Language Codes

The list does not have separate codes for all languages within each language. The following list has had some specific languages and codes added. It also includes some languages without codes and indicates which associated language to use instead.

Code	Definition
ABK	Abkhazian
ACE	Achinese
ACH	Acoli
ADA	Adangme
ADY	Adyghe
AAR	Afar
AFH	Afrihili (Artificial language)
AFR	Afrikaans
AFA	Afro-Asiatic Languages
AIN	Ainu
AKA	Akan
AKK	Akkadian
AQA	Alacalufan languages
ALB	Albanian
ALE	Aleut languages
AQL	Algic languages
ALG	Algonquian languages
ALT	Altai (Southern)
TUT	Altaic Languages
AMH	Amharic
ANP	Angika
APA	Apache languages
ARA	Arabic
ARG	Aragonese
ARC	Aramaic (Official)
ARP	Arapaho
AUF	Arauan languages
ARW	Arawak
AWD	Arawakan languages
ARM	Armenian
RUP	Aromanian; Macedo-Romanian
ART	Artificial Languages
ASM	Assamese
AST	Asturian; Bable
ATH	Athapascan languages
ALV	Atlantic-Congo languages
AUS	Australian languages
AAV	Austro-Asiatic languages
MAP	Austronesian Languages
AVA	Avaric
AVE	Avestan
AWA	Awadhi
AYM	Aymara
AZE	Azerbaijani
BAN	Balinese
BAT	Baltic Languages
BAL	Baluchi
BAM	Bambara
BAI	Bamileke languages
BAD	Banda languages
BNT	Bantu languages
BAS	Basa (Cameroon)
BAK	Bashkir
BAQ	Basque
BTK	Batak languages
BEJ	Beja
BEL	Belarusian (Byelorussian)
BEM	Bemba (Zambia)
BEN	Bengali
BER	Berber languages
BHO	Bhojpuri
BIH	Bihari Languages
BIK	Bikol
BYN	Bilin
BIN	Bini
BIS	Bislama
BOS	Bosnian
BRA	Braj
BRE	Breton
BUG	Buginese
BUL	Bulgarian
BUA	Buriat
BUR	Burmese
BEL	Byelorussian
CAD	Caddo
CAT	Catalan
CAU	Caucasian languages
CCN	Caucasian languages (North)
CCS	Caucasian languages (South)
CEB	Cebuano
CEL	Celtic languages
CAI	Central American Indian languages
KHM	Central Khmer
CSU	Central Sudanic languages
CDC	Chadic languages
CHG	Chagatai
CMC	Chamic languages
CHA	Chamorro
CHE	Chechen
CHR	Cherokee
CHY	Cheyenne
CHB	Chibcha
CBA	Chibchan languages
NYA	Chichewa; Nyanja
YUE	Chinese, Cantonese, Yue
CHI	Chinese, Mandarin
CHN	Chinook jargon
CHP	Chipewyan
CHO	Choctaw
CHU	Church Slavic
CHK	Chuukese
CHV	Chuvash
NWC	Classical Newari
SYR	Classical Syriac
COP	Coptic
COR	Cornish
COS	Corsican
CRE	Cree
MUS	Creek
CRP	Creoles and Pidgins
CPE	Creoles and Pidgins, English-based
CPF	Creoles and Pidgins, French-based
CPP	Creoles and Pidgins, Portuguese-based
CRH	Crimean Tatar
SCR	Croatian (No Longer Available – see HRV)
HRV	Croatian
CUS	Cushitic Languages
CZE	Czech
DAK	Dakota
DAN	Danish
DAR	Dargwa
DEL	Delaware
CHP	Dene Suline; Chipewyan
DIV	Dhivehi; Maldavian
DIN	Dinka
DOI	Dogri
DGR	Dogrib
DRA	Dravidian Language
DUA	Duala
DUT	Dutch
DUM	Dutch, Middle (ca. 1050-1350)
DYU	Dyula
DZO	Dzongkha
EFI	Efik
EGY	Egyptian
EKA	Ekajuk
ELX	Elamite
ENG	English
ENM	English, Middle (1100-1500)
ANG	English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
MYV	Erzya
ESP	Esperanto
EST	Estonian
EWE	Ewe
EWO	Ewondo
FAN	Fang
FAT	Fanti
FAR	Faroese
PER	Farsi
FIJ	Fijian
FIL	Filipino; Pilipino
FIN	Finnish
FIU	Finno-Ugrian languages
FON	Fon
FRE	French
FRM	French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
FRO	French, Old (ca. 842-1400)
FRS	Frisian, Eastern
FRR	Frisian, Northern
FRY	Frisian. Western
FUR	Friulian
