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There are two items for ISO 639:
In other words, there are two-letter codes and three-letter codes. Twenty-two of the languages have two three-letter codes. For these languages, the first three-letter code is for bibliographic use (ISO 639-2/B), and the second three-letter code is for terminological use (ISO 639-2/T).
The following parts are still being developed:
The following incomplete list is sorted by language name in the third column.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z __NOTOC__ External links __NOTOC__
| Alpha-3 | Alpha-2 | Language name |
|---|---|---|
| abk | ab | Abkhazian |
| ace | Achinese | |
| ach | Acholi | |
| ada | Adangme | |
| ady | Adyghe; Adygei | |
| aar | aa | Afar |
| afh | Afrihili | |
| afr | af | Afrikaans |
| afa | Afro-Asiatic languages (Other) | |
| aka | ak | Akan |
| akk | Akkadian | |
| alb/sqi | sq | Albanian |
| ale | AleutAleut is a language of the Eskimo-Aleut language phylum. It is the tongue of the Aleut people living in the Aleutian, Pribilof and Commander Islands. Aleut is alone with Eskimo in the Eskimo-Aleut group. The two main dialect groupings are Eastern Aleut an | |
| alg | Algonquian languages | |
| tut | Altaic languagesAltaic is a putative language family which would include 60 languages spoken by about 250 million people, mostly in and around central Asia. The relationships among these languages remain a matter of debate among historical linguists, and the existence of (Other) | |
| amh | am | AmharicIntroduction Amharic is a Semitic language spoken in Northern Central Ethiopia, where it is the official language. Outside Ethiopia, Amharic is the language of some 2. 7 million emigrants (notably in Egypt, Israel and Sweden). It is written using a writin |
| apa | Apachean languagesApachean also known as Southern Athabaskan, refers to members of the Apachean language family (including Navajo) which is in turn a member of the larger Athabaskan family. These languages are spoken by various bands of Apache and Navajo peoples. They are (excluding Navajo) | |
| ara | ar | ArabicArabic is a Semitic language, fairly closely related to, for instance, the Hebrew language and the Aramaic language, spoken throughout the Arab world and widely known outside it. It has been a literary language for over 1500 years, and is the liturgical l |
| arc | AramaicAramaic the language of the Arameans has been spoken in the Levant and Mesopotamia, (Aramaic " Aram Beth-Nahreen" or " Aram-Naharaim") from perhaps 700 BC until the present day. It is a member of the Semitic languages group. Today Aramaic is spoken among | |
| arg | an | AragoneseAragonese Aragones is a Romance language now spoken by some 10,000 people over the valleys of the River Aragon, Sobrarbe and Ribagorza in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. It is also colloquially known as fabla''. Aragonese originated around the 8th |
| arn | Araucanian | |
| arp | Arapaho | |
| arw | Arawak | |
| arm/hye | hy | Armenian |
| art | Artificial (Other) | |
| asm | as | Assamese |
| ast | Asturian | |
| ath | Athapascan | |
| map | Austronesian (Other) | |
| ava | av | Avar |
| ave | ae | Avestan |
| awa | Awadhi | |
| aym | ay | Aymara |
| aze | az | Azeri |