standard for representation of names for language and language groups
ISO 639 is an international standard that establishes codes to represent the names of languages and language groups in a consistent, uniform way. It matters because it allows people, organizations, and computer systems around the world to identify and refer to languages using the same standardized codes rather than relying on different naming conventions.
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ISO 639 is a standard by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) concerned with the representation of languages and language groups. It currently consists of four sets (1–3, 5) of code, named after each part which formerly described respective set (part 4 was guidelines without its own coding system); a part 6 was published but withdrawn. It was first approved in 1967 as a single-part ISO Recommendation, ISO/R 639, superseded in 2002 by part 1 of the new series, ISO 639-1, followed by additional parts. All existing parts of the series were consolidated into a single standard in 2023, largely based on the text of ISO 639-4.
Use of ISO 639 codes
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