gettext-tools/doc/ISO_639-2

   1 Technical contents of ISO 639-2
   2
   3 Updated from http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/code_list.html
   4 2008-04-25 by Bruno Haible
   5
   6 First column: ISO 639-2 code.
   7 Second column: ISO 639-2 English name.
   8 The remaining columns are not from ISO. They are mostly from
   9 www.ethnologue.com in 2006.
  10 Third 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
  16 Fourth column: Approximate number of speakers.
  17 Fifth column: Country.
  18
  19 ace   Achinese                                                 3000000  Indonesia
  20 ach   Acoli                                                     750000  Uganda
  21 ada   Adangme                                                   800000  Ghana
  22 ady   Adyghe; Adygei                                            500000  Russia
  23 afa   Afro-Asiatic (Other)                                  F
  24 afh   Afrihili                                              S
  25 ain   Ainu                                                          15  Japan
  26 akk   Akkadian                                              X
  27 ale   Aleut                                                        500  United States
  28 alg   Algonquian languages                                  F
  29 alt   Southern Altai                                             20000  Russia
  30 ang   English, Old (ca.450-1100)                            X
  31 anp   Angika                                                    740000  India
  32 apa   Apache languages                                      F
  33 arc   Official Aramaic; Imperial Aramaic                    X      few  Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran
  34 arn   Mapudungun; Mapuche                                       300000  Chile
  35 arp   Arapaho                                                     1000  United States
  36 art   Artificial (Other)                                    S
  37 arw   Arawak                                                      2500  Suriname
  38 ast   Asturian; Bable; Leonese; Asturleonese                    125000  Spain
  39 ath   Athapascan languages                                  F
  40 aus   Australian languages                                  F
  41 awa   Awadhi                                                  20000000  India
  42 bad   Banda languages                                       F  1100000  Central African Republic, Dem. Rep. Congo
  43 bai   Bamileke languages                                    F
  44 bal   Baluchi                                               U  5000000  Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan
  45 ban   Balinese                                                 3900000  Indonesia
  46 bas   Basa                                                      230000  Cameroon
  47 bat   Baltic (Other)                                        F
  48 bej   Beja; Bedawiyet                                          1178000  Sudan
  49 bem   Bemba                                                    3600000  Zambia
  50 ber   Berber (Other)                                        F
  51 bho   Bhojpuri                                                26600000  India
  52 bik   Bikol                                                 U  3500000  Philippines
  53 bin   Bini; Edo                                                1000000  Nigeria
  54 bla   Siksika                                                     5000  Canada
  55 bnt   Bantu (Other)                                         F
  56 bra   Braj                                                       44000  India
  57 btk   Batak languages (Indonesia)                           F  6230000  Indonesia
  58 bua   Buriat                                                U   450000  Russia
  59 bug   Buginese                                                 3500000  Indonesia
  60 byn   Blin; Bilin                                                70000  Eritrea
  61 cad   Caddo                                                         25  United States
  62 cai   Central American Indian (Other)                       F
  63 car   Galibi Carib                                               10000  Venezuela
  64 cau   Caucasian (Other)                                     F
  65 ceb   Cebuano                                                 20000000  Philippines
  66 cel   Celtic (Other)                                        F
  67 chb   Chibcha                                               X
  68 chg   Chagatai                                              X
  69 chk   Chuukese                                                   38000  Micronesia
  70 chm   Mari                                                  U   590000  Russia
  71 chn   Chinook jargon                                               100  Canada
  72 cho   Choctaw                                                     9000  United States
  73 chp   Chipewyan; Dene Suline                                      4000  Canada
  74 chr   Cherokee                                                   20000  United States
  75 chy   Cheyenne                                                    2000  United States
  76 cmc   Chamic languages                                      F
  77 cop   Coptic                                                X
  78 cpe   Creoles and pidgins, English based (Other)            F
  79 cpf   Creoles and pidgins, French-based (Other)             F
  80 cpp   Creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based (Other)         F
  81 crh   Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish                            450000  Uzbekistan, Ukraine
  82 crp   Creoles and pidgins (Other)                           F
  83 csb   Kashubian                                                   3000  Poland
  84 cus   Cushitic (Other)                                      F
  85 dak   Dakota                                                     15000  United States
  86 dar   Dargwa                                                    370000  Russia
  87 day   Land Dayak languages                                  F           Malaysia, Indonesia
  88 del   Delaware                                              U        7  United States
