ISO 639-3 codes

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language code standard
gptkbp:codeFormat three-letter (alpha-3)
gptkbp:codename gptkb:spa
eng
zho
gptkbp:covers all known natural languages
gptkbp:documentedIn ISO 639-3:2007
gptkbp:example gptkb:Chinese
gptkb:Spanish
English
gptkbp:frequency annual
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label ISO 639-3 codes
gptkbp:includes ancient languages
constructed languages
living languages
extinct languages
historical languages
gptkbp:introducedIn 2007
gptkbp:maintainedBy gptkb:SIL_International
gptkbp:numberOfCodes over 7,800
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:ISO_639
gptkbp:publishedBy gptkb:International_Organization_for_Standardization
gptkbp:purpose to define three-letter codes for identifying languages
gptkbp:relatedStandard gptkb:ISO_639-1
gptkb:ISO_639-2
gptkb:ISO_639-5
gptkbp:replacedBy ISO 639-2 codes
gptkbp:usedFor linguistics
information systems
library cataloging
gptkbp:website https://iso639-3.sil.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ethnologue
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7