1<HTML> 2<HEAD> 3<!-- This HTML file has been created by texi2html 1.52b 4 from gettext.texi on 29 December 2011 --> 5 6<META HTTP-EQUIV="content-type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> 7<TITLE>GNU gettext utilities - A Language Codes</TITLE> 8</HEAD> 9<BODY> 10Go to the <A HREF="gettext_1.html">first</A>, <A HREF="gettext_16.html">previous</A>, <A HREF="gettext_18.html">next</A>, <A HREF="gettext_25.html">last</A> section, <A HREF="gettext_toc.html">table of contents</A>. 11<P><HR><P> 12 13 14<H1><A NAME="SEC315" HREF="gettext_toc.html#TOC315">A Language Codes</A></H1> 15<P> 16<A NAME="IDX1225"></A> 17<A NAME="IDX1226"></A> 18 19</P> 20<P> 21The ISO 639 standard defines two-letter codes for many languages, and 22three-letter codes for more rarely used languages. 23All abbreviations for languages used in the Translation Project should 24come from this standard. 25 26</P> 27 28 29 30<H2><A NAME="SEC316" HREF="gettext_toc.html#TOC316">A.1 Usual Language Codes</A></H2> 31 32<P> 33For the commonly used languages, the ISO 639-1 standard defines two-letter 34codes. 35 36</P> 37<DL COMPACT> 38 39<DT><SAMP>‘aa’</SAMP> 40<DD> 41Afar. 42<DT><SAMP>‘ab’</SAMP> 43<DD> 44Abkhazian. 45<DT><SAMP>‘ad’</SAMP> 46<DD> 47Adangme. 48<DT><SAMP>‘ae’</SAMP> 49<DD> 50Avestan. 51<DT><SAMP>‘af’</SAMP> 52<DD> 53Afrikaans. 54<DT><SAMP>‘ak’</SAMP> 55<DD> 56Akan. 57<DT><SAMP>‘am’</SAMP> 58<DD> 59Amharic. 60<DT><SAMP>‘an’</SAMP> 61<DD> 62Aragonese. 63<DT><SAMP>‘ar’</SAMP> 64<DD> 65Arabic. 66<DT><SAMP>‘as’</SAMP> 67<DD> 68Assamese. 69<DT><SAMP>‘av’</SAMP> 70<DD> 71Avaric. 72<DT><SAMP>‘ay’</SAMP> 73<DD> 74Aymara. 75<DT><SAMP>‘az’</SAMP> 76<DD> 77Azerbaijani. 78<DT><SAMP>‘ba’</SAMP> 79<DD> 80Bashkir. 81<DT><SAMP>‘be’</SAMP> 82<DD> 83Byelorussian; Belarusian. 84<DT><SAMP>‘bg’</SAMP> 85<DD> 86Bulgarian. 87<DT><SAMP>‘bh’</SAMP> 88<DD> 89Bihari. 90<DT><SAMP>‘bi’</SAMP> 91<DD> 92Bislama. 93<DT><SAMP>‘bm’</SAMP> 94<DD> 95Bambara. 96<DT><SAMP>‘bn’</SAMP> 97<DD> 98Bengali; Bangla. 99<DT><SAMP>‘bo’</SAMP> 100<DD> 101Tibetan. 102<DT><SAMP>‘br’</SAMP> 103<DD> 104Breton. 105<DT><SAMP>‘bs’</SAMP> 106<DD> 107Bosnian. 108<DT><SAMP>‘ca’</SAMP> 109<DD> 110Catalan. 111<DT><SAMP>‘ce’</SAMP> 112<DD> 113Chechen. 