An international standard that designates two letters to each language.[1]
This page contains the languages listed as ISO 639-1.
Language | Native name | 639-1 code |
---|---|---|
Abkhaz | аҧсуа | ab |
Afar | Afaraf | aa |
Afrikaans | Afrikaans | af |
Akan, Twi-Fante | Akan | ak |
Albanian | Shqip | sq |
Amharic | አማርኛ | am |
Arabic | العربية | ar |
Aragonese | Aragonés | an |
Armenian | Հայերեն | hy |
Assamese | অসমীয়া | as |
Avaric | авар мацӀ, магӀарул мацӀ | av |
Avestan | avesta | ae |
Aymara | aymar aru | ay |
Azerbaijani | azərbaycan dili | az |
Bambara | bamanankan | bm |
Bashkir | башҡорт теле | ba |
Basque | euskara, euskera | eu |
Belarusian | Беларуская | be |
Bengali | বাংলা | bn |
Bihari | भोजपुरी | bh |
Bislama | Bislama | bi |
Bosnian | bosanski jezik | bs |
Breton | brezhoneg | br |
Bulgarian | български език | bg |
Burmese | ဗမာစာ | my |
Catalan; Valencian | Català | ca |
Chamorro | Chamoru | ch |
Chechen | нохчийн мотт | ce |
Chichewa; Chewa; Nyanja | chiCheŵa, chinyanja | ny |
Chinese | 中文 (Zhōngwén), 汉语, 漢語 | zh |
Chuvash | чӑваш чӗлхи | cv |
Cornish | Kernewek | kw |
Corsican | corsu, lingua corsa | co |
Cree | ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ | cr |
Croatian | hrvatski | hr |
Czech | česky, čeština | cs |
Danish | dansk | da |
Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian; | ދިވެހި | dv |
Dutch | Nederlands, Vlaams | nl |
Dzongkha | རྫོང་ཁ | dz |
English | English | en |
Esperanto | Esperanto | eo |
Estonian | eesti, eesti keel | et |
Ewe | Eʋegbe | ee |
Faroese | føroyskt | fo |
Fijian | vosa Vakaviti | fj |
Finnish | suomi, suomen kieli | fi |
French | français, langue française | fr |
Fula; Fulah; Pulaar; Pular | Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular | ff |
Galician | Galego | gl |
Georgian | ქართული | ka |
German | Deutsch | de |
Greek, Modern | Ελληνικά | el |
Guaraní | Avañe'ẽ | gn |
Gujarati | ગુજરાતી | gu |
Haitian; Haitian Creole | Kreyòl ayisyen | ht |
Hausa | Hausa, هَوُسَ | ha |
Hebrew (modern) | עברית | he |
Herero | Otjiherero | hz |
Hindi | हिन्दी, हिंदी | hi |
Hiri Motu | Hiri Motu | ho |
Hungarian | Magyar | hu |
Interlingua | Interlingua | ia |
Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia | id |
Interlingue | Originally called Occidental; then Interlingue after WWII[citation needed] | i.e. |
Irish | Gaeilge | ga |
Igbo | Asụsụ Igbo | ig |
Inupiaq | Iñupiaq, Iñupiatun | ik |
Ido | Ido | io |
Icelandic | Íslenska | is |
Italian | Italiano | it |
Inuktitut | ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ | iu |
Japanese | 日本語 (んご) | ja |
Javanese | basa Jawa | jv |
Kalaallisut, Greenlandic | kalaallisut, kalaallit oqaasii | kl |
Kannada | ಕನ್ನಡ | kn |
Kanuri | Kanuri | kr |
Kashmiri | कश्मीरी | ks |
Kazakh | Қазақ тілі | kk |
Khmer, Cambodian | ភាសាខ្មែរ | km |
Kikuyu, Gikuyu | Gĩkũyũ | ki |
Kinyarwanda | Ikinyarwanda | rw |
Kirghiz, Kyrgyz | кыргыз тили | ky |
Komi | коми кыв | kv |
Kongo | KiKongo | kg |
Korean | 한국어(韓國語), 조선어 (韓國語), 조선말 (朝鮮語) | ko |
Kurdish | Kurdî, كوردی | ku |
Kwanyama, Kuanyama | Kwanyama | kj |
Latin | latine, lingua Latina | la |
Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch | Lëtzebuergesch | lb |
Luganda | Luganda | lg |
Limburgish, Limburgan, Limburger | Limburgs | li |
