# ISO 639-5:2008 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 639-5:2008, item title is Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 5: Alpha-3 code for language families and groups; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 639:2023; withdrawn / published date is 2008-05-15, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 639-5:2008 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 5: Alpha-3 code for language families and groups _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO 639:2023
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 2008-05-15 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 39536,IS,,ISO 639-5:2008,Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 5: Alpha-3 code for language families and groups,Codes pour la représentation des noms de langue — Partie 5: Code alpha-3 pour les familles de langues et groupes de langues,2008-05-15,1,['01.140.20'],ISO/TC 37/SC 2,9599,,[74575],"['en','fr']",23,"<p>ISO 639-5:2008 provides a code consisting of language code elements comprising three-letter language identifiers for the representation of names of living and extinct language families and groups. Languages designed exclusively for machine use, such as computer-programming languages, are not included in this code.</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Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).