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Updated from http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/code_list.html
2006-10-05 by Bruno Haible
First column: ISO 639-2 code.
Second column: ISO 639-2 English name.
The remaining columns are not from ISO. They are mostly from
www.ethnologue.com.
Third column: Categorization
F = Family of languages
S = Synthetic / Artificial language
X = Extinct language
Z = Not a language
U = Otherwise unknown to www.ethnologue.com
Fourth column: Approximate number of speakers.
Fifth column: Country.
ace Achinese 3000000 Indonesia
ach Acoli 750000 Uganda
ady Adyghe; Adygei 500000 Russia
afa Afro-Asiatic (Other) F
afh Afrihili S
ain Ainu 15 Japan
akk Akkadian X
ale Aleut 500 United States
alg Algonquian languages F
alt Southern Altai 20000 Russia
ang English, Old (ca.450-1100) X
anp Angika 740000 India
apa Apache languages F
arc Aramaic U few Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran
arn Araucanian 300000 Chile
arp Arapaho 1000 United States
art Artificial (Other) S
arw Arawak 2500 Suriname
ast Asturian; Bable 125000 Spain
ath Athapascan languages F
aus Australian languages F
awa Awadhi 20000000 India
bad Banda U 1100000 Central African Republic, Dem. Rep. Congo
bai Bamileke languages F
bal Baluchi U 5000000 Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan
ban Balinese 3900000 Indonesia
bas Basa 230000 Cameroon
bat Baltic (Other) F
bej Beja 950000 Sudan
bem Bemba 3600000 Zambia
ber Berber (Other) F
bho Bhojpuri 26600000 India
bik Bikol U 3500000 Philippines
bin Bini 1000000 Nigeria
bla Siksika 5000 Canada
bnt Bantu (Other) F
bra Braj 44000 India
btk Batak (Indonesia) U 6230000 Indonesia
bua Buriat U 450000 Russia
bug Buginese 3500000 Indonesia
byn Blin; Bilin 70000 Eritrea
cad Caddo 25 United States
cai Central American Indian (Other) F
car Carib 10000 Venezuela
cau Caucasian (Other) F
ceb Cebuano 20000000 Philippines
cel Celtic (Other) F
chb Chibcha X
chg Chagatai X
chk Chuukese 38000 Micronesia
chm Mari U 590000 Russia
chn Chinook jargon 100 Canada
cho Choctaw 9000 United States
chp Chipewyan 4000 Canada
chr Cherokee 20000 United States
chy Cheyenne 2000 United States
cmc Chamic languages F
cop Coptic X
cpe Creoles and pidgins, English based (Other) F
cpf Creoles and pidgins, French-based (Other) F
cpp Creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based (Other) F
crh Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish 450000 Uzbekistan, Ukraine
crp Creoles and pidgins (Other) F
csb Kashubian 3000 Poland
cus Cushitic (Other) F
dak Dakota 15000 United States
dar Dargwa 370000 Russia
day Dayak U Malaysia, Indonesia
del Delaware U 7 United States
den Slave (Athapascan) U United States, Canada
dgr Dogrib 2000 Dogrib
din Dinka U 1350000 Sudan
doi Dogri U 2100000 India
dra Dravidian (Other) FX
dsb Lower Sorbian 14000 Germany
dua Duala 88000 Cameroon
dum Dutch, Middle (ca.1050-1350) X
dyu Dyula 120000 Burkina Faso
efi Efik 400000 Nigeria
egy Egyptian (Ancient) X
eka Ekajuk 30000 Nigeria
elx Elamite X
enm English, Middle (1100-1500) X
ewo Ewondo 580000 Cameroon
fan Fang 450000 Equatorial Guinea
fat Fanti U
fil Filipino; Pilipino 88000000 Philippines
fiu Finno-Ugrian (Other) F
fon Fon 1700000 Benin
frm French, Middle (ca.1400-1600) X
fro French, Old (842-ca.1400) X
frr Northern Frisian 10000 Germany
frs Eastern Frisian 11000 Germany
fur Friulian 800000 Italy
gaa Ga 600000 Ghana
gay Gayo 180000 Indonesia
gba Gbaya U 570000 Central African Republic
gem Germanic (Other) F
gez Geez X
gil Gilbertese 68000 Kiribati