114<DT><SAMP>‘ch’</SAMP> 115<DD> 116Chamorro. 117<DT><SAMP>‘co’</SAMP> 118<DD> 119Corsican. 120<DT><SAMP>‘cr’</SAMP> 121<DD> 122Cree. 123<DT><SAMP>‘cs’</SAMP> 124<DD> 125Czech. 126<DT><SAMP>‘cu’</SAMP> 127<DD> 128Church Slavic. 129<DT><SAMP>‘cv’</SAMP> 130<DD> 131Chuvash. 132<DT><SAMP>‘cy’</SAMP> 133<DD> 134Welsh. 135<DT><SAMP>‘da’</SAMP> 136<DD> 137Danish. 138<DT><SAMP>‘de’</SAMP> 139<DD> 140German. 141<DT><SAMP>‘dv’</SAMP> 142<DD> 143Divehi; Maldivian. 144<DT><SAMP>‘dz’</SAMP> 145<DD> 146Dzongkha; Bhutani. 147<DT><SAMP>‘ee’</SAMP> 148<DD> 149'Ew'e. 150<DT><SAMP>‘el’</SAMP> 151<DD> 152Greek. 153<DT><SAMP>‘en’</SAMP> 154<DD> 155English. 156<DT><SAMP>‘eo’</SAMP> 157<DD> 158Esperanto. 159<DT><SAMP>‘es’</SAMP> 160<DD> 161Spanish. 162<DT><SAMP>‘et’</SAMP> 163<DD> 164Estonian. 165<DT><SAMP>‘eu’</SAMP> 166<DD> 167Basque. 168<DT><SAMP>‘fa’</SAMP> 169<DD> 170Persian. 171<DT><SAMP>‘ff’</SAMP> 172<DD> 173Fulah. 174<DT><SAMP>‘fi’</SAMP> 175<DD> 176Finnish. 177<DT><SAMP>‘fj’</SAMP> 178<DD> 179Fijian; Fiji. 180<DT><SAMP>‘fo’</SAMP> 181<DD> 182Faroese. 183<DT><SAMP>‘fr’</SAMP> 184<DD> 185French. 186<DT><SAMP>‘fy’</SAMP> 187<DD> 188Western Frisian. 189<DT><SAMP>‘ga’</SAMP> 190<DD> 191Irish. 192<DT><SAMP>‘gd’</SAMP> 193<DD> 194Scots; Gaelic. 195<DT><SAMP>‘gl’</SAMP> 196<DD> 197Galician. 198<DT><SAMP>‘gn’</SAMP> 199<DD> 200Guarani. 201<DT><SAMP>‘gu’</SAMP> 202<DD> 203Gujarati. 204<DT><SAMP>‘gv’</SAMP> 205<DD> 206Manx. 207<DT><SAMP>‘ha’</SAMP> 208<DD> 209Hausa. 210<DT><SAMP>‘he’</SAMP> 211<DD> 212Hebrew (formerly iw). 213<DT><SAMP>‘hi’</SAMP> 214<DD> 215Hindi. 216<DT><SAMP>‘ho’</SAMP> 217<DD> 218Hiri Motu. 219<DT><SAMP>‘hr’</SAMP> 220<DD> 221Croatian. 222<DT><SAMP>‘ht’</SAMP> 223<DD> 224Haitian; Haitian Creole. 225<DT><SAMP>‘hu’</SAMP> 226<DD> 227Hungarian. 228<DT><SAMP>‘hy’</SAMP> 229<DD> 230Armenian. 231<DT><SAMP>‘hz’</SAMP> 232<DD> 233Herero. 234<DT><SAMP>‘ia’</SAMP> 235<DD> 236Interlingua. 237<DT><SAMP>‘id’</SAMP> 238<DD> 239Indonesian (formerly in). 240<DT><SAMP>‘ie’</SAMP> 241<DD> 242Interlingue. 243<DT><SAMP>‘ig’</SAMP> 244<DD> 245Igbo. 246<DT><SAMP>‘ii’</SAMP> 247<DD> 248Sichuan Yi. 249<DT><SAMP>‘ik’</SAMP> 250<DD> 251Inupiak; Inupiaq. 252<DT><SAMP>‘io’</SAMP> 253<DD> 254Ido. 255<DT><SAMP>‘is’</SAMP> 256<DD> 257Icelandic. 