ISO 639 (Classification) the international standard of recognized codes for the representation of more than 500 languages or language families
ISO 639 is a term in Information Science that commonly means "the international standard of recognized codes for the representation of more than 500 languages or language families." This includes the following terms: ISO 639-3. This term belongs mainly to the broader category called Classification.
Website definitions of ISO 639
Source: ISO (https://www.iso.org)
"ISO 639 Language codes"
Internationally recognized codes for the representation of more than 500 languages or language families, with ISO 639.
This ISO standard can be applied across many types of organization and situations. It’s invaluable for bibliographic purposes, in libraries or information management, including computerized systems, and for the representation of different language versions on Websites.
Using a code (either 2, 3 or 4 letters long), rather than the name of a language, has many benefits as some cultures may have different names for the same language, while some languages may share the same, or similar, names even though they are unrelated.
ISO Contributors, "ISO: ISO 639 Language codes," accessed September 17, 2023, https://www.iso.org/iso-639-language-codes.html. [Visit]
PDF of Website Page
Citation
PsychLing Contributors. "ISO 639." PsychLing, OMNIKA Foundation, 17 Sep. 2023, psylng.org/glossary/term/iso-639. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
PsychLing (2023, September 17). ISO 639. Retrieved from https://psylng.org/glossary/term/iso-639
Bibliography
APA Contributors. "APA Dictionary of Psychology." Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Accessed September 14, 2023. https://dictionary.apa.org. [Visit]
Crystal, David, ed. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2011.
Eberhard, David M., Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig, eds. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 25th ed." Dallas, TX: SIL International, 2022. Accessed August 20, 2023. https://www.ethnologue.com. [Visit]
Internet Archive Contributors. "Wayback Machine." San Francisco, CA: Internet Archive. Created October 24, 2001. Accessed July 21, 2023. https://web.archive.org. [Visit]
ISO Contributors. "ISO: International Organization for Standardization." Geneva, Switzerland: International Organization for Standardization. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://iso.org. [Visit]
SIL International Contributors. "ISO 639-3 Registration Authority: International Standard for Language Codes." Dallas, TX: SIL International. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://iso639-3.sil.org. [Visit]
SIL International Contributors. "SIL International." Dallas, TX: SIL International. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://www.sil.org. [Visit]
PsychLing Glossary
Browse 29 psycholinguistic glossary terms and definitions organized in the Classification category.
Read morePsychLing Glossary
Information Science is a field of study that concerns the scientific study of data organization, classification, manipulation, and retrieval.
Read morePsychLing Glossary
ISO 639-3 is a term in