List of ISO 639-2 codes
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 of the standard, including the corresponding two-letter codes where they exist.
Where two ISO 639-2 codes are given in the table, the one with the asterisk is the bibliographic code and the other is the terminological code.
Entries in the Scope and Type columns distinguish:
- ancient languages ;
- collections of languages
- constructed languages;
- languages extinct in recent times;
- historical languages ;
- macrolanguages.
-
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";
| 639-2 | 639-3 | 639-5 | 639-1 | Language name from ISO 639-2 | Scope | Type | Native name | Other name |
| aar | aa | Afar | Individual | Living | Qafaraf; ’Afar Af; Afaraf; Qafar af | |||
| abk | ab | Abkhazian | Individual | Living | Аҧсуа бызшәа; Аҧсшәа | Abkhaz | ||
| ace | Achinese | Individual | Living | بهسا اچيه | Acehnese | |||
| ach | Acoli | Individual | Living | Lwo | Acholi | |||
| ada | Adangme | Individual | Living | Dangme | Dangme | |||
| ady | Adyghe; Adygei | Individual | Living | Адыгабзэ; Кӏахыбзэ | West Circassian | |||
| afa | Afro-Asiatic languages | Collective | ||||||
| afh | Afrihili | Individual | Constructed | El-Afrihili | ||||
| afr | af | Afrikaans | Individual | Living | Afrikaans | |||
| ain | Ainu | Individual | Living | アイヌ・イタㇰ | ||||
| aka | ak | Akan | Macrolanguage | Living | Akan | |||
| akk | Akkadian | Individual | Ancient | ???? | ||||
| * / sqi | sqi | sq | Albanian | Macrolanguage | Living | Shqip | ||
| ale | Aleut | Individual | Living | Уна́ӈам тунуу́; Унаӈан умсуу | ||||
| alg | Algonquian languages | Collective | ||||||
| alt | Southern Altai | Individual | Living | Алтай тили | ||||
| amh | am | Amharic | Individual | Living | አማርኛ | |||
| ang | English, Old | Individual | Historical | Ænglisc; Anglisc; Englisc | ||||
| anp | Angika | Individual | Living | |||||
| apa | Apache languages | Collective | Southern Athabaskan languages | |||||
| ara | ar | Arabic | Macrolanguage | Living | العَرَبِيَّة | |||
| arc | Official Aramaic ; | Individual | Ancient | |||||
| arg | an | Aragonese | Individual | Living | aragonés | |||
| * / hye | hye | hy | Armenian | Individual | Living | Հայերէն; Հայերեն | ||
| arn | Mapudungun; Mapuche | Individual | Living | |||||
| arp | Arapaho | Individual | Living | Hinónoʼeitíít | ||||
| art | Artificial languages | Collective | ||||||
| arw | Arawak | Individual | Living | Lokono | Lokono | |||
| asm | as | Assamese | Individual | Living | অসমীয়া | |||
| ast | Asturian; Bable; Leonese; Asturleonese | Individual | Living | Asturianu | ||||
| ath | Athapascan languages | Collective | Athabaskan languages | |||||
| aus | Australian languages | Collective | ||||||
| ava | av | Avaric | Individual | Living | Магӏарул мацӏ; Авар мацӏ | Avar | ||
| ave | ae | Avestan | Individual | Ancient | ||||
| awa | Awadhi | Individual | Living | अवधी | ||||
| aym | ay | Aymara | Macrolanguage | Living | Aymar aru | |||
| aze | az | Azerbaijani | Macrolanguage | Living | Azərbaycan dili; آذربایجان دیلی; Азәрбајҹан дили | |||
| bad | Banda languages | Collective | ||||||
| bai | Bamileke languages | Collective | Bamiléké | |||||
| bak | ba | Bashkir | Individual | Living | Башҡорт теле; Başqort tele | |||
| bal | Baluchi | Macrolanguage | Living | بلوچی | Balochi | |||
| bam | bm | Bambara | Individual | Living | ߓߊߡߊߣߊߣߞߊߣ | |||
| ban | Balinese | Individual | Living | ᬪᬵᬱᬩᬮᬶ; ᬩᬲᬩᬮᬶ | ||||
| * / eus | eus | eu | Basque | Individual | Living | euskara | ||
| bas | Basa | Individual | Living | Mbene; Ɓasaá | Basaa | |||
| bat | Baltic languages | Collective | ||||||
| bej | Beja; Bedawiyet | Individual | Living | Bidhaawyeet | ||||
| bel | be | Belarusian | Individual | Living | Беларуская мова | |||
| bem | Bemba | Individual | Living | Chibemba | ||||
| ben | bn | Bengali | Individual | Living | বাংলা | |||
| ber | Berber languages | Collective | Tamaziɣt; Tamazight; ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ; ⵝⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵗⵝ; ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵗⵜ | Amazigh languages | ||||
| bho | Bhojpuri | Individual | Living | भोजपुरी | ||||
| bih | bh | Bihari languages | Collective | |||||
| bik | Bikol | Macrolanguage | Living | |||||
