iso639-js

ISO639 language codes processed and ready to use in javaScript applications

Based on http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3, Wikipedia and other sources

All codes used as index are iso639-3 codes except for alpha2to3mappings.json file

Main files:

• iso639.js — Full file with native and all locales names included
• iso639_enUS.js — English locale and native names only
• iso639_ruRU.js — Russian locale and native names only

The main file is quite large, and will become larger with every added locale, so I suggest to use only required locale(s) in production apps.

Other generated files:

• alpha2to3mappings.json — Mapping from 2-letter codes to 3-letter codes
• alpha3to2mappings.json — Mapping from 3-letter codes to 2-letter codes
• alpha3toNativeNameMapping.json — Mapping from 3-letter codes to native and english language names
• iso639-3_constructed.json — List of constructed languages
• iso639-3_extinct.json — List of extinct languages
• iso639-3_historical — List of historical languages (not spoken but used)
• iso639-3_living — List of currently living languages

Reference files:

Filename	Last modified date	Description
iso639-3.json	2015-01-12	ISO639-3 to ISO639-2 and ISO639-1 mappings
iso639-3_name-index.json	2015-05-05	ISO639-3 Name Index
iso639-3_macrolanguages.json	2015-01-12	ISO639-3 Macrolanguages
iso639-3_retirements.json	2015-01-12	ISO639-3 Retirements
gost7.75-97.json	2000-01-01	Russian state standart for language codes

Key to reference files field names

• part2B — Equivalent 639-2 identifier of the bibliographic applications code set
• part2T — Equivalent 639-2 identifier of the terminology applications code
• part1 — Equivalent 639-1 identifier, if there is one
• scope — Language scope, on of individual, macrolanguage, special
• type — Language type, on of ancient, constructed, extinct, historical, living, special
• referenceName — English reference language name (not necesserily a standart)
• comment — Comment relating to one or more of the columns
• name — One of the names associated with this identifier
• invertedName — The inverted form of this name form
• status — Macrolanguage status, active or retired
• retirementReason — Reason for language code retirement, one of change, duplicate, nonExistent, split, merge
• changedTo — to which all instances of retired code should be changed
• retirementRemedy — The instructions for updating an instance of the retired (split) identifier
• effectiveDate — The date the retirement became effective
• gostName — Language name according to GOST7.75-97
• gostNameVariant — Language name variant(s) according to GOST7.75-97
• gostAlpha — Three-letter cyrillic code according to GOST7.75-97
• gostNumeric — Three-digit code according to GOST7.75-97