258<DT><SAMP>‘it’</SAMP> 259<DD> 260Italian. 261<DT><SAMP>‘iu’</SAMP> 262<DD> 263Inuktitut. 264<DT><SAMP>‘ja’</SAMP> 265<DD> 266Japanese. 267<DT><SAMP>‘jv’</SAMP> 268<DD> 269Javanese. 270<DT><SAMP>‘ka’</SAMP> 271<DD> 272Georgian. 273<DT><SAMP>‘kg’</SAMP> 274<DD> 275Kongo. 276<DT><SAMP>‘ki’</SAMP> 277<DD> 278Kikuyu; Gikuyu. 279<DT><SAMP>‘kj’</SAMP> 280<DD> 281Kuanyama; Kwanyama. 282<DT><SAMP>‘kk’</SAMP> 283<DD> 284Kazakh. 285<DT><SAMP>‘kl’</SAMP> 286<DD> 287Kalaallisut; Greenlandic. 288<DT><SAMP>‘km’</SAMP> 289<DD> 290Khmer; Cambodian. 291<DT><SAMP>‘kn’</SAMP> 292<DD> 293Kannada. 294<DT><SAMP>‘ko’</SAMP> 295<DD> 296Korean. 297<DT><SAMP>‘kr’</SAMP> 298<DD> 299Kanuri. 300<DT><SAMP>‘ks’</SAMP> 301<DD> 302Kashmiri. 303<DT><SAMP>‘ku’</SAMP> 304<DD> 305Kurdish. 306<DT><SAMP>‘kv’</SAMP> 307<DD> 308Komi. 309<DT><SAMP>‘kw’</SAMP> 310<DD> 311Cornish. 312<DT><SAMP>‘ky’</SAMP> 313<DD> 314Kirghiz. 315<DT><SAMP>‘la’</SAMP> 316<DD> 317Latin. 318<DT><SAMP>‘lb’</SAMP> 319<DD> 320Letzeburgesch; Luxembourgish. 321<DT><SAMP>‘lg’</SAMP> 322<DD> 323Ganda. 324<DT><SAMP>‘li’</SAMP> 325<DD> 326Limburgish; Limburger; Limburgan. 327<DT><SAMP>‘ln’</SAMP> 328<DD> 329Lingala. 330<DT><SAMP>‘lo’</SAMP> 331<DD> 332Lao; Laotian. 333<DT><SAMP>‘lt’</SAMP> 334<DD> 335Lithuanian. 336<DT><SAMP>‘lu’</SAMP> 337<DD> 338Luba-Katanga. 339<DT><SAMP>‘lv’</SAMP> 340<DD> 341Latvian; Lettish. 342<DT><SAMP>‘mg’</SAMP> 343<DD> 344Malagasy. 345<DT><SAMP>‘mh’</SAMP> 346<DD> 347Marshallese. 348<DT><SAMP>‘mi’</SAMP> 349<DD> 350Maori. 351<DT><SAMP>‘mk’</SAMP> 352<DD> 353Macedonian. 354<DT><SAMP>‘ml’</SAMP> 355<DD> 356Malayalam. 357<DT><SAMP>‘mn’</SAMP> 358<DD> 359Mongolian. 360<DT><SAMP>‘mo’</SAMP> 361<DD> 362Moldavian. 363<DT><SAMP>‘mr’</SAMP> 364<DD> 365Marathi. 366<DT><SAMP>‘ms’</SAMP> 367<DD> 368Malay. 369<DT><SAMP>‘mt’</SAMP> 370<DD> 371Maltese. 372<DT><SAMP>‘my’</SAMP> 373<DD> 374Burmese. 375<DT><SAMP>‘na’</SAMP> 376<DD> 377Nauru. 378<DT><SAMP>‘nb’</SAMP> 379<DD> 380Norwegian Bokmål. 381<DT><SAMP>‘nd’</SAMP> 382<DD> 383Ndebele, North. 384<DT><SAMP>‘ne’</SAMP> 385<DD> 386Nepali. 387<DT><SAMP>‘ng’</SAMP> 388<DD> 389Ndonga. 390<DT><SAMP>‘nl’</SAMP> 391<DD> 392Dutch. 393<DT><SAMP>‘nn’</SAMP> 394<DD> 395Norwegian Nynorsk. 