ISO 639-1

This page contains the languages listed as ISO 639-1.

Language family Language name Native name 639-1 639-2/T 639-2/B 639-3 Notes
Northwest Caucasian Abkhaz аҧсуа ab abk abk abk
Afro-Asiatic Afar Afaraf aa aar aar aar
Indo-European Afrikaans Afrikaans af afr afr afr
Atlantic-Congo Akan, Twi-Fante Akan ak aka aka aka + 2 macrolanguage, Twi is [tw/twi], Fanti is [fat]
Indo-European Albanian Shqip sq sqi alb sqi + 4 macrolanguage
Afro-Asiatic Amharic አማርኛ am amh amh amh
Afro-Asiatic Arabic العربية ar ara ara ara + 30 macrolanguage, Standard Arabic is [arb]
Indo-European Aragonese Aragonés an arg arg arg
Indo-European Armenian Հայերեն hy hye arm hye
Indo-European Assamese অসমীয়া as asm asm asm
Northeast Caucasian Avaric авар мацӀ, магӀарул мацӀ av ava ava ava
Indo-European Avestan avesta ae ave ave ave ancient
Aymaran Aymara aymar aru ay aym aym aym + 2 macrolanguage
Turkic Azerbaijani azərbaycan dili az aze aze aze + 2 macrolanguage
Mande Bambara bamanankan bm bam bam bam
Turkic Bashkir башҡорт теле ba bak bak bak
Language isolate Basque euskara, euskera eu eus baq eus
Indo-European Belarusian Беларуская be bel bel bel
Indo-European Bengali বাংলা bn ben ben ben
Indo-European Bihari भोजपुरी bh bih bih collective language code for Bhojpuri, Magahi, and Maithili
Indo-European (English) Creole Bislama Bislama bi bis bis bis
Indo-European Bosnian bosanski jezik bs bos bos bos [sh] for Serbo-Croatian has been withdrawn
Indo-European Breton brezhoneg br bre bre bre
Indo-European Bulgarian български език bg bul bul bul
Sino-Tibetan Burmese ဗမာစာ my mya bur mya
Indo-European Catalan; Valencian Català ca cat cat cat
Malayo-Polynesian Chamorro Chamoru ch cha cha cha
Northeast Caucasian Chechen нохчийн мотт ce che che che
Atlantic-Congo Chichewa; Chewa; Nyanja chiCheŵa, chinyanja ny nya nya nya
Sino-Tibetan Chinese 中文 (Zhōngwén), 汉语, 漢語 zh zho chi zho + 13 macrolanguage
Turkic Chuvash чӑваш чӗлхи cv chv chv chv
Indo-European Cornish Kernewek kw cor cor cor
Indo-European Corsican corsu, lingua corsa co cos cos cos
Algonquian Cree ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ cr cre cre cre + 6 macrolanguage
Indo-European Croatian hrvatski hr hrv hrv hrv [sh] for Serbo-Croatian has been withdrawn
Indo-European Czech česky, čeština cs ces cze ces
Indo-European Danish dansk da dan dan dan
Indo-European Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian; ދިވެހި dv div div div
Indo-European Dutch Nederlands, Vlaams nl nld dut nld
Sino-Tibetan Dzongkha རྫོང་ཁ dz dzo dzo dzo
Indo-European English English en eng eng eng
Constructed Esperanto Esperanto eo epo epo epo constructed
Finno-Ugric Estonian eesti, eesti keel et est est est + 2 macrolanguage
Atlantic-Congo Ewe Eʋegbe ee ewe ewe ewe
Indo-European Faroese føroyskt fo fao fao fao
Malayo-Polynesian Fijian vosa Vakaviti fj fij fij fij
Finno-Ugric Finnish suomi, suomen kieli fi fin fin fin
Indo-European French français, langue française fr fra fre fra
Atlantic-Congo Fula; Fulah; Pulaar; Pular Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular ff ful ful ful + 9 macrolanguage
Indo-European Galician Galego gl glg glg glg
South Caucasian Georgian ქართული ka kat geo kat
Indo-European German Deutsch de deu ger deu
Indo-European Greek, Modern Ελληνικά el ell gre ell
Tupi-Guarani Guaraní Avañe'ẽ gn grn grn grn + 5 macrolanguage
Indo-European Gujarati ગુજરાતી gu guj guj guj
Indo-European (French) Creole Haitian; Haitian Creole Kreyòl ayisyen ht hat hat hat
Afro-Asiatic Hausa Hausa, هَوُسَ ha hau hau hau
Afro-Asiatic Hebrew (modern) עברית he heb heb heb
Atlantic-Congo Herero Otjiherero hz her her her
Indo-European Hindi हिन्दी, हिंदी hi hin hin hin
Malayo-Polynesian Hiri Motu Hiri Motu ho hmo hmo hmo
Finno-Ugric Hungarian Magyar hu hun hun hun
Constructed Interlingua Interlingua ia ina ina ina constructed by International Auxiliary Language Association
