Language Tags (OBSOLETE)
Registration Procedure(s)
- Registry closed
Reference
Note
This registry is obsolete and has been replaced by the Language Subtag Registry, as described in RFC 4646, Section 5.1.
Supplemental Information
Language tag registration forms are available in the Language Tag Registration Form Archive.
Available Formats
| Tag | Description | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| art-lojban | Lojban | John Cowan; John Cowan | Deprecated use ISO 639-2 jbo, registered Sept. 2, 2003. |
| az-Arab | Azerbaijani in Arabic script | Mark Davis; Mark Davis | |
| az-Cyrl | Azerbaijani in Cyrillic script | Mark Davis; Mark Davis | |
| az-Latn | Azerbaijani in Latin script | Mark Davis; Mark Davis | |
| be-Latn | Belarusian in Latin script | Jaska Zedlik | |
| bs-Cyrl | Bosnian in Cyrillic script | Peter Constable | |
| bs-Latn | Bosnian in Latin script | Peter Constable | |
| cel-gaulish | Gaulish | Chris Lilley | |
| de-1901 | German, traditional orthography | Torsten Bronger | |
| de-1996 | German, orthography of 1996 | Torsten Bronger | |
| de-AT-1901 | German, Austrian variant, traditional orthography | Torsten Bronger | |
| de-AT-1996 | German, Austrian variant, orthography of 1996 | Torsten Bronger | |
| de-CH-1901 | German, Swiss variant, traditional orthography | Torsten Bronger | |
| de-CH-1996 | German, Swiss variant, orthography of 1996 | Torsten Bronger | |
| de-DE-1901 | German, German variant, traditional orthography | Torsten Bronger | |
| de-DE-1996 | German, German variant, orthography of 1996 | Torsten Bronger | |
| el-Latn | Greek in Latin script | Luc Pardon | |
| en-boont | Boontling | John Cowan; John Cowan | |
| en-GB-oed | English, Oxford English Dictionary spelling | Michael Everson | |
| en-scouse | English Liverpudlian dialect known as 'Scouse' | Keith Szlamp | |
| es-419 | Latin American Spanish | Karen Broome | |
| i-ami | Amis | Kai-hus Tai | |
| i-bnn | Bunun | Kai-hus Tai | |
| i-default | Default Language Context | RFC 2277 | |
| i-enochian | Enochian | Davina Zawinski | |
| i-hak | Hakka | Kai-hus Tai | Deprecated use IETF zh-hakka, registered Jan. 10, 2000 |
| i-klingon | Klingon | Michael Everson | Deprecated use ISO 639-2 tlh, registered Feb. 24, 2004. |
| i-lux | Luxembourgish | Matthias Wimmer; http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/codechanges.html | Deprecated use ISO 639 lb, registered Sept. 9, 1998 |
| i-mingo | Mingo | Sean Burke | |
| i-navajo | Navajo | Sean Burke; http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/codechanges.html | Deprecated use ISO 639 nv, registered Feb. 18, 2000 |
| i-pwn | Paiwan | Kai-hus Tai | |
| i-tao | Tao | Kai-hus Tai | |
| i-tay | Tayal | Kai-hus Tai | |
| i-tsu | Tsou | Kai-hus Tai | |
| iu-Cans | Inuktitut in Canadian Aboriginal | Peter Constable | |
| iu-Latn | Inuktitut in Latin script | Peter Constable | |
| mn-Cyrl | Mongolian in Cyrillic script | Peter Constable | |
| mn-Mong | Mongolian in Mongolian script | Peter Constable | |
| no-bok | Norwegian "Book language" | http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/codechanges.html | Deprecated use ISO 639 nb, registered Feb. 18, 2000 |
| no-nyn | Norwegian "New Norwegian" | http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/codechanges.html | Deprecated use ISO 639 nn, registered Feb. 18, 2000 |
| sgn-BE-fr | Belgian-French Sign Language | Michael Everson | |
| sgn-BE-nl | Belgian-Flemish Sign Language | Michael Everson | |
| sgn-BR | Brazilian Sign Language | Michael Everson | |
| sgn-CH-de | Swiss German Sign Language | Michael Everson | |
| sgn-CO | Colombian Sign Language | Michael Everson | |
| sgn-DE | German Sign Language | Michael Everson | |
| sgn-DK | Danish Sign Language | Michael Everson | |
| sgn-ES | Spanish Sign Language | Michael Everson | |
| sgn-FR | French Sign Language | Michael Everson | |
| sgn-GB | British Sign Language | Michael Everson | |
