| Technical contents of ISO 639-2 |
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| Updated from http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/code_list.html |
| 2008-04-25 by Bruno Haible |
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| First column: ISO 639-2 code. |
| Second column: ISO 639-2 English name. |
| The remaining columns are not from ISO. They are mostly from |
| www.ethnologue.com in 2006. |
| Third column: Categorization |
| F = Family of languages |
| S = Synthetic / Artificial language |
| X = Extinct language |
| Z = Not a language |
| U = Otherwise unknown to www.ethnologue.com |
| Fourth column: Approximate number of speakers. |
| Fifth column: Country. |
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| ace Achinese 3000000 Indonesia |
| ach Acoli 750000 Uganda |
| ada Adangme 800000 Ghana |
| ady Adyghe; Adygei 500000 Russia |
| afa Afro-Asiatic (Other) F |
| afh Afrihili S |
| ain Ainu 15 Japan |
| akk Akkadian X |
| ale Aleut 500 United States |
| alg Algonquian languages F |
| alt Southern Altai 20000 Russia |
| ang English, Old (ca.450-1100) X |
| anp Angika 740000 India |
| apa Apache languages F |
| arc Official Aramaic; Imperial Aramaic X few Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran |
| arn Mapudungun; Mapuche 300000 Chile |
| arp Arapaho 1000 United States |
| art Artificial (Other) S |
| arw Arawak 2500 Suriname |
| ast Asturian; Bable; Leonese; Asturleonese 125000 Spain |
| ath Athapascan languages F |
| aus Australian languages F |
| awa Awadhi 20000000 India |
| bad Banda languages F 1100000 Central African Republic, Dem. Rep. Congo |
| bai Bamileke languages F |
| bal Baluchi U 5000000 Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan |
| ban Balinese 3900000 Indonesia |
| bas Basa 230000 Cameroon |
| bat Baltic (Other) F |
| bej Beja; Bedawiyet 1178000 Sudan |
| bem Bemba 3600000 Zambia |
| ber Berber (Other) F |
| bho Bhojpuri 26600000 India |
| bik Bikol U 3500000 Philippines |
| bin Bini; Edo 1000000 Nigeria |
| bla Siksika 5000 Canada |
| bnt Bantu (Other) F |
| bra Braj 44000 India |
| btk Batak languages (Indonesia) F 6230000 Indonesia |
| bua Buriat U 450000 Russia |
| bug Buginese 3500000 Indonesia |
| byn Blin; Bilin 70000 Eritrea |
| cad Caddo 25 United States |
| cai Central American Indian (Other) F |
| car Galibi Carib 10000 Venezuela |
| cau Caucasian (Other) F |
| ceb Cebuano 20000000 Philippines |
| cel Celtic (Other) F |
| chb Chibcha X |
| chg Chagatai X |
| chk Chuukese 38000 Micronesia |
| chm Mari U 590000 Russia |
| chn Chinook jargon 100 Canada |
| cho Choctaw 9000 United States |
| chp Chipewyan; Dene Suline 4000 Canada |
| chr Cherokee 20000 United States |
| chy Cheyenne 2000 United States |
| cmc Chamic languages F |
| cop Coptic X |
| cpe Creoles and pidgins, English based (Other) F |
| cpf Creoles and pidgins, French-based (Other) F |
| cpp Creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based (Other) F |
| crh Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish 450000 Uzbekistan, Ukraine |
| crp Creoles and pidgins (Other) F |
| csb Kashubian 3000 Poland |
| cus Cushitic (Other) F |
| dak Dakota 15000 United States |
| dar Dargwa 370000 Russia |
| day Land Dayak languages F Malaysia, Indonesia |
| del Delaware U 7 United States |
| den Slave (Athapascan) U United States, Canada |
| dgr Dogrib 2000 Dogrib |
| din Dinka U 1350000 Sudan |
| doi Dogri U 2100000 India |
| dra Dravidian (Other) FX |
| dsb Lower Sorbian 14000 Germany |
| dua Duala 88000 Cameroon |
| dum Dutch, Middle (ca.1050-1350) X |
| dyu Dyula 120000 Burkina Faso |
