Technical contents of ISO 639-2 Updated from http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/code_list.html 2006-10-05 by Bruno Haible First column: ISO 639-2 code. Second column: ISO 639-2 English name. The remaining columns are not from ISO. They are mostly from www.ethnologue.com. Third column: Categorization F = Family of languages S = Synthetic / Artificial language X = Extinct language Z = Not a language U = Otherwise unknown to www.ethnologue.com Fourth column: Approximate number of speakers. Fifth column: Country. ace Achinese 3000000 Indonesia ach Acoli 750000 Uganda ady Adyghe; Adygei 500000 Russia afa Afro-Asiatic (Other) F afh Afrihili S ain Ainu 15 Japan akk Akkadian X ale Aleut 500 United States alg Algonquian languages F alt Southern Altai 20000 Russia ang English, Old (ca.450-1100) X anp Angika 740000 India apa Apache languages F arc Aramaic U few Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran arn Araucanian 300000 Chile arp Arapaho 1000 United States art Artificial (Other) S arw Arawak 2500 Suriname ast Asturian; Bable 125000 Spain ath Athapascan languages F aus Australian languages F awa Awadhi 20000000 India bad Banda U 1100000 Central African Republic, Dem. Rep. Congo bai Bamileke languages F bal Baluchi U 5000000 Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan ban Balinese 3900000 Indonesia bas Basa 230000 Cameroon bat Baltic (Other) F bej Beja 950000 Sudan bem Bemba 3600000 Zambia ber Berber (Other) F bho Bhojpuri 26600000 India bik Bikol U 3500000 Philippines bin Bini 1000000 Nigeria bla Siksika 5000 Canada bnt Bantu (Other) F bra Braj 44000 India btk Batak (Indonesia) U 6230000 Indonesia bua Buriat U 450000 Russia bug Buginese 3500000 Indonesia byn Blin; Bilin 70000 Eritrea cad Caddo 25 United States cai Central American Indian (Other) F car Carib 10000 Venezuela cau Caucasian (Other) F ceb Cebuano 20000000 Philippines cel Celtic (Other) F chb Chibcha X chg Chagatai X chk Chuukese 38000 Micronesia chm Mari U 590000 Russia chn Chinook jargon 100 Canada cho Choctaw 9000 United States chp Chipewyan 4000 Canada chr Cherokee 20000 United States chy Cheyenne 2000 United States cmc Chamic languages F cop Coptic X cpe Creoles and pidgins, English based (Other) F cpf Creoles and pidgins, French-based (Other) F cpp Creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based (Other) F crh Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish 450000 Uzbekistan, Ukraine crp Creoles and pidgins (Other) F csb Kashubian 3000 Poland cus Cushitic (Other) F dak Dakota 15000 United States dar Dargwa 370000 Russia day Dayak U Malaysia, Indonesia del Delaware U 7 United States den Slave (Athapascan) U United States, Canada dgr Dogrib 2000 Dogrib din Dinka U 1350000 Sudan doi Dogri U 2100000 India dra Dravidian (Other) FX dsb Lower Sorbian 14000 Germany dua Duala 88000 Cameroon dum Dutch, Middle (ca.1050-1350) X dyu Dyula 120000 Burkina Faso efi Efik 400000 Nigeria egy Egyptian (Ancient) X eka Ekajuk 30000 Nigeria elx Elamite X enm English, Middle (1100-1500) X ewo Ewondo 580000 Cameroon fan Fang 450000 Equatorial Guinea fat Fanti U fil Filipino; Pilipino 88000000 Philippines fiu Finno-Ugrian (Other) F fon Fon 1700000 Benin frm French, Middle (ca.1400-1600) X fro French, Old (842-ca.1400) X frr Northern Frisian 10000 Germany frs Eastern Frisian 11000 Germany fur Friulian 800000 Italy gaa Ga 600000 Ghana gay Gayo 180000 Indonesia gba Gbaya U 570000 Central African Republic gem Germanic (Other) F gez Geez X gil Gilbertese 68000 Kiribati gmh German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500) X goh German, Old High (ca.750-1050) X gon Gondi U 2200000 India gor Gorontalo 900000 Indonesia got Gothic X grb Grebo U 220000 Liberia grc Greek, Ancient (to 1453) X gsw Alemani; Swiss German 6000000 Switzerland gwi Gwich´in 700 Canada hai Haida U 3000 Canada, United States haw Hawaiian 1000 United States hil Hiligaynon 7000000 Philippines him Himachali U hit Hittite X hmn Hmong U 4000000 China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam hsb Upper Sorbian 15000 Germany hup Hupa 8 United States iba Iban 400000 Malaysia ijo Ijo U ilo Iloko 8000000 Philippines inc Indic (Other) F ine Indo-European (Other) F inh Ingush 240000 Russia ira Iranian (Other) F iro Iroquoian languages F jbo Lojban U jpr Judeo-Persian 80000 Israel jrb Judeo-Arabic U kaa Kara-Kalpak 410000 Uzbekistan kab Kabyle 3100000 Algeria kac Kachin 940000 Myanmar kam Kamba 2400000 Kenya kar Karen U Myanmar kaw Kawi U kbd Kabardian 1000000 