| bin | Bini; Edo | Individual | Living | Ẹ̀dó | ||||
| bis | bi | Bislama | Individual | Living | ||||
| bla | Siksika | Individual | Living | ᓱᖽᐧᖿ | Blackfoot | |||
| bnt | Bantu languages | Collective | ||||||
| / tib* | bod | bo | Tibetan | Individual | Living | བོད་སྐད་; ལྷ་སའི་སྐད་ | ||
| bos | bs | Bosnian | Individual | Living | bosanski | |||
| bra | Braj | Individual | Living | Braj Bhāshā | ||||
| bre | br | Breton | Individual | Living | Brezhoneg | |||
| btk | Batak languages | Collective | ||||||
| bua | Buriat | Macrolanguage | Living | буряад хэлэн | Buryat | |||
| bug | Buginese | Individual | Living | ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ | ||||
| bul | bg | Bulgarian | Individual | Living | български език | |||
| * / mya | mya | my | Burmese | Individual | Living | မြန်မာစာ; မြန်မာစကား | Myanmar | |
| byn | Blin; Bilin | Individual | Living | ብሊና; ብሊን | Bilen | |||
| cad | Caddo | Individual | Living | Hasí:nay | ||||
| cai | Central American Indian languages | Collective | ||||||
| car | Galibi Carib | Individual | Living | Kari'nja | Carib | |||
| cat | ca | Catalan; Valencian | Individual | Living | català | |||
| cau | Caucasian languages | Collective | ||||||
| ceb | Cebuano | Individual | Living | Sinugbuanong Binisayâ | ||||
| cel | Celtic languages | Collective | ||||||
| / cze* | ces | cs | Czech | Individual | Living | čeština; český jazyk | ||
| cha | ch | Chamorro | Individual | Living | Finu' Chamoru | |||
| chb | Chibcha | Individual | Extinct | Muysccubun | ||||
| che | ce | Chechen | Individual | Living | Нохчийн мотт; نَاخچیین موٓتت; ნახჩიე მუოთთ | |||
| chg | Chagatai | Individual | Extinct | جغتای | ||||
| * / zho | zho | zh | Chinese | Macrolanguage | Living | 中文; 汉语; 漢語 | ||
| chk | Chuukese | Individual | Living | |||||
| chm | Mari | Macrolanguage | Living | марий йылме | ||||
| chn | Chinook jargon | Individual | Living | chinuk wawa; wawa; chinook lelang; lelang | ||||
| cho | Choctaw | Individual | Living | Chahta' | ||||
| chp | Chipewyan; Dene Suline | Individual | Living | ᑌᓀᓱᒼᕄᓀ | ||||
| chr | Cherokee | Individual | Living | ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ | ||||
| chu | cu | Church Slavic; Old Slavonic; Church Slavonic; Old Bulgarian; Old Church Slavonic | Individual | Ancient | Славе́нскїй ѧ҆зы́къ | |||
| chv | cv | Chuvash | Individual | Living | Чӑвашла | |||
| chy | Cheyenne | Individual | Living | Tsėhésenėstsestȯtse | ||||
| cmc | Chamic languages | Collective | ||||||
| cnr | Montenegrin | Individual | Living | crnogorski / црногорски | ||||
| cop | Coptic | Individual | Extinct | ϯⲙⲉⲑⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ; ⲧⲙⲛ̄ⲧⲣⲙ̄ⲛ̄ⲕⲏⲙⲉ | ||||
| cor | kw | Cornish | Individual | Living | Kernowek | |||
| cos | co | Corsican | Individual | Living | Corsu; Lingua corsa | |||
| cpe | Creoles and pidgins, English based | Collective | ||||||
| cpf | Creoles and pidgins, French-based | Collective | ||||||
| cpp | Creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based | Collective | ||||||
| cre | cr | Cree | Macrolanguage | Living | ||||
| crh | Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish | Individual | Living | Къырымтатарджа; Къырымтатар тили; Ҡырымтатарҗа; Ҡырымтатар тили | ||||
| crp | Creoles and pidgins | Collective | ||||||
| csb | Kashubian | Individual | Living | Kaszëbsczi jãzëk | Cassubian | |||
| cus | Cushitic languages | Collective | ||||||
| / wel* | cym | cy | Welsh | Individual | Living | Cymraeg; y Gymraeg | ||
| * / ces | ces | cs | Czech | Individual | Living | čeština; český jazyk | ||
| dak | Dakota | Individual | Living | Dakhótiyapi; Dakȟótiyapi | ||||
| dan | da | Danish | Individual | Living | dansk | |||
| dar | Dargwa | Individual | Living | дарган мез | ||||
| day | Land Dayak languages | Collective | ||||||
| del | Delaware | Macrolanguage | Living | |||||
| den | Slave | Macrolanguage | Living | Dene K'e | Slavey | |||
| / ger* | deu | de | German | Individual | Living | Deutsch | ||
| dgr | Dogrib | Individual | Living | डोगरी; ڈوگرى | ||||
| din | Dinka | Macrolanguage | Living | Thuɔŋjäŋ | ||||
| div | dv | Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian | Individual | Living | ދިވެހި; ދިވެހިބަސް | |||
| doi | Dogri | Macrolanguage | Living | डोगरी; ڈوگرى | ||||
