Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages

ISO 639-2/RA Change Notice

Code Changes: ISO 639-2 Registration Authority

Additions/Changes to ISO 639 Codes as published in ISO 639-1: 1988 (Alpha-2 code) and ISO 639-2: 1998 (Alpha-3 code).

Deprecated codes are listed inside brackets [] with a hyphen preceding the code.
Categories of change key: Add = Newly added; Dep = Deprecated; CC = Code change; NC = Name change; NA = Variant name(s) added.

ISO 639-1 Code	ISO 639-2 Code	English name of Language	French name of Language	Date Added or Changed	Category of Change	Notes
	zxx	No linguistic content; Not applicable	pas de contenu linguistique; non applicable	2008-04-04	NA
	gsw	Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian	suisse alémanique; alémanique; alsacien	2008-03-05	NA	Alsatian, alsacien, suisse alémanique added as alternative names
ps	pus	Pushto; Pashto	pachto	2007-12-17	NA
	ast	Asturian; Bable; Leonese; Asturleonese	asturien; bable; léonais; asturoléonais	2007-10-29	NA
	bej	Beja; Bedawiyet	bedja	2007-10-18	NA
	chp	Chipewyan; Dene Suline	chipewyan	2007-10-18	NA
ii	iii	Sichuan Yi; Nuosu	yi de Sichuan	2007-10-18	NA
ie	ile	Interlingue; Occidental	interlingue	2007-10-18	NA
	pam	Pampanga; Kapampangan	pampangan	2007-10-18	NA
	zbl	Blissymbols; Blissymbolics; Bliss	symboles Bliss; Bliss	2007-08-08	Add	This is an artificial language. It is a written language only; by its nature it has no spoken form.
	mis	Uncoded languages	langues non codées	2007-06-13	NC	This is a special purpose code. Previously called "miscellaneous languages" and "diverses, langues".
	arc	Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)	araméen d'empire (700-300 BCE)	2007-05-29	NC	Covers period between 700-300 BCE.
	syc	Classical Syriac	syriaque classique	2007-04-02	Add
	gsw	Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian	suisse alémanique; alémanique; alsacien	2006-12-08	NC	Corrected typographical error in name
	bin	Bini; Edo	bini; edo	2006-11-22	NC	Bini added as alternate name
	car	Galibi Carib	karib; galibi; carib	2006-11-22	NC	Name changed from "Carib"
	bad	Banda languages	banda, langues	2006-10-31	NC	Name change to denote collection
	btk	Batak languages	batak, langues	2006-10-31	NC	Name change to denote collection
	day	Land Dayak languages	dayak, langues	2006-10-31	NC	Name change to denote collection
	ijo	Ijo languages	ijo, langues	2006-10-31	NC	Name change to denote collection
	kar	Karen languages	karen, langues	2006-10-31	NC	Name change to denote collection
	kro	Kru languages	krou, langues	2006-10-31	NC	Name change to denote collection
	nah	Nahuatl languages	nahuatl, langues	2006-10-31	NC	Name change to denote collection
	son	Songhai languages	songhai, langues	2006-10-31	NC	Name change to denote collection
	srn	Sranan Tongo	sranan tongo	2006-10-31	NC	Typographical error corrected
	znd	Zande languages	zandé, langues	2006-10-31	NC	Name change to denote collection
	kac	Kachin; Jingpho	kachin; jingpho	2006-10-27	NC	Jingpho added
km	khm	Central Khmer	khmer central	2006-10-27	NC	Name changed from "Khmer"
	arn	Mapudungun; Mapuche	mapudungun; mapuche; mapuce	2006-10-26	NC	Name changed from "Araucanian"
	rar	Rarotongan; Cook Islands Maori	rarotonga; maori des îles Cook	2006-10-25	NC	Cook Islands Maori added
