1 Technical contents of ISO 639-2 2 3 Updated from http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/code_list.html 4 2006-10-05 by Bruno Haible 5 6 First column: ISO 639-2 code. 7 Second column: ISO 639-2 English name. 8 The remaining columns are not from ISO. They are mostly from 9 www.ethnologue.com. 10 Third column: Categorization 11 F = Family of languages 12 S = Synthetic / Artificial language 13 X = Extinct language 14 Z = Not a language 15 U = Otherwise unknown to www.ethnologue.com 16 Fourth column: Approximate number of speakers. 17 Fifth column: Country. 18 19 ace Achinese 3000000 Indonesia 20 ach Acoli 750000 Uganda 21 ady Adyghe; Adygei 500000 Russia 22 afa Afro-Asiatic (Other) F 23 afh Afrihili S 24 ain Ainu 15 Japan 25 akk Akkadian X 26 ale Aleut 500 United States 27 alg Algonquian languages F 28 alt Southern Altai 20000 Russia 29 ang English, Old (ca.450-1100) X 30 anp Angika 740000 India 31 apa Apache languages F 32 arc Aramaic U few Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran 33 arn Araucanian 300000 Chile 34 arp Arapaho 1000 United States 35 art Artificial (Other) S 36 arw Arawak 2500 Suriname 37 ast Asturian; Bable 125000 Spain 38 ath Athapascan languages F 39 aus Australian languages F 40 awa Awadhi 20000000 India 41 bad Banda U 1100000 Central African Republic, Dem. Rep. Congo 42 bai Bamileke languages F 43 bal Baluchi U 5000000 Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan 44 ban Balinese 3900000 Indonesia 45 bas Basa 230000 Cameroon 46 bat Baltic (Other) F 47 bej Beja 950000 Sudan 48 bem Bemba 3600000 Zambia 49 ber Berber (Other) F 50 bho Bhojpuri 26600000 India 51 bik Bikol U 3500000 Philippines 52 bin Bini 1000000 Nigeria 53 bla Siksika 5000 Canada 54 bnt Bantu (Other) F 55 bra Braj 44000 India 56 btk Batak (Indonesia) U 6230000 Indonesia 57 bua Buriat U 450000 Russia 58 bug Buginese 3500000 Indonesia 59 byn Blin; Bilin 70000 Eritrea 60 cad Caddo 25 United States 61 cai Central American Indian (Other) F 62 car Carib 10000 Venezuela 63 cau Caucasian (Other) F 64 ceb Cebuano 20000000 Philippines 65 cel Celtic (Other) F 66 chb Chibcha X 67 chg Chagatai X 68 chk Chuukese 38000 Micronesia 69 chm Mari U 590000 Russia 70 chn Chinook jargon 100 Canada 71 cho Choctaw 9000 United States 72 chp Chipewyan 4000 Canada 73 chr Cherokee 20000 United States 74 chy Cheyenne 2000 United States 75 cmc Chamic languages F 76 cop Coptic X 77 cpe Creoles and pidgins, English based (Other) F 78 cpf Creoles and pidgins, French-based (Other) F 79 cpp Creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based (Other) F 80 crh Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish 450000 Uzbekistan, Ukraine 81 crp Creoles and pidgins (Other) F 82 csb Kashubian 3000 Poland 83 cus Cushitic (Other) F 84 dak Dakota 15000 United States 85 dar Dargwa 370000 Russia 86 day Dayak U Malaysia, Indonesia 87 del Delaware U 7 United States 88 den Slave (Athapascan) U United States, Canada 89 dgr Dogrib 2000 Dogrib 90 din Dinka U 1350000 Sudan 91 doi Dogri U 2100000 India 92 dra Dravidian (Other) FX 93 dsb Lower Sorbian 14000 Germany 94 dua Duala 88000 Cameroon 95 dum Dutch, Middle (ca.1050-1350) X 96 dyu Dyula 120000 Burkina Faso 97 efi Efik 400000 Nigeria 98 egy Egyptian (Ancient) X 99 eka Ekajuk 30000 Nigeria 100 elx Elamite X 101 enm English, Middle (1100-1500) X 102 ewo Ewondo 580000 Cameroon 103 fan Fang 450000 Equatorial Guinea 104 