Malayo-Polynesian Indonesian Bahasa Indonesia id ind ind ind covered by macrolanguage [ms/msa]
Constructed Interlingue Originally called Occidental; then Interlingue after WWII i.e. ile ile ile constructed by Edgar de Wahl, first published in 1922
Indo-European Irish Gaeilge ga gle gle gle
Atlantic-Congo Igbo Asụsụ Igbo ig ibo ibo ibo
Eskimo-Aleut Inupiaq Iñupiaq, Iñupiatun ik ipk ipk ipk + 2 macrolanguage
Constructed Ido Ido io ido ido ido
Indo-European Icelandic Íslenska is isl ice isl
Indo-European Italian Italiano it ita ita ita
Eskimo-Aleut Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ iu iku iku iku + 2 macrolanguage
Japonic Japanese 日本語 (んご) ja jpn jpn jpn
Malayo-Polynesian Javanese basa Jawa jv jav jav jav
Eskimo-Aleut Kalaallisut, Greenlandic kalaallisut, kalaallit oqaasii kl kal kal kal
Dravidian Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ kn kan kan kan
Nilo-Saharan Kanuri Kanuri kr kau kau kau + 3 macrolanguage
Indo-European Kashmiri कश्मीरी, كشميري ks kas kas kas
Turkic Kazakh Қазақ тілі kk kaz kaz kaz
Austro-Asiatic Khmer, Cambodian ភាសាខ្មែរ km khm khm khm
Atlantic-Congo Kikuyu, Gikuyu Gĩkũyũ ki kik kik kik
Atlantic-Congo Kinyarwanda Ikinyarwanda rw kin kin kin
Turkic Kirghiz, Kyrgyz кыргыз тили ky kir kir kir
Finno-Ugric Komi коми кыв kv kom kom kom + 2 macrolanguage
Atlantic-Congo Kongo KiKongo kg kon kon kon + 3 macrolanguage
Language isolate Korean 한국어(韓國語), 조선어 (韓國語), 조선말 (朝鮮語) ko kor kor kor
Indo-European Kurdish <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Kurdî, كوردی ku kur kur kur + 3 macrolanguage
Atlantic-Congo Kwanyama, Kuanyama Kwanyama kj kua kua kua
Indo-European Latin latine, lingua Latina la lat lat lat ancient
Indo-European Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch Lëtzebuergesch lb ltz ltz ltz
Atlantic-Congo Luganda Luganda lg lug lug lug
Indo-European Limburgish, Limburgan, Limburger Limburgs li lim lim lim
Atlantic-Congo Lingala Lingála ln lin lin lin
Tai-Kadai Lao ພາສາລາວ lo lao lao lao
Indo-European Lithuanian lietuvių kalba lt lit lit lit
Atlantic-Congo Luba-Katanga Kiluba lu lub lub lub
Indo-European Latvian latviešu valoda lv lav lav lav
Indo-European Manx Gaelg, Gailck gv glv glv glv
Indo-European Macedonian македонски јазик mk mkd mac mkd
Malayo-Polynesian Malagasy Malagasy fiteny mg mlg mlg mlg + 10 macrolanguage
Malayo-Polynesian Malay bahasa Melayu, بهاس ملايو ms msa may msa + 13 macrolanguage, Standard Malay is [zsm], Indonesian is [id/ind]
Dravidian Malayalam മലയാളം ml mal mal mal
Afro-Asiatic Maltese Malti mt mlt mlt mlt
Malayo-Polynesian Māori te reo Māori mi mri mao mri
Indo-European Marathi (Marāṭhī) मराठी mr mar mar mar
Malayo-Polynesian Marshallese Kajin M̧ajeļ mh mah mah mah
Mongolic Mongolian монгол mn mon mon mon + 2 macrolanguage
Malayo-Polynesian Nauru Ekakairũ Naoero na nau nau nau
Dene-Yeniseian Navajo, Navaho Diné bizaad, Dinékʼehǰí nv nav nav nav
Indo-European Norwegian Bokmål Norsk bokmål nb nob nob nob covered by macrolanguage [no/nor]
Atlantic-Congo North Ndebele isiNdebele nd nde nde nde
Indo-European Nepali नेपाली ne nep nep nep
Atlantic-Congo Ndonga Owambo ng ndo ndo ndo
Indo-European Norwegian Nynorsk Norsk nynorsk nn nno nno nno covered by macrolanguage [no/nor]
Indo-European Norwegian Norsk no nor nor nor + 2 macrolanguage, Bokmål is [nb/nob], Nynorsk is [nn/nno]
Sino-Tibetan Nuosu ꆈꌠ꒿ Nuosuhxop ii iii iii iii standard form of Yi languages
Atlantic-Congo South Ndebele isiNdebele nr nbl nbl nbl
Indo-European Occitan Occitan oc oci oci oci
Algonquian Ojibwe, Ojibwa ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ oj oji oji oji + 7 macrolanguage
Indo-European Old Church Slavonic, Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian, Old Slavonic ѩзыкъ словѣньскъ cu chu chu chu ancient
Afro-Asiatic Oromo Afaan Oromoo om orm orm orm + 4 macrolanguage
Indo-European Oriya ଓଡ଼ିଆ or ori ori ori
