Language Codes

NCES ISO 639-2 Language ID Description of Language Spoken Abbreviation Language Code 10 Abkhazian AB abk 15 Adja AD 20 Afar AA aar 25 Afghan 30 Afrikaans AF afr 40 Akan aka 50 Albanian SQ alb 60 Amharic AM amh 70 Sign Languages sgn 80 Arabic AR ara 90 Armenian HY arm 95 Ashanti 100 Assamese AS asm 110 Awadhi awa 120 Azerbaijani AZ aze 130 Bashkir BA bak 140 Basque EU baq 150 Belarusian bel 160 Bengali BN ben 170 Bhojpuri bho 180 Bihari BH bih 185 Bisaya 190 Bislama BI bis 200 Bulgarian BG bul 210 Burmese MY bur 215 Bosnian bos 220 Breton BR bre 230 Khmer, Central (Cambodian) KM khm 240 Carolinian 250 Catalan (Valencian) CA cat 260 Cebuano ceb 270 Chhattisgarhi 280 Chamorro cha 290 Chinese ZH chi 300 Chinese, Mandarin ZH chi 310 Chinese, Min Nan (Fukienese or Fujianese) ZH chi 320 Chinese, Yue (Cantonese) ZH chi 330 Chittagonian

Updated January 1, 2012 NCES ISO 639-2 Language ID Description of Language Spoken Abbreviation Language Code 340 Chuukese chk 350 Creoles and pidgins (Other) crp 360 Czech CS cze 370 Danish DA dan 380 Deccan 385 Dinka din 390 Dutch NL dut 410 Esperanto EO epo 420 Estonian ET est 422 Ewe ewe 425 Fanti fat 430 Farsi FA ira 440 Fijian FJ fij 450 Finnish FI fin 460 French FR fre 470 Frisian FY 475 Fulah ful 480 Fulfulde, Nigerian 485 Ga gaa 490 Galician GL glg 500 Georgian KA geo 510 German DE ger 520 Greek, Modern (1453- ) EL gre 530 Greenlandic (Kalaallisut) KL kal 550 Guarani GN grn 570 Gujarati GU guj 580 Haitian, Creole hat 590 Haryanvi 600 Hausa HA hau 610 Hebrew IW heb 620 Hiligaynon hil 630 Hindi HI hin 640 Hmong hmn 650 Hungarian HU hun 655 Ibo ibo 660 Icelandic IS ice 670 Igbo ibo 680 Ilocano (Iloko, Ilokano) ilo 690 Indian

Updated January 1, 2012 NCES ISO 639-2 Language ID Description of Language Spoken Abbreviation Language Code 700 Indonesian IN ind 710 Island Carib 720 Italian IT ita 730 Japanese JA jpn 740 Javanese jav 745 Kachi 746 Kachin (Jingpho) kac 750 Kannada N kan 760 Kashmiri KS kas 770 Kazakh KK kaz 780 Kinyarwanda RW kin 790 Kirundi RN 800 Korean KO kor 810 Kosraean kos 812 Kotokoli 815 Krahn 817 Krio 819 Kurdi 820 Kurdish (Kurdi, Kurmanji) KU kur 840 Kyrgyz (Kirghiz) KY kir 845 Lao (Laothian) lao 850 Latin LA lat 855 Lebanese 860 Lingala LN lin 870 Laothian lao 880 Latvian lav 890 Lithuanian LT lit 900 Lombard 905 Luganda 907 Macedonian mac 910 Madura 920 Magahi mag 925 MaiMai 930 Maithili mai 940 Malagasy MG mlg 945 Malawi 950 Malay MS may 960 Malayalam ML mal 970 Maltese MT mlt 975 Mandingo MAND man

