National foreword

This British Standard reproduces verbatim ISO 639‑1:2002 and implements it as the UK national standard.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee TS/1, Terminology, which has the responsibility to:

— aid enquirers to understand the text;
— present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed;
— monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

Cross-references

The British Standards which implement international publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Search” facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online.

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations.

Amendments/corrigenda issued since publication

Date	Text affected

BS ISO 639-1:2002

Codes for the representation of the names of languages - Alpha-2 code

Published:

26 Sep 2002

Withdrawn:

20 Nov 2023