ISO 639-2 facts for kids
ISO 639 is a set of international standards that lists short codes for language names. First there was ISO 639-1. To list more languages, ISO 639-2 was made. Later versions include ISO 639-3 and ISO 639-5.
Each language has a 3 letter code. The list below shows all the codes in ISO 639-2.
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The following is a complete list of three-letter ISO 639-2 codes. 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 Notes column show:
- ancient languages (extinct since ancient times);
- collections of languages;
- constructed languages;
- languages extinct in recent times;
- historical languages (distinct from their modern form);
- macrolanguages.
| ISO 639-2/5 | ISO 639-3 | ISO 639-1 | Language name | Scope | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aar | aar | aa | Afar | Individual | Living |
| aav | Austro-Asiatic languages | Collective | |||
| abk | abk | ab | Abkhazian | Individual | Living |
| ace | ace | Achinese | Individual | Living | |
| ach | ach | Acoli | Individual | Living | |
| ada | ada | Adangme | Individual | Living | |
| ady | ady | Adyghe | Individual | Living | |
| afa | Afro-Asiatic languages | Collective | |||
| afh | afh | Afrihili | Individual | Constructed | |
| afr | afr | af | Afrikaans | Individual | Living |
| ain | ain | Ainu (Japan) | Individual | Living | |
| aka | aka | ak | Akan | Macrolanguage | Living |
| akk | akk | Akkadian | Individual | Ancient | |
| alb* / sqi | sqi | sq | Albanian | Macrolanguage | Living |
| ale | ale | Aleut | Individual | Living | |
| alg | Algonquian languages | Collective | |||
| alt | alt | Southern Altai | Individual | Living | |
| alv | Atlantic-Congo languages | Collective | |||
| amh | amh | am | Amharic | Individual | Living |
| ang | ang | Old English (ca. 450-1100) | Individual | Historical | |
| anp | anp | Angika | Individual | Living | |
| apa | Apache languages | Collective | |||
| aqa | Alacalufan languages | Collective | |||
| aql | Algic languages | Collective | |||
| ara | ara | ar | Arabic | Macrolanguage | Living |
| arc | arc | Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE) | Individual | Ancient | |
| arg | arg | an | Aragonese | Individual | Living |
| arm* / hye | hye | hy | Armenian | Individual | Living |
| arn | arn | Mapudungun | Individual | Living | |
| arp | arp | Arapaho | Individual | Living | |
| art | Artificial languages | Collective | |||
| arw | arw | Arawak | Individual | Living | |
| asm | asm | as | Assamese | Individual | Living |
| ast | ast | Asturian | Individual | Living | |
| ath | Athapascan languages | Collective | |||
| auf | Arauan languages | Collective | |||
| aus | Australian languages | Collective | |||
| ava | ava | av | Avaric | Individual | Living |
| ave | ave | ae | Avestan | Individual | Ancient |
| awa | awa | Awadhi | Individual | Living | |
| awd | Arawakan languages | Collective | |||
| aym | aym | ay | Aymara | Macrolanguage | Living |
| azc | Uto-Aztecan languages | Collective | |||
| aze | aze | az | Azerbaijani | Macrolanguage | Living |
| bad | Banda languages | Collective | |||
| bai | Bamileke languages | Collective | |||
| bak | bak | ba | Bashkir | Individual | Living |
| bal | bal | Baluchi | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| bam | bam | bm | Bambara | Individual | Living |
| ban | ban | Balinese | Individual | Living | |
| baq* / eus | eus | eu | Basque | Individual | Living |
| bas | bas | Basa (Cameroon) | Individual | Living | |
| bat | Baltic languages | Collective | |||
| bej | bej | Beja | Individual | Living | |
| bel | bel | be | Belarusian | Individual | Living |
| bem | bem | Bemba (Zambia) | Individual | Living | |
| ben | ben | bn | Bengali | Individual | Living |