Updated January 1, 2012 NCES ISO 639-2 Language ID Description of Language Spoken Abbreviation Language Code 980 Marathi MR mar 990 Marshallese mah 1000 Marwari mwr 1010 Mongolian mon 1020 Napoletano-Calabrese 1030 Nauru NA nau 1040 Nepali NE nep 1050 Norwegian NO nor 1060 Occitan (post 1500) OC oci 1070 Oriya OR ori 1080 Oromo OM orm 1090 Palauan pau 1100 Panjabi, Eastern (Punjabi) PA pan 1110 Panjabi, Western PA pan 1120 Pashto, Northern PS pus 1130 Pashto, Southern PS pus 1135 Patois 1140 Pohnpeian pon 1150 Polish PL pol 1160 Portuguese PT por 1165 Punjabi pan 1170 Quechua QU que 1190 Romanian RO rum 1200 Russian RU rus 1210 Rwanda 1220 Samoan SM smo 1230 Sango SG sag 1240 Sanskrit SA san 1250 Saraiki 1260 Serbian SR srp 1270 Serbo-Croatian SH hrv 1280 Sesotho ST 1290 Setswana TN 1300 Shona SN sna 1310 Sindhi SD snd 1320 Singhalese SI 1330 Sinhala (Sinhalese) sin 1340 Siswati SS 1350 Slovak SK slo 1360 Slovenian SL slv

Updated January 1, 2012 NCES ISO 639-2 Language ID Description of Language Spoken Abbreviation Language Code 1370 Somali SO som 1380 Spanish (Castilian) ES spa 1390 Sundanese SU sun 1400 Swahili (Swati) SW swa 1410 Swedish SV swe 1420 Tagalog TL tgl 1430 Tamil TA tam 1440 Tatar TT tat 1445 Tchamba 1450 Telugu TE tel 1455 Temene 1460 Thai TH tha 1461 Tibetan, Amdo 1462 Tibetan, Central tib 1463 Tibetan, Khams tib 1465 Tigrinya tir 1470 Tonga (Tonga Islands) TO ton 1480 Tsonga TS tso 1490 Turkish TR tur 1500 Turkmen tuk 1510 Twi TW twi 1520 Ukrainian UK ukr 1530 Urdu UR urd 1540 Uyghur (Uighur) uig 1550 Uzbek UZ uzb 1560 Vietnamese VI vie 1570 Volapük VO vol 1575 Wolof wol 1577 World English 1580 Yapese yap 1590 Yoruba YO yor 1595 Yugoslavian 1600 Xhosa XH xho 1610 Zhuang (Chuang) zha 1620 Zulu ZU zul 1630 Abnaki 1640 Achimawi 1650 Ahtena 1660 Alabama 1670 Aleut ale

Updated January 1, 2012 NCES ISO 639-2 Language ID Description of Language Spoken Abbreviation Language Code 1680 Algonquian languages alg 1690 Apache languages apa 1700 Arapaho arp 1710 Araucanian 1720 Arikara 1730 Athapascan languages ath 1740 Atsina 1750 Atsugewi 1760 Aucanian 1770 Aymara aym 1780 Aztec 1790 Blackfoot 1800 Caddo cad 1810 Cahuilla 1820 Cakchiquel, Central 1830 Cakchiquel, Eastern 1840 Cakchiquel, Mam 1850 Cakchiquel, Northern 1860 Cakchiquel, Santa Maria de Jesus 1870 Cakchiquel, Santo Domingo 1880 Cakchiquel, Southern 1890 Cakchiquel, Southwestern 1900 Cakchiquel, Western 1910 Cayuga 1920 Chasta Costa 1930 Chemeheuvi (dialogue of Ute) 1940 Cherokee chr 1950 Chetemacha 1960 Cheyenne chy 1970 Chinook jargon chn 1980 Chiricahua 1990 Chiwere 2000 Choctaw cho 2010 Chumash 2020 Clallam 2030 Cocomaricopa 2040 Coeur d'Alene 2050 Columbia 2060 Comanche 2070 Cowlitz

Updated January 1, 2012 NCES ISO 639-2 Language ID Description of Language Spoken Abbreviation Language Code 2080 Cree cre 2090 Crow 2100 Cuna 2110 Cupena 2120 Dakota dak 2130 Delaware del 2140 Yuman, Delta River 2150 Diegueno 2160 Eskimo 2170 Eyak 2180 Foothill North Yokuts 2190 Fon fon 2200 French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600) frm 2210 Guarani grn 2220 Guaymi 2230 Haida hai 2240 Karen languages KAR kar 2241 Chin 2250 Havasupai 2260 Hichita 2270 Hidatsa 2280 Hopi 2290 Hupa hup 2300 Ingalit 2310 Inupik 2320 Iroquoian languages iro 2330 Jicarilla 2340 Kalispel 2350 Kansa 2360 Karok 2370 Kawaiisu 2380 Keres 2400 Kickapoo 2410 Kiowa 2420 Kiowa-Apache 2430 Klamath 2440 Koasati 2450 Koyukon 2460 Kuchin 2470 Kutenai kut

