Language List - MaxMaeder/DriveBackupV2 GitHub Wiki
Valid languages of the date and time pattern letters. Use the ISO 639-1 code unless it doesn't exist, in which case, use the ISO 639-2 code.
| ISO 639-2 Code | ISO 639-1 Code | English Name of Language |
|---|---|---|
| aar | aa | Afar |
| abk | ab | Abkhazian |
| ace | Achinese | |
| ach | Acoli | |
| ada | Adangme | |
| ady | Adyghe; Adygei | |
| afa | Afro-Asiatic languages | |
| afh | Afrihili | |
| afr | af | Afrikaans |
| ain | Ainu | |
| aka | ak | Akan |
| akk | Akkadian | |
| alb (B) sqi (T) | sq | Albanian |
| ale | Aleut | |
| alg | Algonquian languages | |
| alt | Southern Altai | |
| amh | am | Amharic |
| ang | English, Old (ca.450-1100) | |
| anp | Angika | |
| apa | Apache languages | |
| ara | ar | Arabic |
| arc | Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE) | |
| arg | an | Aragonese |
| arm (B) hye (T) | hy | Armenian |
| arn | Mapudungun; Mapuche | |
| arp | Arapaho | |
| art | Artificial languages | |
| arw | Arawak | |
| asm | as | Assamese |
| ast | Asturian; Bable; Leonese; Asturleonese | |
| ath | Athapascan languages | |
| aus | Australian languages | |
| ava | av | Avaric |
| ave | ae | Avestan |
| awa | Awadhi | |
| aym | ay | Aymara |
| aze | az | Azerbaijani |
| bad | Banda languages | |
| bai | Bamileke languages | |
| bak | ba | Bashkir |
| bal | Baluchi | |
| bam | bm | Bambara |
| ban | Balinese | |
| baq (B) eus (T) | eu | Basque |
| bas | Basa | |
| bat | Baltic languages | |
| bej | Beja; Bedawiyet | |
| bel | be | Belarusian |
| bem | Bemba | |
| ben | bn | Bengali |
| ber | Berber languages | |
| bho | Bhojpuri | |
| bih | bh | Bihari languages |
| bik | Bikol | |
| bin | Bini; Edo | |
| bis | bi | Bislama |
| bla | Siksika | |
| bnt | Bantu languages | |
| tib (B) bod (T) | bo | Tibetan |
| bos | bs | Bosnian |
| bra | Braj | |
| bre | br | Breton |
| btk | Batak languages | |
| bua | Buriat | |
| bug | Buginese | |
| bul | bg | Bulgarian |
| bur (B) mya (T) | my | Burmese |
| byn | Blin; Bilin | |
| cad | Caddo | |
| cai | Central American Indian languages | |
| car | Galibi Carib | |
| cat | ca | Catalan; Valencian |
| cau | Caucasian languages | |
| ceb | Cebuano | |
| cel | Celtic languages | |
| cze (B) ces (T) | cs | Czech |
| cha | ch | Chamorro |
| chb | Chibcha | |
| che | ce | Chechen |
| chg | Chagatai | |
| chi (B) zho (T) | zh | Chinese |
| chk | Chuukese | |
| chm | Mari | |
| chn | Chinook jargon | |
| cho | Choctaw | |
| chp | Chipewyan; Dene Suline | |
| chr | Cherokee | |
| chu | cu | Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic |
| chv | cv | Chuvash |
| chy | Cheyenne | |
| cmc | Chamic languages | |
| cnr | Montenegrin | |
| cop | Coptic | |
| cor | kw | Cornish |
| cos | co | Corsican |
| cpe | Creoles and pidgins, English based | |
| cpf | Creoles and pidgins, French-based | |
| cpp | Creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based | |
| cre | cr | Cree |
| crh | Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish | |
| crp | Creoles and pidgins | |
| csb | Kashubian | |
| cus | Cushitic languages | |
| wel (B) cym (T) | cy | Welsh |
| cze (B) ces (T) | cs | Czech |
| dak | Dakota | |
| dan | da | Danish |
| dar | Dargwa | |
| day | Land Dayak languages | |
| del | Delaware | |
| den | Slave (Athapascan) | |
| ger (B) deu (T) | de | German |
| dgr | Dogrib | |
| din | Dinka | |
| div | dv | Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian |
| doi | Dogri | |
| dra | Dravidian languages | |
| dsb | Lower Sorbian | |
