Language Codes - Sortable by code (2024)

This table lists ISO 639-1 (alpha-2 code) and ISO 639-2 (alpha-3 code) codes and the English and French names of the languages.
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Language codes - Sorted by code
English nameCode 2Code 3French name
Afaraaaarafar
Abkhazianababkabkhaze
Avestanaeaveavestique
Afrikaansafafrafrikaans
Akanakakaakan
Amharicamamhamharique
Aragoneseanargaragonais
Arabicararaarabe
Assameseasasmassamais
Avaricavavaavar
Aymaraayaymaymara
Azerbaijaniazazeazéri
Bashkirbabakbachkir
Belarusianbebelbiélorusse
Bulgarianbgbulbulgare
Bihari languagesbhbihlangues biharis
Bislamabibisbichlamar
Bambarabmbambambara
Bengalibnbenbengali
Tibetanbotibtibétain
Bretonbrbrebreton
Bosnianbsbosbosniaque
Catalan; Valenciancacatcatalan; valencien
Chechencechetchétchène
Chamorrochchachamorro
Corsicancocoscorse
Creecrcrecree
Czechcsczetchèque
Church Slavic; Slavonic;
Old Bulgarian
cuchuslavon d'église; slavon liturgique;
vieux bulgare
Chuvashcvchvtchouvache
Welshcywelgallois
Danishdadandanois
Germandegerallemand
Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldiviandvdivmaldivien
Dzongkhadzdzodzongkha
Eweeeeweéwé
Greek, Modern (1453-)elgregrec moderne (après 1453)
Englishenenganglais
Esperantoeoepoespéranto
Spanish; Castilianesspaespagnol; castillan
Estonianetestestonien
Basqueeubaqbasque
Persianfaperpersan
Fulahfffulpeul
Finnishfifinfinnois
Fijianfjfijfidjien
Faroesefofaoféroïen
Frenchfrfrefrançais
Western Frisianfyfryfrison occidental
Irishgagleirlandais
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelicgdglagaélique; gaélique écossais
Galicianglglggalicien
Guaranigngrnguarani
Gujaratigugujgoudjrati
Manxgvglvmanx; mannois
Hausahahauhaoussa
Hebrewhehebhébreu
Hindihihinhindi
Hiri Motuhohmohiri motu
Croatianhrhrvcroate
Haitian; Haitian Creolehthathaïtien; créole haïtien
Hungarianhuhunhongrois
Armenianhyarmarménien
Hererohzherherero
Interlinguaiainainterlingua
Indonesianidindindonésien
Interlingue; Occidentalieileinterlingue
Igboigiboigbo
Sichuan Yi; Nuosuiiiiiyi de Sichuan
Inupiaqikipkinupiaq
Idoioidoido
Icelandicisiceislandais
Italianititaitalien
Inuktitutiuikuinuktitut
Japanesejajpnjaponais
Javanesejvjavjavanais
Georgiankageogéorgien
Kongokgkonkongo
Kikuyu; Gikuyukikikkikuyu
Kuanyama; Kwanyamakjkuakuanyama; kwanyama
Kazakhkkkazkazakh
Kalaallisut; Greenlandicklkalgroenlandais
Central Khmerkmkhmkhmer central
Kannadaknkankannada
Koreankokorcoréen
Kanurikrkaukanouri
Kashmirikskaskashmiri
Kurdishkukurkurde
Komikvkomkom
Cornishkwcorcornique
Kirghiz; Kyrgyzkykirkirghiz
Latinlalatlatin
Luxembourgish; Letzeburgeschlbltzluxembourgeois
Gandalglugganda
Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgishlilimlimbourgeois
Lingalalnlinlingala
Laololaolao
Lithuanianltlitlituanien
Luba-Katangalulubluba-katanga
Latvianlvlavletton
Malagasymgmlgmalgache
Marshallesemhmahmarshall
Maorimimaomaori
Macedonianmkmacmacédonien
Malayalammlmalmalayalam
Mongolianmnmonmongol
Marathimrmarmarathe
Malaymsmaymalais
Maltesemtmltmaltais
Burmesemyburbirman
Naurunanaunauruan
Norwegian Bokmålnbnobnorvégien bokmål
Ndebele, North; North Ndebelendndendébélé du Nord
Nepalinenepnépalais
Ndongangndondonga
Dutch; Flemishnldutnéerlandais; flamand