Updated January 1, 2012 NCES ISO 639-2 Language ID Description of Language Spoken Abbreviation Language Code 2480 Kwakiutl 2490 Chehalis, Lower 2500 Luiseno lui 2510 Maidu, Northeast 2520 Maidu, Northwest 2530 Maidu, Valley 2540 Makah 2550 Mam 2560 Mandan 2570 Maya 2580 Menomini 2590 Miami 2600 Micmac (Mi'kmaq) mic 2610 Mikasuki 2620 Miwok, Southern Sierra 2630 Miwok, Central Sierra 2640 Miwok, Coast 2650 Miwok, Lake 2660 Miwok, Northern Sierra 2670 Miwok, Plains 2680 Mixteco, San Juan Mixtepec 2690 Mohawk moh 2700 Mono 2710 Mountain Maidu 2720 Muskogee 2730 Navaho nav 2740 Nez Perce 2750 Nomlaki 2760 Nootka 2770 Nootsack 2780 Paiute, Northern 2790 Ojibwa, Eastern 2800 Ojibwa oji 2820 Okanagan 2830 Omaha 2840 Oneida 2850 Onondaga 2860 Osage osa 2870 Other Athapascan-Eyak 2880 Ottawa

Updated January 1, 2012 NCES ISO 639-2 Language ID Description of Language Spoken Abbreviation Language Code 2900 Yupik, Pacific Gulf ypk 2910 Shoshone, Panamint 2920 Passamaquoddy 2930 Patwin 2940 Pawnee 2950 Penobscot 2960 Picuris 2970 Pima 2980 Pomo (alt. For POL) 2990 Pomo, Central 3000 Pomo, Eastern 3010 Pomo, Northeastern 3020 Pomo, Northern 3030 Pomo, Southeastern 3040 Pomo, Southern 3050 Ponca (dialect of Omaha) 3060 Potawatomi 3070 Quapaw 3080 Quechua, Ancash, Chiquian 3090 Quechua, Ancash, Conchucos, Northern 3100 Quechua, Ancash, Conchucos, Southern 3110 Quechua, Ancash, Corongo 3120 Quechua, Ancash, Huaylas 3130 Quechua, Ancash, Sihuas 3140 Quechua, Apurimac 3150 Quechua, Ayacucho 3160 Quechua, Boliviano 3170 Quechua, Cajamarca 3180 Quechua, Chachapoyas 3190 Quechua, Chilean 3200 Quechua, Classical que 3210 Quechua, Catahuasi 3220 Quechua, Cuzco 3230 Quechua, Huanca, Huaylla 3240 Quechua, Huanca, Jauja 3250 Quechua, Huanuco, Huaylla 3260 Quechua, Huanuco, Huamalies-Northern Dos De Mayo 3270 Quechua, Huanuco, Maranon 3280 Quechua, Huanuco, Panao

Updated January 1, 2012 NCES ISO 639-2 Language ID Description of Language Spoken Abbreviation Language Code Quechua, Huanuco, Southern Dos De Mayo-Margos 3290 Chau 3300 Quechua, Lambayeque 3310 Quechua, North Bolivian 3320 Quechua, North Junin 3330 Quechua, North Lima Cajatambo 3340 Quechua, Northwest Jujuy 3350 Quechua, Pacaroas 3360 Quechua, Pasco, Santa Ana De Tusi 3370 Quechua, Pasco-Yanahuanca 3380 Quechua, Pastaza, Southern 3390 Quechua, Puno 3400 Quechua, San Martin 3410 Quechua, San Rafael-Huariaca 3420 Quechua, South Bolivian 3430 Quechua, Yauyos 3440 Quekchi 3450 Quiche, Central 3460 Quiche, Cunen 3470 Quiche, Eastern 3480 Quiche, Joyabaj 3490 Quiche, San Andres 3500 Quiche, West Central 3510 Quinault 3520 Sahaptian 3530 Yupik, Saint Lawrence Island 3540 Salish, Southern Puget Sound 3550 Salish, Straits 3560 San Carlos 3570 Sandia 3580 Santiam 3590 Seneca 3600 Serrano 3610 Shastan 3620 Shawnee 3630 Shoshone 3640 Siuslaw 3650 Southern Maidu 3660 Southern Paiute

