Country code cross-reference table

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Country Language Code Quick Lookup

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Introduction to National Language Codes:

1. Country code ISO 61259 is a standard code used to identify the languages of different countries and regions.

2. Country code ISO 61266 is crucial for internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n), particularly when developing multilingual websites or software.

3. Country code ISO 61269 codes typically consist of two parts:

(1) Language code: Indicates the specific language.

(2) Country or region code: Indicates the country or region where the language is spoken.

(3) Example: zh-CN represents Simplified Chinese, where "zh" is the language code for Chinese, and "CN" is the country code for China.

4. Standards for country code:

(1) ISO 639: Defines language codes, such as "en" for English, "fr" for French, and "zh" for Chinese.

(2) ISO 3166: Defines country or region codes, such as "US" for the United States and "FR" for France.

(3) The standard format is typically: language code_country code.

5. Country and language codes are widely used in the following scenarios:

(1) Web Development: Development and localization of multilingual websites.

(2) Software localization: Multilingual support for software interfaces.

(3) Data exchange: Exchanging language-related data between different systems and platforms.

Cross-reference table of language codes by country

language code	Language Name
af	Afrikaans (language)
af-ZA	Afrikaans (language)
ar	Arabic (language)
ar-AE	Arabic (UAE)
ar-BH	Arabic (Bahrain)
ar-DZ	Arabic (Algeria)
ar-EG	Arabic (Egypt)
ar-IQ	Arabic (Iraq)
ar-JO	Arabic (Jordan)
ar-KW	Arabic (Kuwait)
ar-LB	Arabic (Lebanon)
ar-LY	Arabic (Libya)
ar-MA	Arabic (Morocco)
ar-OM	Arabic (Oman)
ar-QA	Arabic (Qatar)
ar-SA	Arabic (Saudi Arabia)
ar-SY	Arabic (Syria)
ar-TN	Arabic (Tunisia)
ar-YE	Arabic (Yemen)
az	Azerbaijani (language)
az-AZ	Azerbaijani (Latin)
az-AZ	Azerbaijani (Cyrillic)
be	Belgian (language)
be-BY	Belgian (language)
bg	Bulgarian (language)
bg-BG	Bulgarian (language)
bs-BA	Bosnian (Latin, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
ca	Catalan (language)
ca-ES	Catalan (language)
cs	Czech (language)
cs-CZ	Czech (language)
cy	Welsh (language)
cy-GB	Welsh (language)
da	Danish
da-DK	Danish
de	German (language)
de-AT	German (Austria)
de-CH	German (Switzerland)
de-DE	German (Germany)
de-LI	German (Liechtenstein)
de-LU	German (Luxembourg)
dv	Tiwié (language)
dv-MV	Tiwié (language)
el	Greek language
el-GR	Greek language
en	English (language)
en-AU	English (Australia)
en-BZ	English (Belize)
en-CA	English (Canada)
en-CB	English (Caribbean)
en-GB	English (UK)
en-IE	English (Ireland)
en-JM	English (Jamaica)
en-NZ	English (New Zealand)
en-PH	English (Philippines)
en-TT	English (Trinidad)
en-US	English (United States)
en-ZA	English (South Africa)
en-ZW	English (Zimbabwe)
eo	Esperanto
es	Spanish language
es-AR	Spanish (Argentina)
es-BO	Spanish (Bolivia)
es-CL	Spanish (Chile)
es-CO	Spanish (Colombia)
es-CR	Spanish (Costa Rica)
es-DO	Spanish (Dominican Republic)
es-EC	Spanish (Ecuador)
es-ES	Spanish (traditional)
es-ES	Spanish (international)
es-GT	Spanish (Guatemala)
es-HN	Spanish (Honduras)
es-MX	Spanish (Mexico)
es-NI	Spanish (Nicaragua)
es-PA	Spanish (Panama)
es-PE	Spanish (Peru)
es-PR	Spanish (Puerto Rico (United States))
es-PY	Spanish (Paraguay)
es-SV	Spanish (El Salvador)
es-UY	Spanish (Uruguay)
es-VE	Spanish (Venezuela)
et	Estonian (language)
et-EE	Estonian (language)
eu	Basque (language)
eu-ES	Basque (language)
fa	Farsi
fa-IR	Farsi
fi	Finnish (language)
