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ISO 639

standard for representation of names for language and language groups
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Summary

ISO 639 is an ISO standard[1]. It draws 1,904 Wikipedia views per month (iso standard category, ranking #28 of 128).[2]

Key Facts

  • Maintained by: Standards Council of Canada[3]
  • Commons category: ISO 639[4]
  • Has part(s): ISO 639-1[5], ISO 639-2[6], ISO 639-3[7], ISO 639 Set 5[8]
  • Official website: https://www.iso.org/iso-639-language-code[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:ISO 639[10]
  • Main subject: language identifier[11], language[12], language family[13]
  • Official name: ISO 639:2023 Code for individual languages and language groups[14]
  • Standards body: International Organization for Standardization[15]
  • International Classification for Standards: 01.140.20[16]

Why It Matters

ISO 639 has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . iso.org. iso.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . iso.org. iso.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14w ago · ~2026-37038-25 · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Has parts → —
    Has part(s) → ISO 639-1, ISO 639-2, ISO 639-3 +2
    Topic's main category → Category:ISO 639
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Great norwegian encyclopedia id: ISO_639_-_språkkoder"
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