Foreword

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The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote.

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ISO 639‑3 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 37, Terminology and other language and content resources, Subcommittee SC 2, Terminographical and lexicographical working methods.

ISO 639 consists of the following parts, under the general title Codes for the representation of names of languages:

— Part 1: Alpha-2 code
— Part 2: Alpha-3 code
— Part 3: Alpha-3 code for comprehensive coverage of languages

The following parts are under preparation:

— Part 4: Implementation guidelines and general principles for language coding
— Part 5: Alpha-3 code for language families and groups
— Part 6: Alpha-4 representation for comprehensive coverage of language variation

BS ISO 639-3:2007

Codes for the representation of names of languages - Alpha-3 code for comprehensive coverage of languages

Published:

31 May 2007

Withdrawn:

20 Nov 2023