fat Fanti U 105 fil Filipino; Pilipino 88000000 Philippines 106 fiu Finno-Ugrian (Other) F 107 fon Fon 1700000 Benin 108 frm French, Middle (ca.1400-1600) X 109 fro French, Old (842-ca.1400) X 110 frr Northern Frisian 10000 Germany 111 frs Eastern Frisian 11000 Germany 112 fur Friulian 800000 Italy 113 gaa Ga 600000 Ghana 114 gay Gayo 180000 Indonesia 115 gba Gbaya U 570000 Central African Republic 116 gem Germanic (Other) F 117 gez Geez X 118 gil Gilbertese 68000 Kiribati 119 gmh German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500) X 120 goh German, Old High (ca.750-1050) X 121 gon Gondi U 2200000 India 122 gor Gorontalo 900000 Indonesia 123 got Gothic X 124 grb Grebo U 220000 Liberia 125 grc Greek, Ancient (to 1453) X 126 gsw Alemani; Swiss German 6000000 Switzerland 127 gwi Gwichin 700 Canada 128 hai Haida U 3000 Canada, United States 129 haw Hawaiian 1000 United States 130 hil Hiligaynon 7000000 Philippines 131 him Himachali U 132 hit Hittite X 133 hmn Hmong U 4000000 China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam 134 hsb Upper Sorbian 15000 Germany 135 hup Hupa 8 United States 136 iba Iban 400000 Malaysia 137 ijo Ijo U 138 ilo Iloko 8000000 Philippines 139 inc Indic (Other) F 140 ine Indo-European (Other) F 141 inh Ingush 240000 Russia 142 ira Iranian (Other) F 143 iro Iroquoian languages F 144 jbo Lojban U 145 jpr Judeo-Persian 80000 Israel 146 jrb Judeo-Arabic U 147 kaa Kara-Kalpak 410000 Uzbekistan 148 kab Kabyle 3100000 Algeria 149 kac Kachin 940000 Myanmar 150 kam Kamba 2400000 Kenya 151 kar Karen U Myanmar 152 kaw Kawi U 153 kbd Kabardian 1000000 Turkey, Russia 154 kha Khasi 865000 India 155 khi Khoisan (Other) F 156 kho Khotanese U 157 kmb Kimbundu 3000000 Angola 158 kok Konkani U millions India 159 kos Kosraean 8000 Micronesia 160 kpe Kpelle U Liberia 161 krc Karachay-Balkar 240000 Russia 162 krl Karelian 128000 Russia 163 kro Kru U Cte d'Ivoire 164 kru Kurukh 2000000 India 165 kum Kumyk 280000 Russia 166 kut Kutenai 6 Canada 167 lad Ladino 110000 Israel 168 lah Lahnda U 169 lam Lamba 214000 Zambia 170 lez Lezghian 450000 Russia 171 lol Mongo 400000 Dem. Rep. Congo 172 loz Lozi 570000 Zambia 173 lua Luba-Lulua 6300000 Dem. Rep. Congo 174 lui Luiseno 30 United States 175 lun Lunda 400000 Zambia 176 luo Luo (Kenya and Tanzania) 3465000 Kenya 177 lus Lushai 540000 India 178 mad Madurese 13700000 Indonesia 179 mag Magahi 13000000 India 180 mai Maithili 24800000 India 181 mak Makasar 1600000 Indonesia 182 man Mandingo U 1500000 Mali 183 map Austronesian (Other) F 184 mas Masai 880000 Kenya, Tanzania 185 mdf Moksha 300000 Russia 186 mdr Mandar 200000 Mandar 187 men Mende 1480000 Sierra Leone 188 mga Irish, Middle (900-1200) X 189 mic Mi'kmaq; Micmac 8500 Canada 190 min Minangkabau 8500000 Indonesia 191 mis Miscellaneous languages F 192 mkh Mon-Khmer (Other) F 193 mnc Manchu 60 China 194 mni Manipuri 1260000 India 195 mno Manobo languages F 196 moh Mohawk 3000 Canada 197 mos Mossi 5000000 Burkina Faso 198 mul Multiple languages FZ 199 mun Munda languages F 200 mus Creek 4300 United States 201 mwl Mirandese 15000 Portugal 202 mwr Marwari U millions India 203 myn Mayan languages F 204 myv Erzya 520000 Russia 205 nah Nahuatl X 206 nai North American Indian F 207 nap Neapolitan 7000000 Italy 208 nds Low German; Low Saxon; German, Low; Saxon, Low 1000 Germany 209 new Nepal Bhasa; Newari 820000 Nepal 210 nia Nias 480000 Indonesia 