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ISO 639 is a standardized nomenclature used to classify all known languages. Each language is assigned a 2-letter (639-1) and 3-letter (639-2 and 639-3), lowercase abbreviation, amended in later versions of the nomenclature. The system is highly useful for linguists and ethnographers to categorize the languages spoken on a regional basis, and to compute analysis in the field of lexicostatistics. ISO 639 has five code lists.
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SNo,Language family,Language name,Native name,639-1,639-2/T,639-2/B,639-3,639-6,Notes1,Northwest Caucasian,Abkhaz,"????? ??????, ??????",ab,abk,abk,abk,abks,2,Afro-Asiatic,Afar,Afaraf,aa,aar,aar,aar,aars,3,Indo-European,Afrikaans,Afrikaans,af,afr,afr,afr,afrs,4,NigerCongo,Akan,Akan,ak,aka,aka,aka + 2,,"macrolanguage, Twi is [tw/twi], Fanti is [fat]"5,Indo-European,Albanian,gjuha shqipe,sq,sqi,alb,sqi + 4,,"macrolanguage, ""Albanian Phylozone"" in 639-6"6,Afro-Asiatic,Amharic,????,am,amh,amh,amh,,7,Afro-Asiatic,Arabic,???????,ar,ara,ara,ara + 30,,"macrolanguage, Standard Arabic is [arb]"8,Indo-European,Aragonese,aragons,an,arg,arg,arg,,9,Indo-European,Armenian,???????,hy,hye,arm,hye,,10,Indo-European,Assamese,???????,as,asm,asm,asm,,11,Northeast Caucasian,Avaric,"???? ????, ???????? ????",av,ava,ava,ava,,12,Indo-European,Avestan,avesta,ae,ave,ave,ave,,ancient13,Aymaran,Aymara,aymar aru,ay,aym,aym,aym + 2,,macrolanguage14,Turkic,Azerbaijani,az?rbaycan dili,az,aze,aze,aze + 2,,macrolanguage15,NigerCongo,Bambara,bamanankan,bm,bam,bam,bam,,16,Turkic,Bashkir,??????? ????,ba,bak,bak,bak,,17,Language isolate,Basque,"euskara, euskera",eu,eus,baq,eus,,18,Indo-European,Belarusian,?????????? ????,be,bel,bel,bel,,19,Indo-European,Bengali; Bangla,?????,bn,ben,ben,ben,,20,Indo-European,Bihari,???????,bh,bih,bih,,,"Collective language code for Bhojpuri, Magahi, and Maithili"21,Creole,Bislama,Bislama,bi,bis,bis,bis,,22,Indo-European,Bosnian,bosanski jezik,bs,bos,bos,bos,boss,23,Indo-European,Breton,brezhoneg,br,bre,bre,bre,,24,Indo-European,Bulgarian,????????? ????,bg,bul,bul,bul,buls,25,Sino-Tibetan,Burmese,?????,my,mya,bur,mya,,26,Indo-European,Catalan; Valencian,"catal, valenci",ca,cat,cat,cat,,27,Austronesian,Chamorro,Chamoru,ch,cha,cha,cha,,28,Northeast Caucasian,Chechen,??????? ????,ce,che,che,che,,29,NigerCongo,Chichewa; Chewa; Nyanja,"chiChe?a, chinyanja",ny,nya,nya,nya,,30,Sino-Tibetan,Chinese,"?? (Zh?ngwn), ??, ??",zh,zho,chi,zho + 13,,macrolanguage31,Turkic,Chuvash,????? ?????,cv,chv,chv,chv,,32,Indo-European,Cornish,Kernewek,kw,cor,cor,cor,,33,Indo-European,Corsican,"corsu, lingua corsa",co,cos,cos,cos,,34,Algonquian,Cree,???????,cr,cre,cre,cre + 6,,macrolanguage35,Indo-European,Croatian,hrvatski jezik,hr,hrv,hrv,hrv,,36,Indo-European,Czech,"?etina, ?esk jazyk",cs,ces,cze,ces,,37,Indo-European,Danish,dansk,da,dan,dan,dan,,38,Indo-European,Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian;,??????,dv,div,div,div,,39,Indo-European,Dutch,"Nederlands, Vlaams",nl,nld,dut,nld,,40,Sino-Tibetan,Dzongkha,??????,dz,dzo,dzo,dzo,,41,Indo-European,English,English,en,eng,eng,eng,engs,42,Constructed,Esperanto,Esperanto,eo,epo,epo,epo,,"constructed, initiated