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Introduction

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Many books, websites, online communities and even Wikimedia wikis are dedicated to playing "what if" with dead languages- how would these languages have responded to concepts, technologies, things and events that didn't exist or were unknown when the languages were spoken. These are full of terms that people have made up using authentic morphological elements and rules in order to imitate these languages as closely as possible. This may be fun, even educational, but none of these should ever appear in Wiktionary entries. Since no authentic speaker of a dead language could possibly have used those terms, they inherently fail WT:ATTEST.

For example, Old English Wikipedia has an article titled Wæterwand about the platypus. Australia was unknown to Europeans until modern English times, so this is obviously made up.

These are periodically added to translation sections by clueless people, and people with agendas, so constant vigilance is necessary.

You can use the following for any language by replacing the "ang" with the language code you want to search for:

Geography

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Eurasia

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No verified contact with the Americas before 1492, except for limited contacts by Old Norse speakers

No verified European contact with Australia before 1606

Ancient references to Asia should be checked as to whether they refer to the continent or to Asia Minor

North America

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South America

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Africa

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Australia and Oceania

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History

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Countries

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This is tricky, because some countries didn't exist as a unified state until modern times, but may share their name with a region

  • Dominican Republic
  • Haiti
  • North Korea
  • Northern Ireland
  • South Korea
  • Soviet Union

Life forms

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Americas

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Plants

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Fungi

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Animals

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Mammals
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Birds
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hummingbird, meadowlark, mockingbird, turkey

Reptiles
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Amphibians
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Australia

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Plants

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eucalyptus, wattle

Fungi

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Animals

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Mammals
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kangaroo, koala, platypus

Birds
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cassowary, emu

Reptiles
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Amphibians
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Technology

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  • Airplanes
  • Automobiles
  • Computers

List of languages to watch for

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Extinct languages with hobbyists
Extinct languages with Wikimedia projects
All

A-E

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F-K

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L-N

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O

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P-R

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S-Z

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By end date

12th century BCE

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  • Mycenaean Greek (gmy C, S, [D])- to ~12th century BCE

9th century BCE

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7th century BCE

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6th century BCE

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4th century BCE

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  • Elamite (elx C, S, [D])- attested to 4th century BCE

3rd century BCE

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2nd century BCE

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  • Lepontic (xlp C, S, [D])- to ~6th or ~2nd century BCE
  • Phoenician (phn C, S, [D])- to ~2nd century BCE

1st century BCE

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1st century CE

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  • Akkadian (akk C, S, [D])- to ~ 1st century
  • Celtiberian (xce C, S, [D])- to ~1st century
  • Etruscan (ett C, S, [D])- to 1st century
  • Lusitanian (xls C, S, [D]) attested 1st century
  • Oscan (osc C, S, [D])- to ~1st century
  • Sumerian (sux C, S, [D])- to ~1700 BCE, learned and religous usage to ~1st century CE

5th century CE

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6th century CE

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7th century CE

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9th century CE

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10th century CE

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11th century CE

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  • Old Church Slavonic (cu,WP C, S, [D])- to ~11th century
  • Old High German (goh C, S, [D])- to ~11th century

12th century CE

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13th century CE

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14th century CE

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15th century CE

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16th century CE

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  • Crimean Gothic (gme-cgo C, S, [D])- attested 1562, to ~18th century
  • Curonian (xcu C, S, [D])- to ~16th century
  • Old Prussian (prg C, S, [D])- Last texts ~16th century, extinct ~18th century

19th century CE

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Easily confused

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Modern language Code Dead language Code Notes
Arabic ar Ancient North Arabian, Old South Arabian xna, sem-srb There are also modern South Arabian languages
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic aii Assyrian akk The extinct language is a variety of Akkadian
Bulgarian bg Bulgar xbo
Egyptian Arabic arz Egyptian egy
Franco-Provençal frp Old Provençal pro Old Provençal is a variety of Old Occitan
Greek el Ancient Greek grc With scholarly and religious usage, the Greek lects are probably too complex to easily sort out
Ligurian lij Ancient Ligurian xlg
Lombard lmo Lombardic goh The extinct language is a variety of Old High German
Macedonian mk Ancient Macedonian xmk
Persian fa Middle Persian, Old Persian pal, peo
Venetan vec Venetic xve

Complexes

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  • Arabic
  • Aramaic
    • Ancient:
      • Biblical Aramaic
      • Syriac
    • Modern:
      • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
  • Chinese
  • German
    • High German
      • Alemannic German
    • Low German/Saxon
  • Greek
    • Mycenaean Greek
    • Ancient Greek
      • Classical Greek
      • Epic Greek
      • Koine Greek
      • Byzantine/Medieval Greek
    • Modern Greek
      • Greek
      • Mariupol Greek
      • Pontic Greek
      • Tsakonian
  • Malay/Indonesian
  • Nahuatl
  • Norwegian
  • Persian
    Category:Southwestern Iranian languages
  • Serbo-Croatian

Common errors

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Language Correct code Incorrect codes
Belarusian be br C, S, Scr, [D] (Breton- typo)
Chinese zh ch C, S, Scr, [D] (Chamorro)
Dutch nl ne C, S, Scr, [D] (Nepali)
Japanese ja jp
Korean ko kr C, S, Scr, [D] (Kanuri)
Lithuanian lt li C, S, [D] (Limburgish)
Old Norse non nn C, S, [D] (Norwegian Nynorsk- typo)
Pashto ps pa C, S, [D] (Punjabi)
Serbo-Croatian sh bs (Bosnian- not used here)
hr (Croatian- not used here)
sr (Serbian- not used here)
cnr (Montenegrin- not used here)
sc C, S, [D] (Sardinian)
Sicilian scn sc C, S, [D] (Sardinian)
Swedish sv sw C, S, [D] (Swahili), se C, S, [D] (Northern Sami)
Welsh cy cu C, S, Scr, [D] (Old Church Slavonic- typo)

