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Code Language
 
aarAfar
abkAbkhaz
aceAchinese
achAcoli
adaAdangme
adyAdygei
afaAfroasiatic (Other)
afaAfroasiatic (Other)
afaAfroasiatic (Other)
afaAfroasiatic (Other)
afhAfrihili (Artificial language)
afrAfrikaans
ainMiscellaneous languages
akaAkan
akkAkkadian
albAlbanian
aleAleut
algAlgonquian (Other)
algAlgonquian (Other)
altAltaic (Other)
amhAmharic
angEnglish, Old (ca. 450-1100)
anpBihari
apaApache languages
araArabic
arcAramaic
argAragonese Spanish
armArmenian
arnMapuche
arpArapaho
artArtificial (Other)
artArtificial (Other)
arwArawak
asmAssamese
astBable
athAthapascan (Other)
athAthapascan (Other)
ausAustralian languages
ausAustralian languages
ausAustralian languages
ausAustralian languages
ausAustralian languages
ausAustralian languages
avaAvaric
aveAvestan
awaAwadhi
aymAymara
azeAzerbaijani
 
badBanda
baiBamileke languages
bakBashkir
balBaluchi
bamBambara
banBalinese
baqBasque
basBasa
batBaltic (Other)
bejBeja
belByelorussian
bemBemba
benBengali
berBerber (Other)
bhoBhojpuri
bihBihari
bikBikol
binEdo
bisBislama
blaSiksika
bntBantu (Other)
bntBantu (Other)
bntBantu (Other)
bntBantu (Other)
bntBantu (Other)
bntBantu (Other)
bntBantu (Other)
bntBantu (Other)
bntBantu (Other)
bosBosnian
braBraj
breBreton
btkBatak
buaBuriat
bugBugis
bulBulgarian
burBurmese
bynBilin
 
cadCaddo
caiCentral American Indian (Other)
carCarib
catCatalan
cauCaucasian (Other)
cauCaucasian (Other)
cebCebuano
celCeltic (Other)
chaChamorro
chbChibcha
cheChechen
chgChagatai
chiChinese
chkChuukese
chmMari
chnChinook jargon
choChoctaw
chpChipewyan
chrCherokee
chuChurch Slavic
chvChuvash
chyCheyenne
cmcChamic languages
copCoptic
corCornish
cosCorsican
cpeCreoles and Pidgins, English-based
cpfCreoles and Pidgins, French-based
cppCreoles and Pidgins, Portuguese-based
cppCreoles and Pidgins, Portuguese-based
creCree
crhCrimean Tatar
crpCreoles and Pidgins (Other)
cshSlavic (Other)
cusCushitic (Other)
cusCushitic (Other)
czeCzech
 
dakDakota
danDanish
darDargwa
dayDayak
delDelaware
denSlave
dgrDogrib
dinDinka
divDivehi
doiDogri
draDravidian (Other)
dsbLower Sorbian
duaDuala
dumDutch, Middle (ca. 1050-1350)
dutDutch
dyuDyula
dzoDzongka
 
efiEfik
egyEgyptian
ekaEkajuk
elxElamite
engEnglish
enmEnglish, Middle (1100-1500)
epoEsperanto
estEstonian
eweEwe
ewoEwondo
 
fanFang
faoFaroese
fatFanti
fijFijian
fil
finFinnish
fiuFinno-Ugrian (Other)
fonFon
freFrench
frmFrench, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
froFrench, Old (ca. 842-1400)
frrFrisian
frsFrisian
fryFrisian
fulFula
furFriulian
 
gaaGa
gayGayo
gbaGbaya
geoGeorgian
gerGerman
gezEthiopic
gilGilbertese
glaScottish Gaelic
gleIrish
glgGalician
glvManx
gmhGerman, Middle High (ca. 1050-15
gohGerman, Old High (ca. 750-1050)
gonGondi
gorGorontalo
gotGothic
grbGrebo
grcGreek, Ancient (to 1453)
greGreek, Modern (1453- )
grnGuarani
gswGerman
gujGujarati
gwiGwich'in
 
haiHaida
hatHaitian French Creole
hauHausa
hawHawaiian
hebHebrew
herHerero
hilHiligaynon
himHimachali
hinHindi
hitHittite
hmnHmong
hmoHiri Motu
hrvCroatian (Roman)
hsbUpper Sorbian
hunHungarian
hupHupa
 
ibaIban
iboIgbo
iceIcelandic
idoIdo
iiiSichuan Yi
ijoIjo
ikuInuktitut
ileInterlingue
iloIloko
inaInterlingua (International Auxiliary Language As.)
incIndic (Other)
indIndonesian
ineIndo-European (Other)
inhIngush
ipkInupiaq
iraIranian (Other)
iroIroquoian (Other)
itaItalian
 
javJavanese
jboLojban (Artificial language)
jpnJapanese
jprJudeo-Persian
jrbJudeo-Arabic
 
kaaKara-Kalpak
kabKabyle
kacKachin
kalKalƒtdlisut
kamKamba
kanKannada
karKaren
kasKashmiri
kauKanuri
kawKawi
kazKazakh
kbdKabardian
khaKhasi
khiKhoisan (Other)
khmKhmer
khoKhotanese
kikKikuyu
kinKinyarwanda
kirKyrgyz
kmbKimbundu
kokKonkani
komKomi
konKongo
korKorean
kosKusaie
kpeKpelle
krcAltaic (Other)
krlFinno-Ugric (other)
kroKru
kroKru
kruKurukh
kuaKuanyama
kumKumyk
kurKurdish
kutKootenai
 
