Access language metadata

Each ISO 639 language code carries associated metadata that you retrieve through extension methods on the language code types.

English names

A language code may have one or more English names. To get a single English name:

var englishName = Iso639Part1Language.tl.GetEnglishName();

Some language codes have multiple English names:

var englishNames = Iso639Part1Language.nl.GetEnglishNames();

These methods are available on the Iso639Part1Language, Iso639Part2BLanguage, Iso639Part2TLanguage, Iso639Part3Language and Iso639Part5LanguageFamily types.

French names

A language code may have one or more French names. To get a single French name:

var frenchName = Iso639Part1Language.de.GetFrenchName();

Some language codes have multiple French names:

var frenchNames = Iso639Part1Language.nn.GetFrenchNames();

These methods are available on the Iso639Part1Language, Iso639Part2BLanguage, Iso639Part2TLanguage and Iso639Part5LanguageFamily types.

Inverted name

ISO 639 Part 3 defines inverted names for its language codes. To get an inverted name:

var invertedName = Iso639Part3Language.est.GetInvertedName();

Language type

Language types are included in the ISO 639 Part 3 standard. To get a language type from a language code:

var languageType = Iso639Part3Language.slk.GetLanguageType();

Language types indicate whether the language is living, ancient, historical, extinct, constructed or special.

Macrolanguage

Macrolanguages are defined as part of the ISO 639 Part 3 standard. To get a macrolanguage code from a language code:

var macrolanguage = Iso639Part3Language.pst.GetMacrolanguageCode();

Part 1 code

The ISO 639 standard associates Part 1 codes with other language codes. To get the Part 1 code for a language code:

var part1Code = Iso639Part3Language.ita.GetPart1Code();

Part 1 codes are associated, where available, with language codes from the Iso639Part2BLanguage, Iso639Part2TLanguage and Iso639Part3Language types.

Part 2 code

The ISO 639 standard associates Part 2 codes with other language codes. Associated Part 2 codes are available in both bibliographic and terminological forms.

To get the bibliographic Part 2 code associated with a language code:

var part2Code = Iso639Part1Language.fj.GetPart2BCode();

Similarly, the terminological Part 2 code associated with a language code can be retrieved like so:

var part2Code = Iso639Part1Language.fj.GetPart2TCode();

Part 2 codes are associated, where available, with language codes from the Iso639Part1Language and Iso639Part3Language types.

Print name

Print names are defined by the ISO 639 Part 3 standard and can be retrieved like so:

var printName = Iso639Part3Language.tat.GetPrintName();

Scope

ISO 639 Part 3 defines a scope for its language codes. You can retrieve the scope of a language from an Iso639Part3Language language code:

var scope = Iso639Part3Language.heb.GetScope();