ISO 639-3 is a set of codes that defines three-letter identifiers for all known human languages.

ISO 639 provides three language code sets: one is a two-letter code (ISO 639-1) and two others are three-letter codes (ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3) for the representation of names of languages. ISO 639-1 was devised primarily for use in terminology, lexicography and linguistics. ISO 639-2 was devised primarily for use in terminology and bibliography. ISO 639-3 was devised to provide a comprehensive set of identifiers for all languages for use in a wide range of applications, including linguistics, lexicography and internationalization of information systems. It attempts to represent all known full languages.

Usage

iso_639

Format

A data frame with 188 rows and 5 variables:

ISO_639_3

The three-letter 639-3 identifier

ISO_639_2_B

Equivalent 639-2 identifier of the bibliographic applications code set

ISO_639_2_T

Equivalent 639-2 identifier of the terminology applications code set

ISO_639_1

Equivalent 639-1 identifier

Ref_Name

Reference language name

Source

https://iso639-3.sil.org/

Details

(Available online at https://iso639-3.sil.org/, Accessed on 2022-05-23.)