1Technical contents of ISO 639-2 2 3Updated from http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/code_list.html 42006-10-05 by Bruno Haible 5 6First column: ISO 639-2 code. 7Second column: ISO 639-2 English name. 8The remaining columns are not from ISO. They are mostly from 9www.ethnologue.com. 10Third 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 16Fourth column: Approximate number of speakers. 17Fifth column: Country. 18 19ace Achinese 3000000 Indonesia 20ach Acoli 750000 Uganda 21ady Adyghe; Adygei 500000 Russia 22afa Afro-Asiatic (Other) F 23afh Afrihili S 24ain Ainu 15 Japan 25akk Akkadian X 26ale Aleut 500 United States 27alg Algonquian languages F 28alt Southern Altai 20000 Russia 29ang English, Old (ca.450-1100) X 30anp Angika 740000 India 31apa Apache languages F 32arc Aramaic U few Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran 33arn Araucanian 300000 Chile 34arp Arapaho 1000 United States 35art Artificial (Other) S 36arw Arawak 2500 Suriname 37ast Asturian; Bable 125000 Spain 38ath Athapascan languages F 39aus Australian languages F 40awa Awadhi 20000000 India 41bad Banda U 1100000 Central African Republic, Dem. Rep. Congo 42bai Bamileke languages F 43bal Baluchi U 5000000 Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan 44ban Balinese 3900000 Indonesia 45bas Basa 230000 Cameroon 46bat Baltic (Other) F 47bej Beja 950000 Sudan 48bem Bemba 3600000 Zambia 49ber Berber (Other) F 50bho Bhojpuri 26600000 India 51bik Bikol U 3500000 Philippines 52bin Bini 1000000 Nigeria 53bla Siksika 5000 Canada 54bnt Bantu (Other) F 55bra Braj 44000 India 56btk Batak (Indonesia) U 6230000 Indonesia 57bua Buriat U 450000 Russia 58bug Buginese 3500000 Indonesia 59byn Blin; Bilin 70000 Eritrea 60cad Caddo 25 United States 61cai Central American Indian (Other) F 62car Carib 10000 Venezuela 63cau Caucasian (Other) F 64ceb Cebuano 20000000 Philippines 65cel Celtic (Other) F 66chb Chibcha X 67chg Chagatai X 68chk Chuukese 38000 Micronesia 69chm Mari U 590000 Russia 70chn Chinook jargon 100 Canada 71cho Choctaw 9000 United States 72chp Chipewyan 4000 Canada 73chr Cherokee 20000 United States 74chy Cheyenne 2000 United States 75cmc Chamic languages F 76cop Coptic X 77cpe Creoles and pidgins, English based (Other) F 78cpf Creoles and pidgins, French-based (Other) F 79cpp Creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based (Other) F 80crh Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish 450000 Uzbekistan, Ukraine 81crp Creoles and pidgins (Other) F 82csb Kashubian 3000 Poland 83cus Cushitic (Other) F 84dak Dakota 15000 United States 85dar Dargwa 370000 Russia 86day Dayak U Malaysia, Indonesia 87del Delaware U 7 United States 88den Slave (Athapascan) U United States, Canada 89dgr Dogrib 2000 Dogrib 90din Dinka U 1350000 Sudan 91doi Dogri U 2100000 India 92dra Dravidian (Other) FX 93dsb Lower Sorbian 14000 Germany 94dua Duala 88000 Cameroon 95dum Dutch, Middle (ca.1050-1350) X 96dyu Dyula 120000 Burkina Faso 97efi Efik 400000 Nigeria 98egy Egyptian (Ancient) X 99eka Ekajuk 30000 Nigeria 100elx Elamite X 101enm English, Middle (1100-1500) X 102ewo Ewondo 580000 Cameroon 103fan Fang 450000 Equatorial Guinea 104fat Fanti U 105fil Filipino; Pilipino 88000000 Philippines 106fiu