ISO 639-2 371390 224332927 2008-07-08T11:30:52Z Sl 126396 Remove BIK. It is obviously listed as macrolanguage '''[[ISO 639]]-2''' is the second part of the [[ISO 639]] [[International standard|standard]], which lists codes for the representation of the names of languages. The three-letter codes given for each language in this part of the standard are referred to as "Alpha-3" codes. There are 464 language codes in the list. The [[U.S.]] [[Library of Congress]] is the registration authority for ISO 639-2 (referred to as ISO 639-2/RA). As registration authority, the LOC receives and reviews proposed changes; they also have representation on the ISO 639-RA Joint Advisory Committee responsible for maintaining the ISO 639 code tables. Work was begun on the ISO 639-2 standard in [[1989]], due to the fact that the [[ISO 639-1]] standard, which gives two-letter codes for languages, would not be able to accommodate a sufficient number of languages. The ISO 639-2 standard was first released in [[1998]]. While most languages are given one code by the standard, twenty-two of the languages described have two three-letter codes, a "bibliographic" code (ISO 639-2/B), which is derived from the English name for the language and was a necessary [[legacy systems|legacy]] feature, and a "terminological" code (ISO 639-2/T), which is derived from the native name for the language. Each of these twenty-two languages is also included in the ISO 639-1 standard. In addition, there are codes for special situations: *'''mis''' is listed as "uncoded languages" *'''mul''' (for multiple languages) is applied when several languages are used and it is not practical to specify all the appropriate language codes *The interval from '''qaa''' to '''qtz''' is reserved and is not used in the standard *'''und''' (for undetermined) is used in situations in which a language or languages must be indicated but the language cannot be identified. *'''zxx''' is listed in the code list as "no linguistic content" (added [[2006-01-11]]) ==Collective languages== Some ISO 639-2 codes that are commonly used for languages do not precisely represent a particular language or some related languages (as the above macrolanguages). They are regarded as collective languages (or collectives) and are excluded from [[ISO 639-3]]. For a definition of macrolanguages and collective languages see [http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/scope.asp]. Collective languages and their ISO 639-2 codes are: ===Not obviously a collective in 639-2=== *<tt>bad</tt> [[Banda languages|Banda]] *<tt>bih</tt> [[Bihari languages|Bihari]] (has an ISO 639-1 code) *<tt>btk</tt> [[Batak languages|Batak]] *<tt>day</tt> [[Dayak languages|Dayak]] *<tt>him</tt> [[Himachali languages|Himachali]] *<tt>ijo</tt> [[Ijo languages|Ijo]] *<tt>kar</tt> [[Karen languages|Karen]] *<tt>kro</tt> [[Kru languages|Kru]] *<tt>nah</tt> [[Nahuatl languages|Nahuatl]] *<tt>son</tt> [[Songhai languages|Songhai]] *<tt>znd</tt> [[Zande languages|Zande]] [[Bihari languages|Bihari]] (bih) is marked as collective but on the other hand has an ISO 639-1 code (bh) which should only be for individual languages. The reason is that individual Bihari languages received an ISO 639-2 code, which makes Bihari a language family for the purposes of ISO 639-2, but a single language for the purposes of ISO 639-1. ===Obviously intending to cover several languages=== *<tt>art</tt> [[Artificial languages]] (Other) *<tt>afa</tt> [[Afro-Asiatic languages|Afro-Asiatic]] (Other) *<tt>alg</tt> [[Algonquian languages]] *<tt>tut</tt> [[Altaic languages|Altaic]] (Other) *<tt>map</tt> [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]] (Other) *<tt>bat</tt> [[Baltic languages|Baltic]] (Other) *<tt>bnt</tt> [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] (Other) *<tt>ber</tt> [[Berber languages|Berber]] (Other) *<tt>cau</tt> [[Caucasian languages|Caucasian]] (Other) *<tt>cai</tt> Central American Indian (Other) *<tt>crp</tt> [[Creole language|Creoles]] and [[Pidgin]]s (Other) *<tt>cpe</tt> Creoles and Pidgins, English-based (Other) *<tt>cpf</tt> Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other) *<tt>cpp</tt> Creoles and Pidgins, Portuguese-based (Other) *<tt>cus</tt> [[Cushitic languages|Cushitic]] (Other) *<tt>dra</tt> [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]] (Other) *<tt>fiu</tt> [[Finno-Ugrian languages|Finno-Ugrian]] (Other) *<tt>gem</tt> [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] (Other) *<tt>inc</tt> [[Indic languages|Indic]] (Other) *<tt>ine</tt> [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] (Other) *<tt>ira</tt> [[Iranian languages|Iranian]] (Other) *<tt>khi</tt> [[Khoisan languages|Khoisan]] (Other) *<tt>mkh</tt> [[Mon-Khmer languages|Mon-Khmer]] (Other) *<tt>nic</tt> [[Niger-Kordofanian languages|Niger-Kordofanian]] (Other) *<tt>ssa</tt> [[Nilo-Saharan languages|Nilo-Saharan]] (Other) *<tt>nai</tt> North American Indian (Other) *<tt>paa</tt> [[Papuan languages|Papuan]] (Other) *<tt>phi</tt> [[Philippine languages|Philippine]] (Other) *<tt>roa</tt> [[Romance languages|Romance]] (Other) *<tt>sgn</tt> [[sign language]]s *<tt>smi</tt> [[Sami languages]] (Other) *<tt>sem</tt> [[Semitic languages|Semitic]] (Other) *<tt>sit</tt> [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]] (Other) *<tt>sla</tt> [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] (Other) *<tt>sai</tt> South American Indian (Other) *<tt>tai</tt> [[Tai languages|Tai]] (Other) ==B and T codes== If possible [[ISO 15924]] derives their codes from ISO 639-2 and where there are two codes ISO 639-2/B is favored. [[ISO 639-3]] uses ISO 639-2/T. ==See also== *[[List of ISO 639-2 codes]] *[[Language code]] ==External links== *[http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/ ISO 639-2/RA Homepage] *[http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_changes.php ISO 639-2/RA Change Notice] *[http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/normtext.html Details] at [[Library of Congress]] website [[Category:ISO standards|#00639]] [[Category:ISO 639]] [[als:ISO 639-2]] [[ar:إيزو 639-2]] [[br:ISO 639-2]] [[cs:ISO 639-2]] [[da:ISO 639-2]] [[el:ISO 639-2]] [[es:ISO 639-2]] [[ext:ISO 639-2]] [[eu:ISO 639-2]] [[it:ISO 639-2]] [[lv:ISO 639-2]] [[ms:ISO 639-2]] [[scn:ISO 639-2]] [[zh:ISO 639-2]]