396<DT><SAMP>‘no’</SAMP> 397<DD> 398Norwegian. 399<DT><SAMP>‘nr’</SAMP> 400<DD> 401Ndebele, South. 402<DT><SAMP>‘nv’</SAMP> 403<DD> 404Navajo; Navaho. 405<DT><SAMP>‘ny’</SAMP> 406<DD> 407Chichewa; Nyanja. 408<DT><SAMP>‘oc’</SAMP> 409<DD> 410Occitan; Provençal. 411<DT><SAMP>‘oj’</SAMP> 412<DD> 413Ojibwa. 414<DT><SAMP>‘om’</SAMP> 415<DD> 416(Afan) Oromo. 417<DT><SAMP>‘or’</SAMP> 418<DD> 419Oriya. 420<DT><SAMP>‘os’</SAMP> 421<DD> 422Ossetian; Ossetic. 423<DT><SAMP>‘pa’</SAMP> 424<DD> 425Panjabi; Punjabi. 426<DT><SAMP>‘pi’</SAMP> 427<DD> 428Pali. 429<DT><SAMP>‘pl’</SAMP> 430<DD> 431Polish. 432<DT><SAMP>‘ps’</SAMP> 433<DD> 434Pashto, Pushto. 435<DT><SAMP>‘pt’</SAMP> 436<DD> 437Portuguese. 438<DT><SAMP>‘qu’</SAMP> 439<DD> 440Quechua. 441<DT><SAMP>‘rm’</SAMP> 442<DD> 443Rhaeto-Romance. 444<DT><SAMP>‘rn’</SAMP> 445<DD> 446Rundi; Kirundi. 447<DT><SAMP>‘ro’</SAMP> 448<DD> 449Romanian. 450<DT><SAMP>‘ru’</SAMP> 451<DD> 452Russian. 453<DT><SAMP>‘rw’</SAMP> 454<DD> 455Kinyarwanda. 456<DT><SAMP>‘sa’</SAMP> 457<DD> 458Sanskrit. 459<DT><SAMP>‘sc’</SAMP> 460<DD> 461Sardinian. 462<DT><SAMP>‘sd’</SAMP> 463<DD> 464Sindhi. 465<DT><SAMP>‘se’</SAMP> 466<DD> 467Northern Sami. 468<DT><SAMP>‘sg’</SAMP> 469<DD> 470Sango; Sangro. 471<DT><SAMP>‘si’</SAMP> 472<DD> 473Sinhala; Sinhalese. 474<DT><SAMP>‘sk’</SAMP> 475<DD> 476Slovak. 477<DT><SAMP>‘sl’</SAMP> 478<DD> 479Slovenian. 480<DT><SAMP>‘sm’</SAMP> 481<DD> 482Samoan. 483<DT><SAMP>‘sn’</SAMP> 484<DD> 485Shona. 486<DT><SAMP>‘so’</SAMP> 487<DD> 488Somali. 489<DT><SAMP>‘sq’</SAMP> 490<DD> 491Albanian. 492<DT><SAMP>‘sr’</SAMP> 493<DD> 494Serbian. 495<DT><SAMP>‘ss’</SAMP> 496<DD> 497Swati; Siswati. 498<DT><SAMP>‘st’</SAMP> 499<DD> 500Sesotho; Sotho, Southern. 501<DT><SAMP>‘su’</SAMP> 502<DD> 503Sundanese. 504<DT><SAMP>‘sv’</SAMP> 505<DD> 506Swedish. 507<DT><SAMP>‘sw’</SAMP> 508<DD> 509Swahili. 510<DT><SAMP>‘ta’</SAMP> 511<DD> 512Tamil. 513<DT><SAMP>‘te’</SAMP> 514<DD> 515Telugu. 516<DT><SAMP>‘tg’</SAMP> 517<DD> 518Tajik. 519<DT><SAMP>‘th’</SAMP> 520<DD> 521Thai. 522<DT><SAMP>‘ti’</SAMP> 523<DD> 524Tigrinya. 525<DT><SAMP>‘tk’</SAMP> 526<DD> 527Turkmen. 528<DT><SAMP>‘tl’</SAMP> 529<DD> 530Tagalog. 531<DT><SAMP>‘tn’</SAMP> 532<DD> 533Tswana; Setswana. 