Phrase guide

language code

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A short alphabetic or numeric identifier assigned to a language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • af is the two-letter language code for Afrikaans.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: ези́ков код (ezíkov kod) — identifier of a language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 語言代碼 /语言代码 (yǔyán dàimǎ) — identifier of a language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 語言碼 /语言码 (yǔyánmǎ) — identifier of a language
  • Danish: sprogkode — identifier of a language
  • Dutch: taalcode — identifier of a language
  • Estonian: keelekood — identifier of a language
  • Finnish: kielikoodi — identifier of a language
  • French: code de langue — identifier of a language
  • German: Sprachcode — identifier of a language
  • Irish: cód teanga — identifier of a language
  • Japanese: 言語コード (gengo kōdo) — identifier of a language
  • Korean: 언어 코드 (eoneo kodeu) — identifier of a language
  • Polish: kod językowy — identifier of a language
  • Russian: код языка́ (kod jazyká) — identifier of a language
  • Russian: языково́й код (jazykovój kod) — identifier of a language
  • Swedish: språkkod — identifier of a language
  • Turkish: dil kodu — identifier of a language
  • Ukrainian: код мови (kod movy) — identifier of a language
  • Ukrainian: мовний код (movnyj kod) — identifier of a language