ISO 639
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.
It was also the name of the original standard, approved in 1967 (as ''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
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 ea ...
) 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 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:
*
ancient languages (extinct since ancient times);
*
historical language
Historical languages (also known as historic languages) are languages that were spoken in a historical period, but that are distinct from their modern form; that is, they are forms of languages historically attested to from the past which have ev ...
s (distinct from their modern form);
*
extinct languages
An extinct language is a language that no longer has any speakers, especially if the language has no living descendants. In contrast, a dead language is one that is no longer the native language of any community, even if it is still in use, ...
in recent times;
*
constructed language
A constructed language (sometimes called a conlang) is a language whose phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, instead of having developed naturally, are consciously devised for some purpose, which may include being devised for a work of fiction. ...
s.
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";
*Synonyms for terminology applications (ISO 639-2/T) and for *bibliographic applications (ISO 639-2/B)
Notes
See also
*
Lists of ISO 639 codes
References
External links
ISO 639-2:1998 - ISO.orgISO 639-2 Registration Authority - Library of Congress
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