# description
**Description:** Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code, is the second part of the ISO 639 standard, which lists codes for the representation of the names of languages. The three-letter codes given for each language in this part of the standard are referred to as Alpha-3 codes. There are 487 entries in the list of ISO 639-2 codes. There are 21 languages that have alternative codes for bibliographic or terminology purposes, this code system only contains those with terminology purposes. Administered by SIL

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Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE), Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE)

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Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic

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Himachali languages, Western Pahari languages

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Classical Nepal Bhasa, Classical Newari, Old Newari

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Old Occitan (to 1500), Old Provençal (to 1500)

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Dimili, Dimli (macrolanguage), Kirdki, Kirmanjki (macrolanguage), Zaza, Zazaki