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The language identifiers according to this part of ISO 639 were devised originally for use in terminology, lexicography and linguistics, but may be adopted for any application requiring the expression of language in two-letter coded form, especially in computerized systems. The alpha-2 code was devised for practical use for most of the major languages of the world that are not only most frequently represented in the total body of the world's literature, but which also comprise a considerable volume of specialized languages and terminologies. Additional language identifiers are created when it becomes apparent that a significant body of documentation written in specialized languages and terminologies exists. Languages designed exclusively for machine use, such as computer-programming languages, are not included in this code.</p> </span></td></tr></table><br><table><tr><td><span class="CatalogueDetail-Heading">Corrigenda, Amendments and other parts</span></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/web/20070413125406im_/http://www.iso.org/images/statusPublished.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle"> <span class="CatalogueDetail-Content"><a href="/web/20070413125406/http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=4767">ISO 639-2:1998</a></span></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/web/20070413125406im_/http://www.iso.org/images/statusPublished.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle"> <span class="CatalogueDetail-Content"><a href="/web/20070413125406/http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=39534">ISO 639-3:2007</a></span></td></tr></table></td><td width="10"><img src="/web/20070413125406im_/http://www.iso.org/images/transparent.gif" alt="" width="10" height="1"><br></td><td width="2" class="color1"><img src="/web/20070413125406im_/http://www.iso.org/images/transparent.gif" alt="" width="2" height="1"><br></td></tr></table><table width="560" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td width="2" class="color1"><img src="/web/20070413125406im_/http://www.iso.org/images/transparent.gif" alt="" width="2" height="1"><br></td><td width="18"><img src="/web/20070413125406im_/http://www.iso.org/images/transparent.gif" alt="" width="18" height="1"><br></td><td width="528"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tr><td align="right"><a href="#top"><img src="/web/20070413125406im_/http://www.iso.org/images/top.gif" border="0" alt=""></a></td></tr></table></td><td width="10"><img src="/web/20070413125406im_/http://www.iso.org/images/transparent.gif" alt="" width="10" height="1"><br></td><td width="2" class="color1"><img src="/web/20070413125406im_/http://www.iso.org/images/transparent.gif" alt="" width="2" height="1"><br></td></tr></table><table width="560" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td width="14" height="14" background="/web/20070413125406im_/http://www.iso.org/images/mainBottomLeftCorner.gif"><img src="/web/20070413125406im_/http://www.iso.org/images/transparent.gif" alt="" width="1" height="14"></td><td width="530" height="14" background="/web/20070413125406im_/http://www.iso.org/images/mainBottomBorder.gif"><img src="/web/20070413125406im_/http://www.iso.org/images/transparent.gif" alt="" width="1" height="14"></td><td width="14" height="14" background="/web/20070413125406im_/http://www.iso.org/images/mainBottomRightCorner.gif"><img src="/web/20070413125406im_/http://www.iso.org/images/transparent.gif" alt="" width="1" height="14"></td></tr></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr valign="middle"> <td> <div class="shortCutRenderer" align="center"> <a href="/web/20070413125406/http://www.iso.org/iso/en/xsite/copyright.html"> © ISO</a> </div> </td> <td width="20"> <div class="shortCutRenderer" align="center">|</div> </td> <td> <div class="shortCutRenderer" align="center"> <a href="/web/20070413125406/http://www.iso.org/iso/en/xsite/namelogo.html"> ISO name and logo</a> </div> </td> <td width="20"> <div class="shortCutRenderer" align="center">|</div> </td> <td> <div class="shortCutRenderer" align="center"> <a href="/web/20070413125406/http://www.iso.org/iso/en/xsite/privacy.html"> Privacy policy</a> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>

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