ISO 639-2 language codes (Library of Congress)
Language codes from the ISO 639-2 code list of the Library of Congress, the ISO 639-2 Registration Authority: one document per language with its bibliographic (B) code, terminologic (T) code where it differs, ISO 639-1 code where assigned, and the English and French names.
Documents
| Document | Version |
|---|---|
kur KurdishISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code kur to Kurdish. | |
kut KutenaiISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code kut to Kutenai. | |
lad LadinoISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code lad to Ladino. | |
lah LahndaISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code lah to Lahnda. | |
lam LambaISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code lam to Lamba. | |
lao LaoISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code lao to Lao. | |
lat LatinISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code lat to Latin. | |
lav LatvianISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code lav to Latvian. | |
lez LezghianISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code lez to Lezghian. | |
lim Limburgan; Limburger; LimburgishISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code lim to Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish. | |
lin LingalaISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code lin to Lingala. | |
lit LithuanianISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code lit to Lithuanian. | |
lol MongoISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code lol to Mongo. | |
loz LoziISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code loz to Lozi. | |
ltz Luxembourgish; LetzeburgeschISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code ltz to Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch. | |
lua Luba-LuluaISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code lua to Luba-Lulua. | |
lub Luba-KatangaISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code lub to Luba-Katanga. | |
lug GandaISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code lug to Ganda. | |
lui LuisenoISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code lui to Luiseno. | |
lun LundaISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code lun to Lunda. | |
luo Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code luo to Luo (Kenya and Tanzania). | |
lus LushaiISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code lus to Lushai. | |
mac MacedonianISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code mac to Macedonian. | |
mad MadureseISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code mad to Madurese. |
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- 2026-10-05
- Last approved change
- 2026-10-05
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