Language codes

Applied language abbreviations

The language version of a publication is marked by two letters of the characters A - Z as language code following the ISO [1] 639 [2]. The following abbreviations are used frequently.

Code	Language	Code	Language
CA	Catalan	ES	Spanish
DE	German	FR	French
EN	English	LA	Latin

Where applicable, the details about the language version are given after the title or subtitle in square brackets. An oblique between several language abbreviations indicates that the corresponding language versions of the text are combined in a sole issue.

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1 ISO stands for the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) with headquarters in Geneva.

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2 The ISO 639-1 defines the abbreviation of the names of languages, consisting in two minuscules.

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External links

URL: http://www.iso.ch

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