| ber | Berber languages | Collective | |||
| bho | bho | Bhojpuri | Individual | Living | |
| bih | bh | Bihari languages | Collective | ||
| bik | bik | Bikol | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| bin | bin | Bini | Individual | Living | |
| bis | bis | bi | Bislama | Individual | Living |
| bla | bla | Siksika | Individual | Living | |
| bnt | Bantu languages | Collective | |||
| bod / tib* | bod | bo | Tibetan | Individual | Living |
| bos | bos | bs | Bosnian | Individual | Living |
| bra | bra | Braj | Individual | Living | |
| bre | bre | br | Breton | Individual | Living |
| btk | Batak languages | Collective | |||
| bua | bua | Buriat | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| bug | bug | Buginese | Individual | Living | |
| bul | bul | bg | Bulgarian | Individual | Living |
| bur* / mya | mya | my | Burmese | Individual | Living |
| byn | byn | Bilin | Individual | Living | |
| cad | cad | Caddo | Individual | Living | |
| cai | Central American Indian languages | Collective | |||
| car | car | Galibi Carib | Individual | Living | |
| cat | cat | ca | Catalan | Individual | Living |
| cau | Caucasian languages | Collective | |||
| cba | Chibchan languages | Collective | |||
| ccn | North Caucasian languages | Collective | |||
| ccs | South Caucasian languages | Collective | |||
| cdc | Chadic languages | Collective | |||
| cdd | Caddoan languages | Collective | |||
| ceb | ceb | Cebuano | Individual | Living | |
| cel | Celtic languages | Collective | |||
| ces / cze* | ces | cs | Czech | Individual | Living |
| cha | cha | ch | Chamorro | Individual | Living |
| chb | chb | Chibcha | Individual | Extinct | |
| che | che | ce | Chechen | Individual | Living |
| chg | chg | Chagatai | Individual | Extinct | |
| chi* / zho | zho | zh | Chinese | Macrolanguage | Living |
| chk | chk | Chuukese | Individual | Living | |
| chm | chm | Mari (Russia) | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| chn | chn | Chinook jargon | Individual | Living | |
| cho | cho | Choctaw | Individual | Living | |
| chp | chp | Chipewyan | Individual | Living | |
| chr | chr | Cherokee | Individual | Living | |
| chu | chu | cu | Church Slavic | Individual | Ancient |
| chv | chv | cv | Chuvash | Individual | Living |
| chy | chy | Cheyenne | Individual | Living | |
| cmc | Chamic languages | Collective | |||
| cop | cop | Coptic | Individual | Extinct | |
| cor | cor | kw | Cornish | Individual | Living |
| cos | cos | co | Corsican | Individual | Living |
| cpe | English based Creoles and pidgins | Collective | |||
| cpf | French-Based Creoles and pidgins | Collective | |||
| cpp | Portuguese-Based Creoles and pidgins | Collective | |||
| cre | cre | cr | Cree | Macrolanguage | Living |
| crh | crh | Crimean Tatar | Individual | Living | |
| crp | Creoles and pidgins | Collective | |||
| csb | csb | Kashubian | Individual | Living | |
| csu | Central Sudanic languages | Collective | |||
| cus | Cushitic languages | Collective | |||
| cym / wel* | cym | cy | Welsh | Individual | Living |
| cze* / ces | ces | cs | Czech | Individual | Living |
| dak | dak | Dakota | Individual | Living | |
| dan | dan | da | Danish | Individual | Living |
| dar | dar | Dargwa | Individual | Living | |
| day | Land Dayak languages | Collective | |||
| del | del | Delaware | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| den | den | Slave (Athapascan) | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| deu / ger* | deu | de | German | Individual | Living |
| dgr | dgr | Dogrib | Individual | Living | |
| din | din | Dinka | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| div | div | dv | Dhivehi | Individual | Living |
| dmn | Mande languages | Collective | |||
