ISO 639 is a standard by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) concerned with representation of languages and language groups.
It currently consists of four sets (1-3, 5) of code, named after each part which formerly described respective set (part 4 was guidelines without its own coding system); a part 6 was published but withdrawn.
It was first approved in 1967 as a single-part ISO Recommendation, ISO/R 639,[1] superseded in 2002 by part 1 of the new series, ISO 639-1,[2] followed by additional parts. All existing parts of the series were consolidated into a single standard in 2023,[3] largely based on the text of ISO 639-4.
^"ISO/R 639:1967". International Organization for Standardization. 1988-03-01. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
^"ISO 639:1988". International Organization for Standardization. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
^"ISO 639:2023". International Organization for Standardization. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
ISO639 is a standard by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) concerned with representation of languages and language groups. It currently...
ISO639 is a standardized nomenclature used to classify languages. Each language is assigned a two-letter (set 1) and three-letter lowercase abbreviation...
mechanism for the ISO639 international standard of language codes. Macrolanguages are established to assist mapping between different sets of ISO language codes...
of ISO639 codes are: List of ISO639-1 codes, with corresponding ISO639-2 and ISO639-3 codes List of ISO639-2 codes, with corresponding ISO639-1 codes...
IETF language tags combine subtags from other standards such as ISO639, ISO 15924, ISO 3166-1 and UN M.49. For example, the tag en stands for English;...
languages such as Ware below.) SIL codes are upper case; ISO codes are lower case. Once retired, ISO639-3 codes are not reused. SIL codes that were retired...
derived from ISO639-2, where the name of a script and the name of a language using the script are identical (example: Gujarātī ISO639 guj, ISO 15924 Gujr)...
Recognised minority language in Malaysia Sri Lanka Language codes ISO639-1 en ISO639-2 eng ISO639-3 eng Glottolog stan1293 Linguasphere 52-ABA Countries and...
language situation. Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics (Second ed.). pp. 639–641. doi:10.1016/B0-08-044854-2/01720-X. ISBN 9780080448541. "Publication...
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