gmh German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500) X
goh German, Old High (ca.750-1050) X
gon Gondi U 2200000 India
gor Gorontalo 900000 Indonesia
got Gothic X
grb Grebo U 220000 Liberia
grc Greek, Ancient (to 1453) X
gsw Alemani; Swiss German 6000000 Switzerland
gwi Gwich´in 700 Canada
hai Haida U 3000 Canada, United States
haw Hawaiian 1000 United States
hil Hiligaynon 7000000 Philippines
him Himachali U
hit Hittite X
hmn Hmong U 4000000 China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
hsb Upper Sorbian 15000 Germany
hup Hupa 8 United States
iba Iban 400000 Malaysia
ijo Ijo U
ilo Iloko 8000000 Philippines
inc Indic (Other) F
ine Indo-European (Other) F
inh Ingush 240000 Russia
ira Iranian (Other) F
iro Iroquoian languages F
jbo Lojban U
jpr Judeo-Persian 80000 Israel
jrb Judeo-Arabic U
kaa Kara-Kalpak 410000 Uzbekistan
kab Kabyle 3100000 Algeria
kac Kachin 940000 Myanmar
kam Kamba 2400000 Kenya
kar Karen U Myanmar
kaw Kawi U
kbd Kabardian 1000000 Turkey, Russia
kha Khasi 865000 India
khi Khoisan (Other) F
kho Khotanese U
kmb Kimbundu 3000000 Angola
kok Konkani U millions India
kos Kosraean 8000 Micronesia
kpe Kpelle U Liberia
krc Karachay-Balkar 240000 Russia
krl Karelian 128000 Russia
kro Kru U Côte d'Ivoire
kru Kurukh 2000000 India
kum Kumyk 280000 Russia
kut Kutenai 6 Canada
lad Ladino 110000 Israel
lah Lahnda U
lam Lamba 214000 Zambia
lez Lezghian 450000 Russia
lol Mongo 400000 Dem. Rep. Congo
loz Lozi 570000 Zambia
lua Luba-Lulua 6300000 Dem. Rep. Congo
lui Luiseno 30 United States
lun Lunda 400000 Zambia
luo Luo (Kenya and Tanzania) 3465000 Kenya
lus Lushai 540000 India
mad Madurese 13700000 Indonesia
mag Magahi 13000000 India
mai Maithili 24800000 India
mak Makasar 1600000 Indonesia
man Mandingo U 1500000 Mali
map Austronesian (Other) F
mas Masai 880000 Kenya, Tanzania
mdf Moksha 300000 Russia
mdr Mandar 200000 Mandar
men Mende 1480000 Sierra Leone
mga Irish, Middle (900-1200) X
mic Mi'kmaq; Micmac 8500 Canada
min Minangkabau 8500000 Indonesia
mis Miscellaneous languages F
mkh Mon-Khmer (Other) F
mnc Manchu 60 China
mni Manipuri 1260000 India
mno Manobo languages F
moh Mohawk 3000 Canada
mos Mossi 5000000 Burkina Faso
mul Multiple languages FZ
mun Munda languages F
mus Creek 4300 United States
mwl Mirandese 15000 Portugal
mwr Marwari U millions India
myn Mayan languages F
myv Erzya 520000 Russia
nah Nahuatl X
nai North American Indian F
nap Neapolitan 7000000 Italy
nds Low German; Low Saxon; German, Low; Saxon, Low 1000 Germany
new Nepal Bhasa; Newari 820000 Nepal
nia Nias 480000 Indonesia
nic Niger-Kordofanian (Other) F
niu Niuean 2000 Niue
nog Nogai 67000 Russia
non Norse, Old X
nqo N'Ko U
nso Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho 3700000 South Africa
nub Nubian languages F
nwc Classical Newari; Old Newari; Classical Nepal Bhasa U
nym Nyamwezi 1200000 Tanzania
nyn Nyankole 1640000 Uganda
nyo Nyoro 500000 Nyoro
nzi Nzima 330000 Ghana
osa Osage 5 United States
ota Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) X
oto Otomian languages F
paa Papuan (Other) F
pag Pangasinan 1160000 Philippines
pal Pahlavi X
pam Pampanga 1900000 Philippines
pap Papiamento 320000 Netherlands Antilles
pau Palauan 15000 Palau
peo Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.) X
phi Philippine (Other) F
phn Phoenician X
pon Pohnpeian 29000 Micronesia
pra Prakrit languages F
pro Provençal, Old (to 1500) X
qaa-qtz Reserved for local use Z
raj Rajasthani U millions India
rap Rapanui 3400 Chile
rar Rarotongan 17000 Cook Islands
roa Romance (Other) F
rom Romany U Czech, Slovakia, ...