| doi | doi | Dogri (macrolanguage) | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| dra | Dravidian languages | Collective | |||
| dsb | dsb | Lower Sorbian | Individual | Living | |
| dua | dua | Duala | Individual | Living | |
| dum | dum | Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350) | Individual | Historical | |
| dut* / nld | nld | nl | Dutch | Individual | Living |
| dyu | dyu | Dyula | Individual | Living | |
| dzo | dzo | dz | Dzongkha | Individual | Living |
| efi | efi | Efik | Individual | Living | |
| egx | Egyptian languages | Collective | |||
| egy | egy | Egyptian (Ancient) | Individual | Ancient | |
| eka | eka | Ekajuk | Individual | Living | |
| ell / gre* | ell | el | Modern Greek (1453-) | Individual | Living |
| elx | elx | Elamite | Individual | Ancient | |
| eng | eng | en | English | Individual | Living |
| enm | enm | Middle English (1100-1500) | Individual | Historical | |
| epo | epo | eo | Esperanto | Individual | Constructed |
| est | est | et | Estonian | Macrolanguage | Living |
| esx | Eskimo-Aleut languages | Collective | |||
| euq | Basque (family) | Collective | |||
| eus / baq* | eus | eu | Basque | Individual | Living |
| ewe | ewe | ee | Ewe | Individual | Living |
| ewo | ewo | Ewondo | Individual | Living | |
| fan | fan | Fang (Equatorial Guinea) | Individual | Living | |
| fao | fao | fo | Faroese | Individual | Living |
| fas / per* | fas | fa | Persian | Macrolanguage | Living |
| fat | fat | Fanti | Individual | Living | |
| fij | fij | fj | Fijian | Individual | Living |
| fil | fil | Filipino | Individual | Living | |
| fin | fin | fi | Finnish | Individual | Living |
| fiu | Finno-Ugrian languages | Collective | |||
| fon | fon | Fon | Individual | Living | |
| fox | Formosan languages | Collective | |||
| fra / fre* | fra | fr | French | Individual | Living |
| fre* / fra | fra | fr | French | Individual | Living |
| frm | frm | Middle French (ca. 1400-1600) | Individual | Historical | |
| fro | fro | Old French (842-ca. 1400) | Individual | Historical | |
| frr | frr | Northern Frisian | Individual | Living | |
| frs | frs | Eastern Frisian | Individual | Living | |
| fry | fry | fy | Western Frisian | Individual | Living |
| ful | ful | ff | Fulah | Macrolanguage | Living |
| fur | fur | Friulian | Individual | Living | |
| gaa | gaa | Ga | Individual | Living | |
| gay | gay | Gayo | Individual | Living | |
| gba | gba | Gbaya (Central African Republic) | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| gem | Germanic languages | Collective | |||
| geo* / kat | kat | ka | Georgian | Individual | Living |
| ger* / deu | deu | de | German | Individual | Living |
| gez | gez | Geez | Individual | Ancient | |
| gil | gil | Gilbertese | Individual | Living | |
| gla | gla | gd | Scottish Gaelic | Individual | Living |
| gle | gle | ga | Irish | Individual | Living |
| glg | glg | gl | Galician | Individual | Living |
| glv | glv | gv | Manx | Individual | Living |
| gme | East Germanic languages | Collective | |||
| gmh | gmh | Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500) | Individual | Historical | |
| gmq | North Germanic languages | Collective | |||
| gmw | West Germanic languages | Collective | |||
| goh | goh | Old High German (ca. 750-1050) | Individual | Historical | |
| gon | gon | Gondi | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| gor | gor | Gorontalo | Individual | Living | |
| got | got | Gothic | Individual | Ancient | |
| grb | grb | Grebo | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| grc | grc | Ancient Greek (to 1453) | Individual | Historical | |
| gre* / ell | ell | el | Modern Greek (1453-) | Individual | Living |
| grk | Greek languages | Collective | |||