| efi Efik 400000 Nigeria |
| egy Egyptian (Ancient) X |
| eka Ekajuk 30000 Nigeria |
| elx Elamite X |
| enm English, Middle (1100-1500) X |
| ewo Ewondo 580000 Cameroon |
| fan Fang 450000 Equatorial Guinea |
| fat Fanti U |
| fil Filipino; Pilipino 88000000 Philippines |
| fiu Finno-Ugrian (Other) F |
| fon Fon 1700000 Benin |
| frm French, Middle (ca.1400-1600) X |
| fro French, Old (842-ca.1400) X |
| frr Northern Frisian 10000 Germany |
| frs Eastern Frisian 11000 Germany |
| fur Friulian 800000 Italy |
| gaa Ga 600000 Ghana |
| gay Gayo 180000 Indonesia |
| gba Gbaya U 570000 Central African Republic |
| gem Germanic (Other) F |
| gez Geez X |
| gil Gilbertese 68000 Kiribati |
| gmh German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500) X |
| goh German, Old High (ca.750-1050) X |
| gon Gondi U 2200000 India |
| gor Gorontalo 900000 Indonesia |
| got Gothic X |
| grb Grebo U 220000 Liberia |
| grc Greek, Ancient (to 1453) X |
| gsw Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian 6000000 Switzerland |
| gwi Gwich´in 700 Canada |
| hai Haida U 3000 Canada, United States |
| haw Hawaiian 1000 United States |
| hil Hiligaynon 7000000 Philippines |
| him Himachali U |
| hit Hittite X |
| hmn Hmong U 4000000 China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam |
| hsb Upper Sorbian 15000 Germany |
| hup Hupa 8 United States |
| iba Iban 400000 Malaysia |
| ijo Ijo languages F |
| ilo Iloko 8000000 Philippines |
| inc Indic (Other) F |
| ine Indo-European (Other) F |
| inh Ingush 240000 Russia |
| ira Iranian (Other) F |
| iro Iroquoian languages F |
| jbo Lojban U |
| jpr Judeo-Persian 80000 Israel |
| jrb Judeo-Arabic U |
| kaa Kara-Kalpak 410000 Uzbekistan |
| kab Kabyle 3100000 Algeria |
| kac Kachin; Jingpho 940000 Myanmar |
| kam Kamba 2400000 Kenya |
| kar Karen languages F Myanmar |
| kaw Kawi U |
| kbd Kabardian 1000000 Turkey, Russia |
| kha Khasi 865000 India |
| khi Khoisan (Other) F |
| kho Khotanese U |
| kmb Kimbundu 3000000 Angola |
| kok Konkani U millions India |
| kos Kosraean 8000 Micronesia |
| kpe Kpelle U Liberia |
| krc Karachay-Balkar 240000 Russia |
| krl Karelian 128000 Russia |
| kro Kru languages F Côte d'Ivoire |
| kru Kurukh 2000000 India |
| kum Kumyk 280000 Russia |
| kut Kutenai 6 Canada |
| lad Ladino 110000 Israel |
| lah Lahnda U |
| lam Lamba 214000 Zambia |
| lez Lezghian 450000 Russia |
| lol Mongo 400000 Dem. Rep. Congo |
| loz Lozi 570000 Zambia |
| lua Luba-Lulua 6300000 Dem. Rep. Congo |
| lui Luiseno 30 United States |
| lun Lunda 400000 Zambia |
| luo Luo (Kenya and Tanzania) 3465000 Kenya |
| lus Lushai 540000 India |
| mad Madurese 13700000 Indonesia |
| mag Magahi 13000000 India |
| mai Maithili 24800000 India |
| mak Makasar 1600000 Indonesia |
| man Mandingo U 1500000 Mali |
| map Austronesian (Other) F |
| mas Masai 880000 Kenya, Tanzania |
| mdf Moksha 300000 Russia |
| mdr Mandar 200000 Mandar |
| men Mende 1480000 Sierra Leone |
| mga Irish, Middle (900-1200) X |
| mic Mi'kmaq; Micmac 8500 Canada |
| min Minangkabau 8500000 Indonesia |
| mis Uncoded languages F |
| mkh Mon-Khmer (Other) F |
| mnc Manchu 60 China |
| mni Manipuri 1260000 India |
| mno Manobo languages F |
| moh Mohawk 3000 Canada |
| mos Mossi 5000000 Burkina Faso |
| mul Multiple languages FZ |
| mun Munda languages F |
| mus Creek 4300 United States |
| mwl Mirandese 15000 Portugal |
| mwr Marwari U millions India |
| myn Mayan languages F |
| myv Erzya 520000 Russia |
| nah Nahuatl languages FX |
| nai North American Indian F |
| nap Neapolitan 7000000 Italy |