Indo-European Ossetian, Ossetic ирон æвзаг os oss oss oss
Indo-European Panjabi, Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی pa pan pan pan
Indo-European Pāli पाऴि pi pli pli pli ancient
Indo-European Persian فارسی fa fas per fas + 2 macrolanguage
Indo-European Polish polski pl pol pol pol
Indo-European Pashto, Pushto پښتو ps pus pus pus + 3 macrolanguage
Indo-European Portuguese Português pt por por por
Quechuan Quechua Runa Simi, Kichwa qu que que que + 44 macrolanguage
Indo-European Romansh rumantsch grischun rm roh roh roh
Atlantic-Congo Kirundi kiRundi rn run run run
Indo-European Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan română ro ron rum ron [mo] for Moldavian has been withdrawn, recommending [ro] also for Moldavian
Indo-European Russian русский язык ru rus rus rus
Indo-European Sanskrit (Saṁskṛta) संस्कृतम् sa san san san ancient, still spoken
Indo-European Sardinian sardu sc srd srd srd + 4 macrolanguage
Indo-European Sindhi सिन्धी, سنڌي، سندھی sd snd snd snd
Finno-Ugric Northern Sami Davvisámegiella se sme sme sme
Malayo-Polynesian Samoan gagana fa'a Samoa sm smo smo smo
Ubangian Sango yângâ tî sängö sg sag sag sag
Indo-European Serbian српски језик sr srp srp srp [sh] for Serbo-Croatian has been withdrawn
Indo-European Scottish Gaelic; Gaelic Gàidhlig gd gla gla gla
Atlantic-Congo Shona chiShona sn sna sna sna
Indo-European Sinhala, Sinhalese සිංහල si sin sin sin
Indo-European Slovak slovenčina sk slk slo slk
Indo-European Slovene slovenščina sl slv slv slv
Afro-Asiatic Somali Soomaaliga, af Soomaali so som som som
Atlantic-Congo Southern Sotho Sesotho st sot sot sot
Indo-European Spanish; Castilian español, castellano es spa spa spa
Malayo-Polynesian Sundanese Basa Sunda su sun sun sun
Atlantic-Congo Swahili Kiswahili sw swa swa swa + 2 macrolanguage
Atlantic-Congo Swati SiSwati ss ssw ssw ssw
Indo-European Swedish svenska sv swe swe swe
Dravidian Tamil தமிழ் ta tam tam tam
Dravidian Telugu తెలుగు te tel tel tel
Indo-European Tajik тоҷикӣ, <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">toğikī, تاجیکی tg tgk tgk tgk
Tai-Kadai Thai ไทย th tha tha tha
Afro-Asiatic Tigrinya ትግርኛ ti tir tir tir
Sino-Tibetan Tibetan Standard, Central Tibetan བོད་ཡིག bo bod tib bod
Turkic Turkmen Türkmen, Түркмен tk tuk tuk tuk
Malayo-Polynesian Tagalog Wikang Tagalog, ᜏᜒᜃᜅ᜔ ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔ tl tgl tgl tgl the code [fil] is used for Filipino (Pilipino)
Atlantic-Congo Tswana Setswana tn tsn tsn tsn
Malayo-Polynesian Tongan faka Tonga to ton ton ton
Turkic Turkish Türkçe tr tur tur tur
Atlantic-Congo Tsonga Xitsonga ts tso tso tso
Turkic Tatar татарча, <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">tatarça, تاتارچا tt tat tat tat
Atlantic-Congo Twi Twi tw twi twi twi covered by macrolanguage [ak/aka]
Malayo-Polynesian Tahitian Reo Tahiti ty tah tah tah one of the Reo Mā`ohi (languages of French Polynesia)
Turkic Uighur, Uyghur <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Uyƣurqə, ئۇيغۇرچە ug uig uig uig
Indo-European Ukrainian українська uk ukr ukr ukr
Indo-European Urdu اردو ur urd urd urd
Turkic Uzbek <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">O'zbek, Ўзбек, أۇزبېك uz uzb uzb uzb + 2 macrolanguage
Atlantic-Congo Venda Tshivenḓa ve ven ven ven
Austro-Asiatic Vietnamese Tiếng Việt vi vie vie vie
Constructed Volapük Volapük vo vol vol vol constructed
Indo-European Walloon Walon wa wln wln wln
Indo-European Welsh Cymraeg cy cym wel cym
Atlantic-Congo Wolof Wollof wo wol wol wol
Indo-European Western Frisian Frysk fy fry fry fry
Atlantic-Congo Xhosa isiXhosa xh xho xho xho
Indo-European Yiddish ייִדיש yi yid yid yid + 2 macrolanguage
Atlantic-Congo Yoruba Yorùbá yo yor yor yor
Tai-Kadai Zhuang, Chuang Saɯ cueŋƅ, Saw cuengh za zha zha zha + 16 macrolanguage
Atlantic-Congo Zulu isiZulu zu zul zul zul