iso-639-2

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Info on ISO 639-2.

Contents

* What is this?
* When should I use this?
* Install
* Use
* API
* iso6392
* iso6392BTo1
* iso6392BTo2T
* iso6392TTo1
* iso6392TTo2B
* Types
* Data
* Compatibility
* Security
* Related
* Contribute
* License

What is this?

This package contains info on [ISO 639-2][source].
ISO 639-2 is the alpha-3 code in Codes for the representation of names of
languages – Part 2.

When should I use this?

You can use this package any time you have to deal with languages or ISO 639-2
in particular.
But [ISO 639-3][iso-639-3] might be better.

Install

This package is [ESM only][esm].
In Node.js (version 12.20+, 14.14+, or 16.0+), install with [npm][]:

``sh
npm install iso-639-2
`

In Deno with [esm.sh][esmsh]:

`js
import {iso6392} from 'https://esm.sh/iso-639-2@3'
`

In browsers with [esm.sh][esmsh]:

`html

`

Use

`js
import {iso6392} from 'iso-639-2'

iso6392.slice(120, 150)
`

Yields:

`js
[
{name: 'Egyptian (Ancient)', iso6392B: 'egy'},
{name: 'Ekajuk', iso6392B: 'eka'},
{name: 'Elamite', iso6392B: 'elx'},
{name: 'English', iso6392B: 'eng', iso6391: 'en'},
{name: 'English, Middle (1100-1500)', iso6392B: 'enm'},
{name: 'Esperanto', iso6392B: 'epo', iso6391: 'eo'},
{name: 'Estonian', iso6392B: 'est', iso6391: 'et'},
{name: 'Ewe', iso6392B: 'ewe', iso6391: 'ee'},
{name: 'Ewondo', iso6392B: 'ewo'},
{name: 'Fang', iso6392B: 'fan'},
{name: 'Faroese', iso6392B: 'fao', iso6391: 'fo'},
{name: 'Fanti', iso6392B: 'fat'},
{name: 'Fijian', iso6392B: 'fij', iso6391: 'fj'},
{name: 'Filipino; Pilipino', iso6392B: 'fil'},
{name: 'Finnish', iso6392B: 'fin', iso6391: 'fi'},
{name: 'Finno-Ugrian languages', iso6392B: 'fiu'},
{name: 'Fon', iso6392B: 'fon'},
{name: 'French', iso6392B: 'fre', iso6392T: 'fra', iso6391: 'fr'},
{name: 'French, Middle (ca.1400-1600)', iso6392B: 'frm'},
{name: 'French, Old (842-ca.1400)', iso6392B: 'fro'},
{name: 'Northern Frisian', iso6392B: 'frr'},
{name: 'Eastern Frisian', iso6392B: 'frs'},
{name: 'Western Frisian', iso6392B: 'fry', iso6391: 'fy'},
{name: 'Fulah', iso6392B: 'ful', iso6391: 'ff'},
{name: 'Friulian', iso6392B: 'fur'},
{name: 'Ga', iso6392B: 'gaa'},
{name: 'Gayo', iso6392B: 'gay'},
{name: 'Gbaya', iso6392B: 'gba'},
{name: 'Germanic languages', iso6392B: 'gem'},
{name: 'Georgian', iso6392B: 'geo', iso6392T: 'kat', iso6391: 'ka'}
]
`

API

This package exports the following identifiers: iso6392, iso6392BTo1,
iso6392BTo2T, iso6392TTo1, and iso6392TTo2B.
There is no default export.

$3

List of languages (Array).

#### Language

* name (string) — language name
* iso6392B (string) — bibliographic code
* iso6392T (string?) — terminologic code, missing when both 639-2 codes
are the same (21 languages have different bibliographic and terminologic
codes)
* iso6391 (string?) — ISO 639-1 code

$3

ISO 639-2 Bibliographic (dut) to ISO 639-1 (nl) (Record).

$3

ISO 639-2 Bibliographic (dut) to ISO 639-2 Terminologic (nld)
(Record)
Missing when the bibliographic and terminologic codes are the same.

$3

ISO 639-2 Terminologic (nld) to ISO 639-1 (nl) (Record).
Not all language in 639-2 were available in 639-1.

$3

ISO 639-2 Terminologic (nld) to ISO 639-2 Bibliographic (dut)
(Record).
Missing when the bibliographic and terminologic codes are the same.

Types

This package is fully typed with [TypeScript][].
An additional Language type is exported that models its respective
interface.

Data

The data is crawled from [www.loc.gov][source].

Compatibility

This package is at least compatible with all maintained versions of Node.js.
As of now, that is Node.js 12.20+, 14.14+, and 16.0+.
It also works in Deno and modern browsers.

Security

This package is safe.

Related

* bcp-47
— Parse and serialize BCP 47 language tags
* bcp-47-match
— Match BCP 47 language tags with language ranges per RFC 4647
* bcp-47-normalize
— Normalize, canonicalize, and format BCP 47 tags
* iso-3166
— ISO 3166 codes
* iso-639-3
— ISO 639-3 codes
* iso-15924
— ISO 15924 codes
* un-m49`
— UN M49 codes

Contribute

Yes please!
See [How to Contribute to Open Source][contribute].

License

[MIT][license] © [Titus Wormer][author]

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[esmsh]: https://esm.sh

[license]: license

[author]: https://wooorm.com

[esm]: https://gist.github.com/sindresorhus/a39789f98801d908bbc7ff3ecc99d99c

[typescript]: https://www.typescriptlang.org

[contribute]: https://opensource.guide/how-to-contribute/

[source]: https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php

[iso-639-3]: https://github.com/wooorm/iso-639-3