Appendix #1b
 
Frequently Used Language Codes
Sorted By Language
 
     The language codes are based on ISO 639-1, 639-2, or 639-3 codes.  When a 2 character 639-1 code is available, this is the preferred code.  Codes in red are not currently used in the ISO standard, but are suggested for this Naming Convention.  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.
 
LANGUAGE ABBREVIATION NOTES
ALBANIANSQ 
ARABICAR 
BOSNIANBS 
BULGARIANBG 
CATALANCA 
CHINESE - CANTONESEYUE 
CHINESE - MANDARIN PRCCMN(Audio Only)
CHINESE - MANDARIN SIMPLIFIEDQMS(Subtitles Only)
CHINESE - MANDARIN TRADITIONALQMT(Subtitles Only)
CHINESE - TAIWANESENAN(Audio Only)
CHINESE - TAIWANESE MANDARINQTM(Audio Only)
CROATIANHR 
CZECHCS 
DANISHDA 
DUTCHNL 
ENGLISHEN 
ESTONIANET 
FINNISHFI 
FLEMISHVLS 
FRENCHFR 
FRENCH - CANADIANQFC 
GERMANDE 
GERMAN - SWISSGSW 
GREEKEL 
HEBREWHE 
HINDIHI 
HUNGARIANHU 
ICELANDICIS 
INDONESIAN BAHASAIND 
ITALIANIT 
JAPANESEJA 
KOREANKO 
LATVIANLV 
LITHUANIANLT 
MALAY BAHASAMSA 
NORWEGIANNO 
POLISHPL 
PORTUGUESE - BRAZILIANQBP 
PORTUGUESE - EUROPEANPT 
ROMANIANRO 
RUSSIANRU 
SERBIANSR 
SLOVAKSK 
SLOVENIANSL 
SPANISH - ARGENTINIANQSA 
SPANISH - CASTILIANES 
SPANISH - LATIN AMERICANLASThis 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.)
SPANISH - MEXICANQSM 
SWEDISHSV 
TAMILTA 
TELUGUTE 
THAITH 
TURKISHTR 
UKRAINIANUK 
VIETNAMESEVI 
 

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