iso-639-3

November 16, 2022 · View on GitHub

Info on ISO 639-3.

What is this?
When should I use this?
Install
Use
API
Types
Compatibility
Security
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What is this?

This package contains info on ISO 639-3. ISO 639-3 is a set of codes that defines three letter identifiers for all known human languages, whether living, extinct, ancient, historic, or constructed.

When should I use this?

You can use this package any time you have to deal with languages or ISO 639-3 in particular.

Install

This package is ESM only. In Node.js (version 14.14+, 16.0+), install with npm:

npm install iso-639-3

In Deno with esm.sh:

import {iso6393} from 'https://esm.sh/iso-639-3@3'

In browsers with esm.sh:

<script type="module">
  import {iso6393} from 'https://esm.sh/iso-639-3@3?bundle'
</script>

Use

import {iso6393} from 'iso-639-3'

console.log(iso6393.slice(1820, 1830))

Yields:

[
  {name: 'En', type: 'living', scope: 'individual', iso6393: 'enc'},
  {name: 'Ende', type: 'living', scope: 'individual', iso6393: 'end'},
  {name: 'Forest Enets', type: 'living', scope: 'individual', iso6393: 'enf'},
  {
    name: 'English',
    type: 'living',
    scope: 'individual',
    iso6393: 'eng',
    iso6392B: 'eng',
    iso6392T: 'eng',
    iso6391: 'en'
  },
  {name: 'Tundra Enets', type: 'living', scope: 'individual', iso6393: 'enh'},
  {name: 'Enlhet', type: 'living', scope: 'individual', iso6393: 'enl'},
  {
    name: 'Middle English (1100-1500)',
    type: 'historical',
    scope: 'individual',
    iso6393: 'enm',
    iso6392B: 'enm',
    iso6392T: 'enm'
  },
  {name: 'Engenni', type: 'living', scope: 'individual', iso6393: 'enn'},
  {name: 'Enggano', type: 'living', scope: 'individual', iso6393: 'eno'},
  {name: 'Enga', type: 'living', scope: 'individual', iso6393: 'enq'}
]

API

This package exports the identifier iso6393, iso6393To1, iso6393To2B, and iso6393To2T. There is no default export.

`iso6393`

List of Languages (Array<Language>).

`Language`

Object representing a language:

name (string) — name (example: 'English')
type (string) — Type (example: 'living')
scope (string) — Scope (example: 'individual')
iso6393 (string) — ISO 639-3 code (example: 'eng')
iso6392B (string?) — ISO 639-2 (bibliographic) code (example: 'eng')
iso6392T (string?) — ISO 639-2 (terminologic) code (example: 'eng')
iso6391 (string?) — ISO 639-1 code — ISO 639-1 code (example: 'en')

`Type`

Category of a language:

'living' — currently spoken language (example: nhi for Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl)
'historical' — extinct language distinct from modern languages that descended from it (example: ofs for Old Frisian)
'extinct' — language that went extinct recently (example: rbp for Barababaraba)
'ancient' — language that went extinct long ago (example: got for Gothic)
'constructed' — artificial languages, excluding programming languages (example: epo for Esperanto)
'special' — non-language codes (example: und for Undetermined)

`Scope`

Scope of a language:

'individual' — normal, single language (example: eng for English)
'macrolanguage' — one-to-many grouping of languages, because older ISO 639s included them (example: ara for Arabic)
'special' — non-language codes (example: und for Undetermined)

`iso6393To1`

Map of ISO 639-3 codes to ISO 639-1 codes (Record<string, string>).

`iso6393To2B`

Map of ISO 639-3 codes to bibliographic ISO 639-2 codes (Record<string, string>).

`iso6393To2T`

Map of ISO 639-3 codes to terminologic ISO 639-2 codes (Record<string, string>).

Types

This package is fully typed with TypeScript. It exports the additional types Language, Scope, and Type.

Compatibility

This package is at least compatible with all maintained versions of Node.js. As of now, that is Node.js 14.14+ and 16.0+. It also works in Deno and modern browsers.

Security

This package is safe.

bcp-47 — Parse and serialize BCP 47 language tags
bcp-47-match — Match BCP 47 language tags with language ranges per RFC 4647
bcp-47-normalize — Normalize, canonicalize, and format BCP 47 tags
iso-3166 — ISO 3166 codes
iso-639-2 — ISO 639-2 codes
iso-15924 — ISO 15924 codes
un-m49 — UN M49 codes

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