Turkey, Russia kha Khasi 865000 India khi Khoisan (Other) F kho Khotanese U kmb Kimbundu 3000000 Angola kok Konkani U millions India kos Kosraean 8000 Micronesia kpe Kpelle U Liberia krc Karachay-Balkar 240000 Russia krl Karelian 128000 Russia kro Kru U Côte d'Ivoire kru Kurukh 2000000 India kum Kumyk 280000 Russia kut Kutenai 6 Canada lad Ladino 110000 Israel lah Lahnda U lam Lamba 214000 Zambia lez Lezghian 450000 Russia lol Mongo 400000 Dem. Rep. Congo loz Lozi 570000 Zambia lua Luba-Lulua 6300000 Dem. Rep. Congo lui Luiseno 30 United States lun Lunda 400000 Zambia luo Luo (Kenya and Tanzania) 3465000 Kenya lus Lushai 540000 India mad Madurese 13700000 Indonesia mag Magahi 13000000 India mai Maithili 24800000 India mak Makasar 1600000 Indonesia man Mandingo U 1500000 Mali map Austronesian (Other) F mas Masai 880000 Kenya, Tanzania mdf Moksha 300000 Russia mdr Mandar 200000 Mandar men Mende 1480000 Sierra Leone mga Irish, Middle (900-1200) X mic Mi'kmaq; Micmac 8500 Canada min Minangkabau 8500000 Indonesia mis Miscellaneous languages F mkh Mon-Khmer (Other) F mnc Manchu 60 China mni Manipuri 1260000 India mno Manobo languages F moh Mohawk 3000 Canada mos Mossi 5000000 Burkina Faso mul Multiple languages FZ mun Munda languages F mus Creek 4300 United States mwl Mirandese 15000 Portugal mwr Marwari U millions India myn Mayan languages F myv Erzya 520000 Russia nah Nahuatl X nai North American Indian F nap Neapolitan 7000000 Italy nds Low German; Low Saxon; German, Low; Saxon, Low 1000 Germany new Nepal Bhasa; Newari 820000 Nepal nia Nias 480000 Indonesia nic Niger-Kordofanian (Other) F niu Niuean 2000 Niue nog Nogai 67000 Russia non Norse, Old X nqo N'Ko U nso Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho 3700000 South Africa nub Nubian languages F nwc Classical Newari; Old Newari; Classical Nepal Bhasa U nym Nyamwezi 1200000 Tanzania nyn Nyankole 1640000 Uganda nyo Nyoro 500000 Nyoro nzi Nzima 330000 Ghana osa Osage 5 United States ota Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) X oto Otomian languages F paa Papuan (Other) F pag Pangasinan 1160000 Philippines pal Pahlavi X pam Pampanga 1900000 Philippines pap Papiamento 320000 Netherlands Antilles pau Palauan 15000 Palau peo Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.) X phi Philippine (Other) F phn Phoenician X pon Pohnpeian 29000 Micronesia pra Prakrit languages F pro Provençal, Old (to 1500) X qaa-qtz Reserved for local use Z raj Rajasthani U millions India rap Rapanui 3400 Chile rar Rarotongan 17000 Cook Islands roa Romance (Other) F rom Romany U Czech, Slovakia, ... rup Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian 300000 Greece sad Sandawe 40000 Sandawe sah Yakut 382000 Russia sai South American Indian (Other) F sal Salishan languages F sam Samaritan Aramaic X sas Sasak 2100000 Indonesia sat Santali 6150000 India scn Sicilian 4800000 Italy sco Scots 200000 United Kingdom, Ireland sel Selkup 1600 Russia sem Semitic (Other) F sga Irish, Old (to 900) X sgn Sign Languages FS shn Shan 3200000 Myanmar sid Sidamo 1900000 Ethiopia sio Siouan languages F sit Sino-Tibetan (Other) F sla Slavic (Other) F sma Southern Sami 600 Sweden, Norway smi Sami languages (Other) F smj Lule Sami 2000 Sweden smn Inari Sami 250 Finland sms Skolt Sami 300 Finland snk Soninke 700000 Mali sog Sogdian X son Songhai U Niger srn Sranan Togo 120000 Suriname srr Serer 1200000 Senegal ssa Nilo-Saharan (Other) F suk Sukuma 3200000 Tanzania sus Susu 1000000 Guinea sux Sumerian X syr Syriac X tai Tai (Other) F tem Timne 1200000 Sierra Leone ter Tereno 15000 Brazil tet Tetum 450000 Indonesia tig Tigre 800000 Eritrea tiv Tiv 2200000 Nigeria tkl Tokelau 3200 Tokelau tlh Klingon; tlhIngan-Hol S tli Tlingit 800 United States tmh Tamashek U tog Tonga (Nyasa) 170000 Malawi tpi Tok Pisin 120000 Papua New Guinea tsi Tsimshian 800 Canada tum Tumbuka 1330000 Malawi tup Tupi languages F tut Altaic (Other) F tvl Tuvalu 13000 Tuvalu tyv Tuvinian 210000 Russia udm Udmurt 565000 Russia uga Ugaritic X umb Umbundu 4000000 Angola und Undetermined Z vai Vai 105000 Liberia vot Votic 25 Russia wak Wakashan languages F wal Walamo 1270000 Ethiopia war Waray 2400000 Philippines was Washo 10 United States wen Sorbian languages F xal Kalmyk; Oirat 520000 Mongolia, Russia, China yao Yao 1942000 Malawi yap Yapese 6600 Micronesia ypk Yupik languages F zap Zapotec X zen Zenaga 200 Mauritania znd Zande U zun Zuni 9700 United States zxx No linguistic content Z zza Zaza; Dimili; Dimli; Kirdki; Kirmanjki; Zazaki U