| dra | Dravidian languages | Collective | ||||||
| dsb | Lower Sorbian | Individual | Living | Dolnoserbski; Dolnoserbšćina | ||||
| dua | Duala | Individual | Living | |||||
| dum | Dutch, Middle | Individual | Historical | |||||
| * / nld | nld | nl | Dutch; Flemish | Individual | Living | Nederlands; Vlaams | ||
| dyu | Dyula | Individual | Living | Julakan | Jula | |||
| dzo | dz | Dzongkha | Individual | Living | རྫོང་ཁ་ | |||
| efi | Efik | Individual | Living | |||||
| egy | Egyptian | Individual | Ancient | |||||
| eka | Ekajuk | Individual | Living | Kajuk | ||||
| / gre* | ell | el | Greek, Modern | Individual | Living | Νέα Ελληνικά | ||
| elx | Elamite | Individual | Ancient | |||||
| eng | en | English | Individual | Living | English | |||
| enm | English, Middle | Individual | Historical | |||||
| epo | eo | Esperanto | Individual | Constructed | Esperanto | |||
| est | et | Estonian | Macrolanguage | Living | eesti keel | |||
| / baq* | eus | eu | Basque | Individual | Living | euskara | ||
| ewe | ee | Ewe | Individual | Living | Èʋegbe | |||
| ewo | Ewondo | Individual | Living | Kolo | ||||
| fan | Fang | Individual | Living | |||||
| fao | fo | Faroese | Individual | Living | føroyskt | |||
| / per* | fas | fa | Persian | Macrolanguage | Living | فارسی | Farsi | |
| fat | Fanti | Individual | Living | Mfantse; Fante; Fanti | Fante | |||
| fij | fj | Fijian | Individual | Living | Na Vosa Vakaviti | |||
| fil | Filipino; Pilipino | Individual | Living | Wikang Filipino | ||||
| fin | fi | Finnish | Individual | Living | suomen kieli | |||
| fiu | Finno-Ugrian languages | Collective | Finno-Ugric languages | |||||
| fon | Fon | Individual | Living | Fon gbè | ||||
| / fre* | fra | fr | French | Individual | Living | français | ||
| * / fra | fra | fr | French | Individual | Living | français | ||
| frm | French, Middle | Individual | Historical | françois; franceis | ||||
| fro | French, Old | Individual | Historical | Franceis; François; Romanz | ||||
| frr | Northern Frisian | Individual | Living | Frasch; Fresk; Freesk; Friisk | North Frisian | |||
| frs | Eastern Frisian | Individual | Living | Seeltersk | Saterland Frisian | |||
| fry | fy | Western Frisian | Individual | Living | Frysk | West Frisian | ||
| ful | ff | Fulah | Macrolanguage | Living | Fulfulde; Pulaar; Pular | Fula | ||
| fur | Friulian | Individual | Living | Furlan | ||||
| gaa | Ga | Individual | Living | Gã | ||||
| gay | Gayo | Individual | Living | Basa Gayo | ||||
| gba | Gbaya | Macrolanguage | Living | |||||
| gem | Germanic languages | Collective | ||||||
| * / kat | kat | ka | Georgian | Individual | Living | ქართული | ||
| * / deu | deu | de | German | Individual | Living | Deutsch | ||
| gez | Geez | Individual | Ancient | ግዕዝ | Ge'ez | |||
| gil | Gilbertese | Individual | Living | Taetae ni Kiribati | ||||
| gla | gd | Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic | Individual | Living | Gàidhlig | |||
| gle | ga | Irish | Individual | Living | Gaeilge | |||
| glg | gl | Galician | Individual | Living | galego | |||
| glv | gv | Manx | Individual | Living | Gaelg; Gailck | |||
| gmh | German, Middle High | Individual | Historical | Diutsch | ||||
| goh | German, Old High | Individual | Historical | Diutisk | ||||
| gon | Gondi | Macrolanguage | Living | |||||
| gor | Gorontalo | Individual | Living | Bahasa Hulontalo | ||||
| got | Gothic | Individual | Ancient | |||||
| grb | Grebo | Macrolanguage | Living | |||||
| grc | Greek, Ancient | Individual | Historical | Ἑλληνική | ||||
| * / ell | ell | el | Greek, Modern | Individual | Living | Νέα Ελληνικά | ||
| grn | gn | Guarani | Macrolanguage | Living | Avañe'ẽ | |||
| gsw | Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian | Individual | Living | Schwiizerdütsch | ||||
| guj | gu | Gujarati | Individual | Living | ગુજરાતી | |||
| gwi | Gwich'in | Individual | Living | Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik | ||||
| hai | Haida | Macrolanguage | Living | X̱aat Kíl; X̱aadas Kíl; X̱aayda Kil; Xaad kil | ||||
| hat | ht | Haitian; Haitian Creole | Individual | Living | kreyòl ayisyen | |||
| hau | ha | Hausa | Individual | Living | Harshen Hausa; هَرْشَن | |||
| haw | Hawaiian | Individual | Living | ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi | ||||
