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Technical contents of ISO 639-2
                                                            
Updated from http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/code_list.html
2008-04-25 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 in 2006.
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
ada   Adangme                                                   800000  Ghana
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   Official Aramaic; Imperial Aramaic                    X      few  Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran
arn   Mapudungun; Mapuche                                       300000  Chile
arp   Arapaho                                                     1000  United States
art   Artificial (Other)                                    S
arw   Arawak                                                      2500  Suriname
ast   Asturian; Bable; Leonese; Asturleonese                    125000  Spain
ath   Athapascan languages                                  F
aus   Australian languages                                  F
awa   Awadhi                                                  20000000  India
bad   Banda languages                                       F  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; Bedawiyet                                          1178000  Sudan
bem   Bemba                                                    3600000  Zambia
ber   Berber (Other)                                        F
bho   Bhojpuri                                                26600000  India
bik   Bikol                                                 U  3500000  Philippines
bin   Bini; Edo                                                1000000  Nigeria
bla   Siksika                                                     5000  Canada
bnt   Bantu (Other)                                         F
bra   Braj                                                       44000  India
btk   Batak languages (Indonesia)                           F  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   Galibi 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; Dene Suline                                      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   Land Dayak languages                                  F           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   Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian                        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 languages                                         F
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; Jingpho                                           940000  Myanmar
kam   Kamba                                                    2400000  Kenya
kar   Karen languages                                       F           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 languages                                         F           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   Uncoded 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 languages                                     FX
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; Kapampangan                                    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; Cook Islands Maori                             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 languages                                     F           Niger
srn   Sranan Tongo                                              120000  Suriname
srr   Serer                                                    1200000  Senegal
ssa   Nilo-Saharan (Other)                                  F
suk   Sukuma                                                   3200000  Tanzania
sus   Susu                                                     1000000  Guinea
sux   Sumerian                                              X
syc   Classical Syriac                                      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                                              F           Niger, Mali
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
zbl   Blissymbols                                           S
zen   Zenaga                                                       200  Mauritania
znd   Zande languages                                       F
zun   Zuni                                                        9700  United States
zxx   No linguistic content; Not applicable                 Z
zza   Zaza; Dimili; Dimli; Kirdki; Kirmanjki; Zazaki        U