rm	roh	Romansh	romanche	2006-10-25	NC	Name changed from "Raeto-Romance"
ky	kir	Kirghiz; Kyrgyz	kirghiz	2006-10-02	NC	Kyrgyz added
	zza	Zaza; Dimili; Dimli; Kirdki; Kirmanjki; Zazaki	zaza; dimili; dimli; kirdki; kirmanjki; zazaki	2006-08-23	Add
dv	div	Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian	maldivien	2006-06-07	NA	Dhivehi, Maldavian added
	nqo	N'Ko	n'ko	2006-05-21	Add
	zxx	No linguistic content; Not applicable	pas de contenu linguistique; non applicable	2006-01-11	Add	Used to declare the absence of linguistic information
	srn	Sranan Tongo	sranan tongo	2005-12-12	Add	(announced 2004-11-30)
	krl	Karelian	carélien	2005-11-21	Add
	frs	Eastern Frisian	frison oriental	2005-11-16	Add
fy	fry	Western Frisian	frison occidental	2005-11-16	NC	Previous usage of code has been for Western Frisian, although language name was "Frisian"
	anp	Angika	angika	2005-11-08	Add
	frr	Northern Frisian	frison septentrional	2005-11-08	Add
	gsw	Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian	suisse alémanique; alémanique; alsacien	2005-11-04	Add
	rup	Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian	aroumain; macédo-roumain	2005-09-20	Add
	ain	Ainu	aïnou	2005-08-16	Add
gl	glg	Galician	galicien	2005-07-25	NC	Incorrect form of English name (Gallegan) corrected
	alt	Southern Altai	altai du Sud	2005-05-05	Add
	xal	Kalmyk; Oirat	kalmouk; oïrat	2005-03-23	NC
	srn	Sranan Tongo	sranan tongo	2004-11-30
	mic	Mi'kmaq; Micmac	mi'kmaq; micmac	2004-11-10	NA	Mi'kmaq; mi'kmaq added
	nso	Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho	pedi; sepedi; sotho du Nord	2004-10-28	NA	Pedi, Sepedi; pedi, sepedi added
si	sin	Sinhala; Sinhalese	singhalais	2004-10-19	NA	Sinhala added
	fil	Filipino; Pilipino	filipino; pilipino	2004-09-21	Add
	mwl	Mirandese	mirandais	2004-09-21	Add
	scn	Sicilian	sicilien	2004-09-21	Add
	nwc	Classical Newari; Old Newari; Classical Nepal Bhasa	newari classique	2004-03-05	Add
	tlh	Klingon; tlhIngan-Hol	klingon	2004-02-24	Add
	byn	Blin; Bilin	blin; bilen	2003-10-27	Add
	jbo	Lojban	lojban	2003-09-02	Add
	dsb	Lower Sorbian	bas-sorabe	2003-09-01	Add
	hsb	Upper Sorbian	haut-sorabe	2003-09-01	Add
	csb	Kashubian	kachoube	2003-05-19	Add
	crh	Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish	tatar de Crimé	2003-05-14	Add
	ady	Adyghe; Adygei	adyghé	2003-05-05	Add
	krc	Karachay-Balkar	karatchai balkar	2003-05-05	Add
	mdf	Moksha	moksa	2003-05-05	Add
	myv	Erzya	erza	2003-05-05	Add
	udm	Udmurt	oudmourte	2003-05-05	Add
	dar	Dargwa	dargwa	2003-03-24	Add
	inh	Ingush	ingouche	2003-03-24	Add
	nog	Nogai	nogaï; nogay	2003-03-04	Add
ht	hat	Haitian; Haitian Creole	haïtien; créole haïtien	2003-02-26	Add
	kbd	Kabardian	kabardien	2003-01-29	Add
an	arg	Aragonese	aragonais	2002-12-23	Add
ii	iii	Sichuan Yi; Nuosu	yi de Sichuan	2002-10-14	Add
li	lim	Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish	limbourgeois	2002-08-02	Add
	nap	Neapolitan	napolitain	2002-08-02	Add
	sma	Southern Sami	sami du Sud	2002-02-07	Add
	smj	Lule Sami	sami de Lule	2002-02-07	Add
	smn	Inari Sami	sami d'Inari	2002-02-07	Add
	sms	Skolt Sami	sami skolt	2002-02-07	Add
wa	wln	Walloon	wallon	2002-01-29	Add
io	ido	Ido	ido	2002-01-15	Add
	tup	Tupi languages	tupi, langues	2002-01-11	Add
jv [-jw]	jav	Javanese	javanais	2001-08-13	Dep	jw published in error; withdrawn in favor of jv.