| heb | he | Hebrew | Individual | Living | עברית | |||
| her | hz | Herero | Individual | Living | Otjiherero | |||
| hil | Hiligaynon | Individual | Living | Ilonggo | ||||
| Himachali languages; Pahari languages | Collective | |||||||
| hin | hi | Hindi | Individual | Living | हिन्दी | |||
| hit | Hittite | Individual | Ancient | ??? | ||||
| hmn | Hmong; Mong | Macrolanguage | Living | lus Hmoob; lug Moob; lol Hmongb | ||||
| hmo | ho | Hiri Motu | Individual | Living | ||||
| hrv | hr | Croatian | Individual | Living | hrvatski | |||
| hsb | Upper Sorbian | Individual | Living | hornjoserbšćina | ||||
| hun | hu | Hungarian | Individual | Living | magyar nyelv | |||
| hup | Hupa | Individual | Living | Na:tinixwe Mixine:whe' | ||||
| / arm* | hye | hy | Armenian | Individual | Living | Հայերէն; Հայերեն | ||
| iba | Iban | Individual | Living | Jaku Iban | ||||
| ibo | ig | Igbo | Individual | Living | Asụsụ Igbo | |||
| * / isl | isl | is | Icelandic | Individual | Living | íslenska | ||
| ido | io | Ido | Individual | Constructed | ||||
| iii | ii | Sichuan Yi; Nuosu | Individual | Living | ꆈꌠꉙ | |||
| ijo | Ijo languages | Collective | Ịjọ | Ijaw languages | ||||
| iku | iu | Inuktitut | Macrolanguage | Living | ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ | |||
| ile | ie | Interlingue; Occidental | Individual | Constructed | ||||
| ilo | Iloko | Individual | Living | Pagsasao nga Ilokano; Ilokano | Ilocano | |||
| ina | ia | Interlingua | Individual | Constructed | ||||
| inc | Indic languages | Collective | Indo-Aryan languages | |||||
| ind | id | Indonesian | Individual | Living | bahasa Indonesia | |||
| ine | Indo-European languages | Collective | ||||||
| inh | Ingush | Individual | Living | ГӀалгӀай мотт | ||||
| ipk | ik | Inupiaq | Macrolanguage | Living | Iñupiaq | |||
| ira | Iranian languages | Collective | ||||||
| iro | Iroquoian languages | Collective | ||||||
| / ice* | isl | is | Icelandic | Individual | Living | íslenska | ||
| ita | it | Italian | Individual | Living | italiano; lingua italiana | |||
| jav | jv | Javanese | Individual | Living | ꦧꦱꦗꦮ | |||
| jbo | Lojban | Individual | Constructed | la.lojban. | ||||
| jpn | ja | Japanese | Individual | Living | 日本語 | |||
| jpr | Judeo-Persian | Individual | Living | Dzhidi | ||||
| jrb | Judeo-Arabic | Macrolanguage | Living | عربية يهودية / ערבית יהודית | ||||
| kaa | Kara-Kalpak | Individual | Living | Qaraqalpaq tili; Қарақалпақ тили | Karakalpak | |||
| kab | Kabyle | Individual | Living | Tamaziɣt Taqbaylit; Tazwawt | ||||
| kac | Kachin; Jingpho | Individual | Living | Jingpho | ||||
| kal | kl | Kalaallisut; Greenlandic | Individual | Living | ||||
| kam | Kamba | Individual | Living | |||||
| kan | kn | Kannada | Individual | Living | ಕನ್ನಡ | |||
| kar | Karen languages | Collective | Karenic languages | |||||
| kas | ks | Kashmiri | Individual | Living | कॉशुर / كأشُر | |||
| / geo* | kat | ka | Georgian | Individual | Living | ქართული | ||
| kau | kr | Kanuri | Macrolanguage | Living | ||||
| kaw | Kawi | Individual | Ancient | ꦧꦱꦗꦮ | ||||
| kaz | kk | Kazakh | Individual | Living | қазақ тілі / qazaq tili | |||
| kbd | Kabardian | Individual | Living | Адыгэбзэ | ||||
| kha | Khasi | Individual | Living | কা কতিয়েন খাশি | ||||
| khi | Khoisan languages | Collective | ||||||
| khm | km | Central Khmer | Individual | Living | ភាសាខ្មែរ | |||
| kho | Khotanese; Sakan | Individual | Ancient | Saka | ||||
| kik | ki | Kikuyu; Gikuyu | Individual | Living | Gĩkũyũ | |||
| kin | rw | Kinyarwanda | Individual | Living | ||||
| kir | ky | Kirghiz; Kyrgyz | Individual | Living | кыргызча; кыргыз тили | |||
| kmb | Kimbundu | Individual | Living | |||||
| kok | Konkani | Macrolanguage | Living | कोंकणी | ||||
| kom | kv | Komi | Macrolanguage | Living | Коми кыв | |||
| kon | kg | Kongo | Macrolanguage | Living | ||||
| kor | ko | Korean | Individual | Living | 한국어 | |||
| kos | Kosraean | Individual | Living | |||||
| kpe | Kpelle | Macrolanguage | Living | Kpɛlɛwoo | ||||
| krc | Karachay-Balkar | Individual | Living | Къарачай-Малкъар тил; Таулу тил | ||||
| krl | Karelian | Individual | Living | karjal; kariela; karjala | ||||
| kro | Kru languages | Collective | ||||||
| kru | Kurukh | Individual | Living | कुड़ुख़ | ||||