  89 den   Slave (Athapascan)                                    U           United States, Canada
  90 dgr   Dogrib                                                      2000  Dogrib
  91 din   Dinka                                                 U  1350000  Sudan
  92 doi   Dogri                                                 U  2100000  India
  93 dra   Dravidian (Other)                                     FX
  94 dsb   Lower Sorbian                                              14000  Germany
  95 dua   Duala                                                      88000  Cameroon
  96 dum   Dutch, Middle (ca.1050-1350)                          X
  97 dyu   Dyula                                                     120000  Burkina Faso
  98 efi   Efik                                                      400000  Nigeria
  99 egy   Egyptian (Ancient)                                    X
 100 eka   Ekajuk                                                     30000  Nigeria
 101 elx   Elamite                                               X
 102 enm   English, Middle (1100-1500)                           X
 103 ewo   Ewondo                                                    580000  Cameroon
 104 fan   Fang                                                      450000  Equatorial Guinea
 105 fat   Fanti                                                 U
 106 fil   Filipino; Pilipino                                      88000000  Philippines
 107 fiu   Finno-Ugrian (Other)                                  F
 108 fon   Fon                                                      1700000  Benin
 109 frm   French, Middle (ca.1400-1600)                         X
 110 fro   French, Old (842-ca.1400)                             X
 111 frr   Northern Frisian                                           10000  Germany
 112 frs   Eastern Frisian                                            11000  Germany
 113 fur   Friulian                                                  800000  Italy
 114 gaa   Ga                                                        600000  Ghana
 115 gay   Gayo                                                      180000  Indonesia
 116 gba   Gbaya                                                 U   570000  Central African Republic
 117 gem   Germanic (Other)                                      F
 118 gez   Geez                                                  X
 119 gil   Gilbertese                                                 68000  Kiribati
 120 gmh   German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500)                    X
 121 goh   German, Old High (ca.750-1050)                        X
 122 gon   Gondi                                                 U  2200000  India
 123 gor   Gorontalo                                                 900000  Indonesia
 124 got   Gothic                                                X
 125 grb   Grebo                                                 U   220000  Liberia
 126 grc   Greek, Ancient (to 1453)                              X
 127 gsw   Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian                        6000000  Switzerland
 128 gwi   Gwich´in                                                     700  Canada
 129 hai   Haida                                                 U     3000  Canada, United States
 130 haw   Hawaiian                                                    1000  United States
 131 hil   Hiligaynon                                               7000000  Philippines
 132 him   Himachali                                             U
 133 hit   Hittite                                               X
 134 hmn   Hmong                                                 U  4000000  China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
 135 hsb   Upper Sorbian                                              15000  Germany
 136 hup   Hupa                                                           8  United States
 137 iba   Iban                                                      400000  Malaysia
 138 ijo   Ijo languages                                         F
 139 ilo   Iloko                                                    8000000  Philippines
 140 inc   Indic (Other)                                         F
 141 ine   Indo-European (Other)                                 F
 142 inh   Ingush                                                    240000  Russia
 143 ira   Iranian (Other)                                       F
 144 iro   Iroquoian languages                                   F
 145 jbo   Lojban                                                U
 146 jpr   Judeo-Persian                                              80000  Israel
 147 jrb   Judeo-Arabic                                          U
 148 kaa   Kara-Kalpak                                               410000  Uzbekistan
 149 kab   Kabyle                                                   3100000  Algeria
 150 kac   Kachin; Jingpho                                           940000  Myanmar
 151 kam   Kamba                                                    2400000  Kenya
 152 kar   Karen languages                                       F           Myanmar
 153 kaw   Kawi                                                  U
 154 kbd   Kabardian                                                1000000  Turkey, Russia
 155 kha   Khasi                                                     865000  India
 156 khi   Khoisan (Other)                                       F
 157 kho   Khotanese                                             U
 158 kmb   Kimbundu                                                 3000000  Angola
 159 kok   Konkani                                               U millions  India
 160 kos   Kosraean                                                    8000  Micronesia
 161 kpe   Kpelle                                                U           Liberia
 162 krc   Karachay-Balkar                                           240000  Russia
 163 krl   Karelian                                                  128000  Russia
 164 kro   Kru languages                                         F           Côte d'Ivoire
 165 kru   Kurukh                                                   2000000  India
 166 kum   Kumyk                                                     280000  Russia
