List of ISO 639-1 codes

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ISO 639 is a standard way to classify languages. Each language is given a two-letter (639-1) and three-letter (639-2 and 639-3) lowercase abbreviation, amended in later versions of the nomenclature. (for example, English gets abbreviated to en.)