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This is a list of ISO 639-5 codes, including the code hierarchy as given in the ISO 639-5 registry. The code und
(undetermined) from ISO 639-2 can be seen as top of the hierarchy (for example, und:aav
, und:euq:eu
). The hierarchy is not a complete genetic hierarchy; some of the collection codes are based on geography (like nai
) or category (like crp
) instead.
Hierarchy | 639-5 | 639-2 | Language collection name | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
aav | aav | Austro-Asiatic languages | South-Asiatic languages, not related to Australian languages | |
afa | afa | afa | Afro-Asiatic languages | |
nai:aql:alg | alg | alg | Algonquian languages | |
nic:alv | alv | Atlantic-Congo languages | ||
nai:xnd:ath:apa | apa | apa | Apache languages | |
sai:aqa | aqa | Alacalufan languages | ||
nai:aql | aql | Algic languages | ||
art | art | art | Artificial languages | |
nai:xnd:ath | ath | ath | Athapascan languages | |
sai:awd:auf | auf | Arauan languages | ||
aus | aus | aus | Australian languages | |
sai:awd | awd | Arawakan languages | ||
nai:azc | azc | Uto-Aztecan languages | ||
nic:alv:bad | bad | bad | Banda languages | |
nic:alv:bai | bai | bai | Bamileke languages | |
ine:bat | bat | bat | Baltic languages | |
afa:ber | ber | ber | Berber languages | |
ine:iir:bih | bih | bih | Bihari languages | |
nic:alv:bnt | bnt | bnt | Bantu languages | |
map:poz:pqw:btk | btk | btk | Batak languages | |
cai | cai | cai | Central American Indian languages | |
cau | cau | cau | Caucasian languages | |
sai:cba | cba | Chibchan languages | ||
cau:ccn | ccn | North Caucasian languages | ||
cau:ccs | ccs | South Caucasian languages | ||
afa:cdc | cdc | Chadic languages | ||
nai:cdd | cdd | Caddoan languages | ||
ine:cel | cel | cel | Celtic languages | |
map:poz:pqw:cmc | cmc | cmc | Chamic languages | |
crp:cpe | cpe | cpe | creoles and pidgins, English-based | |
crp:cpf | cpf | cpf | creoles and pidgins, French-based | |
crp:cpp | cpp | cpp | creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based | |
crp | crp | crp | creoles and pidgins | |
ssa:csu | csu | Central Sudanic languages | ||
afa:cus | cus | cus | Cushitic languages | |
day | day | day | Land Dayak languages | not to be confused with Dayak languages, which is a larger group |
nic:dmn | dmn | Mande languages | ||
dra | dra | dra | Dravidian languages | |
afa:egx | egx | Egyptian languages | ||
esx | esx | Eskimo-Aleut languages | ||
euq | euq | Basque (family) | Basque (eu/eus/baq) is an individual language covered by this collection code | |
urj:fiu | fiu | fiu | Finno-Ugrian languages | |
map:fox | fox | Formosan languages | ||
ine:gem | gem | gem | Germanic languages | |
ine:gem:gme | gme | East Germanic languages | ||
ine:gem:gmq | gmq | North Germanic languages | ||
ine:gem:gmw | gmw | West Germanic languages | ||
ine:grk | grk | Greek languages | ||
hmx | hmx | Hmong-Mien languages | ||
nai:hok | hok | Hokan languages | ||
ine:hyx | hyx | Armenian (family) | Armenian (hy/hye/arm) is an individual language covered by this collection code | |
ine:iir | iir | Indo-Iranian languages | ||
nic:alv:ijo | ijo | ijo | Ijo languages | |
ine:iir:inc | inc | inc | Indic languages | |
ine | ine | ine | Indo-European languages | |
ine:iir:ira | ira | ira | Iranian languages | |
nai:iro | iro | iro | Iroquoian languages | |
ine:itc | itc | Italic languages | ||