FUL	Fulah
GAA	Ga
CAR	Galibi Carib
GAG	Galician
LUG	Ganda
GAY	Gayo
GBA	Gbaya
GEZ	Geez
GEO	Georgian
GER	German
GMH	German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
GOH	German, Old High (ca. 750-1050)
GEM	Germanic Languages
GIL	Gilbertese
GON	Gondi
GOR	Gorontalo
GOT	Gothic
GRB	Grebo
GRC	Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
GRE	Greek, Modern (1453- )
GUA	Guarani
GUJ	Gujarati
GWI	Gwich'in
HAI	Haida
HAT	Haitian
HAU	Hausa
HAW	Hawaiian
HEB	Hebrew
HER	Herero
HIL	Hiligaynon
HIM	Himachali Languages
HIN	Hindi
HMO	Hiri Motu
HUN	Hungarian
HUP	Hupa
IBA	Iban
ICE	Icelandic
IDO	Ido
IBO	Igbo
IJO	Ijo languages
ILO	Iloko
INC	Indic Languages
INE	Indo-European Languages
IND	Indonesian
INH	Ingush
INT	Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association)
ILE	Interlingue
INU	Inuit languages
IKU	Inuktitut;Inuktut
IPK	Inupiaq
IRA	Iranian Languages
GLE	Irish Gaelic
MGA	Irish, Middle (900-1200)
SGA	Irish, Old (to 900)
IRO	Iroquoian languages
ITA	Italian
JPN	Japanese
JAV	Javanese
JRB	Judeo-Arabic
JPR	Judeo-Persian
KBD	Kabardian
KAB	Kabyle
KAC	Kachin; Jingpho
KAL	Kalaallisut
XAL	Kalmyk; Oirat
KAM	Kamba
KAN	Kannada
KAU	Kanuri
KRC	Karachay-Balkar
KAA	Kara-Kalpak
KRL	Karelian
KAR	Karen languages
KAS	Kashmiri
CSB	Kashubian
KAW	Kawi
KAZ	Kazakh
KHA	Khasi
KHI	Khoisan Language
KHO	Khotanese; Sakan
KIK	Kikuyu
KMB	Kimbundu
KIN	Kinyarwanda
KIR	Kirghiz; Kyrgyz
TLH	Klingon; Tlhlngan-Hol
KOM	Komi
KON	Kongo
KOK	Konkani
KOR	North Korean, Democratic People’s Republic Of
KOS	Kosraean
KPE	Kpelle
KRO	Kru languages
KUA	Kuanyama
KUM	Kumyk
KUR	Kurdish
KRU	Kurukh
KUT	Kutenai
LAD	Ladino
LAH	Lahnda
LKT	Lakota
LAM	Lamba
DAY	Land Dayak languages
LAO	Lao
LAT	Latin
LAV	Latvian
LTZ	Letzeburgesch; Luxembourgish
LEZ	Lezghian
LIM	Limburgan
LIN	Lingala
LIT	Lithuanian
JBO	Lojban
NDS	Low German; Low Saxon
LOZ	Lozi
LUB	Luba-Katanga
LUA	Luba-Lulua
LUI	Luiseno
LUN	Lunda
LUO	Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)
LUS	Lushai
MAC	Macedonian
MAD	Madurese
MAG	Magahi
MAI	Maithili
MAK	Makasar
MLA	Malagasy
MAY	Malay
MAL	Malayalam
MLT	Maltese
MNC	Manchu
MDR	Mandar
DMN	Mande languages
MAN	Mandingo
MNI	Manipuri
MNO	Manobo languages
MAX	Manx
MAO	Maori
ARN	Mapudungun; Mapuche (was Araucanian)
MAR	Marathi
CHM	Mari (Russia)
MAH	Marshallese
MWR	Marwari
MAS	Masai
MYN	Mayan languages
MEN	Mende
CRG	Michif
MIC	Micmac; Mi'kmaq
MIN	Minangkabau
MWL	Mirandese
MIS	Miscellaneous (Other) (No longer available see Uncoded Languages)
MOH	Mohawk
MDF	Moksha
MOL	Moldavian (No longer available)
RUM	Moldavian
LOL	Mongo
MON	Mongolian
MKH	Mon-Khmer Languages
MOS	Mossi
MUL	Multiple languages
MUN	Munda (Other)
NQO	N'Ko
NAH	Nahuatl languages
DAK	Nakota
NAU	Nauru
NAV	Navajo
NDE	Ndebele, North
NBL	Ndebele, South
NDO	Ndonga
NAP	Neapolitan
NEP	Nepali
NEW	Newari
NIA	Nias
NIC	Niger-Kordofanian Languages/Niger-Congo
SSA	Nilo-Saharan Languages
NIU	Niuean
NOG	Nogai
NON	Norse, Old
NAI	North American Indian Languages
NSO	Northern Sotho; Pedi
NOR	Norwegian
NOB	Norwegian, Bokmal
NNO	Norwegian, Nynorsk
NUB	Nubian languages
NYM	Nyamwezi
NYA	Nyanja
NYN	Nyankole
NYO	Nyoro
NZI	Nzima
OCI	Occitan (post 1500)
OJI	Ojibwa
PEO	Old Persian (ca. 600-400 B.C.)
