ISO 639 Language Codes
The languages are listed according to their genetic, cultural and geographical relations. Clicking on the language name gives you a guide to the transliteration of that language.
Languages of East Asia
| Code | Language name | Native name |
| hua | Mandarin | 普通话 |
| wu | Shanghainese | 上海话 |
| yue | Cantonese | 粵語, 粤语 |
| hak | Hakka | 客家 |
| min | Min | 閩方言 |
| vie | Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt |
| kor | Korean | 한국어 |
| jpn | Japanese | 日本語 |
Languages of the West
| Code | Language name | Native name |
| esl | Spanish | español |
| por | Portuguese | Português |
| ita | Italian | italiano |
| fra | French | français |
| eng | English | English |
| deu | German | Deutsch |
| pol | Polish | Polski |
| ukr | Ukrainian | Українська |
| rus | Russian | русский язык |
| hun | Hungarian | magyar |
| ell | Greek | ελληνικά |
Languages of West Asia
| Code | Language name | Native name |
| ara | Arabic | العربية |
| heb | Hebrew | עִבְרִית |
| tur | Turkish | Türkçe |
| per | Persian | فارسی |
Languages of South Asia
| Code | Language name | Native name |
| hin | Hindi | हिन्दी |
| urd | Urdu | اردو |
| pan | Panjabi | ਪੰਜਾਬੀ پنجابی |
| ben | Bangla | বাংলা |
| guj | Gujarati | ગુજરાતી |
| mar | Marathi | मराठी |
| kan | Kannada | ಕನ್ನಡ |
| tel | Telugu | తెలుగు |
| tam | Tamil | தமிழ் |
Languages of South-East Asia
| Code | Language name | Native name |
| mya | Burmese/Myanma | မ္ရန္မာစာ |
| tai | Thai | ไทย |
| ind | Indonesian | bahasa Indonesia |
| jav | Javanese | basa Jawa |
| tgl | Tagalog | tagalog |
Languages of Africa
| Code | Language name | Native name |
| amh | Amharic | አማርኛ |
| orm | Oromo | afaan Oromoo |
| man | Mandingo/Bambara | Bamana |
| ful | Fula/Fulani/Pulaar | Fulfulde, Pulaar |
| hau | Hausa | Hausa هَوُسَ |
| yor | Yoruba | Yorùbá |
| ibo | Igbo | igbo |
| ktu | Kituba | kiTuba, kiKongo ya Leta |
| rwa | Rwanda | kinyaRwanda |
| swa | Swahili | kiSwahili |
| zul | Zulu | isiZulu |
Note: The noun class prefixes of Bantu words are written with italic type and the root word in normal type.
Native American languages
| Code | Language name | Native name |
| que | quechua | runasimi |
Comments (5)
Anonymous said
at 1:20 pm on Feb 6, 2006
I added Hungarian and Greek to the list, without the native names. I haven't checked to see if there were any other omissions, though.
Anonymous said
at 10:01 pm on Apr 11, 2006
Added Kannada (Canarese)
Anonymous said
at 6:23 am on Apr 12, 2006
I think in this case it's not a problem, but generally, I think we should discuss things in the main forum before making a change like adding a new language. When I added Hungarian and Greek, it was just administrative, i.e. we had decided to have them but they weren't on the list.
Anonymous said
at 10:47 am on Apr 12, 2006
Ok I had no idea. The past comments simply stated that 'Hungarian and Greek were added to the list', or something to that effect. I assumed that it was ok to add another language if one had the knowledge/resources. But yes, we should discuss the addition of a new language, and the proficiency of the person who added it. So here's my bit - My mother tongue is a dialect midway between Kannada and Tamil, and though I'm not fluent in Kannada, I have access to a good dictionary and two fluent speakers - my parents : )
Anonymous said
at 11:01 am on Apr 12, 2006
This is something that we should discuss thoroughly. Let's continue this discussion in the [Forum], because it's not possible to format text here.
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