rup Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian 300000 Greece
sad Sandawe 40000 Sandawe
sah Yakut 382000 Russia
sai South American Indian (Other) F
sal Salishan languages F
sam Samaritan Aramaic X
sas Sasak 2100000 Indonesia
sat Santali 6150000 India
scn Sicilian 4800000 Italy
sco Scots 200000 United Kingdom, Ireland
sel Selkup 1600 Russia
sem Semitic (Other) F
sga Irish, Old (to 900) X
sgn Sign Languages FS
shn Shan 3200000 Myanmar
sid Sidamo 1900000 Ethiopia
sio Siouan languages F
sit Sino-Tibetan (Other) F
sla Slavic (Other) F
sma Southern Sami 600 Sweden, Norway
smi Sami languages (Other) F
smj Lule Sami 2000 Sweden
smn Inari Sami 250 Finland
sms Skolt Sami 300 Finland
snk Soninke 700000 Mali
sog Sogdian X
son Songhai U Niger
srn Sranan Togo 120000 Suriname
srr Serer 1200000 Senegal
ssa Nilo-Saharan (Other) F
suk Sukuma 3200000 Tanzania
sus Susu 1000000 Guinea
sux Sumerian X
syr Syriac X
tai Tai (Other) F
tem Timne 1200000 Sierra Leone
ter Tereno 15000 Brazil
tet Tetum 450000 Indonesia
tig Tigre 800000 Eritrea
tiv Tiv 2200000 Nigeria
tkl Tokelau 3200 Tokelau
tlh Klingon; tlhIngan-Hol S
tli Tlingit 800 United States
tmh Tamashek U
tog Tonga (Nyasa) 170000 Malawi
tpi Tok Pisin 120000 Papua New Guinea
tsi Tsimshian 800 Canada
tum Tumbuka 1330000 Malawi
tup Tupi languages F
tut Altaic (Other) F
tvl Tuvalu 13000 Tuvalu
tyv Tuvinian 210000 Russia
udm Udmurt 565000 Russia
uga Ugaritic X
umb Umbundu 4000000 Angola
und Undetermined Z
vai Vai 105000 Liberia
vot Votic 25 Russia
wak Wakashan languages F
wal Walamo 1270000 Ethiopia
war Waray 2400000 Philippines
was Washo 10 United States
wen Sorbian languages F
xal Kalmyk; Oirat 520000 Mongolia, Russia, China
yao Yao 1942000 Malawi
yap Yapese 6600 Micronesia
ypk Yupik languages F
zap Zapotec X
zen Zenaga 200 Mauritania
znd Zande U
zun Zuni 9700 United States
zxx No linguistic content Z
zza Zaza; Dimili; Dimli; Kirdki; Kirmanjki; Zazaki U
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