Appendix #1a   Frequently Used Language Codes Sorted By Code   (Based on ISO 639-1, 639-2, and 639-3 codes1)
If you have a DCP and you need to determine what language it contains, use this table.  If you are creating a DCP and you need to know what code to use, use the table in Appendix 1b.  The language codes are based on ISO 639-1, 639-2, or 639-3 codes.  When a 2 digit 639-1 code is available, this is the preferred code.  Codes in blue represent a code change from earlier versions of the Naming Convention due to clarifications, or to conflicts discovered with the recently released 639-3 code.  Codes beginning with "Q" are not represented in the ISO Standard, but are named using the 639-2 methodology for additional languages.  "LAS", representing Latin American Spanish, is a special case in that LAS represents Lama (spoken in Togo) in the 639-3 codes.  Due to the widespread use of "LAS" as Latin American Spanish in Film Distribution, however, we have chosen to keep it as Latin American Spanish for purposes of this convention.
ABBREVIATION LANGUAGE NOTES AR ARABIC   BG BULGARIAN   BS BOSNIAN   CA CATALAN   CMN CHINESE - MANDARIN PRC (Audio Only) CS CZECH   DA DANISH   DE GERMAN   EL GREEK   EN ENGLISH   ES SPANISH - CASTILIAN   ET ESTONIAN   FI FINNISH   FR FRENCH   GSW GERMAN - SWISS   HE HEBREW   HI HINDI   HR CROATIAN   HU HUNGARIAN   IND INDONESIAN BAHASA   IS ICELANDIC   IT ITALIAN   JA JAPANESE   KO KOREAN   LAS SPANISH - LATIN AMERICAN This conflicts with the 639-3 code for Lama, one of 39 languages spoken in Togo.  We are keeping it in this naming convention for Latin American Spanish, however, due to its widespread use in film distribution.) LT LITHUANIAN   LV LATVIAN   MSA MALAY BAHASA   NAN CHINESE - TAIWANESE (Audio Only) NL DUTCH   NO NORWEGIAN   PL POLISH   PT PORTUGUESE - EUROPEAN   QBP PORTUGUESE - BRAZILIAN   QFC FRENCH - CANADIAN   QMS CHINESE - MANDARIN SIMPLIFIED (Subtitles Only) QMT CHINESE - MANDARIN TRADITIONAL (Subtitles Only) QSA SPANISH - ARGENTINIAN   QSM SPANISH - MEXICAN   QTM CHINESE - TAIWANESE MANDARIN (Audio Only) RO ROMANIAN   RU RUSSIAN   SK SLOVAK   SL SLOVENIAN   SQ ALBANIAN   SR SERBIAN   SV SWEDISH   TA TAMIL   TE TELUGU   TH THAI   TR TURKISH   UK UKRAINIAN   VI VIETNAMESE   VLS FLEMISH   YUE CHINESE - CANTONESE
1Language codes in Red are not currently represented in the ISO standard, but are suggested for this Naming Convention
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