fi-FI	Finnish (language)
fo	Faroese
fo-FO	Faroese
fr	French (language)
fr-BE	French (Belgium)
fr-CA	French (Canada)
fr-CH	French (Switzerland)
fr-FR	French (France)
fr-LU	French (Luxembourg)
fr-MC	French (Monaco)
gl	Galician (language)
gl-ES	Galician (language)
gu	Gujarati (language)
gu-IN	Gujarati (language)
he	Hebrew language
he-IL	Hebrew language
hi	Hindi (language)
hi-IN	Hindi (language)
hr	Croatian (language)
hr-BA	Croatian (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
hr-HR	Croatian (language)
hu	Hungarian language
hu-HU	Hungarian language
hy	Armenian (language)
hy-AM	Armenian (language)
id	Indonesian language
id-ID	Indonesian language
is	Icelandic (language)
is-IS	Icelandic (language)
it	Italian (language)
it-CH	Italian (Switzerland)
it-IT	Italian (Italy)
ja	dictionary
ja-JP	dictionary
ka	Georgian (language)
ka-GE	Georgian (language)
kk	Kazakh language
kk-KZ	Kazakh language
kn	Canara language
kn-IN	Canara language
ko	Korean language
ko-KR	Korean language
kok	Konkani
kok-IN	Konkani
ky	Kyrgyz (language)
ky-KG	Kyrgyz (Cyrillic)
lt	Lithuanian (language)
lt-LT	Lithuanian (language)
lv	Latvian (language)
lv-LV	Latvian (language)
mi	Maori language
mi-NZ	Maori language
mk	Macedonian (language)
mk-MK	Macedonian (FYROM)
mn	Mongolian language
mn-MN	Mongolian (Cyrillic)
mr	Marathi language of west India
mr-IN	Marathi language of west India
ms	Malay
ms-BN	Malay (Brunei Darussalam)
ms-MY	Malay (Malaysia)
mt	Maltese (language)
mt-MT	Maltese (language)
nb	Norwegian (Birkmere)
nb-NO	Norwegian (Berkmer) (Norway)
nl	Dutch (language)
nl-BE	Dutch (Belgium)
nl-NL	Dutch (Netherlands)
nn-NO	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Norway)
ns	Northern Sotho
ns-ZA	Northern Sotho
pa	Punjabi (language)
pa-IN	Punjabi (language)
pl	Polish (language)
pl-PL	Polish (language)
pt	Portuguese (language)
pt-BR	Portuguese (Brazil)
pt-PT	Portuguese (Portugal)
qu	Quechua
qu-BO	Quechua (Bolivia)
qu-EC	Quechua (Ecuador)
qu-PE	Quechua (Peru)
ro	Romanian (language)
ro-RO	Romanian (language)
ru	Russian (language)
ru-RU	Russian (language)
sa	Sanskrit
sa-IN	Sanskrit
se	North Samoan
se-FI	Northern Samoan (Finland)
se-FI	Scottish Samoan (Finland)
se-FI	Inarasamus (Finland)
se-NO	Northern Samoan (Norway)
se-NO	Luleo-Samoan (Norway)
se-NO	South Samoan (Norway)
se-SE	Northern Samoan (Sweden)
se-SE	Luleo-Samoan (Sweden)
se-SE	South Samoan (Sweden)
sk	Slovak (language)
sk-SK	Slovak (language)
sl	Slovenian (language)
sl-SI	Slovenian (language)
sq	Albanian (language)
sq-AL	Albanian (language)
sr-BA	Serbian (Latin, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
sr-BA	Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
sr-SP	Serbia (Latin)
sr-SP	Serbia (Cyrillic)
sv	Swedish (language)
sv-FI	Swedish (Finland)
sv-SE	Swedish (language)
sw	Kiswahili
sw-KE	Kiswahili
syr	Syriac language (from Syria)
syr-SY	Syriac language (from Syria)
ta	Tamil language
ta-IN	Tamil language
te	Telegu, the official language of Andhra Pradesh, India
te-IN	Telegu, the official language of Andhra Pradesh, India
th	Thai (language)
th-TH	Thai (language)
tl	Tagalog (language)
tl-PH	Tagalog (Philippines)
tn	Tswana language
tn-ZA	Tswana language
tr	Turkish (language)
tr-TR	Turkish (language)
ts	Zonga language
tt	Tatar (language)
tt-RU	Tatar (language)
uk	Ukrainian (language)
uk-UA	Ukrainian (language)
ur	Urdu (language)
ur-PK	Urdu (language)
uz	Uzbek (language)
uz-UZ	Uzbek (Latin)
uz-UZ	Uzbek (Cyrillic)
vi	Vietnamese language
vi-VN	Vietnamese language
xh	Bantu language
xh-ZA	Bantu language
zh	Chinese
zh-CN	Chinese (Simplified)
zh-HK	Chinese (Hong Kong)
zh-MO	Chinese (Macau)
zh-SG	Chinese (Singapore)
zh-TW	Chinese (Traditional)
zu	Zulu (language)
zu-ZA	Zulu (language)