 167 kut   Kutenai                                                        6  Canada
 168 lad   Ladino                                                    110000  Israel
 169 lah   Lahnda                                                U
 170 lam   Lamba                                                     214000  Zambia
 171 lez   Lezghian                                                  450000  Russia
 172 lol   Mongo                                                     400000  Dem. Rep. Congo
 173 loz   Lozi                                                      570000  Zambia
 174 lua   Luba-Lulua                                               6300000  Dem. Rep. Congo
 175 lui   Luiseno                                                       30  United States
 176 lun   Lunda                                                     400000  Zambia
 177 luo   Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)                                 3465000  Kenya
 178 lus   Lushai                                                    540000  India
 179 mad   Madurese                                                13700000  Indonesia
 180 mag   Magahi                                                  13000000  India
 181 mai   Maithili                                                24800000  India
 182 mak   Makasar                                                  1600000  Indonesia
 183 man   Mandingo                                              U  1500000  Mali
 184 map   Austronesian (Other)                                  F
 185 mas   Masai                                                     880000  Kenya, Tanzania
 186 mdf   Moksha                                                    300000  Russia
 187 mdr   Mandar                                                    200000  Mandar
 188 men   Mende                                                    1480000  Sierra Leone
 189 mga   Irish, Middle (900-1200)                              X
 190 mic   Mi'kmaq; Micmac                                             8500  Canada
 191 min   Minangkabau                                              8500000  Indonesia
 192 mis   Uncoded languages                                     F
 193 mkh   Mon-Khmer (Other)                                     F
 194 mnc   Manchu                                                        60  China
 195 mni   Manipuri                                                 1260000  India
 196 mno   Manobo languages                                      F
 197 moh   Mohawk                                                      3000  Canada
 198 mos   Mossi                                                    5000000  Burkina Faso
 199 mul   Multiple languages                                    FZ
 200 mun   Munda languages                                       F
 201 mus   Creek                                                       4300  United States
 202 mwl   Mirandese                                                  15000  Portugal
 203 mwr   Marwari                                               U millions  India
 204 myn   Mayan languages                                       F
 205 myv   Erzya                                                     520000  Russia
 206 nah   Nahuatl languages                                     FX
 207 nai   North American Indian                                 F
 208 nap   Neapolitan                                               7000000  Italy
 209 nds   Low German; Low Saxon; German, Low; Saxon, Low              1000  Germany
 210 new   Nepal Bhasa; Newari                                       820000  Nepal
 211 nia   Nias                                                      480000  Indonesia
 212 nic   Niger-Kordofanian (Other)                             F
 213 niu   Niuean                                                      2000  Niue
 214 nog   Nogai                                                      67000  Russia
 215 non   Norse, Old                                            X
 216 nqo   N'Ko                                                  U
 217 nso   Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho                             3700000  South Africa
 218 nub   Nubian languages                                      F
 219 nwc   Classical Newari; Old Newari; Classical Nepal Bhasa   U
 220 nym   Nyamwezi                                                 1200000  Tanzania
 221 nyn   Nyankole                                                 1640000  Uganda
 222 nyo   Nyoro                                                     500000  Nyoro
 223 nzi   Nzima                                                     330000  Ghana
 224 osa   Osage                                                          5  United States
 225 ota   Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)                          X
 226 oto   Otomian languages                                     F
 227 paa   Papuan (Other)                                        F
 228 pag   Pangasinan                                               1160000  Philippines
 229 pal   Pahlavi                                               X
 230 pam   Pampanga; Kapampangan                                    1900000  Philippines
 231 pap   Papiamento                                                320000  Netherlands Antilles
 232 pau   Palauan                                                    15000  Palau
 233 peo   Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.)                        X
 234 phi   Philippine (Other)                                    F
 235 phn   Phoenician                                            X
 236 pon   Pohnpeian                                                  29000  Micronesia
 237 pra   Prakrit languages                                     F
 238 pro   Provençal, Old (to 1500)                              X
 239 qaa-qtz   Reserved for local use                            Z
 240 raj   Rajasthani                                            U millions  India
 241 rap   Rapanui                                                     3400  Chile
 242 rar   Rarotongan; Cook Islands Maori                             17000  Cook Islands
 243 roa   Romance (Other)                                       F
 244 rom   Romany                                                U           Czech, Slovakia, ...