from L.L. Zamenhof, 1887"43,Uralic,Estonian,"eesti, eesti keel",et,est,est,est + 2,,macrolanguage44,NigerCongo,Ewe,E?egbe,ee,ewe,ewe,ewe,,45,Indo-European,Faroese,froyskt,fo,fao,fao,fao,,46,Austronesian,Fijian,vosa Vakaviti,fj,fij,fij,fij,,47,Uralic,Finnish,"suomi, suomen kieli",fi,fin,fin,fin,,48,Indo-European,French,"franais, langue franaise",fr,fra,fre,fra,fras,49,NigerCongo,Fula; Fulah; Pulaar; Pular,"Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular",ff,ful,ful,ful + 9,,macrolanguage50,Indo-European,Galician,galego,gl,glg,glg,glg,,51,South Caucasian,Georgian,???????,ka,kat,geo,kat,,52,Indo-European,German,Deutsch,de,deu,ger,deu,deus,53,Indo-European,"Greek, Modern",????????,el,ell,gre,ell,ells,54,Tupian,Guaran,Avae'?,gn,grn,grn,grn + 5,,macrolanguage55,Indo-European,Gujarati,???????,gu,guj,guj,guj,,56,Creole,Haitian; Haitian Creole,Kreyl ayisyen,ht,hat,hat,hat,,57,Afro-Asiatic,Hausa,"Hausa, ??????",ha,hau,hau,hau,,58,Afro-Asiatic,Hebrew (modern),?????,he,heb,heb,heb,,59,NigerCongo,Herero,Otjiherero,hz,her,her,her,,60,Indo-European,Hindi,"??????, ?????",hi,hin,hin,hin,hins,61,Austronesian,Hiri Motu,Hiri Motu,ho,hmo,hmo,hmo,,62,Uralic,Hungarian,magyar,hu,hun,hun,hun,,63,Constructed,Interlingua,Interlingua,ia,ina,ina,ina,,constructed by International Auxiliary Language Association64,Austronesian,Indonesian,Bahasa Indonesia,id,ind,ind,ind,,Covered by macrolanguage [ms/msa]65,Constructed,Interlingue,Originally called Occidental; then Interlingue after WWII,ie,ile,ile,ile,,"constructed by Edgar de Wahl, first published in 1922"66,Indo-European,Irish,Gaeilge,ga,gle,gle,gle,,67,NigerCongo,Igbo,As?s? Igbo,ig,ibo,ibo,ibo,,68,EskimoAleut,Inupiaq,"Iupiaq, Iupiatun",ik,ipk,ipk,ipk + 2,,macrolanguage69,Constructed,Ido,Ido,io,ido,ido,ido,idos,"constructed by De Beaufront, 1907, as variation of Esperanto"70,Indo-European,Icelandic,slenska,is,isl,ice,isl,,71,Indo-European,Italian,italiano,it,ita,ita,ita,itas,72,EskimoAleut,Inuktitut,??????,iu,iku,iku,iku + 2,,macrolanguage73,Japonic,Japanese,??? (????),ja,jpn,jpn,jpn,,74,Austronesian,Javanese,basa Jawa,jv,jav,jav,jav,,75,EskimoAleut,"Kalaallisut, Greenlandic","kalaallisut, kalaallit oqaasii",kl,kal,kal,kal,,76,Dravidian,Kannada,?????,kn,kan,kan,kan,,77,Nilo-Saharan,Kanuri,Kanuri,kr,kau,kau,kau + 3,,macrolanguage78,Indo-European,Kashmiri,"???????, ???????",ks,kas,kas,kas,,79,Turkic,Kazakh,????? ????,kk,kaz,kaz,kaz,,80,Austroasiatic,Khmer,"?????, ????????, ?????????",km,khm,khm,khm,,a.k.a. Cambodian81,NigerCongo,"Kikuyu, Gikuyu",G?k?y?,ki,kik,kik,kik,,82,NigerCongo,Kinyarwanda,Ikinyarwanda,rw,kin,kin,kin,,83,Turkic,Kyrgyz,"????????, ?????? ????",ky,kir,kir,kir,,84,Uralic,Komi,???? ???,kv,kom,kom,kom + 2,,macrolanguage85,NigerCongo,Kongo,KiKongo,kg,kon,kon,kon + 3,,macrolanguage86,Language isolate,Korean,"??? (???), ??? (???)",ko,kor,kor,kor,,87,Indo-European,Kurdish,"Kurd, ??????",ku,kur,kur,kur + 3,,macrolanguage88,NigerCongo,"Kwanyama, Kuanyama",Kuanyama,kj,kua,kua,kua,,89,Indo-European,Latin,"latine, lingua