ISO 639-5 Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages - Part 5: Alpha-3 Code for Language Families and Groups
- ISO 639-5 provides three-character lowercase alphabetic strings that serve as identifiers for the representation of names of living and extinct language families and language groups. The list contains over 100 discrete codes. The codes on this list include all of the codes for language groups in the MARC Language Code scheme and over 40 additional groups. The codes are linked to their equivalent codes on the MARC Language Code list and ISO 639-2.
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- Afro-Asiatic languages; afro-asiatiques, langues
- Altaic languages; altaïques, langues
- Artificial languages; artificielles, langues
- Australian languages; australiennes, langues
- Austro-Asiatic languages; austro-asiatiques, langues
- Austronesian languages; austronésiennes, langues
- Basque (family); basque (famille)
- Caucasian languages; caucasiennes, langues
- Central American Indian languages; amérindiennes de l'Amérique centrale, langues
- Creoles and pidgins; créoles et pidgins
- Dravidian languages; dravidiennes, langues
- Eskimo-Aleut languages; esquimaudes-aléoutiennes, langues
- Hmong-Mien languages; hmong-mien, langues
- Indo-European languages; indo-européennes, langues
- Japanese (family); japonais (famille)
- Khoisan languages; khoïsan, langues
- Land Dayak languages; dayak, langues
- Niger-Kordofanian languages; nigéro-kordofaniennes, langues
- Nilo-Saharan languages; nilo-sahariennes, langues
- North American Indian languages; nord-amérindiennes, langues
- Papuan languages; papoues, langues
- sign languages; langues des signes
- Sino-Tibetan languages; sino-tibétaines, langues
- South American Indian languages; sud-amérindiennes, langues
- Tai languages; tai, langues
- Uralic languages; ouraliennes, langues
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