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NISO Z39.53 Language Codes

A code list for the representation of names of written languages.

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CodeLanguage
ACE Achinese
ACH Acoli
ADA Adangme
AFA Afro-Asiatic (Other)
AFH Afrihili (Artificial language)
AFR Afrikaans
AJM Aljamia
AKK Akkadian
ALB Albanian
ALE Aleut
ALG Algonquian languages
AMH Amharic
ANG English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
APA Apache languages
ARA Arabic
ARC Aramaic
ARM Armenian
ARN Araucanian
ARP Arapaho
ART Artificial (Other)
ARW Arawak
ASM Assamese
ATH Athapascan languages
AVA Avaric
AVE Avestan
AWA Awadhi
AYM Aymara
AZE Azerbaijani
BAD Banda
BAI Bamileke languages
BAK Bashkir
BAL Baluchi
BAM Bambara
BAN Balinese
BAQ Basque
BAS Basa
BAT Baltic (Other)
BEJ Beja
BEL Byelorussian
BEM Bemba
BEN Bengali
BER Berber languages
BHO Bhojpuri
BIK Bikol
BIN Bini
BLA Siksika
BRA Braj
BRE Breton
BUG Buginese
BUL Bulgarian
BUR Burmese
CAD Caddo
CAI Central American Indian (Other)
CAM Khmer
CAR Carib
CAT Catalan
CAU Caucasian (Other)
CEB Cebuano
CEL Celtic languages
CHA Chamorro
CHB Chibcha
CHE Chechen
CHG Chagatai
CHI Chinese
CHN Chinook jargon
CHO Choctaw
CHR Cherokee
CHU Church Slavic
CHV Chuvash
CHY Cheyenne
COP Coptic
COR Cornish
CPE Creoles and Pidgins, English-based (Other)
CPF Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other)
CPP Creoles and Pidgins, Portuguese-based (Other)
CRE Cree
CRP Creoles and Pidgins (Other)
CUS Cushitic (Other)
CZE Czech
DAK Dakota
DAN Danish
DEL Delaware
DIN Dinka
DOI Dogri
DRA Dravidian (Other)
DUA Duala
DUM Dutch, Middle (ca. 1050-1350)
DUT Dutch
DYU Dyula
EFI Efik
EGY Egyptian
EKA Ekajuk
ELX Elamite
ENG English
ENM English, Middle (1100-1500)
ESK Eskimo
ESP Esperanto
EST Estonian
ETH Ethiopic
EWE Ewe
EWO Ewondo
FAN Fang
FAR Faroese
FAT Fanti
FIJ Fijian
FIN Finnish
FIU Finno-Ugrian (Other)
FON Fon
FRE French
FRI Friesian
FRM French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
FRO French, Old (ca. 842-1400)
FUL Fula
GAA
GAE Gaelic (Scots)
GAG Gallegan
GAL Oromo
GAY Gayo
GEM Germanic (Other)
GEO Georgian
GER German
GIL Gilbertese
GMH German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
GOH German, Old High (ca. 750-1050)
GON Gondi
GOT Gothic
GRB Grebo
GRC Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
GRE Greek, Modern (1453- )
GUA Guarani
GUJ Gujarati
HAI Haida
HAU Hausa
HAW Hawaiian
HEB Hebrew
HER Herero
HIL Hiligaynon
HIM Himachali
HIN Hindi
HMO Hiri Motu
HUN Hungarian
HUP Hupa
IBA Iban
IBO Igbo
ICE Icelandic
IJO Ijo
ILO Iloko
INC Indic (Other)
IND Indonesian
INE Indo-European (Other)
INT Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association)
IRA Iranian (Other)
IRI Irish
IRO Iroquoian languages
ITA Italian
JAV Javanese
JPN Japanese
JPR Judeo-Persian
JRB Judeo-Arabic
KAA Kara-Kalpak
KAB Kabyle