| grn | grn | gn | Guarani | Macrolanguage | Living |
| gsw | gsw | Swiss German | Individual | Living | |
| guj | guj | gu | Gujarati | Individual | Living |
| gwi | gwi | Gwichʼin | Individual | Living | |
| hai | hai | Haida | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| hat | hat | ht | Haitian | Individual | Living |
| hau | hau | ha | Hausa | Individual | Living |
| haw | haw | Hawaiian | Individual | Living | |
| heb | heb | he | Hebrew | Individual | Living |
| her | her | hz | Herero | Individual | Living |
| hil | hil | Hiligaynon | Individual | Living | |
| him | Himachali languages | Collective | |||
| hin | hin | hi | Hindi | Individual | Living |
| hit | hit | Hittite | Individual | Ancient | |
| hmn | hmn | Hmong | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| hmo | hmo | ho | Hiri Motu | Individual | Living |
| hmx | Hmong-Mien languages | Collective | |||
| hok | Hokan languages | Collective | |||
| hrv | hrv | hr | Croatian | Individual | Living |
| hsb | hsb | Upper Sorbian | Individual | Living | |
| hun | hun | hu | Hungarian | Individual | Living |
| hup | hup | Hupa | Individual | Living | |
| hye / arm* | hye | hy | Armenian | Individual | Living |
| hyx | Armenian (family) | Collective | |||
| iba | iba | Iban | Individual | Living | |
| ibo | ibo | ig | Igbo | Individual | Living |
| ice* / isl | isl | is | Icelandic | Individual | Living |
| ido | ido | io | Ido | Individual | Constructed |
| iii | iii | ii | Sichuan Yi | Individual | Living |
| iir | Indo-Iranian languages | Collective | |||
| ijo | Ijo languages | Collective | |||
| iku | iku | iu | Inuktitut | Macrolanguage | Living |
| ile | ile | i.e. | Interlingue | Individual | Constructed |
| ilo | ilo | Iloko | Individual | Living | |
| ina | ina | ia | Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association) | Individual | Constructed |
| inc | Indic languages | Collective | |||
| ind | ind | id | Indonesian | Individual | Living |
| ine | Indo-European languages | Collective | |||
| inh | inh | Ingush | Individual | Living | |
| ipk | ipk | ik | Inupiaq | Macrolanguage | Living |
| ira | Iranian languages | Collective | |||
| iro | Iroquoian languages | Collective | |||
| isl / ice* | isl | is | Icelandic | Individual | Living |
| ita | ita | it | Italian | Individual | Living |
| itc | Italic languages | Collective | |||
| jav | jav | jv | Javanese | Individual | Living |
| jbo | jbo | Lojban | Individual | Constructed | |
| jpn | jpn | ja | Japanese | Individual | Living |
| jpr | jpr | Judeo-Persian | Individual | Living | |
| jpx | Japanese (family) | Collective | |||
| jrb | jrb | Judeo-Arabic | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| kaa | kaa | Kara-Kalpak | Individual | Living | |
| kab | kab | Kabyle | Individual | Living | |
| kac | kac | Kachin | Individual | Living | |
| kal | kal | kl | Kalaallisut | Individual | Living |
| kam | kam | Kamba (Kenya) | Individual | Living | |
| kan | kan | kn | Kannada | Individual | Living |
| kar | Karen languages | Collective | |||
| kas | kas | ks | Kashmiri | Individual | Living |
| kat / geo* | kat | ka | Georgian | Individual | Living |
| kau | kau | kr | Kanuri | Macrolanguage | Living |
| kaw | kaw | Kawi | Individual | Ancient | |
| kaz | kaz | kk | Kazakh | Individual | Living |
| kbd | kbd | Kabardian | Individual | Living | |
| kdo | Kordofanian languages | Collective | |||
| kha | kha | Khasi | Individual | Living | |
| khi | Khoisan languages | Collective | |||
| khm | khm | km | Central Khmer | Individual | Living |
| kho | kho | Khotanese | Individual | Ancient | |
| kik | kik | ki | Kikuyu | Individual | Living |
| kin | kin | rw | Kinyarwanda | Individual | Living |
| kir | kir | ky | Kirghiz | Individual | Living |
