1Technical contents of ISO 639-2 2 3Updated from http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/code_list.html 42008-04-25 by Bruno Haible 5 6First column: ISO 639-2 code. 7Second column: ISO 639-2 English name. 8The remaining columns are not from ISO. They are mostly from 9www.ethnologue.com in 2006. 10Third 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 16Fourth column: Approximate number of speakers. 17Fifth column: Country. 18 19ace Achinese 3000000 Indonesia 20ach Acoli 750000 Uganda 21ada Adangme 800000 Ghana 22ady Adyghe; Adygei 500000 Russia 23afa Afro-Asiatic (Other) F 24afh Afrihili S 25ain Ainu 15 Japan 26akk Akkadian X 27ale Aleut 500 United States 28alg Algonquian languages F 29alt Southern Altai 20000 Russia 30ang English, Old (ca.450-1100) X 31anp Angika 740000 India 32apa Apache languages F 33arc Official Aramaic; Imperial Aramaic X few Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran 34arn Mapudungun; Mapuche 300000 Chile 35arp Arapaho 1000 United States 36art Artificial (Other) S 37arw Arawak 2500 Suriname 38ast Asturian; Bable; Leonese; Asturleonese 125000 Spain 39ath Athapascan languages F 40aus Australian languages F 41awa Awadhi 20000000 India 42bad Banda languages F 1100000 Central African Republic, Dem. Rep. Congo 43bai Bamileke languages F 44bal Baluchi U 5000000 Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan 45ban Balinese 3900000 Indonesia 46bas Basa 230000 Cameroon 47bat Baltic (Other) F 48bej Beja; Bedawiyet 1178000 Sudan 49bem Bemba 3600000 Zambia 50ber Berber (Other) F 51bho Bhojpuri 26600000 India 52bik Bikol U 3500000 Philippines 53bin Bini; Edo 1000000 Nigeria 54bla Siksika 5000 Canada 55bnt Bantu (Other) F 56bra Braj 44000 India 57btk Batak languages (Indonesia) F 6230000 Indonesia 58bua Buriat U 450000 Russia 59bug Buginese 3500000 Indonesia 60byn Blin; Bilin 70000 Eritrea 61cad Caddo 25 United States 62cai Central American Indian (Other) F 63car Galibi Carib 10000 Venezuela 64cau Caucasian (Other) F 65ceb Cebuano 20000000 Philippines 66cel Celtic (Other) F 67chb Chibcha X 68chg Chagatai X 69chk Chuukese 38000 Micronesia 70chm Mari U 590000 Russia 71chn Chinook jargon 100 Canada 72cho Choctaw 9000 United States 73chp Chipewyan; Dene Suline 4000 Canada 74chr Cherokee 20000 United States 75chy Cheyenne 2000 United States 76cmc Chamic languages F 77cop Coptic X 78cpe Creoles and pidgins, English based (Other) F 79cpf Creoles and pidgins, French-based (Other) F 80cpp Creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based (Other) F 81crh Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish 450000 Uzbekistan, Ukraine 82crp Creoles and pidgins (Other) F 83csb Kashubian 3000 Poland 84cus Cushitic (Other) F 85dak Dakota 15000 United States 86dar Dargwa 370000 Russia 87day Land Dayak languages F Malaysia, Indonesia 88del Delaware U 7 United States 89den Slave (Athapascan) U United States, Canada 90dgr Dogrib 2000 Dogrib 91din Dinka U 1350000 Sudan 92doi Dogri U 2100000 India 93dra Dravidian (Other) FX 94dsb Lower Sorbian 14000 Germany 95dua Duala 88000 Cameroon 96dum Dutch, Middle (ca.1050-1350) X 97dyu Dyula 120000 Burkina Faso 98efi Efik 400000 Nigeria 99egy Egyptian (Ancient) X 100eka Ekajuk 30000 Nigeria 101elx Elamite X 102enm English, Middle (1100-1500) X 103ewo Ewondo 580000 Cameroon 104fan Fang 450000 Equatorial Guinea 105fat Fanti U 106fil