jpx | jpx | Japanese (family) | Japanese (ja/jpn) is an individual language covered by this collection code | |
sit:tbq:kar | kar | kar | Karen languages | |
nic:kdo | kdo | Kordofanian languages | ||
khi | khi | khi | Khoisan languages | |
nic:alv:kro | kro | kro | Kru languages | |
map | map | map | Austronesian languages | |
aav:mkh | mkh | mkh | Mon-Khmer languages | |
map:poz:pqw:phi:mno | mno | mno | Manobo languages | |
aav:mun | mun | mun | Munda languages | |
cai:myn | myn | myn | Mayan languages | |
nai:azc:nah | nah | nah | Nahuatl languages | |
nai | nai | nai | North American Indian languages | |
paa:ngf | ngf | Trans-New Guinea languages | ||
nic | nic | nic | Niger-Kordofanian languages | |
ssa:sdv:nub | nub | nub | Nubian languages | |
cai:omq | omq | Oto-Manguean languages | ||
afa:omv | omv | Omotic languages | ||
cai:omq:oto | oto | oto | Otomian languages | |
paa | paa | paa | Papuan languages | |
map:poz:pqw:phi | phi | phi | Philippine languages | |
map:poz:plf | plf | Central Malayo-Polynesian languages | ||
map:poz | poz | Malayo-Polynesian languages | ||
map:poz:pqe | pqe | Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages | ||
map:poz:pqw | pqw | Western Malayo-Polynesian languages | ||
ine:iir:inc:pra | pra | pra | Prakrit languages | |
sai:qwe | qwe | Quechuan (family) | Quechua (qu/que) is a macrolanguage covered by this collection code | |
ine:itc:roa | roa | roa | Romance languages | |
sai | sai | sai | South American Indian languages | |
nai:sal | sal | sal | Salishan languages | |
ssa:sdv | sdv | Eastern Sudanic languages | ||
afa:sem | sem | sem | Semitic languages | |
sgn | sgn | sgn | sign languages | |
nai:sio | sio | sio | Siouan languages | |
sit | sit | sit | Sino-Tibetan languages | |
ine:sla | sla | sla | Slavic languages | |
urj:fiu:smi | smi | smi | Sami languages | |
ssa:son | son | son | Songhai languages | |
ine:sqj | sqj | Albanian languages | Albanian (sq/sqi/alb) is a macrolanguage covered by this collection code | |
ssa | ssa | ssa | Nilo-Saharan languages | |
urj:syd | syd | Samoyedic languages | ||
tai | tai | tai | Tai languages | Thai (th/tha) is an individual language covered by this collection code |
sit:tbq | tbq | Tibeto-Burman languages | ||
tut:trk | trk | Turkic languages | Turkish (tr/tur) is an individual language covered by this collection code | |
sai:tup | tup | tup | Tupi languages | |
tut | tut | tut | Altaic languages | |
tut:tuw | tuw | Tungus languages | ||
urj | urj | Uralic languages | ||
nai:wak | wak | wak | Wakashan languages | |
ine:sla:zlw:wen | wen | wen | Sorbian languages | |
tut:xgn | xgn | Mongolian languages | Mongolian (mn/mon) is a macrolanguage covered by this collection code | |
nai:xnd | xnd | Na-Dene languages | ||
esx:ypk | ypk | ypk | Yupik languages | |
sit:zhx | zhx | Chinese (family) | Chinese (zh/zho/chi) is a macrolanguage covered by this collection code | |
ine:sla:zle | zle | East Slavic languages | ||
ine:sla:zls | zls | South Slavic languages | ||
ine:sla:zlw | zlw | West Slavic languages | ||
nic:alv:znd | znd | znd | Zande languages | Zande (individual language) (zne) is an individual language covered by this collection code |
SIL International treats ISO 639-2 code him
(Himachali languages / Western Pahari languages) as an ISO 639-5 code, although it does not appear in the official list of ISO 639-5 codes maintained by the Library of Congress (the registration authority for ISO 639-5).
Code set: 639-2 and 639-5