Localized Language Names
From CrossWire Bible Society
The table below shows how to write the native name of many major languages in the world.
- This list is not complete!
| Code | Native name | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| aa | Qafár af | |
| ab | Аҧсуа | |
| acr | Achí | |
| ady | адыгaбзэ | |
| am | አማርኛ | |
| ang | Englisc | dead |
| ar | العربية | |
| as | অসমীয়া | |
| ast | Llingua Llïonesa | |
| awc | Cicipu | |
| ay | Aymar aru | |
| az | Azərbaycan / Азәрбајҹан / آذربایجان | |
| az-Arab | آذربایجان | |
| az-Cyrl | Азәрбајҹан | |
| az-Latn | Azərbaycan | |
| azb | Azərbaycan / Азәрбајҹан / آذربایجان | |
| azb-Arab | آذربایجان | |
| azb-Cyrl | Азәрбајҹан | |
| azb-Latn | Azərbaycan | |
| azj | Azərbaycan / Азәрбајҹан / آذربایجان | |
| azj-Arab | آذربایجان | |
| azj-Cyrl | Азәрбајҹан | |
| azj-Latn | Azərbaycan | |
| ba | Башҡорт | |
| bar | Bairisch | |
| be | Беларуская | |
| bg | Български | |
| bh | भोजपुरी | |
| bn | বাংলা | |
| bo | བོད་སྐད་ | |
| br | Brezhoneg | |
| bs | Bosanski | |
| ca | Català | |
| ce | Нохчийн | |
| ceb | Sinugboanon | |
| ch | Chamoru | |
| chr | ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ | |
| co | Corsu | |
| cop | Ⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ | dead; This is liturgical, but our texts are more like critical eds. |
| cs | Čeština | |
| ctu | Ch'ol | |
| cu | Словѣ́ньскъ ѩꙁꙑ́къ | dead; This is liturgical, but probably illegible to most. |
| cv | Чăвашла | |
| cy | Cymraeg | |
| da | Dansk | |
| de | Deutsch | |
| dz | རྫོང་ཁ | |
| el | Ελληνικά | |
| en-GB | English (UK) | |
| en-US | English (US) | |
| es | Español | |
| et | Eesti Keel | |
| eu | Euskara | |
| fa | فارسی | |
| fi | Suomi | |
| fj | Na vosa vaka-Viti | |
| fo | Føroyskt | |
| fr | Français | |
| fy | Frysk | |
| ga | Gaeilge | |
| gd | A' Ghàidhlig | |
| gez | ግዕዝ | Liturgical, and this is also Amharic for Ge'ez. |
| gl | Galego | |
| gn | ગુજરાતી | |
| got | 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰 | dead |
| grc | Ἑλληνική | dead |
| gv | Gaelg | |
| haw | ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi | |
| hbo | עברית מקראית | dead; This is an anachronistic name. |
| he | עברית | |
| hi | हिन्दी | |
| hif | फ़िजि हिन्दी | |
| hr | Hrvatski | |
| ht | Kreyòl ayisyen | |
| hu | Magyar | |
| hus | Tenek | |
| hy | Հայերեն | |
| hz | Otjiherero | |
| id | Bahasa Indonesia | |
| ik | Iñupiak | |
| is | Íslenska | |
| it | Italiano | |
| iu | ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ | |
| ja | 日本語 | |
| ka | ქართული | |
| kek | Q'eqchi' | |
| ki | Gĩkũyũ | |
| kj | Oshikwanyama | |
| kk | Қазақша | |
| km | ភាសាខ្មែរ | |
| kn | ಕನ್ನಡ | |
| ko | 한국말 | |
| ko-KP | 조선말 | |
| ks | कॉशुर / کٲشُر | |
| ks-Arab | کٲشُر | |
| ks-Deva | कॉशुर | |
| ku | Kurdî / كوردی / К'ӧрди | |
| ku-Arab | كوردی | |
| ku-Cyrl | К'ӧрди | |
| ku-Latn | Kurdî | |
| kv | Коми | |
| kw | Kernewek | |
| ky | Кыргызча | |
| la | lingua latina | dead |
| lac | Hach T'ən | |
