Language Codelist

Language Codelist

The value domain of the Language Codelist is limited to the Bibliographic form of the official languages listed in ISO 639-2, amended for NATO use. The following table provides a list of codes for the common official languages of the NATO countries.

#	Code	English Name	Definition	Source
1	afr	Afrikaans	Afrikaans is an official language of South Africa
2	alb	Albanian	The dominant and official language of Albania.
3	bul	Bulgarian	Bulgarian is the official language of Bulgaria.
4	cze	Czech	Czech is an official language in Czech Republic.
5	dan	Danish	Danish is the official language of Denmark.
6	dut	Dutch (Flemish)	Dutch is the official language of Netherlands. It is also an official language in Belgium.
7	eng	English	English is the de facto official language in United Kingdom. It is also an official language in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and NATO. It is the official language of at least 28 states in United States where it is the de facto language of American government and the sole language spoken at home by 80% of the Americans age five and older.
8	est	Estonian	Estonian is the official language in Estonia.
9	fre	French	French is the official Language in France. It is also an official language in Canada, Belgium, Luxembourg and NATO.
10	ger	German	German is the official language of Germany and Austria. It is also an official language in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Belgium and Luxembourg.
11	gre	Greek	Greek is the official language in Greece. English name for code „gre“ provided in some versions of ISO 639-2 register is not correct. Be aware to use the names provided in this table
12	hrv	Croatian	Croatian is the official language in Croatia.
13	hun	Hungarian	Hungarian is the official language in Hungary.
14	ice	Icelandic	Icelandic is the de facto official language in Iceland.
15	ita	Italian	Italian is the de facto official language in Italy.
16	lav	Latvian	Latvian is the official language in Latvia.
17	lit	Lithuanian	Lithuanian is the official language in Lithuania.
18	ltz	Luxembourgish (Letzeburgesch)	Luxembourgish is the de jure official language in Luxembourg.
19	nbl	South Ndebele	South Ndebele is an official language of South Africa.
20	nor	Norwegian	Norwegian is the official language in Norway.
21	nso	Northern Sotho, Pedi, Sepedi	Northern Sotho, Pedi, Sepedi is an official language of South Africa.
22	pol	Polish	Polish is the official language in Poland.
23	por	Portuguese	Portuguese is the official language in Portugal.
24	rar	Rarotongan, Cook Islands Maori	Rarotongan, Cook Islands Maori is an official language of New Zealand.
25	rum	Romanian (Moldavian/Moldovan)	Romanian is the official language at the national level (other official languages, such as Hungarian or German are official at a local level) in Romania.
26	slo	Slovak	Slovak is the official language in Slovakia.
27	slv	Slovenian	Slovenian is the official language in Slovenia (Italian and Hungarian are also official languages in the residential areas of the Italian and Hungarian national community).
28	sot	Southern Sotho	Southern Sotho is an official language of South Africa.
29	spa	Spanish (Castillan)	Spanish is the national official language in Spain (other official languages exist at local level).
30	ssw	Swati/Swazi	Swati is an official language of South Africa.
31	swe	Swedish	Swedish is the national official language in Sweden. It is also an official language in Finland.
32	tsn	Tswana	Tswana is an official language of South Africa.
33	tso	Tsonga	Tsonga is an official language of South Africa.
34	tur	Turkish	Turkish is the national official language in Turkey.
35	ven	Venda	Venda is an official language of South Africa.
36	xho	Xhosa	Xhosa is an official language of South Africa.
37	zul	Zulu	Zulu is an official language of South Africa.