| kua | kj | Kuanyama; Kwanyama | Individual | Living | ||||
| kum | Kumyk | Individual | Living | къумукъ тил/qumuq til | ||||
| kur | ku | Kurdish | Macrolanguage | Living | Kurdî / کوردی | |||
| kut | Kutenai | Individual | Living | |||||
| lad | Ladino | Individual | Living | Judeo-español | Judaeo-Spanish | |||
| lah | Lahnda | Macrolanguage | Living | بھارت کا | Western Punjabi | |||
| lam | Lamba | Individual | Living | |||||
| lao | lo | Lao | Individual | Living | ພາສາລາວ | |||
| lat | la | Latin | Individual | Ancient | Lingua latīna | |||
| lav | lv | Latvian | Macrolanguage | Living | Latviešu valoda | |||
| lez | Lezghian | Individual | Living | Лезги чӏал | Lezgian | |||
| lim | li | Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish | Individual | Living | Lèmburgs | |||
| lin | ln | Lingala | Individual | Living | ||||
| lit | lt | Lithuanian | Individual | Living | lietuvių kalba | |||
| lol | Mongo | Individual | Living | Lomongo | ||||
| loz | Lozi | Individual | Living | |||||
| ltz | lb | Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch | Individual | Living | Lëtzebuergesch | |||
| lua | Luba-Lulua | Individual | Living | Tshiluba | Luba-Kasai | |||
| lub | lu | Luba-Katanga | Individual | Living | Kiluba | |||
| lug | lg | Ganda | Individual | Living | Luganda | Luganda | ||
| lui | Luiseno | Individual | Extinct | Cham'teela | ||||
| lun | Lunda | Individual | Living | Chilunda | ||||
| luo | Luo | Individual | Living | Dholuo | ||||
| lus | Lushai | Individual | Living | Mizo ṭawng | Mizo | |||
| * / mkd | mkd | mk | Macedonian | Individual | Living | македонски јазик | ||
| mad | Madurese | Individual | Living | Madhura | ||||
| mag | Magahi | Individual | Living | मगही | ||||
| mah | mh | Marshallese | Individual | Living | Kajin M̧ajeļ | |||
| mai | Maithili | Individual | Living | मैथिली; মৈথিলী | ||||
| mak | Makasar | Individual | Living | Basa Mangkasara' / ᨅᨔ ᨆᨀᨔᨑ | Makassarese | |||
| mal | ml | Malayalam | Individual | Living | മലയാളം | |||
| man | Mandingo | Macrolanguage | Living | Mandi'nka kango | Manding | |||
| * / mri | mri | mi | Maori | Individual | Living | Te Reo Māori | ||
| map | Austronesian languages | Collective | ||||||
| mar | mr | Marathi | Individual | Living | मराठी | |||
| mas | Masai | Individual | Living | ɔl | ||||
| * / msa | msa | ms | Malay | Macrolanguage | Living | Bahasa Melayu | ||
| mdf | Moksha | Individual | Living | мокшень кяль | ||||
| mdr | Mandar | Individual | Living | |||||
| men | Mende | Individual | Living | Mɛnde yia | ||||
| mga | Irish, Middle | Individual | Historical | Gaoidhealg | ||||
| mic | Mi'kmaq; Micmac | Individual | Living | Míkmawísimk | ||||
| min | Minangkabau | Individual | Living | Baso Minang | ||||
| mis | Uncoded languages | Special | ||||||
| / mac* | mkd | mk | Macedonian | Individual | Living | македонски јазик | ||
| mkh | Mon-Khmer languages | Collective | Austroasiatic languages | |||||
| mlg | mg | Malagasy | Macrolanguage | Living | ||||
| mlt | mt | Maltese | Individual | Living | Malti | |||
| mnc | Manchu | Individual | Living | ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ | ||||
| mni | Manipuri | Individual | Living | Meitei | ||||
| mno | Manobo languages | Collective | ||||||
| moh | Mohawk | Individual | Living | Kanien’kéha | ||||
| mon | mn | Mongolian | Macrolanguage | Living | монгол хэл; ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ | |||
| mos | Mossi | Individual | Living | Mooré | ||||
| / mao* | mri | mi | Maori | Individual | Living | Te Reo Māori | ||
| / may* | msa | ms | Malay | Macrolanguage | Living | Bahasa Melayu | ||
| mul | Multiple languages | Special | ||||||
| mun | Munda languages | Collective | ||||||
| mus | Creek | Individual | Living | Mvskoke | Muscogee | |||
| mwl | Mirandese | Individual | Living | mirandés; lhéngua mirandesa | ||||
| mwr | Marwari | Macrolanguage | Living | मारवाड़ी | ||||
| / bur* | mya | my | Burmese | Individual | Living | မြန်မာစာ; မြန်မာစကား | Myanmar | |
| myn | Mayan languages | Collective | ||||||
| myv | Erzya | Individual | Living | эрзянь кель | ||||
| nah | Nahuatl languages | Collective | Nahuan languages | |||||
| nai | North American Indian languages | Collective | ||||||
| nap | Neapolitan | Individual | Living | napulitano | ||||