| dua | Duala | |
| dum | Dutch, Middle (ca.1050-1350) | |
| dut (B) nld (T) | nl | Dutch; Flemish |
| dyu | Dyula | |
| dzo | dz | Dzongkha |
| efi | Efik | |
| egy | Egyptian (Ancient) | |
| eka | Ekajuk | |
| gre (B) ell (T) | el | Greek, Modern (1453-) |
| elx | Elamite | |
| eng | en | English |
| enm | English, Middle (1100-1500) | |
| epo | eo | Esperanto |
| est | et | Estonian |
| baq (B) eus (T) | eu | Basque |
| ewe | ee | Ewe |
| ewo | Ewondo | |
| fan | Fang | |
| fao | fo | Faroese |
| per (B) fas (T) | fa | Persian |
| fat | Fanti | |
| fij | fj | Fijian |
| fil | Filipino; Pilipino | |
| fin | fi | Finnish |
| fiu | Finno-Ugrian languages | |
| fon | Fon | |
| fre (B) fra (T) | fr | French |
| fre (B) fra (T) | fr | French |
| frm | French, Middle (ca.1400-1600) | |
| fro | French, Old (842-ca.1400) | |
| frr | Northern Frisian | |
| frs | Eastern Frisian | |
| fry | fy | Western Frisian |
| ful | ff | Fulah |
| fur | Friulian | |
| gaa | Ga | |
| gay | Gayo | |
| gba | Gbaya | |
| gem | Germanic languages | |
| geo (B) kat (T) | ka | Georgian |
| ger (B) deu (T) | de | German |
| gez | Geez | |
| gil | Gilbertese | |
| gla | gd | Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic |
| gle | ga | Irish |
| glg | gl | Galician |
| glv | gv | Manx |
| gmh | German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500) | |
| goh | German, Old High (ca.750-1050) | |
| gon | Gondi | |
| gor | Gorontalo | |
| got | Gothic | |
| grb | Grebo | |
| grc | Greek, Ancient (to 1453) | |
| gre (B) ell (T) | el | Greek, Modern (1453-) |
| grn | gn | Guarani |
| gsw | Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian | |
| guj | gu | Gujarati |
| gwi | Gwich'in | |
| hai | Haida | |
| hat | ht | Haitian; Haitian Creole |
| hau | ha | Hausa |
| haw | Hawaiian | |
| heb | he | Hebrew |
| her | hz | Herero |
| hil | Hiligaynon | |
| him | Himachali languages; Western Pahari languages | |
| hin | hi | Hindi |
| hit | Hittite | |
| hmn | Hmong; Mong | |
| hmo | ho | Hiri Motu |
| hrv | hr | Croatian |
| hsb | Upper Sorbian | |
| hun | hu | Hungarian |
| hup | Hupa | |
| arm (B) hye (T) | hy | Armenian |
| iba | Iban | |
| ibo | ig | Igbo |
| ice (B) isl (T) | is | Icelandic |
| ido | io | Ido |
| iii | ii | Sichuan Yi; Nuosu |
| ijo | Ijo languages | |
| iku | iu | Inuktitut |
| ile | ie | Interlingue; Occidental |
| ilo | Iloko | |
| ina | ia | Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association) |
| inc | Indic languages | |
| ind | id | Indonesian |
| ine | Indo-European languages | |
| inh | Ingush | |
| ipk | ik | Inupiaq |
| ira | Iranian languages | |
| iro | Iroquoian languages | |
| ice (B) isl (T) | is | Icelandic |
| ita | it | Italian |
| jav | jv | Javanese |
| jbo | Lojban | |
| jpn | ja | Japanese |
| jpr | Judeo-Persian | |
| jrb | Judeo-Arabic | |
| kaa | Kara-Kalpak | |
| kab | Kabyle | |
| kac | Kachin; Jingpho | |
| kal | kl | Kalaallisut; Greenlandic |
| kam | Kamba | |
| kan | kn | Kannada |
| kar | Karen languages | |
| kas | ks | Kashmiri |
| geo (B) kat (T) | ka | Georgian |
| kau | kr | Kanuri |
| kaw | Kawi | |
| kaz | kk | Kazakh |
| kbd | Kabardian | |
| kha | Khasi | |
| khi | Khoisan languages | |
| khm | km | Central Khmer |
| kho | Khotanese; Sakan | |
| kik | ki | Kikuyu; Gikuyu |
| kin | rw | Kinyarwanda |
| kir | ky | Kirghiz; Kyrgyz |
| kmb | Kimbundu | |
| kok | Konkani | |
| kom | kv | Komi |
| kon | kg | Kongo |
| kor | ko | Korean |
| kos | Kosraean | |
| kpe | Kpelle | |
| krc | Karachay-Balkar | |
| krl | Karelian | |