Updated January 1, 2012 NCES ISO 639-2 Language ID Description of Language Spoken Abbreviation Language Code 3670 Spokane 3680 Tachi 3690 Tanacross 3700 Tanaina 3710 Tanana 3720 Tarahumara Baja 3730 Central American Indian (Other) cai 3760 Southwestern 3770 Tarascan 3780 Tewa 3790 Tillamook 3800 Tiwa, Northern 3810 Tiwa, Southern 3820 Tlingit tli 3830 Tonkawa 3840 Towa 3850 Tsimshian tsi 3860 Tubatulabal 3870 Tupi languages tup 3880 Tuscarora 3890 Twana 3900 Yuman, Upland 3910 Chehalis, Upper 3920 Chinook, Upper 3930 Kuskokwim, Upper 3940 Tanana, Upper 3950 Yuman, Upriver 3960 Ute 3970 Walapai 3980 Wappo 3990 Washo was 4000 Wichita 4010 Winnebago 4020 Wintun 4030 Wiyot 4040 Wyandot 4050 Yaqui 4060 Yavapai 4070 Yuchi 4080 Yuki

Updated January 1, 2012 NCES ISO 639-2 Language ID Description of Language Spoken Abbreviation Language Code 4090 Yuma 4100 Yupik languages ypk 4130 Yurok 4140 Zapotec zap 4160 Zuni zun 4170 Dari 4180 Mon 4190 Filipino (Pilipino, Philippine) fil 4200 Achinese ace 4210 Adangme ada 4220 Acoli ach 4245 Adyghe (Adygei) ady 4250 Afrihili afh 4255 Afro-Asiatic (Other) afa 4260 Ainu ain 4265 Akkadian akk 4270 German, Swiss (Alemannic, Alsatian) gsw 4280 Altaic (Other) tut 4285 Angika anp 4290 Aragonese arg 4295 Arawak arw 4300 Aromanian (Arumanian, Macedo-Romanian) rup 4305 Artificial (Other) art 4315 Asturian (Astur-Leonese, Leonese, Bable) ast 4325 Australian languages aus 4330 Austronesian (Other) map 4335 Avaric ava 4340 Avestan ave 4350 Balinese ban 4355 Baltic (Other) bat 4360 Baluchi bal 4365 Bambara bam 4370 Bamileke languages bai 4375 Banda languages bad 4380 Bantu (Other) bnt 4385 Batak languages btk 4390 Bedawiyet (Beja) bej 4400 Berber (Other) ber 4405 Bikol bik 4410 Bilen (Bilin) byn

Updated January 1, 2012 NCES ISO 639-2 Language ID Description of Language Spoken Abbreviation Language Code 4430 Blissymbolics zbl 4440 Norwegian, Bokmal nob 4445 Braj bra 4450 Buginese bug 4455 Buriat bua 4465 Caucasian (Other) cau 4470 Celtic (Other) cel 4480 Chagatai chg 4485 Chamic languages cmc 4490 Chechen che 4495 Nyanja (Chewa, Chichewa) nya 4500 Chibcha chb 4525 Church Slavonic chu 4530 Chuvash chv 4550 Rarotongan (Cook Islands Maori) rar 4555 Coptic cop 4560 Cornish cor 4565 Corsican cos 4570 Creek mus 4575 Creoles and pidgins, English based (Other) cpe 4580 Creoles and pidgins, French-based (Other) cpf 4585 Creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based (Other) cpp 4590 Crimean (Tatar and Turkish) crh 4600 Croatian hrv 4605 Cushitic (Other) cus 4610 Dargwa dar 4615 Dene Suline (Chipewyan) chp 4625 Dimili (Dimli) diq 4640 Dogri doi 4645 Dogrib dgr 4650 Dravidian (Other) dra 4655 Duala dua 4660 Dutch, Middle (ca.1050-1350) dum 4665 Dyula dyu 4670 Dzongkha dzo 4675 Frisian, Eastern frs 4680 Edo (Bini) bin 4685 Efik efi 4690 Egyptian (Ancient) egy 4695 Ekajuk eka

