HTML - ISO language Codes

HTML ISO Language 639 is used as a standardized nomenclature to identify languages. Every language is assigned with two-letter and three-letter lowercase abbreviation. The ISO 639-1 also known as part 1 ISO, defines the two-letter codes for languages and ISO 639-3 ( Part 3 ISO ) defines the three-letter codes for all known natural languages.

ISO stands for International Organization for Standardization, which is a independent, non governmental organization for standardization.

Examples of ISO language codes

In HTML, language code is declared inside <html> tag as follows:

In XHTML, language code is declared inside <html> tag as follows:

The following is a draft list of language code correspondences between ISO codes, Microsoft codes, and Macintosh codes. Source of this information isUnicode Consortium.

Language Codes ISO 639, Microsoft

Following are the language codes that are listed below

LanguageISO CodeWindows NameWin CodeAbkhazianabAfaraaAfrikaansafLANG_AFRIKAANS0x36AlbaniansqLANG_ALBANIAN0x1cAmharicam(no constant defined)0x5eArabicarLANG_ARABIC0x01ArmenianhyLANG_ARMENIAN0x2bAssameseasLANG_ASSAMESE0x4dAymaraayAzerbaijaniazLANG_AZERI0x2cBashkirbaBasqueeuLANG_BASQUE0x2dBengali (Bangla)bnLANG_BENGALI0x45BhutanidzBiharibhBislamabiBretonbrBulgarianbgLANG_BULGARIAN0x02Burmesemy(no constant defined)0x55Byelorussian (Belarusian)beLANG_BELARUSIAN0x23Cambodiankm(no constant defined)0x53CatalancaLANG_CATALAN0x03Cherokee(no constant defined)0x5cChewaChinese (Simplified)zhLANG_CHINESE (SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED)0x04 (0x0804)Chinese (Traditional)zhLANG_CHINESE (SUBLANG_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL)0x04 (0x0404)CorsicancoCroatianhrLANG_CROATIAN0x1aCzechcsLANG_CZECH0x05DanishdaLANG_DANISH0x06DivehiLANG_DIVEHI0x65DutchnlLANG_DUTCH0x13Edo(no constant defined)0x66EnglishenLANG_ENGLISH0x09EsperantoeoEstonianetLANG_ESTONIAN0x25FaeroesefoLANG_FAEROESE0x38FarsifaLANG_FARSI0x29FijifjFinnishfiLANG_FINNISH0x0bFlemishLANG_DUTCH (SUBLANG_DUTCH_BELGIAN)0x13 (0x0813)FrenchfrLANG_FRENCH0x0cFrisianfy(no constant defined)0x62Fulfulde(no constant defined)0x67GalicianglLANG_GALICIAN0x56Gaelic (Scottish)gd(no constant defined)0x3c (0x043c)Gaelic (Manx)gvGeorgiankaLANG_GEORGIAN0x37GermandeLANG_GERMAN0x07GreekelLANG_GREEK0x08GreenlandicklGuaranign(no constant defined)0x74GujaratiguLANG_GUJARATI0x47Hausaha(no constant defined)0x68Hawaiian(no constant defined)0x75Hebrewhe, iwLANG_HEBREW0x0dHindihiLANG_HINDI0x39HungarianhuLANG_HUNGARIAN0x0eIbibio(no