| nds Low German; Low Saxon; German, Low; Saxon, Low 1000 Germany |
| new Nepal Bhasa; Newari 820000 Nepal |
| nia Nias 480000 Indonesia |
| nic Niger-Kordofanian (Other) F |
| niu Niuean 2000 Niue |
| nog Nogai 67000 Russia |
| non Norse, Old X |
| nqo N'Ko U |
| nso Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho 3700000 South Africa |
| nub Nubian languages F |
| nwc Classical Newari; Old Newari; Classical Nepal Bhasa U |
| nym Nyamwezi 1200000 Tanzania |
| nyn Nyankole 1640000 Uganda |
| nyo Nyoro 500000 Nyoro |
| nzi Nzima 330000 Ghana |
| osa Osage 5 United States |
| ota Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) X |
| oto Otomian languages F |
| paa Papuan (Other) F |
| pag Pangasinan 1160000 Philippines |
| pal Pahlavi X |
| pam Pampanga; Kapampangan 1900000 Philippines |
| pap Papiamento 320000 Netherlands Antilles |
| pau Palauan 15000 Palau |
| peo Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.) X |
| phi Philippine (Other) F |
| phn Phoenician X |
| pon Pohnpeian 29000 Micronesia |
| pra Prakrit languages F |
| pro Provençal, Old (to 1500) X |
| qaa-qtz Reserved for local use Z |
| raj Rajasthani U millions India |
| rap Rapanui 3400 Chile |
| rar Rarotongan; Cook Islands Maori 17000 Cook Islands |
| roa Romance (Other) F |
| rom Romany U Czech, Slovakia, ... |
| rup Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian 300000 Greece |
| sad Sandawe 40000 Sandawe |
| sah Yakut 382000 Russia |
| sai South American Indian (Other) F |
| sal Salishan languages F |
| sam Samaritan Aramaic X |
| sas Sasak 2100000 Indonesia |
| sat Santali 6150000 India |
| scn Sicilian 4800000 Italy |
| sco Scots 200000 United Kingdom, Ireland |
| sel Selkup 1600 Russia |
| sem Semitic (Other) F |
| sga Irish, Old (to 900) X |
| sgn Sign Languages FS |
| shn Shan 3200000 Myanmar |
| sid Sidamo 1900000 Ethiopia |
| sio Siouan languages F |
| sit Sino-Tibetan (Other) F |
| sla Slavic (Other) F |
| sma Southern Sami 600 Sweden, Norway |
| smi Sami languages (Other) F |
| smj Lule Sami 2000 Sweden |
| smn Inari Sami 250 Finland |
| sms Skolt Sami 300 Finland |
| snk Soninke 700000 Mali |
| sog Sogdian X |
| son Songhai languages F Niger |
| srn Sranan Tongo 120000 Suriname |
| srr Serer 1200000 Senegal |
| ssa Nilo-Saharan (Other) F |
| suk Sukuma 3200000 Tanzania |
| sus Susu 1000000 Guinea |
| sux Sumerian X |
| syc Classical Syriac X |
| syr Syriac X |
| tai Tai (Other) F |
| tem Timne 1200000 Sierra Leone |
| ter Tereno 15000 Brazil |
| tet Tetum 450000 Indonesia |
| tig Tigre 800000 Eritrea |
| tiv Tiv 2200000 Nigeria |
| tkl Tokelau 3200 Tokelau |
| tlh Klingon; tlhIngan-Hol S |
| tli Tlingit 800 United States |
| tmh Tamashek F Niger, Mali |
| tog Tonga (Nyasa) 170000 Malawi |
| tpi Tok Pisin 120000 Papua New Guinea |
| tsi Tsimshian 800 Canada |
| tum Tumbuka 1330000 Malawi |
| tup Tupi languages F |
| tut Altaic (Other) F |
| tvl Tuvalu 13000 Tuvalu |
| tyv Tuvinian 210000 Russia |
| udm Udmurt 565000 Russia |
| uga Ugaritic X |
| umb Umbundu 4000000 Angola |
| und Undetermined Z |
| vai Vai 105000 Liberia |
| vot Votic 25 Russia |
| wak Wakashan languages F |
| wal Walamo 1270000 Ethiopia |
| war Waray 2400000 Philippines |
| was Washo 10 United States |
| wen Sorbian languages F |
| xal Kalmyk; Oirat 520000 Mongolia, Russia, China |
| yao Yao 1942000 Malawi |
| yap Yapese 6600 Micronesia |
| ypk Yupik languages F |
| zap Zapotec X |
| zbl Blissymbols S |
| zen Zenaga 200 Mauritania |
| znd Zande languages F |
| zun Zuni 9700 United States |
| zxx No linguistic content; Not applicable Z |
| zza Zaza; Dimili; Dimli; Kirdki; Kirmanjki; Zazaki U |
