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DIN Standards Committee Terminology

Abstract

This document specifies the ISO 639 language code and establishes the harmonized terminology and general principles of language coding. It provides rules for the selection, formation, presentation and use of language identifiers as well as language reference names. It also gives provisions (i.e. principles, rules and guidelines) for the selection, formation and presentation of language names in English and French. Furthermore, it introduces provisions for the adoption of standardized language code elements using language names other than English or French.

Begin

2024-06-03

Planned document number

DIN ISO 639

Project number

10500737

Responsible national committee

NA 105-00-01 AA - Principles and methods of terminology work  

Responsible international committee

ISO/TC 37/SC 2 - Terminology workflow and language coding  

draft standard

Code for individual languages and language groups (ISO 639:2023); Text in German and English
2025-11
Order from DIN Media

previous edition(s)

German language names for the alpha-2 code according to ISO 639-1
2016-08