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
fa	per/fas	prs	Dari (Persian)	W	دری,	Dari only has 639-3 code—Afghanistan
fr	fre/fra	fra	French	W	français; langue française	Haiti & Rwanda
ha	hau	hau	Hausa	W	Hausa	Nigeria
ht	hat	hat	Haitian Creole	W	Kreyòl ayisyen	Haiti
ig	ibo	ibo	Igbo	W	Igbo	Nigeria
kh	khm	khm + 1	Khmer	W	ភាសាខ្មែរ	Cambodia
mn	mon	mon+2	Mongolian	W	монгол	Mongolia
ne	nep	nep	Nepali	W	नेपाली	Nepal
ps	pus	pus + 3	Pashto	W	پښتو	Afghanistan
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 and other G1G1 targets: Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti, Mongolia,

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" | 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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-|  | ''fa'' || ''per/fas'' || prs || [[Dari language|Dari]] || [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dari_%28Persian%29 W] || دری, || Dari only has 639-3 code&mdash;[[OLPC Afghanistan|Afghanistan]]
+|  | ''fa'' || ''per/fas'' || prs || [[Dari language|Dari (Persian)]] || [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dari_%28Persian%29 W] || دری, || Dari only has 639-3 code&mdash;[[OLPC Afghanistan|Afghanistan]]
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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 Haiti|Haiti]] & [[OLPC Rwanda|Rwanda]]