This is a list of ISO 639-5 codes, including the code hierarchy as given in the ISO 639-5 registry. [1] The code und
(undetermined) from ISO 639-2 can be seen as top of the hierarchy (for example, und:aav
, und:euq:eu
). The hierarchy is not a complete genetic hierarchy; some of the collection codes are based on geography (like nai
) or category (like crp
) instead.
Hierarchy | 639-5 | 639-2 | Language collection name | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
aav | aav | Austro-Asiatic languages | South-Asiatic languages, not related to Australian languages | |
afa | afa | afa [2] | Afro-Asiatic languages | |
nai:aql:alg | alg | alg [3] | Algonquian languages | |
nic:alv | alv | Atlantic-Congo languages | ||
nai:xnd:ath:apa | apa | apa [4] | Apache languages | |
sai:aqa | aqa | Alacalufan languages | ||
nai:aql | aql | Algic languages | ||
art | art | art [5] | Artificial languages | |
nai:xnd:ath | ath | ath [6] | Athapascan languages | |
sai:awd:auf | auf | Arauan languages | ||
aus | aus | aus [7] | Australian languages | |
sai:awd | awd | Arawakan languages | ||
nai:azc | azc | Uto-Aztecan languages | ||
nic:alv:bad | bad | bad [8] | Banda languages | |
nic:alv:bai | bai | bai [9] | Bamileke languages | |
ine:bat | bat | bat [10] | Baltic languages | |
afa:ber | ber | ber [11] | Berber languages | |
ine:iir:bih | bih | bih [12] | Bihari languages | |
nic:alv:bnt | bnt | bnt [13] | Bantu languages | |
map:poz:pqw:btk | btk | btk [14] | Batak languages | |
cai | cai | cai [15] | Central American Indian languages | |
cau | cau | cau [16] | Caucasian languages | |
sai:cba | cba | Chibchan languages | ||
cau:ccn | ccn | North Caucasian languages | ||
cau:ccs | ccs | South Caucasian languages | ||
afa:cdc | cdc | Chadic languages | ||
nai:cdd | cdd | Caddoan languages | ||
ine:cel | cel | cel [17] | Celtic languages | |
map:poz:pqw:cmc | cmc | cmc [18] | Chamic languages | |
crp:cpe | cpe | cpe [19] | creoles and pidgins, English-based | |
crp:cpf | cpf | cpf [20] | creoles and pidgins, French-based | |
crp:cpp | cpp | cpp [21] | creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based | |
crp | crp | crp [22] | creoles and pidgins | |
ssa:csu | csu | Central Sudanic languages | ||
afa:cus | cus | cus [23] | Cushitic languages | |
day | day | day [24] | Land Dayak languages | not to be confused with Dayak languages, which is a larger group |
nic:dmn | dmn | Mande languages | ||
dra | dra | dra [25] | Dravidian languages | |
afa:egx | egx | Egyptian languages | ||
esx | esx | Eskimo-Aleut languages | ||
euq | euq | Basque (family) | Basque (eu/eus/baq) is an individual language covered by this collection code | |
urj:fiu | fiu | fiu [26] | Finno-Ugrian languages | |
map:fox | fox | Formosan languages | ||
ine:gem | gem | gem [27] | Germanic languages | |
ine:gem:gme | gme | East Germanic languages | ||
ine:gem:gmq | gmq | North Germanic languages | ||
ine:gem:gmw | gmw | West Germanic languages | ||
ine:grk | grk | Greek languages | ||
hmx | hmx | Hmong-Mien languages | ||
nai:hok | hok | Hokan languages | ||
ine:hyx | hyx | Armenian (family) | Armenian (hy/hye/arm) is an individual language covered by this collection code | |
ine:iir | iir | Indo-Iranian languages | ||
nic:alv:ijo | ijo | ijo [28] | Ijo languages | |
ine:iir:inc | inc | inc [29] | Indic languages | |
ine | ine | ine [30] | Indo-European languages | |
ine:iir:ira | ira | ira [31] | Iranian languages | |
nai:iro | iro | iro [32] | Iroquoian languages | |
ine:itc | itc | Italic languages | ||
jpx | jpx | Japanese (family) | Japanese (ja/jpn) is an individual language covered by this collection code | |
sit:tbq:kar | kar | kar [33] | Karen languages | |
nic:kdo | kdo | Kordofanian languages | ||
khi | khi | khi [34] | Khoisan languages | |
nic:alv:kro | kro | kro [35] | Kru languages | |
map | map | map [36] | Austronesian languages | |
aav:mkh | mkh | mkh [37] | Mon-Khmer languages | |
map:poz:pqw:phi:mno | mno | mno [38] | Manobo languages | |
aav:mun | mun | mun [39] | Munda languages | |
cai:myn | myn | myn [40] | Mayan languages | |
nai:azc:nah | nah | nah [41] | Nahuatl languages | |
nai | nai | nai [42] | North American Indian languages | |
paa:ngf | ngf | Trans-New Guinea languages | ||
nic | nic | nic [43] | Niger-Kordofanian languages | |
ssa:sdv:nub | nub | nub [44] | Nubian languages | |
cai:omq | omq | Oto-Manguean languages | ||
afa:omv | omv | Omotic languages | ||
cai:omq:oto | oto | oto [45] | Otomian languages | |
paa | paa | paa [46] | Papuan languages | |
map:poz:pqw:phi | phi | phi [47] | Philippine languages | |
map:poz:plf | plf | Central Malayo-Polynesian languages | ||