jv	jav	Javanese	javanais	2001-08-13	CC	jaw based on incorrect code; withdrawn in favor of jav.
nr	nbl	Ndebele, South; South Ndebele	ndébélé du Sud	2000-08	Add
nd	nde	Ndebele, North; North Ndebele	ndébélé du Nord	2000-08	NC
	nds	Low German; Low Saxon; German, Low; Saxon, Low	bas allemand; bas saxon; allemand, bas; saxon, bas	2000-05-31	Add
ae	ave	Avestan	avestique	2000-02-18	Add
bm	bam	Bambara	bambara	2000-02-18	Add	This alpha-2 ISO 639-1 code was approved in 1999 and included in ISO 639-1: 2002. It was mistakenly missing in earlier versions of the tables on the ISO639-2 web site. As of January 2003, it has been included.
bs	bos	Bosnian	bosniaque	2000-02-18	Add
ch	cha	Chamorro	chamorro	2000-02-18	Add
ce	che	Chechen	tchétchène	2000-02-18	Add
cu	chu	Church Slavic; Old Slavonic; Church Slavonic; Old Bulgarian; Old Church Slavonic	slavon d'église; vieux slave; slavon liturgique; vieux bulgare	2000-02-18	Add
cv	chv	Chuvash	tchouvache	2000-02-18	Add
hz	her	Herero	herero	2000-02-18	Add
ho	hmo	Hiri Motu	hiri motu	2000-02-18	Add
ki	kik	Kikuyu; Gikuyu	kikuyu	2000-02-18	Add
kv	kom	Komi	kom	2000-02-18	Add
kj	kua	Kuanyama; Kwanyama	kuanyama; kwanyama	2000-02-18	Add
mh	mah	Marshallese	marshall	2000-02-18	Add
	mnc	Manchu	mandchou	2000-02-18	Add
nv	nav	Navajo; Navaho	navaho	2000-02-18	Add
ng	ndo	Ndonga	ndonga	2000-02-18	Add
nn	nno	Norwegian Nynorsk; Nynorsk, Norwegian	norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien	2000-02-18	Add
nb	nob	Bokmål, Norwegian; Norwegian Bokmål	norvégien bokmål	2000-02-18	Add
ny	nya	Chichewa; Chewa; Nyanja	chichewa; chewa; nyanja	2000-02-18	NA
ny	nya	Chichewa; Chewa; Nyanja	chichewa; chewa; nyanja	2000-02-18	Add
oc	oci	Occitan (post 1500); Provençal	occitan (après 1500); provençal	2000-02-18	NA	Provençal; provençal added
os	oss	Ossetian; Ossetic	ossète	2000-02-18	NA	Ossetian added
os	oss	Ossetian; Ossetic	ossète	2000-02-18	Add
pi	pli	Pali	pali	2000-02-18	Add
	sgn	Sign Languages	langues des signes	2000-02-18	Add
se	sme	Northern Sami	sami du Nord	2000-02-18	Add
	smi	Sami languages (Other)	sami, autres langues	2000-02-18	NC
sc	srd	Sardinian	sarde	2000-02-18	Add
ty	tah	Tahitian	tahitien	2000-02-18	Add
[-sh]	(none)	Serbo-Croatian	serbo-croate	2000-02-18	Dep	This code was deprecated in 2000 because there were separate language codes for each individual language represented (Serbian, Croatian, and then Bosnian was added). It was published in a revision of ISO 639-1, but never was included in ISO 639-2. It is considered a macrolanguage (general name for a cluster of closely related individual languages) in ISO 639-3. Its deprecated status was reaffirmed by the ISO 639 JAC in 2005.
dv	div	Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian	maldivien	1999; 2006-06-07	Add	This alpha-2 ISO 639-1 code was approved in 1999 and included in ISO 639-1: 2002. It was mistakenly missing in earlier versions of the tables on the ISO639-2 web site. As of January 2003, it has been included.
