# ISO 639-1:2002 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 639-1:2002, item title is Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 1: Alpha-2 code; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 639:2023; withdrawn / published date is 2002-07-18, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 639-1:2002 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 1: Alpha-2 code _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO 639:2023
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 2002-07-18 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 22109,IS,,ISO 639-1:2002,Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 1: Alpha-2 code,Codes pour la représentation des noms de langue — Partie 1: Code alpha-2,2002-07-18,1,['01.140.20'],ISO/TC 37/SC 2,9599,[4766],[74575],"['en','fr']",37,"<p>This part of ISO 639 provides a code consisting of language code elements comprising two-letter language identifiers for the representation of names of languages. 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 alp

## Source

- https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv

Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01.
Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).