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.

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fur Friulian ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code fur to Friulian.	v1
gaa Ga ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code gaa to Ga.	v1
gay Gayo ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code gay to Gayo.	v1
gba Gbaya ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code gba to Gbaya.	v1
gem Germanic languages ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code gem to Germanic languages.	v1
geo Georgian ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code geo to Georgian.	v1
ger German ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code ger to German.	v1
gez Geez ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code gez to Geez.	v1
gil Gilbertese ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code gil to Gilbertese.	v1
gla Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code gla to Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic.	v1
gle Irish ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code gle to Irish.	v1
glg Galician ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code glg to Galician.	v1
glv Manx ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code glv to Manx.	v1
gmh German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500) ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code gmh to German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500).	v1
goh German, Old High (ca.750-1050) ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code goh to German, Old High (ca.750-1050).	v1
gon Gondi ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code gon to Gondi.	v1
gor Gorontalo ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code gor to Gorontalo.	v1
got Gothic ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code got to Gothic.	v1
grb Grebo ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code grb to Grebo.	v1
grc Greek, Ancient (to 1453) ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code grc to Greek, Ancient (to 1453).	v1
gre Modern Greek (1453-) ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code gre to Modern Greek (1453-).	v1
grn Guarani ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code grn to Guarani.	v1
gsw Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code gsw to Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian.	v1
guj Gujarati ISO 639-2, the international standard for language codes, assigns the code guj to Gujarati.	v1

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Published on Koskamo by: Koskamo
Version: 487
Documents: 486 documents
Reviewed: 2026-10-05
Last approved change: 2026-10-05
Agent lookups: 0 in the last 90 days
Reuse: ISO 639-2 code list published by the Library of Congress as registration authority (loc.gov/standards/iso639-2)
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tur Turkish · v1
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ven Venda · v1
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son Songhai languages · v1
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phn Phoenician · v1
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min Minangkabau · v1
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ijo Ijo languages · v1
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her Herero · v1
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zza Zaza; Dimili; Dimli; Kirdki; Kirmanjki; Zazaki · v1
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zxx No linguistic content; Not applicable · v1
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zun Zuni · v1