Finno-Ugrian (Other) F 107fon Fon 1700000 Benin 108frm French, Middle (ca.1400-1600) X 109fro French, Old (842-ca.1400) X 110frr Northern Frisian 10000 Germany 111frs Eastern Frisian 11000 Germany 112fur Friulian 800000 Italy 113gaa Ga 600000 Ghana 114gay Gayo 180000 Indonesia 115gba Gbaya U 570000 Central African Republic 116gem Germanic (Other) F 117gez Geez X 118gil Gilbertese 68000 Kiribati 119gmh German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500) X 120goh German, Old High (ca.750-1050) X 121gon Gondi U 2200000 India 122gor Gorontalo 900000 Indonesia 123got Gothic X 124grb Grebo U 220000 Liberia 125grc Greek, Ancient (to 1453) X 126gsw Alemani; Swiss German 6000000 Switzerland 127gwi Gwich´in 700 Canada 128hai Haida U 3000 Canada, United States 129haw Hawaiian 1000 United States 130hil Hiligaynon 7000000 Philippines 131him Himachali U 132hit Hittite X 133hmn Hmong U 4000000 China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam 134hsb Upper Sorbian 15000 Germany 135hup Hupa 8 United States 136iba Iban 400000 Malaysia 137ijo Ijo U 138ilo Iloko 8000000 Philippines 139inc Indic (Other) F 140ine Indo-European (Other) F 141inh Ingush 240000 Russia 142ira Iranian (Other) F 143iro Iroquoian languages F 144jbo Lojban U 145jpr Judeo-Persian 80000 Israel 146jrb Judeo-Arabic U 147kaa Kara-Kalpak 410000 Uzbekistan 148kab Kabyle 3100000 Algeria 149kac Kachin 940000 Myanmar 150kam Kamba 2400000 Kenya 151kar Karen U Myanmar 152kaw Kawi U 153kbd Kabardian 1000000 Turkey, Russia 154kha Khasi 865000 India 155khi Khoisan (Other) F 156kho Khotanese U 157kmb Kimbundu 3000000 Angola 158kok Konkani U millions India 159kos Kosraean 8000 Micronesia 160kpe Kpelle U Liberia 161krc Karachay-Balkar 240000 Russia 162krl Karelian 128000 Russia 163kro Kru U Côte d'Ivoire 164kru Kurukh 2000000 India 165kum Kumyk 280000 Russia 166kut Kutenai 6 Canada 167lad Ladino 110000 Israel 168lah Lahnda U 169lam Lamba 214000 Zambia 170lez Lezghian 450000 Russia 171lol Mongo 400000 Dem. Rep. Congo 172loz Lozi 570000 Zambia 173lua Luba-Lulua 6300000 Dem. Rep. Congo 174lui Luiseno 30 United States 175lun Lunda 400000 Zambia 176luo Luo (Kenya and Tanzania) 3465000 Kenya 177lus Lushai 540000 India 178mad Madurese 13700000 Indonesia 179mag Magahi 13000000 India 180mai Maithili 24800000 India 181mak Makasar 1600000 Indonesia 182man Mandingo U 1500000 Mali 183map Austronesian (Other) F 184mas Masai 880000 Kenya, Tanzania 185mdf Moksha 300000 Russia 186mdr Mandar 200000 Mandar 187men Mende 1480000 Sierra Leone 188mga Irish, Middle (900-1200) X 189mic Mi'kmaq; Micmac 8500 Canada 190min Minangkabau 8500000 Indonesia 191mis Miscellaneous languages F 192mkh Mon-Khmer (Other) F 193mnc Manchu 60 China 194mni Manipuri 1260000 India 195mno Manobo languages F 196moh Mohawk 3000 Canada 197mos Mossi 5000000 Burkina Faso 198mul Multiple languages FZ 199mun Munda languages F 200mus Creek 4300 United States 201mwl Mirandese 15000 Portugal 202mwr Marwari U millions India 203myn Mayan languages F 204myv Erzya 520000 Russia 205nah Nahuatl X 206nai North American Indian F 207nap Neapolitan 7000000 Italy 208nds Low German; Low Saxon; German, Low; Saxon, Low 1000 Germany 209new Nepal Bhasa; Newari 820000 Nepal 210nia Nias 480000 Indonesia 211nic