Updated January 1, 2012 NCES ISO 639-2 Language ID Description of Language Spoken Abbreviation Language Code 4700 Elamite elx 4705 English, Middle (1100-1500) enm 4710 English, Old (ca.450-1100) ang 4715 Erzya myv 4720 Ewondo ewo 4725 Fang fan 4730 Faroese fao 4735 Finno-Ugrian (Other) fiu 4740 Flemish vlz 4745 French, Old (842-ca.1400) fro 4750 Friulian fur 4755 Gaelic gla 4760 Galibi Carib car 4765 Ganda lug 4770 Gayo gay 4775 Gbaya gba 4780 Geez gez 4785 German, Low (Low Saxon) nds 4790 German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500) gmh 4795 German, Old High (ca.750-1050) goh 4800 Germanic (Other) gem 4805 Gikuyu (Kikuyu) kik 4810 Gilbertese gil 4815 Gondi gon 4820 Gorontalo gor 4825 Gothic got 4830 Grebo grb 4835 Greek, Ancient (to 1453) grc 4845 Gwich'in gwi 4850 Haitian hat 4855 Hawaiian haw 4860 Herero her 4865 Himachali him 4870 Hiri Motu hmo 4875 Hittite hit 4880 Iban iba 4885 Ijo languages ijo 4895 Aramaic (700-300 BCE), Imperial arc 4900 Sami, Inari smn 4905 Indic (Other) inc

Updated January 1, 2012 NCES ISO 639-2 Language ID Description of Language Spoken Abbreviation Language Code 4910 Indo-European (Other) ine 4915 Ingush inh 4920 Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Asso 4925 Interlingue (Occidental) ile 4930 Inuktitut iku 4935 Inupiaq ipk 4940 Iranian, Other ira 4945 Irish gle 4950 Irish, Middle (900-1200) mga 4955 Irish, Old (to 900) sga 4965 Judeo-Arabic jrb 4970 Judeo-Persian jpr 4975 Kabardian kbd 4980 Kabyle kab 4990 Kamba kam 4995 Kanuri kau 5000 Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) pam 5005 Kara-Kalpak kaa 5010 Karachay-Balkar krc 5015 Karelian krl 5020 Kashubian csb 5025 Kawi kaw 5030 Khasi kha 5035 Khoisan (Other) khi 5040 Khotanese kho 5050 Kimbundu kmb 5055 Zazaki (Zaza ,Kirdki) zza 5065 Kirmanjki kiu 5075 Komi kom 5080 Kongo kon 5085 Konkani kok 5090 Kpelle kpe 5095 Kru languages kro 5100 Kuanyama (Oshiwambo, Kwanjama) kua 5105 Kumyk kum 5110 Kurukh kru 5125 Ladino lad 5130 Lahnda lah 5135 Lamba lam 5140 Land Dayak languages day

Updated January 1, 2012 NCES ISO 639-2 Language ID Description of Language Spoken Abbreviation Language Code 5150 Letzeburgesch ltz 5155 Lezghian lez 5170 Limburgish (Limburgan, Limburger) lim 5190 Sorbian, Lower dsb 5195 Lozi loz 5200 Luba-Katanga lub 5205 Luba-Lulua lua 5215 Sami, Lule smj 5220 Lunda lun 5225 Luo (Kenya and Tanzania) luo 5230 Lushai lus 5235 Luxembourgish ltz 5245 Madurese mad 5250 Makasar mak 5255 Maldivian (Dhivehi, Divehi) div 5260 Manchu mnc 5265 Mandar mdr 5270 Manipuri mni 5275 Manobo languages mno 5280 Manx glv 5285 Maori mao 5295 Mapudungun (Mapuche) arn 5300 Mari chm 5305 Masai mas 5310 Mayan languages myn 5315 Mende men 5325 Minangkabau min 5330 Mirandese mwl 5335 Moksha mdf 5345 Moldovan (Moldavian) mol 5350 Mon-Khmer (Other) mkh 5355 Mongo lol 5360 Multiple languages mul 5365 Munda languages mun 5370 N'Ko nqo 5375 Nahuatl languages nah 5380 Ndebele, North nde 5385 Ndebele, South nbl 5390 Ndonga ndo 5395 Neapolitan nap

