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List of ISO 639-2 codes

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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,[1] including the corresponding two-letter (ISO 639-1) codes where they exist.

Codes

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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:

The Type column distinguishes:

for individual languages, and

  • Genetic;
  • Genetic-like;
  • Geographic (for regional language groups).

for collectives. The differences between genetic and genetic-like are vague, but usually the former comprises more individual languages than the latter, while the latter comprises more language families than the former.

The standard includes some codes for special situations:[1]

  • 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)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ SIL International treats ISO 639-2 code him (Himachali languages / Western Pahari languages) as an ISO 639-5 code,[4][5] although it does not appear in the official list of ISO 639-5 codes[3] maintained by the Library of Congress (the registration authority for ISO 639-5).
  2. ^ The term "Macedo-Romanian" might also be used for the Megleno-Romanians and their language.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Codes arranged alphabetically by alpha-3/ISO 639-2 Code". ISO 639-2 Registration Authority - Library of Congress.
  2. ^ "ISO 639 Code Tables". SIL International.
  3. ^ a b "ISO 639-5 codes ordered by Identifier". ISO 639-5 Registration Authority - Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  4. ^ "ISO 639 identifier: him". SIL International. Retrieved 2019-01-11. Code set: 639-2 and 639-5
  5. ^ "Issues to Resolve in ISO 639" (PDF). SIL International. 2004-08-14.
  6. ^ Țîrcomnicu, Emil (2009). "Some topics of the traditional wedding customs of the Macedo–Romanians (Aromanians and Megleno–Romanians)". Romanian Journal of Population Studies. 3 (3): 141–152.
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