| nau | na | Nauru | Individual | Living | dorerin Naoero | Nauruan | ||
| nav | nv | Navajo; Navaho | Individual | Living | Diné bizaad; Naabeehó bizaad | |||
| nbl | nr | Ndebele, South; South Ndebele | Individual | Living | isiNdebele seSewula | Southern Ndebele | ||
| nde | nd | Ndebele, North; North Ndebele | Individual | Living | siNdebele saseNyakatho | Northern Ndebele | ||
| ndo | ng | Ndonga | Individual | Living | ndonga | |||
| nds | Low German; Low Saxon; German, Low; Saxon, Low | Individual | Living | Plattdütsch; Plattdüütsch | ||||
| nep | ne | Nepali | Macrolanguage | Living | नेपाली भाषा | |||
| new | Nepal Bhasa; Newari | Individual | Living | नेपाल भाषा; नेवाः भाय् | Newar | |||
| nia | Nias | Individual | Living | Li Niha | ||||
| nic | Niger-Kordofanian languages | Collective | Niger-Congo languages | |||||
| niu | Niuean | Individual | Living | ko e vagahau Niuē | ||||
| / dut* | nld | nl | Dutch; Flemish | Individual | Living | Nederlands; Vlaams | ||
| nno | nn | Norwegian Nynorsk; Nynorsk, Norwegian | Individual | Living | nynorsk | Nynorsk | ||
| nob | nb | Bokmål, Norwegian; Norwegian Bokmål | Individual | Living | bokmål | Bokmål | ||
| nog | Nogai | Individual | Living | Ногай тили | ||||
| non | Norse, Old | Individual | Historical | Dǫnsk tunga; Norrœnt mál | ||||
| nor | no | Norwegian | Macrolanguage | Living | norsk | |||
| nqo | N'Ko | Individual | Living | |||||
| nso | Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho | Individual | Living | Sesotho sa Leboa | ||||
| nub | Nubian languages | Collective | لغات نوبية | |||||
| nwc | Classical Newari; Old Newari; Classical Nepal Bhasa | Individual | Historical | पुलां भाय्; पुलाङु नेपाल भाय् | ||||
| nya | ny | Chichewa; Chewa; Nyanja | Individual | Living | Chichewa; Chinyanja | |||
| nym | Nyamwezi | Individual | Living | |||||
| nyn | Nyankole | Individual | Living | Nkore | ||||
| nyo | Nyoro | Individual | Living | Runyoro | ||||
| nzi | Nzima | Individual | Living | Nzema | ||||
| oci | oc | Occitan ; Provençal | Individual | Living | occitan; lenga d'òc; provençal | |||
| oji | oj | Ojibwa | Macrolanguage | Living | Ojibwe | |||
| ori | or | Oriya | Macrolanguage | Living | ଓଡ଼ିଆ | Odia | ||
| orm | om | Oromo | Macrolanguage | Living | Afaan Oromoo | |||
| osa | Osage | Individual | Living | Wazhazhe ie / ?????? ?? | ||||
| oss | os | Ossetian; Ossetic | Individual | Living | Ирон æвзаг | |||
| ota | Turkish, Ottoman | Individual | Historical | لسان عثمانى / lisân-ı Osmânî | ||||
| oto | Otomian languages | Collective | Oto-Pamean languages | |||||
| paa | Papuan languages | Collective | ||||||
| pag | Pangasinan | Individual | Living | Salitan Pangasinan | ||||
| pal | Pahlavi | Individual | Ancient | Pārsīk; Pārsīg | Middle Persian | |||
| pam | Pampanga; Kapampangan | Individual | Living | Amánung Kapampangan; Amánung Sísuan | ||||
| pan | pa | Panjabi; Punjabi | Individual | Living | ਪੰਜਾਬੀ / پنجابی | |||
| pap | Papiamento | Individual | Living | Papiamentu | ||||
| pau | Palauan | Individual | Living | a tekoi er a Belau | ||||
| peo | Persian, Old | Individual | Historical | |||||
| * / fas | fas | fa | Persian | Macrolanguage | Living | فارسی | ||
| phi | Philippine languages | Collective | ||||||
| phn | Phoenician | Individual | Ancient | ????? ?????? | ||||
| pli | pi | Pali | Individual | Ancient | Pāli | |||
| pol | pl | Polish | Individual | Living | Język polski | |||
| pon | Pohnpeian | Individual | Living | |||||
| por | pt | Portuguese | Individual | Living | português | |||
| pra | Prakrit languages | Collective | ||||||
| pro | Provençal, Old ; Old Occitan | Individual | Historical | |||||
| pus | ps | Pushto; Pashto | Macrolanguage | Living | پښتو | |||
| qaa-qtz | Reserved for local use | Local | ||||||
| que | qu | Quechua | Macrolanguage | Living | Runa simi; kichwa simi; Nuna shimi | |||
| raj | Rajasthani | Macrolanguage | Living | राजस्थानी | ||||
| rap | Rapanui | Individual | Living | Vananga rapa nui | ||||
| rar | Rarotongan; Cook Islands Maori | Individual | Living | Māori Kūki 'Āirani | ||||
| roa | Romance languages | Collective | ||||||
| roh | rm | Romansh | Individual | Living | Rumantsch; Rumàntsch; Romauntsch; Romontsch | |||
| rom | Romany | Macrolanguage | Living | romani čhib | Romani | |||
