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From: keld@login.dkuug.dk (Keld J|rn Simonsen)
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Subject: Re: DIR/NEW
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Date: 4 Mar 91 22:42:26 GMT
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dhosek@hmcvax.claremont.edu (Don Hosek) writes:

>Could someone tell me where I can get a list of ISO language
>codes (the two-letter abbreviations for various languages, e.g.,
>el=Greek, de=German, etc.)

>Electronic would be best, but I'm willing to write to an
>appropriate standards organization for paper.

It is called ISO 639:1988 and its technical contents is available by ftp, FTAM or
mail from dkuug.dk:i18n/ISO_639 (for mail try archive@dkuug.dk with subject help).

Keld Simonsen