constant defined)0x69IcelandicisLANG_ICELANDIC0x0fIgbo(no constant defined)0x70Indonesianid, inLANG_INDONESIAN0x21InterlinguaiaInterlingueieInuktitutiu(no constant defined)0x5dInupiakikIrishga(no constant defined)0x3c (0x083c)ItalianitLANG_ITALIAN0x10JapanesejaLANG_JAPANESE0x11JavanesejvKannadaknLANG_KANNADA0x4bKanuri(no constant defined)0x71KashmiriksLANG_KASHMIRI0x60KazakhkkLANG_KAZAK0x3fKinyarwanda (Ruanda)rwKirghizkyLANG_KYRGYZ0x40Kirundi (Rundi)rnKonkaniLANG_KONKANI0x57KoreankoLANG_KOREAN0x12KurdishkuLaothianlo(no constant defined)0x54Latinla(no constant defined)0x76Latvian (Lettish)lvLANG_LATVIAN0x26Limburgish ( Limburger)liLingalalnLithuanianltLANG_LITHUANIAN0x27MacedonianmkLANG_MACEDONIAN0x2fMalagasymgMalaymsLANG_MALAY0x3eMalayalammlLANG_MALAYALAM0x4cLANG_MANIPURI0x58Maltesemt(no constant defined)0x3aMaorimiMarathimrLANG_MARATHI0x4eMoldavianmoMongolianmnLANG_MONGOLIAN0x50NaurunaNepalineLANG_NEPALI0x61NorwegiannoLANG_NORWEGIAN0x14OccitanocOriyaorLANG_ORIYA0x48Oromo (Afan, Galla)om(no constant defined)0x72Papiamentu(no constant defined)0x79Pashto (Pushto)ps(no constant defined)0x63PolishplLANG_POLISH0x15PortugueseptLANG_PORTUGUESE0x16PunjabipaLANG_PUNJABI0x46QuechuaquRhaeto-Romancerm(no constant defined)0x17RomanianroLANG_ROMANIAN0x18RussianruLANG_RUSSIAN0x19Sami (Lappish)(no constant defined)0x3bSamoansmSangrosgSanskritsaLANG_SANSKRIT0x4fSerbiansrLANG_SERBIAN (SUBLANG_SERBIAN_LATIN or SUBLANG_SERBIAN_CYRILLIC)0x1a (0x081a or 0x0c1a)Serbo-CroatianshSesothostSetswanatnShonasnSindhisdLANG_SINDHI0x59Sinhalesesi(no constant defined)0x5bSiswatissSlovakskLANG_SLOVAK0x1bSlovenianslLANG_SLOVENIAN0x24Somaliso(no constant defined)0x77SpanishesLANG_SPANISH0x0aSundanesesuSwahili (Kiswahili)swLANG_SWAHILI0x41SwedishsvLANG_SWEDISH0x1dSyriacLANG_SYRIAC0x5aTagalogtl(no constant defined)0x64Tajiktg(no constant defined)0x28Tamazight(no constant defined)0x5fTamiltaLANG_TAMIL0x49TatarttLANG_TATAR0x44TeluguteLANG_TELUGU0x4aThaithLANG_THAI0x1eTibetanbo(no constant defined)0x51Tigrinyati(no constant defined)0x73TongatoTsongats(no constant defined)0x31TurkishtrLANG_TURKISH0x1fTurkmentk(no constant defined)0x42TwitwUighurugUkrainianukLANG_UKRAINIAN0x22UrduurLANG_URDU0x20UzbekuzLANG_UZBEK0x43Venda(no constant defined)0x33VietnameseviLANG_VIETNAMESE0x2aVolap?kvoWelshcy(no constant defined)0x52WolofwoXhosaxh(no constant defined)0x34Yi(no constant defined)0x78Yiddishyi, ji*(no constant defined)0x3dYorubayo(no constant defined)0x6aZuluzu(no constant defined)0x35

