Saxon, Low; German, Low; Low Saxon; Low German  saxon, bas; allemand, bas; bas saxon; bas allemand nds nds   
Scots écossais sco sco   
Selkup selkoupe sel sel   
Semitic (Other) sémitiques, autres langues sem sem   
Serbian serbe scc srp sr 
Serer sérère srr srr   
Shan chan shn shn   
Shona shona sna sna sn 
Sidamo sidamo sid sid   
Sign languages langues des signes sgn sgn   
Siksika blackfoot bla bla   
Sindhi sindhi snd snd sd 
Sinhalese singhalais sin sin si 
Sino-Tibetan (Other) sino-tibétaines, autres langues sit sit   
Siouan languages sioux, langues sio sio   
Slave (Athapascan) esclave (athapascan) den den   
Slavic (Other) slaves, autres langues sla sla   
Slovak slovaque slo slk sk 
Slovenian slovène slv slv sl 
Sogdian sogdien sog sog   
Somali somali som som so 
Songhai songhai son son   
Soninke soninké snk snk   
Sorbian languages sorabes, langues wen wen   
Sotho, Northern sotho du Nord nso nso   
Sotho, Southern sotho du Sud sot sot st 
South American 
Indian (Other) indiennes d'Amérique du Sud, autres langues sai sai   
Spanish espagnol spa spa es 
Sukuma sukuma suk suk   
Sumerian sumérien sux sux   
Sundanese soundanais sun sun su 
Susu soussou sus sus   
Swahili swahili swa swa sw 
Swati swati ssw ssw ss 
Swedish suédois swe swe sv 
Syriac syriaque syr syr   
Tagalog tagalog tgl tgl tl 
Tahitian tahitien tah tah ty 
Tai (Other) thaïes, autres langues tai tai   
Tajik tadjik tgk tgk tg 
Tamashek tamacheq tmh tmh   
Tamil tamoul tam tam ta 
Tatar tatar tat tat tt 
Telugu télougou tel tel te 
Tereno tereno ter ter   
Tetum tetum tet tet   
Thai thaï tha tha th 
Tibetan tibétain tib bod bo 
Tigre tigré tig tig   
Tigrinya tigrigna tir tir ti 
Timne temne tem tem   
Tiv tiv tiv tiv   
Tlingit tlingit tli tli   
Tok Pisin tok pisin tpi tpi   
Tokelau tokelau tkl tkl   
Tonga (Nyasa) tonga (Nyasa) tog tog   
Tonga (Tonga Islands) tongan (Îles Tonga) ton ton to 
Tsimshian tsimshian tsi tsi   
Tsonga tsonga tso tso ts 
Tswana tswana tsn tsn tn 
Tumbuka tumbuka tum tum   
Turkish turc tur tur tr 
Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) turc ottoman (1500-1928) ota ota   
Turkmen turkmène tuk tuk tk 
Tuvalu tuvalu tvl tvl   
Tuvinian touva tyv tyv   
Twi twi twi twi tw 

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U-Z
Language Name (English) Language Name (French) 639-2/B 639-2/T 639-1 
Ugaritic ougaritique uga uga   
Uighur ouïgour uig uig ug 
Ukrainian ukrainien ukr ukr uk 
Umbundu umbundu umb umb   
Undetermined indéterminée und und   
Urdu ourdou urd urd ur 
Uzbek ouszbek uzb uzb uz 
Vai vaï vai vai   
Venda venda ven ven   
Vietnamese vietnamien vie vie vi 
Volapük volapük vol vol vo 
Votic vote vot vot   
Wakashan languages wakashennes, langues wak wak   
Walamo walamo wal wal   
Waray waray war war   
Washo washo was was   
Welsh gallois wel cym cy 
Wolof wolof wol wol wo 
Xhosa xhosa xho xho xh 
Yakut iakoute sah sah   
Yao yao yao yao   
Yapese yapois yap yap   
Yiddish yiddish yid yid yi 
Yoruba yoruba yor yor yo 
Yupik languages yupik, langues ypk ypk   
Zande zandé znd znd   
Zapotec zapotèque zap zap   
Zenaga zenaga zen zen   
Zhuang zhuang zha zha za 
Zulu zoulou zul zul zu 
Zuni zuni zun zun   

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