Norwegian Nynorsknnnnonorvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
Norwegiannonornorvégien
Ndebele, South; South Ndebelenrnblndébélé du Sud
Navajo; Navahonvnavnavaho
Chichewa; Chewa; Nyanjanynyachichewa; chewa; nyanja
Occitan (post 1500)ococioccitan (après 1500)
Ojibwaojojiojibwa
Oromoomormgalla
Oriyaororioriya
Ossetian; Osseticosossossète
Panjabi; Punjabipapanpendjabi
Palipiplipali
Polishplpolpolonais
Pushto; Pashtopspuspachto
Portugueseptporportugais
Quechuaququequechua
Romanshrmrohromanche
Rundirnrunrundi
Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovanrorumroumain; moldave
Russianrurusrusse
Kinyarwandarwkinrwanda
Sanskritsasansanskrit
Sardinianscsrdsarde
Sindhisdsndsindhi
Northern Samisesmesami du Nord
Sangosgsagsango
Sinhala; Sinhalesesisinsinghalais
Slovaksksloslovaque
Slovenianslslvslovène
Samoansmsmosamoan
Shonasnsnashona
Somalisosomsomali
Albaniansqalbalbanais
Serbiansrsrpserbe
Swatisssswswati
Sotho, Southernstsotsotho du Sud
Sundanesesusunsoundanais
Swedishsvswesuédois
Swahiliswswaswahili
Tamiltatamtamoul
Teluguteteltélougou
Tajiktgtgktadjik
Thaiththathaï
Tigrinyatitirtigrigna
Turkmentktukturkmène
Tagalogtltgltagalog
Tswanatntsntswana
Tonga (Tonga Islands)totontongan (Îles Tonga)
Turkishtrturturc
Tsongatstsotsonga
Tatartttattatar
Twitwtwitwi
Tahitiantytahtahitien
Uighur; Uyghuruguigouïgour
Ukrainianukukrukrainien
Urduururdourdou
Uzbekuzuzbouszbek
Vendavevenvenda
Vietnamesevivievietnamien
Volapükvovolvolapük
Walloonwawlnwallon
Wolofwowolwolof
Xhosaxhxhoxhosa
Yiddishyiyidyiddish
Yorubayoyoryoruba
Zhuang; Chuangzazhazhuang; chuang
Chinesezhchichinois
Zuluzuzulzoulou

This table is based on the ISO 2 letter (Alpha-2 code, ISO 639-1) and 3 letter (Alpha-3 code, ISO 639-2) Standard Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages.

The table does not include mostly ancient languages that do not have an assigned two letter code.

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Language Codes - Sortable by code (2024)

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What is the 639-1 language code? ›

The ISO 639-1 is an international standard that defines the codes that uniquely represent the names of languages. It uses a two-letter code set and currently supports more than 180 languages.

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zh-hant (= traditional Chinese characters) zh-cn (= Chinese language variant, uses simplified characters) zh-tw (= Taiwanese language variant, uses traditional characters)

Is ISO 639 alpha 2 or alpha 3 language code? ›

Note: ISO 639-2 is the alpha-3 code. Where two codes are provided (21 languages total), the bibliographic code is given first and the terminology code is given second. ISO 639-1 is the alpha-2 code.

What is the language code ZH? ›

ZH is the SAP language code for Simplified Chinese.

What is the language code FAS? ›

The Persian language, identified by the code fas , falls under the 'Macrolanguage' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type. The ISO 639-2 standard offers two codes for the Persian language: fas for terminology purposes and per for bibliographic uses.

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