Filipino; Pilipino 88000000 Philippines 107fiu Finno-Ugrian (Other) F 108fon Fon 1700000 Benin 109frm French, Middle (ca.1400-1600) X 110fro French, Old (842-ca.1400) X 111frr Northern Frisian 10000 Germany 112frs Eastern Frisian 11000 Germany 113fur Friulian 800000 Italy 114gaa Ga 600000 Ghana 115gay Gayo 180000 Indonesia 116gba Gbaya U 570000 Central African Republic 117gem Germanic (Other) F 118gez Geez X 119gil Gilbertese 68000 Kiribati 120gmh German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500) X 121goh German, Old High (ca.750-1050) X 122gon Gondi U 2200000 India 123gor Gorontalo 900000 Indonesia 124got Gothic X 125grb Grebo U 220000 Liberia 126grc Greek, Ancient (to 1453) X 127gsw Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian 6000000 Switzerland 128gwi Gwich´in 700 Canada 129hai Haida U 3000 Canada, United States 130haw Hawaiian 1000 United States 131hil Hiligaynon 7000000 Philippines 132him Himachali U 133hit Hittite X 134hmn Hmong U 4000000 China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam 135hsb Upper Sorbian 15000 Germany 136hup Hupa 8 United States 137iba Iban 400000 Malaysia 138ijo Ijo languages F 139ilo Iloko 8000000 Philippines 140inc Indic (Other) F 141ine Indo-European (Other) F 142inh Ingush 240000 Russia 143ira Iranian (Other) F 144iro Iroquoian languages F 145jbo Lojban U 146jpr Judeo-Persian 80000 Israel 147jrb Judeo-Arabic U 148kaa Kara-Kalpak 410000 Uzbekistan 149kab Kabyle 3100000 Algeria 150kac Kachin; Jingpho 940000 Myanmar 151kam Kamba 2400000 Kenya 152kar Karen languages F Myanmar 153kaw Kawi U 154kbd Kabardian 1000000 Turkey, Russia 155kha Khasi 865000 India 156khi Khoisan (Other) F 157kho Khotanese U 158kmb Kimbundu 3000000 Angola 159kok Konkani U millions India 160kos Kosraean 8000 Micronesia 161kpe Kpelle U Liberia 162krc Karachay-Balkar 240000 Russia 163krl Karelian 128000 Russia 164kro Kru languages F Côte d'Ivoire 165kru Kurukh 2000000 India 166kum Kumyk 280000 Russia 167kut Kutenai 6 Canada 168lad Ladino 110000 Israel 169lah Lahnda U 170lam Lamba 214000 Zambia 171lez Lezghian 450000 Russia 172lol Mongo 400000 Dem. Rep. Congo 173loz Lozi 570000 Zambia 174lua Luba-Lulua 6300000 Dem. Rep. Congo 175lui Luiseno 30 United States 176lun Lunda 400000 Zambia 177luo Luo (Kenya and Tanzania) 3465000 Kenya 178lus Lushai 540000 India 179mad Madurese 13700000 Indonesia 180mag Magahi 13000000 India 181mai Maithili 24800000 India 182mak Makasar 1600000 Indonesia 183man Mandingo U 1500000 Mali 184map Austronesian (Other) F 185mas Masai 880000 Kenya, Tanzania 186mdf Moksha 300000 Russia 187mdr Mandar 200000 Mandar 188men Mende 1480000 Sierra Leone 189mga Irish, Middle (900-1200) X 190mic Mi'kmaq; Micmac 8500 Canada 191min Minangkabau 8500000 Indonesia 192mis Uncoded languages F 193mkh Mon-Khmer (Other) F 194mnc Manchu 60 China 195mni Manipuri 1260000 India 196mno Manobo languages F 197moh Mohawk 3000 Canada 198mos Mossi 5000000 Burkina Faso 199mul Multiple languages FZ 200mun Munda languages F 201mus Creek 4300 United States 202mwl Mirandese 15000 Portugal 203mwr Marwari U millions India 204myn Mayan languages F 205myv Erzya 520000 Russia 206nah Nahuatl languages FX 207nai North American Indian F 208nap Neapolitan 7000000 Italy 209nds Low German; Low Saxon; German, Low; Saxon, Low 1000 Germany 210new Nepal Bhasa; Newari 820000 Nepal 211nia Nias 480000 Indonesia 212nic