| kmb | kmb | Kimbundu | Individual | Living | |
| kok | kok | Konkani (macrolanguage) | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| kom | kom | kv | Komi | Macrolanguage | Living |
| kon | kon | kg | Kongo | Macrolanguage | Living |
| kor | kor | ko | Korean | Individual | Living |
| kos | kos | Kosraean | Individual | Living | |
| kpe | kpe | Kpelle | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| krc | krc | Karachay-Balkar | Individual | Living | |
| krl | krl | Karelian | Individual | Living | |
| kro | Kru languages | Collective | |||
| kru | kru | Kurukh | Individual | Living | |
| kua | kua | kj | Kuanyama | Individual | Living |
| kum | kum | Kumyk | Individual | Living | |
| kur | kur | ku | Kurdish | Macrolanguage | Living |
| kut | kut | Kutenai | Individual | Living | |
| lad | lad | Ladino | Individual | Living | |
| lah | lah | Lahnda | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| lam | lam | Lamba | Individual | Living | |
| lao | lao | lo | Lao | Individual | Living |
| lat | lat | la | Latin | Individual | Ancient |
| lav | lav | lv | Latvian | Macrolanguage | Living |
| lez | lez | Lezghian | Individual | Living | |
| lim | lim | li | Limburgan | Individual | Living |
| lin | lin | ln | Lingala | Individual | Living |
| lit | lit | lt | Lithuanian | Individual | Living |
| lol | lol | Mongo | Individual | Living | |
| loz | loz | Lozi | Individual | Living | |
| ltz | ltz | lb | Luxembourgish | Individual | Living |
| lua | lua | Luba-Lulua | Individual | Living | |
| lub | lub | lu | Luba-Katanga | Individual | Living |
| lug | lug | lg | Ganda | Individual | Living |
| lui | lui | Luiseno | Individual | Living | |
| lun | lun | Lunda | Individual | Living | |
| luo | luo | Luo (Kenya and Tanzania) | Individual | Living | |
| lus | lus | Lushai | Individual | Living | |
| mac* / mkd | mkd | mk | Macedonian | Individual | Living |
| mad | mad | Madurese | Individual | Living | |
| mag | mag | Magahi | Individual | Living | |
| mah | mah | mh | Marshallese | Individual | Living |
| mai | mai | Maithili | Individual | Living | |
| mak | mak | Makasar | Individual | Living | |
| mal | mal | ml | Malayalam | Individual | Living |
| man | man | Mandingo | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| mao* / mri | mri | mi | Maori | Individual | Living |
| map | Austronesian languages | Collective | |||
| mar | mar | mr | Marathi | Individual | Living |
| mas | mas | Masai | Individual | Living | |
| may* / msa | msa | ms | Malay (macrolanguage) | Macrolanguage | Living |
| mdf | mdf | Moksha | Individual | Living | |
| mdr | mdr | Mandar | Individual | Living | |
| men | men | Mende (Sierra Leone) | Individual | Living | |
| mga | mga | Middle Irish (900-1200) | Individual | Historical | |
| mic | mic | Mi'kmaq | Individual | Living | |
| min | min | Minangkabau | Individual | Living | |
| mis | mis | Uncoded languages | Special | ||
| mkd / mac* | mkd | mk | Macedonian | Individual | Living |
| mkh | Mon-Khmer languages | Collective | |||
| mlg | mlg | mg | Malagasy | Macrolanguage | Living |
| mlt | mlt | mt | Maltese | Individual | Living |
| mnc | mnc | Manchu | Individual | Living | |
| mni | mni | Manipuri | Individual | Living | |
| mno | Manobo languages | Collective | |||
| moh | moh | Mohawk | Individual | Living | |
| mon | mon | mn | Mongolian | Macrolanguage | Living |
| mos | mos | Mossi | Individual | Living | |
| mri / mao* | mri | mi | Maori | Individual | Living |
| msa / may* | msa | ms | Malay (macrolanguage) | Macrolanguage | Living |
| mul | mul | Multiple languages | Special | ||
| mun | Munda languages | Collective | |||
| mus | mus | Creek | Individual | Living | |
| mwl | mwl | Mirandese | Individual | Living | |
