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ISO 639-1

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Summary

ISO 639-1 is an ISO standard[1]. It draws 2,605 Wikipedia views per month (iso standard category, ranking #17 of 128).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: set of standard[3]
  • Maintained by: Infoterm[4]
  • Part of: ISO 639[5]
  • Commons category: ISO 639 icons[6]
  • Has edition or translation: ISO 639-1:2002: Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 1: Alpha-2 code[7]
  • Official website: http://www.infoterm.info/standardization/iso_639_1_2002.php[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:ISO 639-1[9]
  • Main subject: ISO 639-1 code[10]
  • Standards body: International Organization for Standardization[11]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Q114451675[12]

Why It Matters

ISO 639-1 has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . iso.org. iso.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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