ISO 639: Difference between revisions

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The subvariant used by OLPC is ISO 639-1 (See List of ISO 639-1 codes).

639-1	639-2	639-3	Language		Native name	Comments
am	amh	amh	Amharic	W	አማርኛ	Ethiopia
ar	ara	ara + 30	Arabic	W	‫العربية	Standard Arabic is [arb]—Libya
en	eng	eng	English	W	English	Nigeria, Rwanda, USA,
es	spa	spa	Spanish	W	español; castellano	Argentina, Perú & Uruguay
fr	fre/fra	fra	French	W	français; langue française	Rwanda
ha	hau	hau	Hausa	W	‫هَوُسَ	Nigeria
ig	ibo	ibo	Igbo	W	Igbo	Nigeria
ne	nep	nep	Nepali	W	नेपाली	Nepal
pt	por	por	Portuguese	W	Português	Brasil
ro	rum/ron	ron	Romanian	W	română	Romania
ru	rus	rus	Russian	W	русский язык	Russia
rw	kin	kin	Kinyarwanda	W	Kinyarwanda	Rwanda
th	tha	tha	Thai	W	ไทย	Thailand
ur	urd	urd	Urdu	W	‫اردو	Pakistan
yo	yor	yor	Yoruba	W	Yorùbá	Nigeria
Most relevant ISO 639-1 codes for the current green countries: Argentina, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Libya, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Thailand, United States, Uruguay

ISO-639 is a standard for specifying languages by the use of a code. Several formats exist:

ISO 639-1—2002 Codes for the representation of names of languages -- Part 1: Alpha-2 code List of ISO 639-1 codes
ISO 639-2—1998 Codes for the representation of names of languages -- Part 2: Alpha-3 code List of ISO 639-2 codes
ISO 639-3—2007 Codes for the representation of names of languages -- Part 3: Alpha-3 code for comprehensive coverage of languages List of ISO 639-3 codes
ISO/CD 639-4—2007? Codes for the representation of names of languages -- Part 4: Implementation guidelines and general principles for language coding
ISO/DIS 639-5—2007? Codes for the representation of names of languages -- Part 5: Alpha-3 code for language families and groups
ISO/CD 639-6—2007? Codes for the representation of names of languages -- Part 6: Alpha-4 representation for comprehensive coverage of language variation

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 | style="background:lightgreen" | en || eng || eng || [[English language|English]] || [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language W] || English || [[OLPC Nigeria|Nigeria]], [[OLPC Rwanda|Rwanda]], [[OLPC USA|USA]],
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-| style="background:lightgreen" | es || spa || spa || [[Spanish]] [[Spanish language]] || [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language W] || español; castellano || [[OLPC Argentina|Argentina]], [[OLPC Peru|Perú]] & [[OLPC Uruguay|Uruguay]]
+| style="background:lightgreen" | es || spa || spa || [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language W] || español; castellano || [[OLPC Argentina|Argentina]], [[OLPC Peru|Perú]] & [[OLPC Uruguay|Uruguay]]
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 | style="background:lightgreen" | fr || fre/fra || fra || [[French language|French]] || [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language W] || français; langue française || [[OLPC Rwanda|Rwanda]]