| mwr | mwr | Marwari | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| mya / bur* | mya | my | Burmese | Individual | Living |
| myn | Mayan languages | Collective | |||
| myv | myv | Erzya | Individual | Living | |
| nah | Nahuatl languages | Collective | |||
| nai | North American Indian | Collective | |||
| nap | nap | Neapolitan | Individual | Living | |
| nau | nau | na | Nauru | Individual | Living |
| nav | nav | nv | Navajo | Individual | Living |
| nbl | nbl | nr | South Ndebele | Individual | Living |
| nde | nde | nd | North Ndebele | Individual | Living |
| ndo | ndo | ng | Ndonga | Individual | Living |
| nds | nds | Low German | Individual | Living | |
| nep | nep | ne | Nepali (macrolanguage) | Macrolanguage | Living |
| new | new | Newari | Individual | Living | |
| ngf | Trans-New Guinea languages | Collective | |||
| nia | nia | Nias | Individual | Living | |
| nic | Niger-Kordofanian languages | Collective | |||
| niu | niu | Niuean | Individual | Living | |
| nld / dut* | nld | nl | Dutch | Individual | Living |
| nno | nno | nn | Norwegian Nynorsk | Individual | Living |
| nob | nob | nb | Norwegian Bokmål | Individual | Living |
| nog | nog | Nogai | Individual | Living | |
| non | non | Old Norse | Individual | Historical | |
| nor | nor | no | Norwegian | Macrolanguage | Living |
| nqo | nqo | N'Ko | Individual | Living | |
| nso | nso | Pedi | Individual | Living | |
| nub | Nubian languages | Collective | |||
| nwc | nwc | Classical Newari | Individual | Historical | |
| nya | nya | ny | Nyanja | Individual | Living |
| nym | nym | Nyamwezi | Individual | Living | |
| nyn | nyn | Nyankole | Individual | Living | |
| nyo | nyo | Nyoro | Individual | Living | |
| nzi | nzi | Nzima | Individual | Living | |
| oci | oci | oc | Occitan (post 1500) | Individual | Living |
| oji | oji | oj | Ojibwa | Macrolanguage | Living |
| omq | Oto-Manguean languages | Collective | |||
| omv | Omotic languages | Collective | |||
| ori | ori | or | Oriya (macrolanguage) | Macrolanguage | Living |
| orm | orm | om | Oromo | Macrolanguage | Living |
| osa | osa | Osage | Individual | Living | |
| oss | oss | os | Ossetian | Individual | Living |
| ota | ota | Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928) | Individual | Historical | |
| oto | Otomian languages | Collective | |||
| paa | Papuan languages | Collective | |||
| pag | pag | Pangasinan | Individual | Living | |
| pal | pal | Pahlavi | Individual | Ancient | |
| pam | pam | Pampanga | Individual | Living | |
| pan | pan | pa | Panjabi | Individual | Living |
| pap | pap | Papiamento | Individual | Living | |
| pau | pau | Palauan | Individual | Living | |
| peo | peo | Old Persian (ca. 600-400 B.C.) | Individual | Historical | |
| per* / fas | fas | fa | Persian | Macrolanguage | Living |
| phi | Philippine languages | Collective | |||
| phn | phn | Phoenician | Individual | Ancient | |
| plf | Central Malayo-Polynesian languages | Collective | |||
| pli | pli | pi | Pali | Individual | Ancient |
| pol | pol | pl | Polish | Individual | Living |
| pon | pon | Pohnpeian | Individual | Living | |
| por | por | pt | Portuguese | Individual | Living |
| poz | Malayo-Polynesian languages | Collective | |||
| pqe | Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages | Collective | |||
| pqw | Western Malayo-Polynesian languages | Collective | |||
| pra | Prakrit languages | Collective | |||
| pro | pro | Old Provençal (to 1500) | Individual | Historical | |
| pus | pus | ps | Pushto | Macrolanguage | Living |
| qaa-qtz | qaa-qtz | Reserved for local use | Local | ||
| que | que | qu | Quechua | Macrolanguage | Living |
| qwe | Quechuan (family) | Collective | |||
| raj | raj | Rajasthani | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| rap | rap | Rapanui | Individual | Living | |