| kro | Kru languages | |
| kru | Kurukh | |
| kua | kj | Kuanyama; Kwanyama |
| kum | Kumyk | |
| kur | ku | Kurdish |
| kut | Kutenai | |
| lad | Ladino | |
| lah | Lahnda | |
| lam | Lamba | |
| lao | lo | Lao |
| lat | la | Latin |
| lav | lv | Latvian |
| lez | Lezghian | |
| lim | li | Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish |
| lin | ln | Lingala |
| lit | lt | Lithuanian |
| lol | Mongo | |
| loz | Lozi | |
| ltz | lb | Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch |
| lua | Luba-Lulua | |
| lub | lu | Luba-Katanga |
| lug | lg | Ganda |
| lui | Luiseno | |
| lun | Lunda | |
| luo | Luo (Kenya and Tanzania) | |
| lus | Lushai | |
| mac (B) mkd (T) | mk | Macedonian |
| mad | Madurese | |
| mag | Magahi | |
| mah | mh | Marshallese |
| mai | Maithili | |
| mak | Makasar | |
| mal | ml | Malayalam |
| man | Mandingo | |
| mao (B) mri (T) | mi | Maori |
| map | Austronesian languages | |
| mar | mr | Marathi |
| mas | Masai | |
| may (B) msa (T) | ms | Malay |
| mdf | Moksha | |
| mdr | Mandar | |
| men | Mende | |
| mga | Irish, Middle (900-1200) | |
| mic | Mi'kmaq; Micmac | |
| min | Minangkabau | |
| mis | Uncoded languages | |
| mac (B) mkd (T) | mk | Macedonian |
| mkh | Mon-Khmer languages | |
| mlg | mg | Malagasy |
| mlt | mt | Maltese |
| mnc | Manchu | |
| mni | Manipuri | |
| mno | Manobo languages | |
| moh | Mohawk | |
| mon | mn | Mongolian |
| mos | Mossi | |
| mao (B) mri (T) | mi | Maori |
| may (B) msa (T) | ms | Malay |
| mul | Multiple languages | |
| mun | Munda languages | |
| mus | Creek | |
| mwl | Mirandese | |
| mwr | Marwari | |
| bur (B) mya (T) | my | Burmese |
| myn | Mayan languages | |
| myv | Erzya | |
| nah | Nahuatl languages | |
| nai | North American Indian languages | |
| nap | Neapolitan | |
| nau | na | Nauru |
| nav | nv | Navajo; Navaho |
| nbl | nr | Ndebele, South; South Ndebele |
| nde | nd | Ndebele, North; North Ndebele |
| ndo | ng | Ndonga |
| nds | Low German; Low Saxon; German, Low; Saxon, Low | |
| nep | ne | Nepali |
| new | Nepal Bhasa; Newari | |
| nia | Nias | |
| nic | Niger-Kordofanian languages | |
| niu | Niuean | |
| dut (B) nld (T) | nl | Dutch; Flemish |
| nno | nn | Norwegian Nynorsk; Nynorsk, Norwegian |
| nob | nb | Bokmål, Norwegian; Norwegian Bokmål |
| nog | Nogai | |
| non | Norse, Old | |
| nor | no | Norwegian |
| nqo | N'Ko | |
| nso | Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho | |
| nub | Nubian languages | |
| nwc | Classical Newari; Old Newari; Classical Nepal Bhasa | |
| nya | ny | Chichewa; Chewa; Nyanja |
| nym | Nyamwezi | |
| nyn | Nyankole | |
| nyo | Nyoro | |
| nzi | Nzima | |
| oci | oc | Occitan (post 1500) |
| oji | oj | Ojibwa |
| ori | or | Oriya |
| orm | om | Oromo |
| osa | Osage | |
| oss | os | Ossetian; Ossetic |
| ota | Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) | |
| oto | Otomian languages | |
| paa | Papuan languages | |
| pag | Pangasinan | |
| pal | Pahlavi | |
| pam | Pampanga; Kapampangan | |
| pan | pa | Panjabi; Punjabi |
| pap | Papiamento | |
| pau | Palauan | |
| peo | Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.) | |
| per (B) fas (T) | fa | Persian |
| phi | Philippine languages | |
| phn | Phoenician | |
| pli | pi | Pali |
| pol | pl | Polish |
| pon | Pohnpeian | |
| por | pt | Portuguese |
| pra | Prakrit languages | |
| pro | Provençal, Old (to 1500);Occitan, Old (to 1500) | |
| pus | ps | Pushto; Pashto |
| qaa-qtz | Reserved for local use | |
| que | qu | Quechua |
| raj | Rajasthani | |