534<DT><SAMP>‘to’</SAMP> 535<DD> 536Tonga. 537<DT><SAMP>‘tr’</SAMP> 538<DD> 539Turkish. 540<DT><SAMP>‘ts’</SAMP> 541<DD> 542Tsonga. 543<DT><SAMP>‘tt’</SAMP> 544<DD> 545Tatar. 546<DT><SAMP>‘tw’</SAMP> 547<DD> 548Twi. 549<DT><SAMP>‘ty’</SAMP> 550<DD> 551Tahitian. 552<DT><SAMP>‘ug’</SAMP> 553<DD> 554Uighur. 555<DT><SAMP>‘uk’</SAMP> 556<DD> 557Ukrainian. 558<DT><SAMP>‘ur’</SAMP> 559<DD> 560Urdu. 561<DT><SAMP>‘uz’</SAMP> 562<DD> 563Uzbek. 564<DT><SAMP>‘ve’</SAMP> 565<DD> 566Venda. 567<DT><SAMP>‘vi’</SAMP> 568<DD> 569Vietnamese. 570<DT><SAMP>‘vo’</SAMP> 571<DD> 572Volapük; Volapuk. 573<DT><SAMP>‘wa’</SAMP> 574<DD> 575Walloon. 576<DT><SAMP>‘wo’</SAMP> 577<DD> 578Wolof. 579<DT><SAMP>‘xh’</SAMP> 580<DD> 581Xhosa. 582<DT><SAMP>‘yi’</SAMP> 583<DD> 584Yiddish (formerly ji). 585<DT><SAMP>‘yo’</SAMP> 586<DD> 587Yoruba. 588<DT><SAMP>‘za’</SAMP> 589<DD> 590Zhuang. 591<DT><SAMP>‘zh’</SAMP> 592<DD> 593Chinese. 594<DT><SAMP>‘zu’</SAMP> 595<DD> 596Zulu. 597</DL> 598 599 600 601<H2><A NAME="SEC317" HREF="gettext_toc.html#TOC317">A.2 Rare Language Codes</A></H2> 602 603<P> 604For rarely used languages, the ISO 639-2 standard defines three-letter 605codes. Here is the current list, reduced to only living languages with at least 606one million of speakers. 607 608</P> 609<DL COMPACT> 610 611<DT><SAMP>‘ace’</SAMP> 612<DD> 613Achinese. 614<DT><SAMP>‘awa’</SAMP> 615<DD> 616Awadhi. 617<DT><SAMP>‘bad’</SAMP> 618<DD> 619Banda. 620<DT><SAMP>‘bal’</SAMP> 621<DD> 622Baluchi. 623<DT><SAMP>‘ban’</SAMP> 624<DD> 625Balinese. 626<DT><SAMP>‘bem’</SAMP> 627<DD> 628Bemba. 629<DT><SAMP>‘bho’</SAMP> 630<DD> 631Bhojpuri. 632<DT><SAMP>‘bik’</SAMP> 633<DD> 634Bikol. 635<DT><SAMP>‘bin’</SAMP> 636<DD> 637Bini. 638<DT><SAMP>‘btk’</SAMP> 639<DD> 640Batak (Indonesia). 641<DT><SAMP>‘bug’</SAMP> 642<DD> 643Buginese. 644<DT><SAMP>‘ceb’</SAMP> 645<DD> 646Cebuano. 647<DT><SAMP>‘din’</SAMP> 648<DD> 649Dinka. 650<DT><SAMP>‘doi’</SAMP> 651<DD> 652Dogri. 653<DT><SAMP>‘fil’</SAMP> 654<DD> 655Filipino; Pilipino. 656<DT><SAMP>‘fon’</SAMP> 657<DD> 658Fon. 659<DT><SAMP>‘gon’</SAMP> 660<DD> 661Gondi. 662<DT><SAMP>‘gsw’</SAMP> 663<DD> 664Alemani; Swiss German. 665<DT><SAMP>‘hil’</SAMP> 666<DD> 667Hiligaynon. 668<DT><SAMP>‘hmn’</SAMP> 669<DD> 670Hmong. 