map:poz | poz | Malayo-Polynesian languages | ||
map:poz:pqe | pqe | Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages | ||
map:poz:pqw | pqw | Western Malayo-Polynesian languages | ||
ine:iir:inc:pra | pra | pra [48] | Prakrit languages | |
sai:qwe | qwe | Quechuan (family) | Quechua (qu/que) is a macrolanguage covered by this collection code | |
ine:itc:roa | roa | roa [49] | Romance languages | |
sai | sai | sai [50] | South American Indian languages | |
nai:sal | sal | sal [51] | Salishan languages | |
ssa:sdv | sdv | Eastern Sudanic languages | ||
afa:sem | sem | sem [52] | Semitic languages | |
sgn | sgn | sgn [53] | sign languages | |
nai:sio | sio | sio [54] | Siouan languages | |
sit | sit | sit [55] | Sino-Tibetan languages | |
ine:sla | sla | sla [56] | Slavic languages | |
urj:fiu:smi | smi | smi [57] | Sami languages | |
ssa:son | son | son [58] | Songhai languages | |
ine:sqj | sqj | Albanian languages | Albanian (sq/sqi/alb) is a macrolanguage covered by this collection code | |
ssa | ssa | ssa [59] | Nilo-Saharan languages | |
urj:syd | syd | Samoyedic languages | ||
tai | tai | tai [60] | Tai languages | Thai (th/tha) is an individual language covered by this collection code |
sit:tbq | tbq | Tibeto-Burman languages | ||
tut:trk | trk | Turkic languages | Turkish (tr/tur) is an individual language covered by this collection code | |
sai:tup | tup | tup [61] | Tupi languages | |
tut | tut | tut [62] | Altaic languages | |
tut:tuw | tuw | Tungus languages | ||
urj | urj | Uralic languages | ||
nai:wak | wak | wak [63] | Wakashan languages | |
ine:sla:zlw:wen | wen | wen [64] | Sorbian languages | |
tut:xgn | xgn | Mongolian languages | Mongolian (mn/mon) is a macrolanguage covered by this collection code | |
nai:xnd | xnd | Na-Dene languages | ||
esx:ypk | ypk | ypk [65] | Yupik languages | |
sit:zhx | zhx | Chinese (family) | Chinese (zh/zho/chi) is a macrolanguage covered by this collection code | |
ine:sla:zle | zle | East Slavic languages | ||
ine:sla:zls | zls | South Slavic languages | ||
ine:sla:zlw | zlw | West Slavic languages | ||
nic:alv:znd | znd | znd [66] | Zande languages | Zande (individual language) (zne) is an individual language covered by this collection code |
SIL International treats ISO 639-2 code him
(Himachali languages / Western Pahari languages) as an ISO 639-5 code, [67] [68] although it does not appear in the official list of ISO 639-5 codes [1] maintained by the Library of Congress (the registration authority for ISO 639-5).
ISO 639 is a set of standards by the International Organization for Standardization that is concerned with representation of names for languages and language groups.
ISO 639-2:1998, Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code, is the second part of the ISO 639 standard, which lists codes for the representation of the names of languages. The three-letter codes given for each language in this part of the standard are referred to as "Alpha-3" codes. There are 487 entries in the list of ISO 639-2 codes.
ISO 639-3:2007, Codes for the representation of names of languages – Part 3: Alpha-3 code for comprehensive coverage of languages, is an international standard for language codes in the ISO 639 series. It defines three-letter codes for identifying languages. The standard was published by International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on 1 February 2007.
ISO 639-5:2008 "Codes for the representation of names of languages—Part 5: Alpha-3 code for language families and groups" is a highly incomplete international standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It was developed by ISO Technical Committee 37, Subcommittee 2, and first published on May 15, 2008. It is part of the ISO 639 series of standards.
This is a list of ISO 639-3 language codes starting with A.
This is a list of ISO 639-3 language codes starting with B.
This is a list of ISO 639-3 language codes starting with C.
This is a list of ISO 639-3 language codes starting with D.
This is a list of ISO 639-3 language codes starting with I.
This is a list of ISO 639-3 language codes starting with M.
This is a list of ISO 639-3 language codes starting with N.
This is a list of ISO 639-3 language codes starting with O.
This is a list of ISO 639-3 language codes starting with Q.
This is a list of ISO 639-3 language codes starting with S.
This is a list of ISO 639-3 language codes starting with U.
This is a list of ISO 639-3 language codes starting with V.
This is a list of ISO 639-3 language codes starting with X.
This is a list of ISO 639 codes and IETF language tags for individual constructed languages, complete as of March 2020.
Code set: 639-2 and 639-5