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 |
|---|---|
run RundiISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code run to Rundi. | |
rup Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-RomanianISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code rup to Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian. | |
rus RussianISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code rus to Russian. | |
sad SandaweISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code sad to Sandawe. | |
sag SangoISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code sag to Sango. | |
sah YakutISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code sah to Yakut. | |
sai South American Indian languagesISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code sai to South American Indian languages. | |
sal Salishan languagesISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code sal to Salishan languages. | |
sam Samaritan AramaicISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code sam to Samaritan Aramaic. | |
san SanskritISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code san to Sanskrit. | |
sas SasakISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code sas to Sasak. | |
sat SantaliISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code sat to Santali. | |
scn SicilianISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code scn to Sicilian. | |
sco ScotsISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code sco to Scots. | |
sel SelkupISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code sel to Selkup. | |
sem Semitic languagesISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code sem to Semitic languages. | |
sga Irish, Old (to 900)ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code sga to Irish, Old (to 900). | |
sgn Sign LanguagesISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code sgn to Sign Languages. | |
shn ShanISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code shn to Shan. | |
sid SidamoISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code sid to Sidamo. | |
sin Sinhala; SinhaleseISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code sin to Sinhala; Sinhalese. | |
sio Siouan languagesISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code sio to Siouan languages. | |
sit Sino-Tibetan languagesISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code sit to Sino-Tibetan languages. | |
sla Slavic languagesISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code sla to Slavic languages. |
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- 2026-10-05
- Last approved change
- 2026-10-05
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