Niger-Kordofanian (Other) F 213niu Niuean 2000 Niue 214nog Nogai 67000 Russia 215non Norse, Old X 216nqo N'Ko U 217nso Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho 3700000 South Africa 218nub Nubian languages F 219nwc Classical Newari; Old Newari; Classical Nepal Bhasa U 220nym Nyamwezi 1200000 Tanzania 221nyn Nyankole 1640000 Uganda 222nyo Nyoro 500000 Nyoro 223nzi Nzima 330000 Ghana 224osa Osage 5 United States 225ota Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) X 226oto Otomian languages F 227paa Papuan (Other) F 228pag Pangasinan 1160000 Philippines 229pal Pahlavi X 230pam Pampanga; Kapampangan 1900000 Philippines 231pap Papiamento 320000 Netherlands Antilles 232pau Palauan 15000 Palau 233peo Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.) X 234phi Philippine (Other) F 235phn Phoenician X 236pon Pohnpeian 29000 Micronesia 237pra Prakrit languages F 238pro Provençal, Old (to 1500) X 239qaa-qtz Reserved for local use Z 240raj Rajasthani U millions India 241rap Rapanui 3400 Chile 242rar Rarotongan; Cook Islands Maori 17000 Cook Islands 243roa Romance (Other) F 244rom Romany U Czech, Slovakia, ... 245rup Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian 300000 Greece 246sad Sandawe 40000 Sandawe 247sah Yakut 382000 Russia 248sai South American Indian (Other) F 249sal Salishan languages F 250sam Samaritan Aramaic X 251sas Sasak 2100000 Indonesia 252sat Santali 6150000 India 253scn Sicilian 4800000 Italy 254sco Scots 200000 United Kingdom, Ireland 255sel Selkup 1600 Russia 256sem Semitic (Other) F 257sga Irish, Old (to 900) X 258sgn Sign Languages FS 259shn Shan 3200000 Myanmar 260sid Sidamo 1900000 Ethiopia 261sio Siouan languages F 262sit Sino-Tibetan (Other) F 263sla Slavic (Other) F 264sma Southern Sami 600 Sweden, Norway 265smi Sami languages (Other) F 266smj Lule Sami 2000 Sweden 267smn Inari Sami 250 Finland 268sms Skolt Sami 300 Finland 269snk Soninke 700000 Mali 270sog Sogdian X 271son Songhai languages F Niger 272srn Sranan Tongo 120000 Suriname 273srr Serer 1200000 Senegal 274ssa Nilo-Saharan (Other) F 275suk Sukuma 3200000 Tanzania 276sus Susu 1000000 Guinea 277sux Sumerian X 278syc Classical Syriac X 279syr Syriac X 280tai Tai (Other) F 281tem Timne 1200000 Sierra Leone 282ter Tereno 15000 Brazil 283tet Tetum 450000 Indonesia 284tig Tigre 800000 Eritrea 285tiv Tiv 2200000 Nigeria 286tkl Tokelau 3200 Tokelau 287tlh Klingon; tlhIngan-Hol S 288tli Tlingit 800 United States 289tmh Tamashek F Niger, Mali 290tog Tonga (Nyasa) 170000 Malawi 291tpi Tok Pisin 120000 Papua New Guinea 292tsi Tsimshian 800 Canada 293tum Tumbuka 1330000 Malawi 294tup Tupi languages F 295tut Altaic (Other) F 296tvl Tuvalu 13000 Tuvalu 297tyv Tuvinian 210000 Russia 298udm Udmurt 565000 Russia 299uga Ugaritic X 300umb Umbundu 4000000 Angola 301und Undetermined Z 302vai Vai 105000 Liberia 303vot Votic 25 Russia 304wak Wakashan languages F 305wal Walamo 1270000 Ethiopia 306war Waray 2400000 Philippines 307was Washo 10 United States 308wen Sorbian languages F 309xal Kalmyk; Oirat 520000 Mongolia, Russia, China 310yao Yao 1942000 Malawi 311yap Yapese 6600 Micronesia 312ypk Yupik languages F 313zap Zapotec X 314zbl Blissymbols S 315zen Zenaga 200 Mauritania 316znd Zande languages F 317zun Zuni 9700 United States 318zxx No linguistic content; Not applicable Z 319zza Zaza; Dimili; Dimli; Kirdki; Kirmanjki; Zazaki U 320