iso639: List of languages and their iso639-1 and iso639-2 codes

In carpentries/glosario-r: A Multilingual Glossary

List of languages and their iso639-1 and iso639-2 codes

Description

A dataset of the ISO 639-1 and ISO 639-2 language codes and their names in English, French, and German.

Usage

iso639

Format

A tibble with 507 rows and 7 columns:

• iso639_1 the 2-letter code for the language

• iso639_2 the 3-letter code for the language (the content of this column is the same as the column iso639_2_terminology)

• iso639_2_bibliography the 3-letter code for the language using the "Bibliographic version" (also known as ISO639-2/B).

• iso639_2_terminology the 3-letter code for the language using the "Terminology version" (also known as ISO639-2/T).

• english_name the English name of the language

• french_name the French name for the language

• german_name the German name for the language

There are 21 languages that have different codes in the ISO639-2/B and ISO639-2/T codes. In general the T codes are prefered and the B codes are provided for compatibility.

Source

http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php retrieved on 2020-06-19

carpentries/glosario-r documentation built on April 25, 2023, 8:48 p.m.