KAC Kachin
KAM Kamba
KAN Kannada
KAR Karen
KAS Kashmiri
KAU Kanuri
KAW Kawi
KAZ Kazakh
KHA Khasi
KHI Khoisan (Other)
KHO Khotanese
KIK Kikuyu
KIN Kinyarwanda
KIR Kirghiz
KOK Konkani
KON Kongo
KOR Korean
KPE Kpelle
KRO Kru
KRU Kurukh
KUA Kuanyama
KUR Kurdish
KUS Kusaie
KUT Kutenai
LAD Ladino
LAH Lahnd
LAM Lamba
LAN Langue d'oc (post-1500)
LAO Lao
LAP Lapp
LAT Latin
LAV Latvian
LIN Lingala
LIT Lithuanian
LOL Mongo
LOZ Lozi
LUB Luba-Katanga
LUG Ganda
LUI Luiseno
LUN Lunda
LUO Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)
MAC Macedonian
MAD Madurese
MAG Magahi
MAH Marshall
MAI Maithili
MAK Makasar
MAL Malayalam
MAN Mandingo
MAO Maori
MAP Austronesian (Other)
MAR Marathi
MAS Masai
MAX Manx
MAY Malay
MEN Mende
MIC Micmac
MIN Minangkabau
MIS Miscellaneous (Other)
MKH Mon-Khmer (Other)
MLA Malagasy
MLT Maltese
MNI Manipuri
MNO Manobo languages
MOH Mohawk
MOL Moldavian
MON Mongolian
MOSs Mossi
MUL Multiple languages
MUN Munda (Other)
MUS Creek
MWR Marwari
MYN Mayan languages
NAH Aztec
NAI North American Indian (Other)
NAV Navajo
NDE Ndebele (Zimbabwe)
NDO Ndonga
NEP Nepali
NEW Newari
NIC Niger-Kordofanian (Other)
NIU Niuean
NOR Norwegian
NSO Northern Sotho
NUB Nubian languages
NYA Nyanja
NYM Nyamwezi
NYN Nyankole
NYO Nyoro
NZI Nzima
OJI Ojibwa
ORI Oriya
OSA Osage
OSS Ossetic
OTA Turkish, Ottoman
OTO Otomian languages
PAA Papuan-Australian (Other)
PAG Pangasinan
PAL Pahlavi
PAM Pampanga
PAN Panjabi
PAP Papiamento
PAU Palauan
PEO Old Persian (ca. 600-400 B.C.)
PER Persian
PLI Pali
POL Polish
PON Ponape
POR Portuguese
PRA Prakrit languages
PRO Provencal, Old (to 1500)
PUS Pushto
QUE Quechua
RAJ Rajasthani
RAR Rarotongan
ROA Romance (Other)
ROH Raeto-Romance
ROM Romany
RUM Romanian
RUN Rundi
RUS Russian
SAD Sandawe
SAG Sango
SAI South American Indian (Other)
SAL Salishan languages
SAM Samaritan Aramaic
SAN Sanskrit
SAO Samoan
SCC Serbo-Croatian (Cyrillic)
SCO Scots
SCR Serbo-Croatian (Roman)
SEL Selkup
SEM Semitic (Other)
SHN Shan
SHO Shona
SID Sidamo
SIO Siouan languages
SIT Sino-Tibetan (Other)
SLA Slavic (Other)
SLO Slovak
SLV Slovenian
SND Sindhi
SNH Sinhalese
SOM Somali
SON Songhai
SPA Spanish
SRR Serer
SSO Sotho
SUK Sukuma
SUN Sundanese
SUS Susu
SUX Sumerian
SWA Swahili
SWZ Swazi
SYR Syriac
TAG Tagalog
TAH Tahitian
TAJ Tajik
TAM Tamil
TAR Tatar
TEL Telugu
TEM Timne
TER Tereno
THA Thai
TIB Tibetan
TIG Tigre
TIR Tigrinya
TIV Tivi
TLI Tlingit
TOG Tonga (Nyasa)
TON Tonga (Tonga Islands)
TRU Truk
TSI Tsimshian
TSO Tsonga
TSW Tswana
TUK Turkmen
TUM Tumbuka
TUR Turkish
TUT Altaic (Other)
TWI Twi
UGA Ugaritic
UIG Uighur
UKR Ukrainian
UMB Umbundu
UND Undetermined
URD Urdu
UZB Uzbek
VAI Vai
VEN Venda
VIE Vietnamese
VOT Votic
WAK Wakashan languages
WAL Walamo
WAR Waray
WAS Washo
WEL Welsh
WEN Sorbian languages
WOL Wolof
XHO Xhosa
YAO Yao
YAP Yap
YID Yiddish
YOR Yoruba
ZAP Zapotec
ZEN Zenaga
ZUL Zulu
ZUN Zuni