ak	aka	Akan	akan	1999	Add	This alpha-2 ISO 639-1 code was approved in 1999 and included in ISO 639-1: 2002. It was mistakenly missing in earlier versions of the tables on the ISO639-2 web site. As of January 2003, it has been included.
av	ava	Avaric	avar	1999	Add	This alpha-2 ISO 639-1 code was approved in 1999 and included in ISO 639-1: 2002. It was mistakenly missing in earlier versions of the tables on the ISO639-2 web site. As of January 2003, it has been included.
cr	cre	Cree	cree	1999	Add	This alpha-2 ISO 639-1 code was approved in 1999 and included in ISO 639-1: 2002. It was mistakenly missing in earlier versions of the tables on the ISO639-2 web site. As of January 2003, it has been included.
ee	ewe	Ewe	éwé	1999	Add	This alpha-2 ISO 639-1 code was approved in 1999 and included in ISO 639-1: 2002. It was mistakenly missing in earlier versions of the tables on the ISO639-2 web site. As of January 2003, it has been included.
ff	ful	Fulah	peul	1999	Add	This alpha-2 ISO 639-1 code was approved in 1999 and included in ISO 639-1: 2002. It was mistakenly missing in earlier versions of the tables on the ISO639-2 web site. As of January 2003, it has been included.
ig	ibo	Igbo	igbo	1999	Add	This alpha-2 ISO 639-1 code was approved in 1999 and included in ISO 639-1: 2002. It was mistakenly missing in earlier versions of the tables on the ISO639-2 web site. As of January 2003, it has been included.
kr	kau	Kanuri	kanouri	1999	Add	This alpha-2 ISO 639-1 code was approved in 1999 and included in ISO 639-1: 2002. It was mistakenly missing in earlier versions of the tables on the ISO639-2 web site. As of January 2003, it has been included.
kg	kon	Kongo	kongo	1999	Add	This alpha-2 ISO 639-1 code was approved in 1999 and included in ISO 639-1: 2002. It was mistakenly missing in earlier versions of the tables on the ISO639-2 web site. As of January 2003, it has been included.
lu	lub	Luba-Katanga	luba-katanga	1999	Add	This alpha-2 ISO 639-1 code was approved in 1999 and included in ISO 639-1: 2002. It was mistakenly missing in earlier versions of the tables on the ISO639-2 web site. As of January 2003, it has been included.
lg	lug	Ganda	ganda	1999	Add	This alpha-2 ISO 639-1 code was approved in 1999 and included in ISO 639-1: 2002. It was mistakenly missing in earlier versions of the tables on the ISO639-2 web site. As of January 2003, it has been included.
oj	oji	Ojibwa	ojibwa	1999	Add	This alpha-2 ISO 639-1 code was approved in 1999 and included in ISO 639-1: 2002. It was mistakenly missing in earlier versions of the tables on the ISO639-2 web site. As of January 2003, it has been included.
ve	ven	Venda	venda	1999	Add	This alpha-2 ISO 639-1 code was approved in 1999 and included in ISO 639-1: 2002. It was mistakenly missing in earlier versions of the tables on the ISO639-2 web site. As of January 2003, it has been included.
kw	cor	Cornish	cornique	1998-08	Add
gv	glv	Manx	manx; mannois	1998-08	Add
lb	ltz	Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch	luxembourgeois	1998-08	Add
he [-iw]	heb	Hebrew	hébreu	1989	Dep	Withdrawn
he	heb	Hebrew	hébreu	1989	CC
iu	iku	Inuktitut	inuktitut	1989	Add
id [-in]	ind	Indonesian	indonésien	1989	Dep	Withdrawn
id [-in]	ind	Indonesian	indonésien	1989	CC
ug	uig	Uighur; Uyghur	ouïgour	1989	Add
yi [-ji]	yid	Yiddish	yiddish	1989	Dep	Withdrawn
yi	yid	Yiddish	yiddish	1989	CC
za	zha	Zhuang; Chuang	zhuang; chuang	1989	Add

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