# ISO 639:1988 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 639:1988, item title is Code for the representation of names of languages; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 639-1:2002; withdrawn / published date is 1988-03-31, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 639:1988 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Code for the representation of names of languages _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO 639-1:2002
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 1988-03-31 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 4766,IS,,ISO 639:1988,Code for the representation of names of languages,Code pour la représentation des noms de langue,1988-03-31,1,['01.140.20'],ISO/TC 37,9599,,[22109],"['en','fr']",17,"<p>Gives a two-letter lower-case code. The symbols were devised primarily for use in terminology, lexicography and linguistic, but they may be used for any application. It also includes guidance on the use of language symbols in some of these applications. The annex includes a classified list of languages and their symbols arranged by families.</p>"

## 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Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).