ladLadino
lahLahndi
lamLamba (Zambia and Congo)
laoLao
latLatin
lavLatvian
lezLezgian
limLimburgish
linLingala
litLithuanian
lolMongo-Nkundu
lozLozi
ltzLuxembourgish
luaLuba-Lulua
lubLuba-Katanga
lugGanda
luiLuise¤o
lunLunda
luoLuo (Kenya and Tanzania)
lusLushai
 
macMacedonian
madMadurese
magMagahi
mahMarshallese
maiMaithili
makMakasar
malMalayalam
manMandingo
maoMaori
mapAustronesian (Other)
mapAustronesian (Other)
mapAustronesian (Other)
mapAustronesian (Other)
marMarathi
masMasai
mayMalay
mdfFinno-Ugrian (Other)
mdrMandar
menMende
mgaIrish, Middle (ca. 1100-1500)
micMicmac
minMinangkabau
misMiscellaneous languages
mkhMon-Khmer (Other)
mlgMalagasy
mltMaltese
mncManchu
mniManipuri
mnoManobo languages
mohMohawk
molMoldavian
monMongolian
mosMoor‚
mosMoor‚
mulMultiple languages
munMunda (Other)
musCreek
mwl
mwrMarwari
mynMayan languages
myvFinno-Ugrian (Other)
 
nahNahuatl
naiNorth American Indian (Other)
naiNorth American Indian (Other)
napNeapolitan Italian
nauNauru
navNavajo
nblNdebele (South Africa)
ndeNdebele (Zimbabwe)
ndoNdonga
ndsLow German
nepNepali
newNewari
niaNias
nicNiger-Kordofanian (Other)
nicNiger-Kordofanian (Other)
nicNiger-Kordofanian (Other)
nicNiger-Kordofanian (Other)
nicNiger-Kordofanian (Other)
nicNiger-Kordofanian (Other)
nicNiger-Kordofanian (Other)
nicNiger-Kordofanian (Other)
nicNiger-Kordofanian (Other)
nicNiger-Kordofanian (Other)
niuNiuean
nnoNynorsk
nobBokmaal
nogNogai
nonOld Norse
norNorwegian
nqoN'Ko
nsoNorthern Sotho
nubNubian languages
nwc
nyaNyanja
nymNyamwezi
nynNyankole
nyoNyoro
nziNzima
 
ociOccitan (post-1500)
ojiOjibwa
oriOriya
ormOromo
ormOromo
osaOsage
ossOssetic
otaTurkish, Ottoman
otoOtomian languages
 
paaPapuan (Other)
paaPapuan (Other)
paaPapuan (Other)
pagPangasinan
palPahlavi
pamPampanga
panPanjabi
papPapiamento
pauPalauan
peoOld Persian (ca. 600-400 B.C.)
perPersian
phiPhilippine (Other)
phnPhoenician
pliPali
polPolish
ponPonape
porPortuguese
praPrakrit languages
proProven‡al (to 1500)
pusPushto
 
queQuechua
 
rajRajasthani
rapRapanui
rarRarotongan
roaRomance (Other)
rohRaeto-Romance
romRomani
rumRomanian
runRundi
rusRussian
 
sadSandawe
sagSango (Ubangi Creole)
sahYakut
saiSouth American Indian (Other)
saiSouth American Indian (Other)
saiSouth American Indian (Other)
salSalishan languages
samSamaritan Aramaic
sanSanskrit
sasSasak
satSantali
scnItalian
scoScots
selSelkup
semSemitic (Other)
semSemitic (Other)
sgaIrish, Old (to 1100)
sgnSign languages
shnShan
sidSidamo
sinSinhalese
sioSiouan (Other)
sitSino-Tibetan (Other)
sitSino-Tibetan (Other)
slaSlavic (Other)
sloSlovak
slvSlovenian
smaSouthern Sami
smeNorthern Sami
smiSami
smjLule Sami
smnInari Sami
smoSamoan
smsSkolt Sami
snaShona
sndSindhi
snkSoninke
sogSogdian
somSomali
sonSonghai
sotSotho
spaSpanish
srdSardinian
srnCreoles and Pidgins, English-based (Other)
srpSerbian (Cyrillic)
srrSerer
ssaNilo-Saharan (Other)
sswSwazi
sukSukuma
sunSundanese
susSusu
suxSumerian
swaSwahili
sweSwedish
syrSyriac
 
taaTabla
tahTahitian
taiTai (Other)
tamTamil
tatTatar
telTelugu
temTemne
terTerena
tetTetum
tgkTajik
tglTagalog
thaThai
tibTibetan
tigTigr‚
tirTigrinya
tivTiv
tklTokelauan
tlh
tliTlingit
tmhTamashek
togTonga (Nyasa)
tonTongan
tpiTok Pisin
tsiTsimshian
tsnTswana
tsoTsonga
tukTurkmen
tumTumbuka
tupTupi languages
turTurkish
tutAltaic (Other)
tutAltaic (Other)
tvlTuvaluan
twiTwi
tyvTuvinian
 
udmUdmurt
ugaUgaritic
uigUighur
ukrUkrainian
umbUmbundu
undUndetermined
urdUrdu
uzbUzbek
 
vaiVai
venVenda
vieVietnamese
volVolapuk
votVotic
 
wakWakashan languages
walWalamo
warWaray
wasWasho
welWelsh
wenSorbian languages
wlnWalloon
wolWolof
 
xalKalmyk
xhoXhosa
 
yaoYao (Africa)
yapYapese
yidYiddish
yorYoruba
ypkYupik languages
ypkYupik languages
 
zapZapotec
zzaZaza
zenZenaga
zhaZhuang
zndZande
zulZulu
zunZuni
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Last revised: 2 July 2008
Revised by: Charley Pennell