671<DT><SAMP>‘ilo’</SAMP> 672<DD> 673Iloko. 674<DT><SAMP>‘kab’</SAMP> 675<DD> 676Kabyle. 677<DT><SAMP>‘kam’</SAMP> 678<DD> 679Kamba. 680<DT><SAMP>‘kbd’</SAMP> 681<DD> 682Kabardian. 683<DT><SAMP>‘kmb’</SAMP> 684<DD> 685Kimbundu. 686<DT><SAMP>‘kok’</SAMP> 687<DD> 688Konkani. 689<DT><SAMP>‘kru’</SAMP> 690<DD> 691Kurukh. 692<DT><SAMP>‘lua’</SAMP> 693<DD> 694Luba-Lulua. 695<DT><SAMP>‘luo’</SAMP> 696<DD> 697Luo (Kenya and Tanzania). 698<DT><SAMP>‘mad’</SAMP> 699<DD> 700Madurese. 701<DT><SAMP>‘mag’</SAMP> 702<DD> 703Magahi. 704<DT><SAMP>‘mai’</SAMP> 705<DD> 706Maithili. 707<DT><SAMP>‘mak’</SAMP> 708<DD> 709Makasar. 710<DT><SAMP>‘man’</SAMP> 711<DD> 712Mandingo. 713<DT><SAMP>‘men’</SAMP> 714<DD> 715Mende. 716<DT><SAMP>‘min’</SAMP> 717<DD> 718Minangkabau. 719<DT><SAMP>‘mni’</SAMP> 720<DD> 721Manipuri. 722<DT><SAMP>‘mos’</SAMP> 723<DD> 724Mossi. 725<DT><SAMP>‘mwr’</SAMP> 726<DD> 727Marwari. 728<DT><SAMP>‘nap’</SAMP> 729<DD> 730Neapolitan. 731<DT><SAMP>‘nso’</SAMP> 732<DD> 733Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho. 734<DT><SAMP>‘nym’</SAMP> 735<DD> 736Nyamwezi. 737<DT><SAMP>‘nyn’</SAMP> 738<DD> 739Nyankole. 740<DT><SAMP>‘pag’</SAMP> 741<DD> 742Pangasinan. 743<DT><SAMP>‘pam’</SAMP> 744<DD> 745Pampanga. 746<DT><SAMP>‘raj’</SAMP> 747<DD> 748Rajasthani. 749<DT><SAMP>‘sas’</SAMP> 750<DD> 751Sasak. 752<DT><SAMP>‘sat’</SAMP> 753<DD> 754Santali. 755<DT><SAMP>‘scn’</SAMP> 756<DD> 757Sicilian. 758<DT><SAMP>‘shn’</SAMP> 759<DD> 760Shan. 761<DT><SAMP>‘sid’</SAMP> 762<DD> 763Sidamo. 764<DT><SAMP>‘srr’</SAMP> 765<DD> 766Serer. 767<DT><SAMP>‘suk’</SAMP> 768<DD> 769Sukuma. 770<DT><SAMP>‘sus’</SAMP> 771<DD> 772Susu. 773<DT><SAMP>‘tem’</SAMP> 774<DD> 775Timne. 776<DT><SAMP>‘tiv’</SAMP> 777<DD> 778Tiv. 779<DT><SAMP>‘tum’</SAMP> 780<DD> 781Tumbuka. 782<DT><SAMP>‘umb’</SAMP> 783<DD> 784Umbundu. 785<DT><SAMP>‘wal’</SAMP> 786<DD> 787Walamo. 788<DT><SAMP>‘war’</SAMP> 789<DD> 790Waray. 791<DT><SAMP>‘yao’</SAMP> 792<DD> 793Yao. 794</DL> 795 796<P><HR><P> 797Go to the <A HREF="gettext_1.html">first</A>, <A HREF="gettext_16.html">previous</A>, <A HREF="gettext_18.html">next</A>, <A HREF="gettext_25.html">last</A> section, <A HREF="gettext_toc.html">table of contents</A>. 798</BODY> 799</HTML> 800