---
id: "iso639_3"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["common"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 80
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/iso639_3"
---

# ISO 639-3 language code (`iso639_3`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Three-letter code of an individual language, macrolanguage or special code in ISO 639-3. It extends ISO 639-2 to cover all known living, extinct and constructed languages; SIL International maintains it.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Common (common)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: categorical

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^[a-z]{3}$
```

## Examples

- `jpn` — Japanese
- `ukr` — Ukrainian
- `pnb` — Punjabi

## Mappings

- bioregistry: `iso.639-3`
- wikidata: `P220`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-3>
- doc: <https://iso639-3.sil.org/>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P220>

## Quality

Score 80/100. Missing: negative example, translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/iso639_3.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/common/iso639_3.yaml>