ISO 639-4:2010

Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 4: General principles of coding of the representation of names of languages and related entities, and application guidelines

Publication date: Jul 16, 2010

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Current stage: 90.92 Effective date: Sep 15, 2017

Originator: ISO

Owner: ISO/TC 37/SC 2

Type: International Standard

ICS: 01.140.20

Languages: English French

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ISO 639-4:2010 gives the general principles of language coding using the codes that are specified in the other parts of ISO 639 and their combination with other codes. It also lays down guidelines for the use of any combination of the parts of ISO 639.
The terminology and general descriptions of ISO 639-4 are intended to replace corresponding text of other parts of ISO 639 as relevant in future revisions.
Relevant metadata for the description of linguistic entities are given, as a framework for databases of linguistic data to support the ISO 639 series.

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PUBLISHED
ISO 639-4:2010
90.92 Standard to be revised
Sep 15, 2017

REVISED BY

IN_DEVELOPMENT
ISO/FDIS 639

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