latina",la,lat,lat,lat,lats,ancient90,Indo-European,"Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch",Ltzebuergesch,lb,ltz,ltz,ltz,,91,NigerCongo,Ganda,Luganda,lg,lug,lug,lug,,92,Indo-European,"Limburgish, Limburgan, Limburger",Limburgs,li,lim,lim,lim,,93,NigerCongo,Lingala,Lingla,ln,lin,lin,lin,,94,TaiKadai,Lao,???????,lo,lao,lao,lao,,95,Indo-European,Lithuanian,lietuvi? kalba,lt,lit,lit,lit,,96,NigerCongo,Luba-Katanga,Tshiluba,lu,lub,lub,lub,,97,Indo-European,Latvian,latvieu valoda,lv,lav,lav,lav + 2,,macrolanguage98,Indo-European,Manx,"Gaelg, Gailck",gv,glv,glv,glv,,99,Indo-European,Macedonian,?????????? ?????,mk,mkd,mac,mkd,,100,Austronesian,Malagasy,fiteny malagasy,mg,mlg,mlg,mlg + 10,,macrolanguage101,Austronesian,Malay,"bahasa Melayu, ???? ??????",ms,msa,may,msa + 13,,"macrolanguage, Standard Malay is [zsm], Indonesian is [id/ind]"102,Dravidian,Malayalam,??????,ml,mal,mal,mal,,103,Afro-Asiatic,Maltese,Malti,mt,mlt,mlt,mlt,,104,Austronesian,M?ori,te reo M?ori,mi,mri,mao,mri,,105,Indo-European,Marathi (Mar??h?),?????,mr,mar,mar,mar,,106,Austronesian,Marshallese,Kajin M?aje?,mh,mah,mah,mah,,107,Mongolic,Mongolian,??????,mn,mon,mon,mon + 2,,macrolanguage108,Austronesian,Nauru,Ekakair? Naoero,na,nau,nau,nau,,109,DenYeniseian,"Navajo, Navaho","Din bizaad, Dink?eh?",nv,nav,nav,nav,,110,Indo-European,Norwegian Bokml,Norsk bokml,nb,nob,nob,nob,,Covered by macrolanguage [no/nor]111,NigerCongo,North Ndebele,isiNdebele,nd,nde,nde,nde,,112,Indo-European,Nepali,??????,ne,nep,nep,nep,,113,NigerCongo,Ndonga,Owambo,ng,ndo,ndo,ndo,,114,Indo-European,Norwegian Nynorsk,Norsk nynorsk,nn,nno,nno,nno,,Covered by macrolanguage [no/nor]115,Indo-European,Norwegian,Norsk,no,nor,nor,nor + 2,,"macrolanguage, Bokml is [nb/nob], Nynorsk is [nn/nno]"116,Sino-Tibetan,Nuosu,??? Nuosuhxop,ii,iii,iii,iii,,Standard form of Yi languages117,NigerCongo,South Ndebele,isiNdebele,nr,nbl,nbl,nbl,,118,Indo-European,Occitan,"occitan, lenga d'c",oc,oci,oci,oci,,119,Algonquian,"Ojibwe, Ojibwa",????????,oj,oji,oji,oji + 7,,macrolanguage120,Indo-European,"Old Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian",????? ??????????,cu,chu,chu,chu,,"ancient, in use by Orthodox Church"121,Afro-Asiatic,Oromo,Afaan Oromoo,om,orm,orm,orm + 4,,macrolanguage122,Indo-European,Oriya,?????,or,ori,ori,ori,,123,Indo-European,"Ossetian, Ossetic",???? ????,os,oss,oss,oss,,124,Indo-European,"Panjabi, Punjabi","??????, ???????",pa,pan,pan,pan,,125,Indo-European,P?li,????,pi,pli,pli,pli,,ancient126,Indo-European,Persian (Farsi),?????,fa,fas,per,fas + 2,,macrolanguage127,Indo-European,Polish,"j?zyk polski, polszczyzna",pl,pol,pol,pol,pols,128,Indo-European,"Pashto, Pushto",????,ps,pus,pus,pus + 3,,macrolanguage129,Indo-European,Portuguese,portugus,pt,por,por,por,,130,Quechuan,Quechua,"Runa Simi, Kichwa",qu,que,que,que + 44,,macrolanguage131,Indo-European,Romansh,rumantsch grischun,rm,roh,roh,roh,,132,NigerCongo,Kirundi,Ikirundi,rn,run,run,run,,133,Indo-European,Romanian,limba romn?,ro,ron,rum,ron,,"[mo] for Moldavian has been withdrawn, recommending [ro] also for Moldavian"134,Indo-European,Russian,??????? ????,ru,rus,rus,rus,,135,Indo-European,Sanskrit (Sa?sk?ta),?????????,sa,san,san,san,,"ancient, still spoken"136,Indo-European,Sardinian,sardu,sc,srd,srd,srd + 4,,macrolanguage137,Indo-European,Sindhi,"??????, ????? ??????",sd,snd,snd,snd,,138,Uralic,Northern Sami,Davvismegiella,se,sme,sme,sme,,139,Austronesian,Samoan,gagana fa'a Samoa,sm,smo,smo,smo,,140,Creole,Sango,yng t sng,sg,sag,sag,sag,,141,Indo-European,Serbian,?????? ?????,sr,srp,srp,srp,,The ISO 639-2/T code srp deprecated the ISO 639-2/B code scc142,Indo-European,Scottish Gaelic; Gaelic,Gidhlig,gd,gla,gla,gla,,143,NigerCongo,Shona,chiShona,sn,sna,sna,sna,,144,Indo-European,"Sinhala, Sinhalese",?????,si,sin,sin,sin,,145,Indo-European,Slovak,"sloven?ina, slovensk jazyk",sk,slk,slo,slk,,146,Indo-European,Slovene,"slovenski jezik, sloven?ina",sl,slv,slv,slv,,147,Afro-Asiatic,Somali,"Soomaaliga, af Soomaali",so,som,som,som,,148,NigerCongo,Southern Sotho,Sesotho,st,sot,sot,sot,,149,Turkic,South Azerbaijani,???????,az,azb,azb,azb,,150,Indo-European,Spanish; Castilian,"espaol, castellano",es,spa,spa,spa,,151,Austronesian,Sundanese,Basa Sunda,su,sun,sun,sun,,152,NigerCongo,Swahili,Kiswahili,sw,swa,swa,swa + 2,,macrolanguage153,NigerCongo,Swati,SiSwati,ss,ssw,ssw,ssw,,154,Indo-European,Swedish,Svenska,sv,swe,swe,swe,,155,Dravidian,Tamil,?????,ta,tam,tam,tam,,156,Dravidian,Telugu,??????,te,tel,tel,tel,,157,Indo-European,Tajik,"??????, to?ik?, ???????",tg,tgk,tgk,tgk,,158,TaiKadai,Thai,???,th,tha,tha,tha,,159,Afro-Asiatic,Tigrinya,????,ti,tir,tir,tir,,160,Sino-Tibetan,"Tibetan Standard, Tibetan, Central",???????,bo,bod,tib,bod,,161,Turkic,Turkmen,"Trkmen, ???????",tk,tuk,tuk,tuk,,162,Austronesian,Tagalog,"Wikang Tagalog, ????? ??????",tl,tgl,tgl,tgl,,Note: Filipino (Pilipino) has the code [fil]163,NigerCongo,Tswana,Setswana,tn,tsn,tsn,tsn,,164,Austronesian,Tonga (Tonga Islands),faka Tonga,to,ton,ton,ton,,165,Turkic,Turkish,Trke,tr,tur,tur,tur,,166,NigerCongo,Tsonga,Xitsonga,ts,tso,tso,tso,,167,Turkic,Tatar,"????? ????, tatar tele",tt,tat,tat,tat,,168,NigerCongo,Twi,Twi,tw,twi,twi,twi,,Covered by macrolanguage [ak/aka]169,Austronesian,Tahitian,Reo Tahiti,ty,tah,tah,tah,,One of the Reo M?`ohi (languages of French Polynesia)170,Turkic,"Uyghur, Uighur","Uy?urq?, ?????????",ug,uig,uig,uig,,171,Indo-European,Ukrainian,?????????? ????,uk,ukr,ukr,ukr,,172,Indo-European,Urdu,????,ur,urd,urd,urd,,173,Turkic,Uzbek,"Ozbek, ?????, ???????",uz,uzb,uzb,uzb + 2,,macrolanguage174,NigerCongo,Venda,Tshiven?a,ve,ven,ven,ven,,175,Austroasiatic,Vietnamese,Ti?ng Vi?t,vi,vie,vie,vie,,176,Constructed,Volapk,Volapk,vo,vol,vol,vol,,constructed177,Indo-European,Walloon,walon,wa,wln,wln,wln,,178,Indo-European,Welsh,Cymraeg,cy,cym,wel,cym,,179,NigerCongo,Wolof,Wollof,wo,wol,wol,wol,,180,Indo-European,Western Frisian,Frysk,fy,fry,fry,fry,,181,NigerCongo,Xhosa,isiXhosa,xh,xho,xho,xho,,182,Indo-European,Yiddish,??????,yi,yid,yid,yid + 2,,macrolanguage183,NigerCongo,Yoruba,Yorb,yo,yor,yor,yor,,184,TaiKadai,"Zhuang, Chuang","Sa? cue??, Saw cuengh",za,zha,zha,zha + 16,,macrolanguage185,NigerCongo,Zulu,isiZulu,zu,zul,zul,zul,,,,,,,,,,,For other more formats kindly visit www.downloadexcelfiles.com,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Original source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes,,,,,,,,,