Language Codes ISO 639, Macintosh

Let’s look at the following language codes that are listed below

LanguageISO CodeMac NameMac CodeAbkhazianabAfaraaAfrikaansaflangAfricaans141AlbaniansqlangAlbanian36AmharicamlangAmharic85ArabicarlangArabic12ArmenianhylangArmenian51AssameseaslangAssamese68AymaraaylangAymara134AzerbaijaniazlangAzerbaijani(Cyrllic), langAzerbaijanAr(Arabic)49(C), 50(A)BashkirbaBasqueeulangBasque129Bengali (Bangla)bnlangBengali67BhutanidzlangDzongkha137BiharibhBislamabiBretonbrlangBreton142BulgarianbglangBulgarian44BurmesemylangBurmese77Byelorussian (Belarusian)belangByelorussian46CambodiankmlangKhmer78CatalancalangCatalan130CherokeeChewalangChewa92Chinese (Simplified)zhlangSimpChinese33Chinese (Traditional)zhlangTradChinese19CorsicancoCroatianhrlangCroatian18CzechcslangCzech38DanishdalangDanish7DivehiDutchnllangDutch4EdoEnglishenlangEnglish0EsperantoeolangEsperanto94EstonianetlangEstonian27FaeroesefolangFaeroese30FarsifalangFarsi, langPersian31FijifjFinnishfilangFinnish13FlemishlangFlemish34FrenchfrlangFrench1FrisianfyFulfuldeGaliciangllangGalician140Gaelic (Scottish)gdlangScottishGaelic144Gaelic (Manx)gvlangManxGaelic145GeorgiankalangGeorgian52GermandelangGerman2GreekellangGreek (monotonic), langGreekPoly (polytonic)14(m), 148(p)GreenlandicklGuaranignlangGuarani133GujaratigulangGujarati69HausahaHawaiianHebrewhe, iwlangHebrew10HindihilangHindi21HungarianhulangHungarian26IbibioIcelandicislangIcelandic15IgboIndonesianid, inlangIndonesian81InterlinguaiaInterlingueieInuktitutiulangInuktitut143InupiakikIrishgalangIrishGaelic (normal), langIrishGaelicScr (dots above)35, 146ItalianitlangItalian3JapanesejalangJapanese11JavanesejvlangJavaneseRom138KannadaknlangKannada73KanuriKashmirikslangKashmiri61KazakhkklangKazakh48Kinyarwanda (Ruanda)rwlangKiryarwanda (langRuanda)90KirghizkylangKirghiz54Kirundi (Rundi)rnlangRundi91KonkaniKoreankolangKorean23KurdishkulangKurdish60LaothianlolangLao79LatinlalangLatin131Latvian (Lettish)lvlangLatvian28Limburgish (Limburger)liLingalalnLithuanianltlangLithuanian24MacedonianmklangMacedonian43MalagasymglangMalagasy93MalaymslangMalayRoman(Latin), langMalayArabic(Arabic)83(L), 84(A)MalayalammllangMalayalam72LANG_MANIPURI0x58MaltesemtlangMaltese16MaorimiMarathimrlangMarathi66MoldavianmolangMoldavian53MongolianmnlangMongolian(Mongolian), langMongolianCyr(Cyrillic)57(M), 58(C)NaurunaNepalinelangNepali64NorwegiannolangNorwegian9OccitanocOriyaorlangOriya71Oromo (Afan, Galla)omlangOromo (langGalla)87PapiamentuPashto (Pushto)pslangPashto59PolishpllangPolish25PortugueseptlangPortuguese8PunjabipalangPunjabi70QuechuaqulangQuechua132Rhaeto-RomancermRomanianrolangRomanian37RussianrulangRussian32Sami (Lappish)langSami (langLappish)29SamoansmSangrosgSanskritsalangSanskrit65SerbiansrlangSerbian42Serbo-CroatianshSesothostSetswanatnShonasnSindhisdlangSindhi62SinhalesesilangSinhalese76SiswatissSlovaksklangSlovak39SloveniansllangSlovenian40SomalisolangSomali88SpanisheslangSpanish6SundanesesulangSundaneseRom139Swahili (Kiswahili)swlangSwahili89SwedishsvlangSwedish5SyriacTagalogtllangTagalog82TajiktglangTajiki55TamazightTamiltalangTamil74TatarttlangTatar135TelugutelangTelugu75ThaithlangThai22TibetanbolangTibetan63TigrinyatilangTigrinya86TongatolangTongan147TsongatsTurkishtrlangTurkish17TurkmentklangTurkmen56TwitwUighuruglangUighur136UkrainianuklangUkrainian45UrduurlangUrdu20UzbekuzlangUzbek47VendaVietnamesevilangVietnamese80Volap?kvoWelshcylangWelsh128WolofwoXhosaxhYiYiddishyi, ji*langYiddish41YorubayoZuluzu