 245 rup   Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian                     300000  Greece
 246 sad   Sandawe                                                    40000  Sandawe
 247 sah   Yakut                                                     382000  Russia
 248 sai   South American Indian (Other)                         F
 249 sal   Salishan languages                                    F
 250 sam   Samaritan Aramaic                                     X
 251 sas   Sasak                                                    2100000  Indonesia
 252 sat   Santali                                                  6150000  India
 253 scn   Sicilian                                                 4800000  Italy
 254 sco   Scots                                                     200000  United Kingdom, Ireland
 255 sel   Selkup                                                      1600  Russia
 256 sem   Semitic (Other)                                       F
 257 sga   Irish, Old (to 900)                                   X
 258 sgn   Sign Languages                                        FS
 259 shn   Shan                                                     3200000  Myanmar
 260 sid   Sidamo                                                   1900000  Ethiopia
 261 sio   Siouan languages                                      F
 262 sit   Sino-Tibetan (Other)                                  F
 263 sla   Slavic (Other)                                        F
 264 sma   Southern Sami                                                600  Sweden, Norway
 265 smi   Sami languages (Other)                                F
 266 smj   Lule Sami                                                   2000  Sweden
 267 smn   Inari Sami                                                   250  Finland
 268 sms   Skolt Sami                                                   300  Finland
 269 snk   Soninke                                                   700000  Mali
 270 sog   Sogdian                                               X
 271 son   Songhai languages                                     F           Niger
 272 srn   Sranan Tongo                                              120000  Suriname
 273 srr   Serer                                                    1200000  Senegal
 274 ssa   Nilo-Saharan (Other)                                  F
 275 suk   Sukuma                                                   3200000  Tanzania
 276 sus   Susu                                                     1000000  Guinea
 277 sux   Sumerian                                              X
 278 syc   Classical Syriac                                      X
 279 syr   Syriac                                                X
 280 tai   Tai (Other)                                           F
 281 tem   Timne                                                    1200000  Sierra Leone
 282 ter   Tereno                                                     15000  Brazil
 283 tet   Tetum                                                     450000  Indonesia
 284 tig   Tigre                                                     800000  Eritrea
 285 tiv   Tiv                                                      2200000  Nigeria
 286 tkl   Tokelau                                                     3200  Tokelau
 287 tlh   Klingon; tlhIngan-Hol                                 S
 288 tli   Tlingit                                                      800  United States
 289 tmh   Tamashek                                              F           Niger, Mali
 290 tog   Tonga (Nyasa)                                             170000  Malawi
 291 tpi   Tok Pisin                                                 120000  Papua New Guinea
 292 tsi   Tsimshian                                                    800  Canada
 293 tum   Tumbuka                                                  1330000  Malawi
 294 tup   Tupi languages                                        F
 295 tut   Altaic (Other)                                        F
 296 tvl   Tuvalu                                                     13000  Tuvalu
 297 tyv   Tuvinian                                                  210000  Russia
 298 udm   Udmurt                                                    565000  Russia
 299 uga   Ugaritic                                              X
 300 umb   Umbundu                                                  4000000  Angola
 301 und   Undetermined                                          Z
 302 vai   Vai                                                       105000  Liberia
 303 vot   Votic                                                         25  Russia
 304 wak   Wakashan languages                                    F
 305 wal   Walamo                                                   1270000  Ethiopia
 306 war   Waray                                                    2400000  Philippines
 307 was   Washo                                                         10  United States
 308 wen   Sorbian languages                                     F
 309 xal   Kalmyk; Oirat                                             520000  Mongolia, Russia, China
 310 yao   Yao                                                      1942000  Malawi
 311 yap   Yapese                                                      6600  Micronesia
 312 ypk   Yupik languages                                       F
 313 zap   Zapotec                                               X
 314 zbl   Blissymbols                                           S
 315 zen   Zenaga                                                       200  Mauritania
 316 znd   Zande languages                                       F
 317 zun   Zuni                                                        9700  United States
 318 zxx   No linguistic content; Not applicable                 Z
 319 zza   Zaza; Dimili; Dimli; Kirdki; Kirmanjki; Zazaki        U