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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 |
| af | afr | afr | Afrikaans | W | Afrikaans | South Africa, Namibia |
| 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 variations
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