LANGUAGE TAGS - OBSOLETE - per [RFC4646] (last updated 2006-09-27) In "Tags for the Identification of Languages" [BCP47,RFC3066] there is a provision for listing unique "tags" or names for languages and variants of languages. This document summaries the list of assigned language tags. Assigned Language Tags Tag Description Reference Notes ----------- ----------------------------- --------- --------- art-lojban Lojban [Cowan] Deprecated use ISO 639-2 jbo, registered Sept. 2, 2003. az-Arab Azerbaijani in Arabic script [Davis] az-Cyrl Azerbaijani in Cyrillic [Davis] script az-Latn Azerbaijani in Latin script [Davis] be-Latn Belarusian in Latin script [Zedlik] bs-Cyrl Bosnian in Cyrillic script [Constable] bs-Latn Bosnian in Latin script [Constable] cel-gaulish Gaulish [Lilley] de-1901 German, traditional [Bronger] orthography de-1996 German, orthography of 1996 [Bronger] de-AT-1901 German, Austrian variant, [Bronger] traditional orthography de-AT-1996 German, Austrian variant, [Bronger] orthography of 1996 de-CH-1901 German, Swiss variant, [Bronger] traditional orthography de-CH-1996 German, Swiss variant, [Bronger] orthography of 1996 de-DE-1901 German, German variant, [Bronger] traditional orthography de-DE-1996 German, German variant, [Bronger] orthography of 1996 el-Latn Greek in Latin script [Pardon] en-boont Boontling [Cowan] en-GB-oed English, Oxford English Dictionary spelling [Everson] en-scouse English Liverpudlian dialect [Szlamp] known as 'Scouse' es-419 Latin American Spanish [Broome] i-ami Amis [Tai] i-bnn Bunun [Tai] i-default Default Language Context [RFC2277] i-enochian Enochian [Zawinski] i-hak Hakka [Tai] Deprecated use IETF zh-hakka, registered Jan. 10, 2000 i-klingon Klingon [Everson] Deprecated use ISO 639-2 tlh, registered Feb. 24, 2004. i-lux Luxembourgish [Wimmer] Deprecated use ISO 639 lb, registered Sept. 9, 1998 [iso639] i-mingo Mingo [Burke] i-navajo Navajo [Burke] Deprecated use ISO 639 nv, registered Feb. 18, 2000 [iso639] i-pwn Paiwan [Tai] i-tao Tao [Tai] i-tay Tayal [Tai] i-tsu Tsou [Tai] iu-Cans Inuktitut in Canadian Aboriginal [Constable] iu-Latn Inuktitut in Latin script [Constable] mn-Cyrl Mongolian in Cyrillic script [Constable] mn-Mong Mongolian in Mongolian script [Constable] no-bok Norwegian "Book language" Deprecated use ISO 639 nb, registered Feb. 18, 2000 [iso639] no-nyn Norwegian "New Norwegian" Deprecated use ISO 639 nn, registered Feb. 18, 2000 [iso639] sgn-BE-fr Belgian-French Sign Language [Everson] sgn-BE-nl Belgian-Flemish Sign Language [Everson] sgn-BR Brazilian Sign Language [Everson] sgn-CH-de Swiss German Sign Language [Everson] sgn-CO Colombian Sign Language [Everson] sgn-DE German Sign Language [Everson] sgn-DK Danish Sign Language [Everson] sgn-ES Spanish Sign Language [Everson] sgn-FR French Sign Language [Everson] sgn-GB British Sign Language [Everson] sgn-GR Greek Sign Language [Everson] sgn-IE Irish Sign Language [Everson] sgn-IT Italian Sign Language [Everson] sgn-JP Japanese Sign Language [Everson] sgn-MX Mexican Sign Language [Everson] sgn-NI Nicaraguan Sign Language [Everson] sgn-NL Dutch Sign Language [Everson] sgn-NO Norwegian Sign Language [Everson] sgn-PT Portuguese Sign Language [Everson] sgn-SE Swedish Sign Language [Everson] sgn-US American Sign Language [Everson] sgn-ZA South African Sign Language [Everson] sl-nedis Natisone dialect, Nadiza dialect [Steenwijk] sl-rozaj Resian, Resianic, Rezijan [Steenwijk] sr-Cyrl Serbian in Cyrillic script [Davis] sr-Latn Serbian in Latin script [Davis] tg-Arab Tajik in Arabic script [Constable] tg-Cyrl Tajik in Cyrillic script [Constable] uz-Cyrl Uzbek in Cyrillic script [Davis] uz-Latn Uzbek in Latin script [Davis] yi-latn Yiddish, in Latin script [Burke] zh-cmn Mandarin Chinese [Broome] zh-cmn-Hans Mandarin Chinese (Simplified) [Broome] zh-cmn-Hant Mandarin Chinese (Traditional) [Broome] zh-Hans Chinese, in simplified script [Davis] zh-Hans-CN PRC Mainland Chinese in simplified script [Davis] zh-Hans-HK Hong Kong Chinese in simplified script [Davis] zh-Hans-MO Macao Chinese in simplified script [Davis] zh-Hans-SG Singapore Chinese in simplified script [Davis] zh-Hans-TW Taiwan Chinese in simplified script [Davis] zh-Hant Chinese, in traditional script [Davis] zh-Hant-CN PRC Mainland Chinese in traditional script [Davis] zh-Hant-HK Hong Kong Chinese in traditional script [Davis] zh-Hant-MO Macao Chinese in traditional script [Davis] zh-Hant-SG Singapore Chinese in traditional script [Davis] zh-Hant-TW Taiwan Chinese in traditional script [Davis] zh-gan Kan or Gan [Compton] zh-guoyu Mandarin or Standard Chinese [Compton, Cowan] Deprecated, use zh-cmn registered in July 2005 zh-hakka Hakka [Compton, Cowan] zh-min Min, Fuzhou, Hokkien, Amoy [Compton] or Taiwanese zh-min-nan Minnan, Hokkien, Amoy, [Tai] Taiwanese, Southern Min, Southern Fujian, Hoklo, Southern Fukien, Ho-lo zh-wuu Shanghaiese or Wu [Compton] zh-xiang Xiang or Hunanese [Compton] zh-yue Cantonese [Compton] REFERENCES ---------- [iso639] http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/codechanges.html [RFC2277] Alvestrand, H. "IETF Policy on Character Sets and Languages", RFC 2277, Maxware, January 1998. [RFC3066] Alvestrand, H., "Tags for the Identification of Languages", [BCP47] RFC 3066, BCP 47, January 2001. [RFC4646] A. Phillips and M. Davis, "Tags for Identifying Languages", RFC 4646, September 2006. PEOPLE ------ [Bronger] Torsten Bronger, , July 2002. [Broome] Karen Broome, , July 2005. [Burke] Sean Burke, , October 1997, January 2003. [Compton] Clay Compton, , January 2000. [Constable] Peter Constable, , April 2005. [Cowan] John Cowan, , April 2001, February 2003. , November 2001, September 2005. [Davis] Mark Davis, or , May 2003, April 2005. [Everson] Michael Everson, , May 1999, March 2001, November 2001, July 2003. [Lilley] Chris Lilley, , March 2001. [Pardon] Luc Pardon, , 28 September 2005. [Steenwijk] Han Steenwijk, , October 2003, June 2004. [Szlamp] Keith Szlamp, , ?. [Tai] Kai-hus Tai, , April. May 1999, March 2001. [Wimmer] Matthias Wimmer, , October 1999. [Zawinski] Davina Zawinski, , July 2002. [Zedlik] Jaska Zedlik, , April 2005. []