ORI	Oriya
ORM	Oromo
OSA	Osage
OSS	Ossetian; Ossetic
OTO	Otomian languages
PAL	Pahlavi
PAU	Palauan
PLI	Pali
PAM	Pampanga
PAG	Pangasinan
PAN	Panjabi; Punjabi
PAP	Papiamento
PAA	Papuan Languages
PUS	Pashto
PER	Persian
PEO	Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.)
PHI	Philippine Languages
PHN	Phoenician
POL	Polish
PON	Ponapean
POR	Portuguese
PRA	Prakrit languages
PRO	Provencal, Old (to 1500)
PUS	Pushto
QUE	Quechua
RAJ	Rajasthani
RAP	Rapanui
RAR	Rarotongan; Cook Islands Maori
ROA	Romance Languages
RUM	Romanian (use for Moldavian and Moldovan)
ROH	Romansh (was Raeto-Romance)
ROM	Romany
RUN	Rundi
RUS	Russian
SAL	Salishan languages
SAM	Samaritan Aramaic
SMI	Sami languages
SMN	Sami, Inari
SMJ	Sami, Lule
SME	Sami, Northern
SMS	Sami, Skolt
SMA	Sami, Southern
SAO	Samoan
SAD	Sandawe
SAG	Sango
SAN	Sanskrit
SAT	Santali
SRD	Sardinian
SAS	Sasak
OJW	Saulteaux; Western Ojibwa Language
SCO	Scots
SEL	Selkup
SEM	Semitic Languages
SCC	Serbian (No Longer Available – use SRP)
SRP	Serbian
SRR	Serer
SHN	Shan
SHO	Shona
III	Sichuan Yi
SCN	Sicilian
SID	Sidamo
SGN	Sign Languages
BLA	Siksika (Blackfoot)
SND	Sindhi
SIN	Sinhalese; Sinhala
SIT	Sino-Tibetan
SIO	Siouan languages (Sioux)
DEN	Slave, Athapascan
SLA	Slavic (Other)
SLO	Slovak
SLV	Slovenian
SOG	Sogdian
SOM	Somali
SON	Songhai languages
SNK	Soninke
WEN	Sorbian languages
DSB	Sorbian, Lower
HSB	Sorbian, Upper
NSO	Sotho, Northern
SOT	Sotho, Southern
SAI	South American Indian Languages
ALT	Southern Altai
SPA	Spanish
SRN	Sranan Tongo
SUK	Sukuma
SUX	Sumerian
SUN	Sundanese
SUS	Susu
SWA	Swahili
SSW	Swati
SSW	Swazi
SWE	Swedish
GSW	Swiss German
TAG	Tagalog
TAH	Tahitian
TAI	Tai languages
TAJ	Tajik
TMH	Tamashek
TAM	Tamil
TAR	Tatar
TEL	Telugu
TER	Tereno
TET	Tetum
THA	Thai
TIB	Tibetan
TIG	Tigre
TIR	Tigrinya
TEM	Timne
TIV	Tiv
TLI	Tlingit
TPI	Tok Pisin
TKL	Tokelau
TOG	Tonga, Nyasa
TON	Tonga, Tonga Islands
TRU	Truk
TSI	Tsimshian
TSO	Tsonga
TSW	Tswana
TUM	Tumbuka
TUP	Tupi languages
TUR	Turkish
OTA	Turkish, Ottoman
TUK	Turkmen
TVL	Tuvalu
TYV	Tuvinian
TWI	Twi
UDM	Udmurt
UGA	Ugaritic
UIG	Uighur
UKR	Ukrainian
UMB	Umbundu
MIS	Uncoded Languages
UND	Undetermined
URD	Urdu
AZC	Uto-Aztecan languages
UZB	Uzbek
VAI	Vai
VEN	Venda
VIE	Vietnamese
VOL	Volapuk
VOT	Votic
WAK	Wakashan languages
WAL	Walaitta
WLN	Walloon
WAR	Waray
WAS	Washo
WEL	Welsh
WAL	Wolaitta; Wolaytta
WOL	Wolof
XHO	Xhosa
SAH	Yakut
YAO	Yao
YAP	Yapese
YID	Yiddish
YOR	Yoruba
YPK	Yupik languages
ZND	Zande languages
ZAP	Zapotec
ZZA	Zaza; Dimili
ZEN	Zenaga
ZHA	Zhuang
ZUL	Zulu
ZUN	Zuni