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ISO 639-6

deprecated language code standard, was proposed in 2009, maintained by GeoLang, and withdrawn in 2014
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ISO 639-6

Summary

ISO 639-6 is an ISO standard[1]. It draws 50 Wikipedia views per month (iso_standard category, ranking #56 of 128).[2]

Key Facts

  • ISO 639-6's instance of is recorded as ISO standard[3].
  • ISO 639-6's maintained by is recorded as Geolang (United Kingdom)[4].
  • ISO 639-6's part of is recorded as ISO 639[5].
  • ISO 639-6's Commons category is recorded as ISO 639-6[6].
  • ISO 639-6's ISO standard is recorded as 639–6[7].
  • ISO 639-6's publication date is recorded as +2009-11-17T00:00:00Z[8].
  • ISO 639-6's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03bxbrb[9].
  • ISO 639-6's main subject is recorded as ISO 639-3 code[10].
  • ISO 639-6's standards body is recorded as International Organization for Standardization[11].
  • ISO 639-6's main Wikidata property is recorded as P221[12].
  • ISO 639-6's discontinuation date is recorded as +2014-11-25T00:00:00Z[13].
  • ISO 639-6's ITU/ISO/IEC object ID is recorded as 1.0.639.6[14].

Body

Geography

ISO 639-6's part of is recorded as ISO 639[5].

Designation and Status

ISO 639-6's instance of is recorded as ISO standard[3].

Why It Matters

ISO 639-6 draws 50 Wikipedia views per month (iso_standard category, ranking #56 of 128).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Recommendation X.660 (07/2011): Information technology – Procedures for the operation of object identifier registration authorities: General procedures and top arcs of the international object identifier tree. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · ねこ8 · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → ISO 639-3 code
    Maintained by → Geolang (United Kingdom)
    Aliases → —
    Part of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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