Information about Language Code
A language code is a code that assigns letters or numbers as identifiers for languages. Often used language codes include those of ISO 639, particularly ISO 639-1 and ISO 639-2. Internet standards commonly use IETF language tags, which are based on ISO 639.
Formerly common were the old SIL codes, but these are obsolete now that SIL uses ISO 639-3.
As an example, French has the code
A language is a system of symbols and the rules used to manipulate them. Language can also refer to the use of such systems as a general phenomenon.
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Formerly common were the old SIL codes, but these are obsolete now that SIL uses ISO 639-3.
As an example, French has the code
fr in ISO 639-1, fra in ISO 639-2/T and ISO 639-3, fre in ISO 639-2/B, and FRN in old SIL.
See also
External links
- Language Identifiers in the Markup Context
- RFC 4646
- http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-lang-2or3
References
In communications, a code is a rule for converting a piece of information (for example, a letter, word, or phrase) into another form or representation, not necessarily of the same type.
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See Language (journal) for the linguistics journal.
A language is a system of symbols and the rules used to manipulate them. Language can also refer to the use of such systems as a general phenomenon.
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ISO 639 is the set of international standards that lists short codes for language names.
ISO 639 consists of different parts, of which two parts have been approved and a third part that is in the final approval (FDIS) stage. The other parts are works in progress.
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ISO 639 consists of different parts, of which two parts have been approved and a third part that is in the final approval (FDIS) stage. The other parts are works in progress.
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ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family. It consists of 136 two-letter codes used to identify the world's major languages. These codes are a useful international shorthand for indicating languages.
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ISO 639-2 is the second part of the ISO 639 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.
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An Internet standard is a specification for an innovative internetworking technology or methodology, which the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) ratified as an open standard after the innovation underwent peer review.
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IETF language tags are defined by BCP 47, which is currently RFC 4646 and RFC 4647. These language tags are used in a number of modern standards, such as HTTP[1], HTML[2], XML[3] and PNG[4].
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Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a web and print publication of SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics), a Christian linguistic service organization which studies lesser-known languages primarily to provide the speakers with Bibles in
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ISO 639-3 is an international standard for language codes. It extends the ISO 639-2 alpha-3 codes with an aim to cover all known natural languages. The standard was published by ISO on 5 February 2007[1].
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French (français, pronounced [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a Romance language originally spoken in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland, and today by about 300 million people around the world as either
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ISO 639 is the set of international standards that lists short codes for language names.
ISO 639 consists of different parts, of which two parts have been approved and a third part that is in the final approval (FDIS) stage. The other parts are works in progress.
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ISO 639 consists of different parts, of which two parts have been approved and a third part that is in the final approval (FDIS) stage. The other parts are works in progress.
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Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a web and print publication of SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics), a Christian linguistic service organization which studies lesser-known languages primarily to provide the speakers with Bibles in
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The Linguasphere language code is a reference system for world languages used by the Linguasphere Observatory and published in its Linguasphere Register. It is an expansive, flexible system that relates each language or dialect with another.
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IETF language tags are defined by BCP 47, which is currently RFC 4646 and RFC 4647. These language tags are used in a number of modern standards, such as HTTP[1], HTML[2], XML[3] and PNG[4].
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