| rar | rar | Rarotongan | Individual | Living | |
| roa | Romance languages | Collective | |||
| roh | roh | rm | Romansh | Individual | Living |
| rom | rom | Romany | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| ron / rum* | ron | ro | Romanian | Individual | Living |
| rum* / ron | ron | ro | Romanian | Individual | Living |
| run | run | rn | Rundi | Individual | Living |
| rup | rup | Macedo-Romanian | Individual | Living | |
| rus | rus | ru | Russian | Individual | Living |
| sad | sad | Sandawe | Individual | Living | |
| sag | sag | sg | Sango | Individual | Living |
| sah | sah | Yakut | Individual | Living | |
| sai | South American Indian languages | Collective | |||
| sal | Salishan languages | Collective | |||
| sam | sam | Samaritan Aramaic | Individual | Extinct | |
| san | san | sa | Sanskrit | Individual | Ancient |
| sas | sas | Sasak | Individual | Living | |
| sat | sat | Santali | Individual | Living | |
| scn | scn | Sicilian | Individual | Living | |
| sco | sco | Scots | Individual | Living | |
| sdv | Eastern Sudanic languages | Collective | |||
| sel | sel | Selkup | Individual | Living | |
| sem | Semitic languages | Collective | |||
| sga | sga | Old Irish (to 900) | Individual | Historical | |
| sgn | Sign languages | Collective | |||
| shn | shn | Shan | Individual | Living | |
| sid | sid | Sidamo | Individual | Living | |
| sin | sin | si | Sinhala | Individual | Living |
| sio | Siouan languages | Collective | |||
| sit | Sino-Tibetan languages | Collective | |||
| sla | Slavic languages | Collective | |||
| slo* / slk | slk | sk | Slovak | Individual | Living |
| slk / slo* | slk | sk | Slovak | Individual | Living |
| slv | slv | sl | Slovenian | Individual | Living |
| sma | sma | Southern Sami | Individual | Living | |
| sme | sme | se | Northern Sami | Individual | Living |
| smi | Sami languages | Collective | |||
| smj | smj | Lule Sami | Individual | Living | |
| smn | smn | Inari Sami | Individual | Living | |
| smo | smo | sm | Samoan | Individual | Living |
| sms | sms | Skolt Sami | Individual | Living | |
| sna | sna | sn | Shona | Individual | Living |
| snd | snd | sd | Sindhi | Individual | Living |
| snk | snk | Soninke | Individual | Living | |
| sog | sog | Sogdian | Individual | Ancient | |
| som | som | so | Somali | Individual | Living |
| son | Songhai languages | Collective | |||
| sot | sot | st | Southern Sotho | Individual | Living |
| spa | spa | es | Spanish | Individual | Living |
| sqi / alb* | sqi | sq | Albanian | Macrolanguage | Living |
| sqj | Albanian languages | Collective | |||
| srd | srd | sc | Sardinian | Macrolanguage | Living |
| srn | srn | Sranan Tongo | Individual | Living | |
| srp | srp | sr | Serbian | Individual | Living |
| srr | srr | Serer | Individual | Living | |
| ssa | Nilo-Saharan languages | Collective | |||
| ssw | ssw | ss | Swati | Individual | Living |
| suk | suk | Sukuma | Individual | Living | |
| sun | sun | su | Sundanese | Individual | Living |
| sus | sus | Susu | Individual | Living | |
| sux | sux | Sumerian | Individual | Ancient | |
| swa | swa | sw | Swahili (macrolanguage) | Macrolanguage | Living |
| swe | swe | sv | Swedish | Individual | Living |
| syc | syc | Classical Syriac | Individual | Historical | |
| syd | Samoyedic languages | Collective | |||
| syr | syr | Syriac | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| tah | tah | ty | Tahitian | Individual | Living |
| tai | Tai languages | Collective | |||
| tam | tam | ta | Tamil | Individual | Living |
| tat | tat | tt | Tatar | Individual | Living |
| tbq | Tibeto-Burman languages | Collective | |||
| tel | tel | te | Telugu | Individual | Living |
| tem | tem | Timne | Individual | Living | |