211 nic Niger-Kordofanian (Other) F 212 niu Niuean 2000 Niue 213 nog Nogai 67000 Russia 214 non Norse, Old X 215 nqo N'Ko U 216 nso Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho 3700000 South Africa 217 nub Nubian languages F 218 nwc Classical Newari; Old Newari; Classical Nepal Bhasa U 219 nym Nyamwezi 1200000 Tanzania 220 nyn Nyankole 1640000 Uganda 221 nyo Nyoro 500000 Nyoro 222 nzi Nzima 330000 Ghana 223 osa Osage 5 United States 224 ota Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) X 225 oto Otomian languages F 226 paa Papuan (Other) F 227 pag Pangasinan 1160000 Philippines 228 pal Pahlavi X 229 pam Pampanga 1900000 Philippines 230 pap Papiamento 320000 Netherlands Antilles 231 pau Palauan 15000 Palau 232 peo Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.) X 233 phi Philippine (Other) F 234 phn Phoenician X 235 pon Pohnpeian 29000 Micronesia 236 pra Prakrit languages F 237 pro Provenal, Old (to 1500) X 238 qaa-qtz Reserved for local use Z 239 raj Rajasthani U millions India 240 rap Rapanui 3400 Chile 241 rar Rarotongan 17000 Cook Islands 242 roa Romance (Other) F 243 rom Romany U Czech, Slovakia, ... 244 rup Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian 300000 Greece 245 sad Sandawe 40000 Sandawe 246 sah Yakut 382000 Russia 247 sai South American Indian (Other) F 248 sal Salishan languages F 249 sam Samaritan Aramaic X 250 sas Sasak 2100000 Indonesia 251 sat Santali 6150000 India 252 scn Sicilian 4800000 Italy 253 sco Scots 200000 United Kingdom, Ireland 254 sel Selkup 1600 Russia 255 sem Semitic (Other) F 256 sga Irish, Old (to 900) X 257 sgn Sign Languages FS 258 shn Shan 3200000 Myanmar 259 sid Sidamo 1900000 Ethiopia 260 sio Siouan languages F 261 sit Sino-Tibetan (Other) F 262 sla Slavic (Other) F 263 sma Southern Sami 600 Sweden, Norway 264 smi Sami languages (Other) F 265 smj Lule Sami 2000 Sweden 266 smn Inari Sami 250 Finland 267 sms Skolt Sami 300 Finland 268 snk Soninke 700000 Mali 269 sog Sogdian X 270 son Songhai U Niger 271 srn Sranan Togo 120000 Suriname 272 srr Serer 1200000 Senegal 273 ssa Nilo-Saharan (Other) F 274 suk Sukuma 3200000 Tanzania 275 sus Susu 1000000 Guinea 276 sux Sumerian X 277 syr Syriac X 278 tai Tai (Other) F 279 tem Timne 1200000 Sierra Leone 280 ter Tereno 15000 Brazil 281 tet Tetum 450000 Indonesia 282 tig Tigre 800000 Eritrea 283 tiv Tiv 2200000 Nigeria 284 tkl Tokelau 3200 Tokelau 285 tlh Klingon; tlhIngan-Hol S 286 tli Tlingit 800 United States 287 tmh Tamashek U 288 tog Tonga (Nyasa) 170000 Malawi 289 tpi Tok Pisin 120000 Papua New Guinea 290 tsi Tsimshian 800 Canada 291 tum Tumbuka 1330000 Malawi 292 tup Tupi languages F 293 tut Altaic (Other) F 294 tvl Tuvalu 13000 Tuvalu 295 tyv Tuvinian 210000 Russia 296 udm Udmurt 565000 Russia 297 uga Ugaritic X 298 umb Umbundu 4000000 Angola 299 und Undetermined Z 300 vai Vai 105000 Liberia 301 vot Votic 25 Russia 302 wak Wakashan languages F 303 wal Walamo 1270000 Ethiopia 304 war Waray 2400000 Philippines 305 was Washo 10 United States 306 wen Sorbian languages F 307 xal Kalmyk; Oirat 520000 Mongolia, Russia, China 308 yao Yao 1942000 Malawi 309 yap Yapese 6600 Micronesia 310 ypk Yupik languages F 311 zap Zapotec X 312 zen Zenaga 200 Mauritania 313 znd Zande U 314 zun Zuni 9700 United States 315 zxx No linguistic content Z 316 zza Zaza; Dimili; Dimli; Kirdki; Kirmanjki; Zazaki U 317
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