A.2 Rare Language Codes
For rarely used languages, the ISO 639-2 standard defines three-letter
codes. Here is the current list, reduced to only living languages with at least
one million of speakers.
- ‘ace’
- Achinese.
- ‘awa’
- Awadhi.
- ‘bal’
- Baluchi.
- ‘ban’
- Balinese.
- ‘bej’
- Beja; Bedawiyet.
- ‘bem’
- Bemba.
- ‘bho’
- Bhojpuri.
- ‘bik’
- Bikol.
- ‘bin’
- Bini; Edo.
- ‘bug’
- Buginese.
- ‘ceb’
- Cebuano.
- ‘din’
- Dinka.
- ‘doi’
- Dogri.
- ‘fil’
- Filipino; Pilipino.
- ‘fon’
- Fon.
- ‘gon’
- Gondi.
- ‘gsw’
- Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian.
- ‘hil’
- Hiligaynon.
- ‘hmn’
- Hmong.
- ‘ilo’
- Iloko.
- ‘kab’
- Kabyle.
- ‘kam’
- Kamba.
- ‘kbd’
- Kabardian.
- ‘kmb’
- Kimbundu.
- ‘kok’
- Konkani.
- ‘kru’
- Kurukh.
- ‘lua’
- Luba-Lulua.
- ‘luo’
- Luo (Kenya and Tanzania).
- ‘mad’
- Madurese.
- ‘mag’
- Magahi.
- ‘mai’
- Maithili.
- ‘mak’
- Makasar.
- ‘man’
- Mandingo.
- ‘men’
- Mende.
- ‘min’
- Minangkabau.
- ‘mni’
- Manipuri.
- ‘mos’
- Mossi.
- ‘mwr’
- Marwari.
- ‘nap’
- Neapolitan.
- ‘nso’
- Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho.
- ‘nym’
- Nyamwezi.
- ‘nyn’
- Nyankole.
- ‘pag’
- Pangasinan.
- ‘pam’
- Pampanga; Kapampangan.
- ‘raj’
- Rajasthani.
- ‘sas’
- Sasak.
- ‘sat’
- Santali.
- ‘scn’
- Sicilian.
- ‘shn’
- Shan.
- ‘sid’
- Sidamo.
- ‘srr’
- Serer.
- ‘suk’
- Sukuma.
- ‘sus’
- Susu.
- ‘tem’
- Timne.
- ‘tiv’
- Tiv.
- ‘tum’
- Tumbuka.
- ‘umb’
- Umbundu.
- ‘wal’
- Walamo.
- ‘war’
- Waray.
- ‘yao’
- Yao.