Niger-Kordofanian (Other) F 212niu Niuean 2000 Niue 213nog Nogai 67000 Russia 214non Norse, Old X 215nqo N'Ko U 216nso Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho 3700000 South Africa 217nub Nubian languages F 218nwc Classical Newari; Old Newari; Classical Nepal Bhasa U 219nym Nyamwezi 1200000 Tanzania 220nyn Nyankole 1640000 Uganda 221nyo Nyoro 500000 Nyoro 222nzi Nzima 330000 Ghana 223osa Osage 5 United States 224ota Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) X 225oto Otomian languages F 226paa Papuan (Other) F 227pag Pangasinan 1160000 Philippines 228pal Pahlavi X 229pam Pampanga 1900000 Philippines 230pap Papiamento 320000 Netherlands Antilles 231pau Palauan 15000 Palau 232peo Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.) X 233phi Philippine (Other) F 234phn Phoenician X 235pon Pohnpeian 29000 Micronesia 236pra Prakrit languages F 237pro Provençal, Old (to 1500) X 238qaa-qtz Reserved for local use Z 239raj Rajasthani U millions India 240rap Rapanui 3400 Chile 241rar Rarotongan 17000 Cook Islands 242roa Romance (Other) F 243rom Romany U Czech, Slovakia, ... 244rup Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian 300000 Greece 245sad Sandawe 40000 Sandawe 246sah Yakut 382000 Russia 247sai South American Indian (Other) F 248sal Salishan languages F 249sam Samaritan Aramaic X 250sas Sasak 2100000 Indonesia 251sat Santali 6150000 India 252scn Sicilian 4800000 Italy 253sco Scots 200000 United Kingdom, Ireland 254sel Selkup 1600 Russia 255sem Semitic (Other) F 256sga Irish, Old (to 900) X 257sgn Sign Languages FS 258shn Shan 3200000 Myanmar 259sid Sidamo 1900000 Ethiopia 260sio Siouan languages F 261sit Sino-Tibetan (Other) F 262sla Slavic (Other) F 263sma Southern Sami 600 Sweden, Norway 264smi Sami languages (Other) F 265smj Lule Sami 2000 Sweden 266smn Inari Sami 250 Finland 267sms Skolt Sami 300 Finland 268snk Soninke 700000 Mali 269sog Sogdian X 270son Songhai U Niger 271srn Sranan Togo 120000 Suriname 272srr Serer 1200000 Senegal 273ssa Nilo-Saharan (Other) F 274suk Sukuma 3200000 Tanzania 275sus Susu 1000000 Guinea 276sux Sumerian X 277syr Syriac X 278tai Tai (Other) F 279tem Timne 1200000 Sierra Leone 280ter Tereno 15000 Brazil 281tet Tetum 450000 Indonesia 282tig Tigre 800000 Eritrea 283tiv Tiv 2200000 Nigeria 284tkl Tokelau 3200 Tokelau 285tlh Klingon; tlhIngan-Hol S 286tli Tlingit 800 United States 287tmh Tamashek U 288tog Tonga (Nyasa) 170000 Malawi 289tpi Tok Pisin 120000 Papua New Guinea 290tsi Tsimshian 800 Canada 291tum Tumbuka 1330000 Malawi 292tup Tupi languages F 293tut Altaic (Other) F 294tvl Tuvalu 13000 Tuvalu 295tyv Tuvinian 210000 Russia 296udm Udmurt 565000 Russia 297uga Ugaritic X 298umb Umbundu 4000000 Angola 299und Undetermined Z 300vai Vai 105000 Liberia 301vot Votic 25 Russia 302wak Wakashan languages F 303wal Walamo 1270000 Ethiopia 304war Waray 2400000 Philippines 305was Washo 10 United States 306wen Sorbian languages F 307xal Kalmyk; Oirat 520000 Mongolia, Russia, China 308yao Yao 1942000 Malawi 309yap Yapese 6600 Micronesia 310ypk Yupik languages F 311zap Zapotec X 312zen Zenaga 200 Mauritania 313znd Zande U 314zun Zuni 9700 United States 315zxx No linguistic content Z 316zza Zaza; Dimili; Dimli; Kirdki; Kirmanjki; Zazaki U 317