Language Code Reference

Look up ISO 639-1 and ISO 639-2 codes for 55+ languages.

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About language code reference

Language Code Reference runs in the page as you use it. There is no input to submit and no result to fetch, because the whole thing happens on this side of the wire.

Your input goes into a function and the result comes back out, both inside this tab. There is no round trip and no third party in the middle.

You will find it under Reference, alongside 14 other tools for the same sort of job.

Search by language name or code, covers major world languages, European, Asian, and African languages.

How to use it

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Start it
Every control is on the tool itself. Keyboard shortcuts, where there are any, are listed beside it.
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Watch it run
It updates in the page as you go. Nothing is sent anywhere, so it keeps working with the network off.
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Close when done
Nothing is stored between visits. Reloading gives you a clean start rather than picking up where you left off.

Examples

Find Spanish language codes
Look up ISO 639-1 and ISO 639-2 codes for Spanish
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spanish
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ISO1  ISO2  Language
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es    spa   Spanish
Search by ISO 639-2 code
Look up which language has the ISO 639-2 code 'jpn'
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jpn
Output
ISO1  ISO2  Language
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ja    jpn   Japanese

Questions

Does Language Code Reference work offline?+

Yes. It is JavaScript running in this tab, so once the page has loaded it needs nothing further from the network. Put the machine in flight mode and it carries on. Nothing you do here is sent anywhere, because there is nowhere for it to go.

Does it remember anything between visits?+

No. Reload the page and it starts from nothing. There is no account, no saved state and no cookie holding your last session. That is a deliberate trade: it cannot lose your data because it never keeps any.

Is it accurate?+

Timing comes from performance.now(), the high resolution clock the browser provides, rather than from setInterval, which drifts by a few milliseconds every tick and compounds over minutes. What can still shift things is the browser throttling a tab in the background, so leave it visible if the timing matters.

Does it make a sound?+

Where a sound makes sense, it is generated with the Web Audio API rather than loaded as a file, so there is nothing to download and nothing to block. Browsers refuse to start audio until you have interacted with the page, which is why the first press is what switches it on.

Can I use Language Code Reference on a phone?+

Yes. The controls are sized for touch and the layout collapses to one column on a narrow screen. Bear in mind that a phone locking its screen will suspend the page, and timing stops with it.