| sgn-GR | Greek Sign Language | Michael Everson | |
| sgn-IE | Irish Sign Language | Michael Everson | |
| sgn-IT | Italian Sign Language | Michael Everson | |
| sgn-JP | Japanese Sign Language | Michael Everson | |
| sgn-MX | Mexican Sign Language | Michael Everson | |
| sgn-NI | Nicaraguan Sign Language | Michael Everson | |
| sgn-NL | Dutch Sign Language | Michael Everson | |
| sgn-NO | Norwegian Sign Language | Michael Everson | |
| sgn-PT | Portuguese Sign Language | Michael Everson | |
| sgn-SE | Swedish Sign Language | Michael Everson | |
| sgn-US | American Sign Language | Michael Everson | |
| sgn-ZA | South African Sign Language | Michael Everson | |
| sl-nedis | Natisone dialect, Nadiza dialect | Han Steenwijk | |
| sl-rozaj | Resian, Resianic, Rezijan | Han Steenwijk | |
| sr-Cyrl | Serbian in Cyrillic script | Mark Davis; Mark Davis | |
| sr-Latn | Serbian in Latin script | Mark Davis; Mark Davis | |
| tg-Arab | Tajik in Arabic script | Peter Constable | |
| tg-Cyrl | Tajik in Cyrillic script | Peter Constable | |
| uz-Cyrl | Uzbek in Cyrillic script | Mark Davis; Mark Davis | |
| uz-Latn | Uzbek in Latin script | Mark Davis; Mark Davis | |
| yi-latn | Yiddish, in Latin script | Sean Burke | |
| zh-cmn | Mandarin Chinese | Karen Broome | |
| zh-cmn-Hans | Mandarin Chinese (Simplified) | Karen Broome | |
| zh-cmn-Hant | Mandarin Chinese (Traditional) | Karen Broome | |
| zh-Hans | Chinese, in simplified script | Mark Davis; Mark Davis | |
| zh-Hans-CN | PRC Mainland Chinese in simplified script | Mark Davis; Mark Davis | |
| zh-Hans-HK | Hong Kong Chinese in simplified script | Mark Davis; Mark Davis | |
| zh-Hans-MO | Macao Chinese in simplified script | Mark Davis; Mark Davis | |
| zh-Hans-SG | Singapore Chinese in simplified script | Mark Davis; Mark Davis | |
| zh-Hans-TW | Taiwan Chinese in simplified script | Mark Davis; Mark Davis | |
| zh-Hant | Chinese, in traditional script | Mark Davis; Mark Davis | |
| zh-Hant-CN | PRC Mainland Chinese in traditional script | Mark Davis; Mark Davis | |
| zh-Hant-HK | Hong Kong Chinese in traditional script | Mark Davis; Mark Davis | |
| zh-Hant-MO | Macao Chinese in traditional script | Mark Davis; Mark Davis | |
| zh-Hant-SG | Singapore Chinese in traditional script | Mark Davis; Mark Davis | |
| zh-Hant-TW | Taiwan Chinese in traditional script | Mark Davis; Mark Davis | |
| zh-gan | Kan or Gan | Clay Compton | |
| zh-guoyu | Mandarin or Standard Chinese | Clay Compton; John Cowan; John Cowan | Deprecated, use zh-cmn registered in July 2005 |
| zh-hakka | Hakka | Clay Compton; John Cowan; John Cowan | |
| zh-min | Min, Fuzhou, Hokkien, Amoy or Taiwanese | Clay Compton | |
| zh-min-nan | Minnan, Hokkien, Amoy, Taiwanese, Southern Min, Southern Fujian, Hoklo, Southern Fukien, Ho-lo | Kai-hus Tai | |
| zh-wuu | Shanghaiese or Wu | Clay Compton | |
| zh-xiang | Xiang or Hunanese | Clay Compton | |
| zh-yue | Cantonese | Clay Compton |
Contact Information
| Name | Contact URI | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Lilley | chris&w3.org | 2001-03 |
| Clay Compton | claycoµsoft.com | 2000-01 |
| Davina Zawinski | dz&fatalist.uklinux.net | 2002-07 |
| Han Steenwijk | han.steenwijk&unipd.it | 2004-06 |
| Jaska Zedlik | jz53&zedlik.com | 2005-04 |
| John Cowan | jcowan&reutershealth.com | 2003-02 |
| John Cowan | cowan&ccil.org | 2005-09 |
| Kai-hus Tai | kaihsu&ugcs.caltech.edu | 2001-03 |
| Karen Broome | Karen.Broome&spe.sony.com | 2005-07 |
| Keith Szlamp | keith&szlamp.com | |
| Luc Pardon | lucp&skopos.be | 2005-09-28 |
| Mark Davis | mark.davis&macchiato.com | 2005-04 |
| Mark Davis | mark.davis&us.ibm.com | 2005-04 |
| Matthias Wimmer | ich&matthias-wimmer.dec | 1999-10 |
| Michael Everson | everson&evertype.com | 2003-07 |
| Peter Constable | peterconµsoft.com | 2005-04 |
| Sean Burke | sburke&cpan.org | 2003-01 |
| Torsten Bronger | bronger&physik.rwth-aachen.de | 2002-07 |