| / rum* | ron | ro | Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan | Individual | Living | limba română | ||
| * / ron | ron | ro | Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan | Individual | Living | limba română | ||
| run | rn | Rundi | Individual | Living | Ikirundi | Kirundi | ||
| rup | Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian | Individual | Living | armãneashce; armãneashti; rrãmãneshti | ||||
| rus | ru | Russian | Individual | Living | русский язык | |||
| sad | Sandawe | Individual | Living | Sandaweeki | ||||
| sag | sg | Sango | Individual | Living | yângâ tî sängö | |||
| sah | Yakut | Individual | Living | Сахалыы | ||||
| sai | South American Indian | Collective | ||||||
| sal | Salishan languages | Collective | ||||||
| sam | Samaritan Aramaic | Individual | Extinct | ארמית | ||||
| san | sa | Sanskrit | Individual | Ancient | संस्कृतम्; ????????? | |||
| sas | Sasak | Individual | Living | |||||
| sat | Santali | Individual | Living | ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ | ||||
| scn | Sicilian | Individual | Living | Sicilianu | ||||
| sco | Scots | Individual | Living | Braid Scots; Lallans | ||||
| sel | Selkup | Individual | Living | |||||
| sem | Semitic languages | Collective | ||||||
| sga | Irish, Old | Individual | Historical | Goídelc | ||||
| sgn | Sign Languages | Collective | ||||||
| shn | Shan | Individual | Living | ၵႂၢမ်းတႆးယႂ် | ||||
| sid | Sidamo | Individual | Living | Sidaamu Afoo | ||||
| sin | si | Sinhala; Sinhalese | Individual | Living | සිංහල | |||
| sio | Siouan languages | Collective | ||||||
| sit | Sino-Tibetan languages | Collective | ||||||
| sla | Slavic languages | Collective | ||||||
| * / slk | slk | sk | Slovak | Individual | Living | slovenčina; slovenský jazyk | ||
| / slo* | slk | sk | Slovak | Individual | Living | slovenčina; slovenský jazyk | ||
| slv | sl | Slovenian | Individual | Living | slovenski jezik; slovenščina | Slovene | ||
| sma | Southern Sami | Individual | Living | Åarjelsaemien gïele | ||||
| sme | se | Northern Sami | Individual | Living | davvisámegiella | |||
| smi | Sami languages | Collective | ||||||
| smj | Lule Sami | Individual | Living | julevsámegiella | ||||
| smn | Inari Sami | Individual | Living | anarâškielâ | ||||
| smo | sm | Samoan | Individual | Living | Gagana faʻa Sāmoa | |||
| sms | Skolt Sami | Individual | Living | sääʹmǩiõll | ||||
| sna | sn | Shona | Individual | Living | chiShona | |||
| snd | sd | Sindhi | Individual | Living | سنڌي / सिन्धी / ਸਿੰਧੀ | |||
| snk | Soninke | Individual | Living | Sooninkanxanne | ||||
| sog | Sogdian | Individual | Ancient | |||||
| som | so | Somali | Individual | Living | af Soomaali | |||
| son | Songhai languages | Collective | Songhay languages | |||||
| sot | st | Sotho, Southern | Individual | Living | Sesotho | |||
| spa | es | Spanish; Castilian | Individual | Living | español; castellano | |||
| / alb* | sqi | sq | Albanian | Macrolanguage | Living | Shqip | ||
| srd | sc | Sardinian | Macrolanguage | Living | sardu; limba sarda; lingua sarda | |||
| srn | Sranan Tongo | Individual | Living | |||||
| srp | sr | Serbian | Individual | Living | српски / srpski | |||
| srr | Serer | Individual | Living | Seereer | ||||
| ssa | Nilo-Saharan languages | Collective | ||||||
| ssw | ss | Swati | Individual | Living | siSwati | Swazi | ||
| suk | Sukuma | Individual | Living | Kɪsukuma | ||||
| sun | su | Sundanese | Individual | Living | ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ / Basa Sunda | |||
| sus | Susu | Individual | Living | Sosoxui | ||||
| sux | Sumerian | Individual | Ancient | ?? | ||||
| swa | sw | Swahili | Macrolanguage | Living | Kiswahili | |||
| swe | sv | Swedish | Individual | Living | svenska | |||
| syc | Classical Syriac | Individual | Historical | |||||
| syr | Syriac | Macrolanguage | Living | ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ | ||||
| tah | ty | Tahitian | Individual | Living | Reo Tahiti; Reo Mā'ohi | |||
| tai | Tai languages | Collective | ภาษาไท; ภาษาไต | |||||
| tam | ta | Tamil | Individual | Living | தமிழ் | |||
| tat | tt | Tatar | Individual | Living | татар теле / tatar tele / تاتار | |||
| tel | te | Telugu | Individual | Living | తెలుగు | |||
| tem | Timne | Individual | Living | KʌThemnɛ | Temne | |||