Lingala | Lingála | ln |
Lao | ພາສາລາວ | lo |
Lithuanian | lietuvių kalba | lt |
Luba-Katanga | Kiluba | lu |
Latvian | latviešu valoda | lv |
Manx | Gaelg, Gailck | gv |
Macedonian | македонски јазик | mk |
Malagasy | Malagasy fiteny | mg |
Malay | bahasa Melayu, بهاس ملايو | ms |
Malayalam | മലയാളം | ml |
Maltese | Malti | mt |
Māori | te reo Māori | mi |
Marathi (Marāṭhī) | मराठी | mr |
Marshallese | Kajin M̧ajeļ | mh |
Mongolian | монгол | mn |
Nauru | Ekakairũ Naoero | na |
Navajo, Navaho | Diné bizaad, Dinékʼehǰí | nv |
Norwegian Bokmål | Norsk bokmål | nb |
North Ndebele | isiNdebele | nd |
Nepali | नेपाली | ne |
Ndonga | Owambo | ng |
Norwegian Nynorsk | Norsk nynorsk | nn |
Norwegian | Norsk | no |
Nuosu | ꆈꌠ꒿ Nuosuhxop | ii |
South Ndebele | isiNdebele | nr |
Occitan | Occitan | oc |
Ojibwe, Ojibwa | ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ | oj |
Old Church Slavonic, Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian, Old Slavonic | ѩзыкъ словѣньскъ | cu |
Oromo | Afaan Oromoo | om |
Oriya | ଓଡ଼ିଆ | or |
Ossetian, Ossetic | ирон æвзаг | os |
Panjabi, Punjabi | ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی | pa |
Pāli | पाऴि | pi |
Persian | فارسی | fa |
Polish | polski | pl |
Pashto, Pushto | پښتو | ps |
Portuguese | Português | pt |
Quechua | Runa Simi, Kichwa | qu |
Romansh | rumantsch grischun | rm |
Kirundi | kiRundi | rn |
Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan | română | ro |
Russian | русский язык | ru |
Sanskrit (Saṁskṛta) | संस्कृतम् | sa |
Sardinian | sardu | sc |
Sindhi | सिन्धी, سنڌي، سندھی | sd |
Northern Sami | Davvisámegiella | se |
Samoan | gagana fa'a Samoa | sm |
Sango | yângâ tî sängö | sg |
Serbian | српски језик | sr |
Scottish Gaelic; Gaelic | Gàidhlig | gd |
Shona | chiShona | sn |
Sinhala, Sinhalese | සිංහල | si |
Slovak | slovenčina | sk |
Slovene | slovenščina | sl |
Somali | Soomaaliga, af Soomaali | so |
Southern Sotho | Sesotho | st |
Spanish; Castilian | español, castellano | es |
Sundanese | Basa Sunda | su |
Swahili | Kiswahili | sw |
Swati | SiSwati | ss |
Swedish | svenska | sv |
Tamil | தமிழ் | ta |
Telugu | తెలుగు | te |
Tajik | тоҷикӣ, toğikī, تاجیکی | tg |
Thai | ไทย | th |
Tigrinya | ትግርኛ | ti |
Tibetan Standard, Central Tibetan | བོད་ཡིག | bo |
Turkmen | Türkmen, Түркмен | tk |
Tagalog | Wikang Tagalog, ᜏᜒᜃᜅ᜔ ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔ | tl |
Tswana | Setswana | tn |
Tongan | faka Tonga | to |
Turkish | Türkçe | tr |
Tsonga | Xitsonga | ts |
Tatar | татарча, tatarça, تاتارچا | tt |
Twi | Twi | tw |
Tahitian | Reo Tahiti | ty |
Uighur, Uyghur | Uyƣurqə, ئۇيغۇرچە | ug |
Ukrainian | українська | uk |
Urdu | اردو | ur |
Uzbek | O'zbek, Ўзбек, أۇزبېك | uz |
Venda | Tshivenḓa | ve |
Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt | vi |
Volapük | Volapük | vo |
Walloon | Walon | wa |
Welsh | Cymraeg | cy |
Wolof | Wollof | wo |
Western Frisian | Frysk | fy |
Xhosa | isiXhosa | xh |
Yiddish | ייִדיש | yi |
Yoruba | Yorùbá | yo |
Zhuang, Chuang | Saɯ cueŋƅ, Saw cuengh | za |
Zulu | isiZulu | zu |
The ISO 639 language code comprises four sets of language identifiers. Set 1: two-letter language identifiers (originally as in ISO 639-1:2002) for major, mostly national individual languages.