| rap | Rapanui | |
| rar | Rarotongan; Cook Islands Maori | |
| roa | Romance languages | |
| roh | rm | Romansh |
| rom | Romany | |
| rum (B) ron (T) | ro | Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan |
| rum (B) ron (T) | ro | Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan |
| run | rn | Rundi |
| rup | Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian | |
| rus | ru | Russian |
| sad | Sandawe | |
| sag | sg | Sango |
| sah | Yakut | |
| sai | South American Indian languages | |
| sal | Salishan languages | |
| sam | Samaritan Aramaic | |
| san | sa | Sanskrit |
| sas | Sasak | |
| sat | Santali | |
| scn | Sicilian | |
| sco | Scots | |
| sel | Selkup | |
| sem | Semitic languages | |
| sga | Irish, Old (to 900) | |
| sgn | Sign Languages | |
| shn | Shan | |
| sid | Sidamo | |
| sin | si | Sinhala; Sinhalese |
| sio | Siouan languages | |
| sit | Sino-Tibetan languages | |
| sla | Slavic languages | |
| slo (B) slk (T) | sk | Slovak |
| slo (B) slk (T) | sk | Slovak |
| slv | sl | Slovenian |
| sma | Southern Sami | |
| sme | se | Northern Sami |
| smi | Sami languages | |
| smj | Lule Sami | |
| smn | Inari Sami | |
| smo | sm | Samoan |
| sms | Skolt Sami | |
| sna | sn | Shona |
| snd | sd | Sindhi |
| snk | Soninke | |
| sog | Sogdian | |
| som | so | Somali |
| son | Songhai languages | |
| sot | st | Sotho, Southern |
| spa | es | Spanish; Castilian |
| alb (B) sqi (T) | sq | Albanian |
| srd | sc | Sardinian |
| srn | Sranan Tongo | |
| srp | sr | Serbian |
| srr | Serer | |
| ssa | Nilo-Saharan languages | |
| ssw | ss | Swati |
| suk | Sukuma | |
| sun | su | Sundanese |
| sus | Susu | |
| sux | Sumerian | |
| swa | sw | Swahili |
| swe | sv | Swedish |
| syc | Classical Syriac | |
| syr | Syriac | |
| tah | ty | Tahitian |
| tai | Tai languages | |
| tam | ta | Tamil |
| tat | tt | Tatar |
| tel | te | Telugu |
| tem | Timne | |
| ter | Tereno | |
| tet | Tetum | |
| tgk | tg | Tajik |
| tgl | tl | Tagalog |
| tha | th | Thai |
| tib (B) bod (T) | bo | Tibetan |
| tig | Tigre | |
| tir | ti | Tigrinya |
| tiv | Tiv | |
| tkl | Tokelau | |
| tlh | Klingon; tlhIngan-Hol | |
| tli | Tlingit | |
| tmh | Tamashek | |
| tog | Tonga (Nyasa) | |
| ton | to | Tonga (Tonga Islands) |
| tpi | Tok Pisin | |
| tsi | Tsimshian | |
| tsn | tn | Tswana |
| tso | ts | Tsonga |
| tuk | tk | Turkmen |
| tum | Tumbuka | |
| tup | Tupi languages | |
| tur | tr | Turkish |
| tut | Altaic languages | |
| tvl | Tuvalu | |
| twi | tw | Twi |
| tyv | Tuvinian | |
| udm | Udmurt | |
| uga | Ugaritic | |
| uig | ug | Uighur; Uyghur |
| ukr | uk | Ukrainian |
| umb | Umbundu | |
| und | Undetermined | |
| urd | ur | Urdu |
| uzb | uz | Uzbek |
| vai | Vai | |
| ven | ve | Venda |
| vie | vi | Vietnamese |
| vol | vo | Volapük |
| vot | Votic | |
| wak | Wakashan languages | |
| wal | Wolaitta; Wolaytta | |
| war | Waray | |
| was | Washo | |
| wel (B) cym (T) | cy | Welsh |
| wen | Sorbian languages | |
| wln | wa | Walloon |
| wol | wo | Wolof |
| xal | Kalmyk; Oirat | |
| xho | xh | Xhosa |
| yao | Yao | |
| yap | Yapese | |
| yid | yi | Yiddish |
| yor | yo | Yoruba |
| ypk | Yupik languages | |
| zap | Zapotec | |
| zbl | Blissymbols; Blissymbolics; Bliss | |
| zen | Zenaga | |
| zgh | Standard Moroccan Tamazight | |
| zha | za | Zhuang; Chuang |
| chi (B) zho (T) | zh | Chinese |
| znd | Zande languages | |
| zul | zu | Zulu |
| zun | Zuni | |
| zxx | No linguistic content; Not applicable | |
| zza | Zaza; Dimili; Dimli; Kirdki; Kirmanjki; Zazaki |
Taken from loc.gov.