| ter | Tereno | Individual | Living | Terêna | Terena | |||
| tet | Tetum | Individual | Living | Lia-Tetun | ||||
| tgk | tg | Tajik | Individual | Living | тоҷикӣ / tojikī | |||
| tgl | tl | Tagalog | Individual | Living | Wikang Tagalog | |||
| tha | th | Thai | Individual | Living | ภาษาไทย | |||
| * / bod | bod | bo | Tibetan | Individual | Living | བོད་སྐད་; ལྷ་སའི་སྐད་ | ||
| tig | Tigre | Individual | Living | ትግረ; ትግሬ; ኻሳ; ትግራይት | ||||
| tir | ti | Tigrinya | Individual | Living | ትግርኛ | |||
| tiv | Tiv | Individual | Living | |||||
| tkl | Tokelau | Individual | Living | Tokelauan | ||||
| tlh | Klingon; tlhIngan-Hol | Individual | Constructed | |||||
| tli | Tlingit | Individual | Living | Lingít | ||||
| tmh | Tamashek | Macrolanguage | Living | Tamasheq | ||||
| tog | Tonga | Individual | Living | chiTonga | ||||
| ton | to | Tonga | Individual | Living | lea faka-Tonga | Tongan | ||
| tpi | Tok Pisin | Individual | Living | |||||
| tsi | Tsimshian | Individual | Living | |||||
| tsn | tn | Tswana | Individual | Living | Setswana | |||
| tso | ts | Tsonga | Individual | Living | Xitsonga | |||
| tuk | tk | Turkmen | Individual | Living | Türkmençe / Түркменче / تورکمن تیلی تورکمنچ; türkmen dili / түркмен дили | |||
| tum | Tumbuka | Individual | Living | chiTumbuka | ||||
| tup | Tupi languages | Collective | Tupian languages | |||||
| tur | tr | Turkish | Individual | Living | Türkçe | |||
| tut | Altaic languages | Collective | ||||||
| tvl | Tuvalu | Individual | Living | Te Ggana Tuuvalu; Te Gagana Tuuvalu | Tuvaluan | |||
| twi | tw | Twi | Individual | Living | ||||
| tyv | Tuvinian | Individual | Living | тыва дыл | Tuvan | |||
| udm | Udmurt | Individual | Living | удмурт кыл | ||||
| uga | Ugaritic | Individual | Ancient | |||||
| uig | ug | Uighur; Uyghur | Individual | Living | ئۇيغۇرچە ; ئۇيغۇر تىلى | |||
| ukr | uk | Ukrainian | Individual | Living | українська мова | |||
| umb | Umbundu | Individual | Living | Úmbúndú | ||||
| und | Undetermined | Special | ||||||
| urd | ur | Urdu | Individual | Living | اُردُو | |||
| uzb | uz | Uzbek | Macrolanguage | Living | Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча / ئوزبېچه; oʻzbek tili / ўзбек тили / ئوبېک تیلی | |||
| vai | Vai | Individual | Living | ꕙꔤ | ||||
| ven | ve | Venda | Individual | Living | Tshivenḓa | |||
| vie | vi | Vietnamese | Individual | Living | Tiếng Việt | |||
| vol | vo | Volapük | Individual | Constructed | ||||
| vot | Votic | Individual | Living | vađđa ceeli | ||||
| wak | Wakashan languages | Collective | ||||||
| wal | Wolaitta; Wolaytta | Individual | Living | |||||
| war | Waray | Individual | Living | Winaray; Samareño; Lineyte-Samarnon; Binisayâ nga Winaray; Binisayâ nga Samar-Leyte; “Binisayâ nga Waray” | ||||
| was | Washo | Individual | Living | wá:šiw ʔítlu | ||||
| * / cym | cym | cy | Welsh | Individual | Living | Cymraeg; y Gymraeg | ||
| wen | Sorbian languages | Collective | Serbsce / Serbski | |||||
| wln | wa | Walloon | Individual | Living | Walon | |||
| wol | wo | Wolof | Individual | Living | ||||
| xal | Kalmyk; Oirat | Individual | Living | Хальмг келн / Xaľmg keln | ||||
| xho | xh | Xhosa | Individual | Living | isiXhosa | |||
| yao | Yao | Individual | Living | |||||
| yap | Yapese | Individual | Living | |||||
| yid | yi | Yiddish | Macrolanguage | Living | ייִדיש; יידיש; אידיש | |||
| yor | yo | Yoruba | Individual | Living | èdè Yorùbá | |||
| ypk | Yupik languages | Collective | ||||||
| zap | Zapotec | Macrolanguage | Living | Diidxazá | ||||
| zbl | Blissymbols; Blissymbolics; Bliss | Individual | Constructed | |||||
| zen | Zenaga | Individual | Living | Tuḍḍungiyya | ||||
| zgh | Standard Moroccan Tamazight | Individual | Living | ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⴰⵡⴰⵢⵜ | Standard Moroccan Berber | |||
| zha | za | Zhuang; Chuang | Macrolanguage | Living | Vahcuengh / 話僮 | |||
| / chi* | zho | zh | Chinese | Macrolanguage | Living | 中文; 汉语; 漢語 | ||
| znd | Zande languages | Collective | ||||||
| zul | zu | Zulu | Individual | Living | isiZulu | |||
| zun | Zuni | Individual | Living | Shiwi'ma | ||||
| zxx | No linguistic content; Not applicable | Special | ||||||
| zza | Zaza; Dimili; Dimli; Kirdki; Kirmanjki; Zazaki | Macrolanguage | Living |