| lb | Lëtzebuergesch | |
| ln | Lingála | |
| lo | ພາສາລາວ | |
| lt | Lietuvių | |
| lv | Latviešu | |
| mh | Kajin M̧ajeļ | |
| mi | Māori | |
| mk | Македонски | |
| ml | മലയാളം | |
| mn | Монгол | |
| mr | मराठी | |
| ms | Bahasa Melayu | |
| mt | Malti | |
| my | မြန်မာစ | |
| na | Dorerin Naoero | |
| nb | Bokmål | |
| nd | Sindebele | |
| nds | Plattdüütsch | |
| ne | नेपाली | |
| ng | Owambo | |
| nl | Nederlands | |
| nn | Nynorsk | |
| no | Norsk | |
| nr | Nrebele | |
| nv | Diné bizaad | |
| ny | Chicheŵa | |
| or | ଓଡ଼ିଆ | |
| os | Иронау | |
| pa | ਪੰਜਾਬੀ / پنجابی / पंजाबी | |
| pa-Arab | پنجابی | |
| pa-Deva | पंजाबी | |
| pa-Guru | ਪੰਜਾਬੀ | |
| pi | पािऴ | |
| pl | Polszczyzna | |
| pot | Neshnabémwen | |
| prs | دری | |
| ps | پښتو | |
| pt | Português | |
| pt-BR | Português Brasileiro | |
| quc | Qatzijob'al | |
| rm | Rumantsch | |
| rn | Kirundi | |
| ro | Română | |
| ru | Русский | |
| sa | संस्कृतम् | |
| sae | Sabanês | |
| sc | Sardu | |
| sd | سنڌي | |
| se | Sámegiella | |
| sg | Sängö | |
| si | සිංහල | |
| sk | Slovenčina | |
| sl | Slovenščina | |
| sm | Gagana Samoa | |
| sn | chiShona | |
| so | Soomaaliga | |
| sq | Shqip | |
| sr | Српски / Srpski | |
| sr-Cyrl | Српски | |
| sr-Latn | Srpski | |
| srn | Sranan Tongo | |
| ss | SiSwati | |
| st | Sesotho | |
| su | Basa Sunda | |
| sv | Svenska | |
| sw | Kiswahili | |
| swb | Comorian | |
| syr | ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ | |
| ta | தமிழ் | |
| te | తెలుగు | |
| tg | Тоҷикӣ / Tojikī / تاجیکی | |
| tg-Arab | تاجیکی | |
| tg-Cyrl | Тоҷикӣ | |
| tg-Latn | Tojikī | |
| th | ภาษาไทย | |
| tk | Türkmençe / Түркменче / تورکمنچه | |
| tk-Arab | تورکمنچه | |
| tk-Cyrl | Түркменче | |
| tk-Latn | Türkmençe | |
| tl | Wikang Tagalog | |
| tl-Tglg | ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ | |
| tlh | tlhIngan Hol | |
| tn | Setswana | |
| tr | Türkçe | |
| ts | Xitsonga | |
| tt | Tatarça / Татарча | |
| tt-Cyrl | Татарча | |
| tt-Latn | Tatarça | |
| ty | Reo Mā'ohi | |
| tzo | Bats'i k'op | |
| ug | Uyghurche / ئۇيغۇرچە / Уйғурчә | |
| ug-Arab | ئۇيغۇرچە | |
| ug-Cyrl | Уйғурчә | |
| ug-Latn | Uyghurche | |
| uk | Українська | |
| ur | اردو / उर्दू | |
| ur-Arab | اردو | |
| ur-Deva | उर्दू | |
| uz | O'zbek / Ўзбек | |
| uz-Cyrl | Ўзбек | |
| uz-Latn | O'zbek | |
| vi | Tiếng Việt | |
| wal | ወላይትኛ | |
| xh | isiXhosa | |
| yi | ייִדיש | |
| yo | èdèe Yorùbá | |
| za | Vahcuengh | |
| zh | 中文 | |
| zh-Hans | 简体中文 | |
| zh-Hant | 繁体中文 | |
| zu | isiZulu |
Some sites worth monitoring for native name identification
- ISO 639 Code Tables (SIL) – A combined view of the language code tables of ISO 639 parts 1, 2, and 3.
- List of indigenous language names (Wikipedia)
- List of ISO 639-1 codes (Wikipedia)
- List of ISO 639-2 codes (Wikipedia)
- ISO 639-1 language matrix (Wikipedia)
- Language names in their own scripts (Omniglot)
- ISO 639-3 codes: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz on Wikipedia