Updated January 1, 2012 NCES ISO 639-2 Language ID Description of Language Spoken Abbreviation Language Code 5400 Nepal Bhasa (Newari ) new 5415 Nias nia 5420 Niger-Kordofanian (Other) nic 5425 Nilo-Saharan (Other) ssa 5430 Niuean niu 5435 No linguistic content zxx 5440 Nogai nog 5445 Norse, Old non 5450 North American Indian nai 5460 Frisian, Northern frr 5465 Sami, Northern sme 5480 Norwegian, Nynorsk nno 5490 Nubian languages nub 5495 Sichuan Yi (Nuosu) iii 5500 Nyamwezi nym 5510 Nyankole nyn 5520 Nyoro nyo 5525 Nzima nzi 5530 Oirat xal 5532 Bulgarian, Old (Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic) chu 5539 Ossetian (Ossetic, Ossete) oss 5541 Otomian languages oto 5542 Pahlavi pal 5544 Pali pli 5546 Pangasinan pag 5548 Papiamento pap 5549 Papuan (Other); paa 5552 Persian per 5553 Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.); peo 5555 Phoenician phn 5560 Prakrit languages pra 5565 Rajasthani raj 5566 Rapanui rap 5571 Romansh roh 5572 Romany rom 5573 Rundi run 5575 Salishan languages sal 5576 Aramaic, Samaritan sam 5577 Sami languages (Other) smi 5579 Sandawe sad

Updated January 1, 2012 NCES ISO 639-2 Language ID Description of Language Spoken Abbreviation Language Code 5582 Santali sat 5583 Sardinian srd 5584 Sasak sas 5586 Scots sco 5587 Scottish Gaelic gla 5588 Selkup sel 5589 Semitic (Other); sem 5592 Serer srr 5593 Shan shn 5596 Sicilian scn 5597 Sidamo sid 5599 Siksika bla 5603 Sino-Tibetan (Other) sit 5604 Siouan languages sio 5605 Sami, Skolt sms 5607 Slavic (Other); sla 5610 Sogdian sog 5612 Songhai languages son 5613 Soninke snk 5614 Sorbian languages wen 5615 Sotho, Northern (Pedi, Sepedi) nso 5616 Sotho, Southern sot 5617 South American Indian (Other) sai 5619 Southern Altai alt 5620 Sami, Southern sma 5622 Sranan Tongo srn 5623 Sukuma suk 5624 Sumerian sux 5626 Susu sus 5631 Syriac syr 5633 Tahitian tah 5634 Tai (Other); tai 5635 Tajik tgk 5636 Tamashek tmh 5640 Tereno ter 5641 Tetum tet 5644 Tigre tig 5646 Timne tem 5647 Tiv tiv 5650 Tok Pisin tpi

Updated January 1, 2012 NCES ISO 639-2 Language ID Description of Language Spoken Abbreviation Language Code 5651 Tokelau tkl 5652 Tonga (Nyasa); tog 5656 Tswana tsn 5657 Tumbuka tum 5660 Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) ota 5662 Tuvalu tvl 5663 Tuvinian tyv 5665 Udmurt udm 5666 Ugaritic uga 5669 Umbundu umb 5672 Sorbian, Upper hsb 5676 Vai vai 5678 Venda ven 5681 Votic vot 5682 Wakashan languages wak 5683 Walloon wln 5684 Waray war 5686 Welsh wel 5687 Frisian, Western fry 5689 Wolaytta (Wolaitta ) wal 5691 Xhosa xho 5692 Yakut sah 5693 Yao yao 5695 Yiddish yid 5698 Zande languages znd 5702 Zenaga zen 5703 Harari har 9999 Undetermined und

Updated January 1, 2012