| ter | ter | Tereno | Individual | Living | |
| tet | tet | Tetum | Individual | Living | |
| tgk | tgk | tg | Tajik | Individual | Living |
| tgl | tgl | tl | Tagalog | Individual | Living |
| tha | tha | th | Thai | Individual | Living |
| tib* / bod | bod | bo | Tibetan | Individual | Living |
| tig | tig | Tigre | Individual | Living | |
| tir | tir | ti | Tigrinya | Individual | Living |
| tiv | tiv | Tiv | Individual | Living | |
| tkl | tkl | Tokelau | Individual | Living | |
| tlh | tlh | Klingon | Individual | Constructed | |
| tli | tli | Tlingit | Individual | Living | |
| tmh | tmh | Tamashek | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| tog | tog | Tonga (Nyasa) | Individual | Living | |
| ton | ton | to | Tonga (Tonga Islands) | Individual | Living |
| tpi | tpi | Tok Pisin | Individual | Living | |
| trk | Turkic languages | Collective | |||
| tsi | tsi | Tsimshian | Individual | Living | |
| tsn | tsn | tn | Tswana | Individual | Living |
| tso | tso | ts | Tsonga | Individual | Living |
| tuk | tuk | tk | Turkmen | Individual | Living |
| tum | tum | Tumbuka | Individual | Living | |
| tup | Tupi languages | Collective | |||
| tur | tur | tr | Turkish | Individual | Living |
| tut | Altaic languages | Collective | |||
| tuw | Tungus languages | Collective | |||
| tvl | tvl | Tuvalu | Individual | Living | |
| twi | twi | tw | Twi | Individual | Living |
| tyv | tyv | Tuvinian | Individual | Living | |
| udm | udm | Udmurt | Individual | Living | |
| uga | uga | Ugaritic | Individual | Ancient | |
| uig | uig | ug | Uighur | Individual | Living |
| ukr | ukr | uk | Ukrainian | Individual | Living |
| umb | umb | Umbundu | Individual | Living | |
| und | und | Undetermined | Special | ||
| urd | urd | ur | Urdu | Individual | Living |
| urj | Uralic languages | Collective | |||
| uzb | uzb | uz | Uzbek | Macrolanguage | Living |
| vai | vai | Vai | Individual | Living | |
| ven | ven | ve | Venda | Individual | Living |
| vie | vie | vi | Vietnamese | Individual | Living |
| vol | vol | vo | Volapük | Individual | Constructed |
| vot | vot | Votic | Individual | Living | |
| wak | Wakashan languages | Collective | |||
| wal | wal | Wolaytta | Individual | Living | |
| war | war | Waray (Philippines) | Individual | Living | |
| was | was | Washo | Individual | Living | |
| wel* / cym | cym | cy | Welsh | Individual | Living |
| wen | Sorbian languages | Collective | |||
| wln | wln | wa | Walloon | Individual | Living |
| wol | wol | wo | Wolof | Individual | Living |
| xal | xal | Kalmyk | Individual | Living | |
| xgn | Mongolian languages | Collective | |||
| xho | xho | xh | Xhosa | Individual | Living |
| xnd | Na-Dene languages | Collective | |||
| yao | yao | Yao | Individual | Living | |
| yap | yap | Yapese | Individual | Living | |
| yid | yid | yi | Yiddish | Macrolanguage | Living |
| yor | yor | yo | Yoruba | Individual | Living |
| ypk | Yupik languages | Collective | |||
| zap | zap | Zapotec | Macrolanguage | Living | |
| zbl | zbl | Blissymbols | Individual | Constructed | |
| zen | zen | Zenaga | Individual | Living | |
| zha | zha | za | Zhuang | Macrolanguage | Living |
| zho / chi* | zho | zh | Chinese | Macrolanguage | Living |
| zhx | Chinese (family) | Collective | |||
| zle | East Slavic languages | Collective | |||
| zls | South Slavic languages | Collective | |||
| zlw | West Slavic languages | Collective | |||
| znd | Zande languages | Collective | |||
| zul | zul | zu | Zulu | Individual | Living |
| zun | zun | Zuni | Individual | Living | |
| zxx | zxx | No linguistic content | Special | ||
| zza | zza | Zaza | Macrolanguage | Living |
See also
In Spanish: ISO 639-2 para niños
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