ISO 639-3

TheISO 639-3is the third version of a set ofinternational standardsthat lists short codes for language names. Such codes are also known as language codes. Before this version was out, there was alreadyISO 639-1andISO 639-2,but due to the increase in languages being added to the database, ISO639-3 was therefore released, and all language codes have three letters, unlike the previous two, which allowed two letters in the code.

Each known language has a 3 letter code, and requests to add additional languages into the database can be made at the SIL International website. The standard was published by ISO on 2007-02-05.^[1]

References

↑ISO 639-3 status and abstract (iso.org)

Other websites

SIL International websitefor ISO639-3 language codes

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[ISO_status-1] ISO 639-3 status and abstract (iso.org)

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