Etymology-only languages

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The following table is borrowed from WT:LOL/E

Codes Canonical name Other names Parent
aae Arbëresh Albanian Arbëreshë, Arbëresh Tosk Albanian
aat Arvanitika Albanian Arvanitika Tosk Albanian
act Achterhoeks Achterhoek, Achterhooks Dutch Low Saxon
adx Amdo Tibetan Tibetan
ae-old Old Avestan Gathic Avestan Avestan
ae-yng Younger Avestan Young Avestan Old Avestan
ain-hok Hokkaido Ainu Hokkaidō Ainu Ainu
ain-kur Kuril Ainu Ainu
ain-sak Sakhalin Ainu Ainu
akk-lbb Late Babylonian Akkadian
akk-mas Middle Assyrian Akkadian
akk-mbb Middle Babylonian Akkadian
akk-nas Neo-Assyrian Akkadian
akk-nbb Neo-Babylonian Akkadian
akk-oas Old Assyrian Akkadian
akk-obb Old Babylonian Akkadian
akk-old Old Akkadian Akkadian
akk-stb Standard Babylonian Akkadian
aln Gheg Albanian Gheg Albanian
als Tosk Albanian Tosk Albanian
alv-kro Kromanti Maroon Spirit Language
ang-ang Anglian Old English Old English
ang-ken Kentish Old English Old English
ang-mer Mercian Old English Anglian Old English
ang-nor Northumbrian Old English Anglian Old English
arc-bib Biblical Aramaic Aramaic
arc-cpa Christian Palestinian Aramaic Melkite Aramaic, Palestinian Syriac, Syropalestinian Aramaic Aramaic
arc-hat Hatran Aramaic Aramaic
arc-imp Imperial Aramaic Official Aramaic Aramaic
arc-jla Jewish Literary Aramaic Aramaic
arc-nab Nabataean Aramaic Aramaic
arc-old Old Aramaic Aramaic
arc-pal Palmyrene Aramaic Aramaic
atn Ashtiani Tafreshi
az-cls Classical Azerbaijani Classical Azeri Azerbaijani
bat-pro Proto-Baltic Proto-Balto-Slavic
bcc Southern Balochi Southern Baluchi Baluchi
bew-kot Betawi Kota Betawi
bew-ora Betawi Ora Betawi
bew-udi Betawi Udik Betawi
bgn Western Balochi Western Baluchi Baluchi
bgp Eastern Balochi Eastern Baluchi Baluchi
bnt-cmn Common Bantu Proto-Bantu
bra-old Old Braj Braj
bry-ear Early Brythonic Proto-Brythonic
bry-lat Late Brythonic Proto-Brythonic
bsg-ban Bandari Bashkardi
bsg-hor Hormozi Bashkardi
bsg-min Minabi Bashkardi
bsh-kat Kativiri Katə́viri Kamkata-viri
bsh-mum Mumviri Mumvíri Kamkata-viri
ca-val Valencian Catalan
ckm Chakavian Serbo-Croatian Čakavian Serbo-Croatian
cmn-MY Malaysian Mandarin Mandarin
cmn-PH Philippine Mandarin Mandarin
cmn-SG Singapore Mandarin Mandarin
cmn-TW Taiwanese Mandarin Mandarin
cmn-bec Beijingic Mandarin Mandarin
cmn-bei Beijing Mandarin Beijingic Mandarin
cmn-cep Central Plains Mandarin Zhongyuan Mandarin Mandarin
cmn-ear Early Mandarin Mandarin
cmn-gua Guanzhong Mandarin Central Plains Mandarin
cmn-gui Guilin Mandarin Southwestern Mandarin
cmn-jhu Jianghuai Mandarin Lower Yangtze Mandarin Mandarin
cmn-lan Lanyin Mandarin Mandarin
cmn-nan Nanjing Mandarin Jianghuai Mandarin
cmn-noe Northeastern Mandarin Mandarin
cmn-palladius Palladius Palladius system Mandarin
cmn-pinyin Hanyu Pinyin Pinyin Mandarin
cmn-sow Southwestern Mandarin Mandarin
cmn-tia Tianjin Mandarin Mandarin
cmn-tongyong Tongyong Pinyin Mandarin
cmn-wadegiles Wade–Giles Wade-Giles, Wade Giles Mandarin
cmn-wuh Wuhan Mandarin Wuhanese Southwestern Mandarin
cmn-wvc Written vernacular Mandarin Mandarin
cmn-xin Xining Mandarin Lanyin Mandarin
cmn-yan Yangzhou Mandarin Jianghuai Mandarin
cop-akh Akhmimic Coptic Akhmimic Coptic
cop-boh Bohairic Coptic Bohairic, Memphitic Coptic, Memphitic Coptic
cop-fay Fayyumic Coptic Fayyumic, Faiyumic Coptic, Faiyumic, Fayumic Coptic, Fayumic, Bashmuric Coptic, Bashmuric Coptic
cop-ggg Coptic Dialect G Dialect G, Mansuric Coptic, Mansuric Coptic
cop-her Hermopolitan Coptic Hermopolitan, Coptic Dialect H, Ashmuninic, Ashmuninic Coptic Coptic
cop-jjj Coptic Dialect J Coptic
cop-kkk Coptic Dialect K Coptic
cop-lyc Lycopolitan Coptic Lycopolitan, Assiutic Coptic, Asyutic Coptic, Assiutic, Asyutic, Lyco-Diospolitan Coptic, Lyco-Diospolitan, Subakhmimic Coptic, Subakhmimic Coptic
cop-old Old Coptic Coptic
cop-oxy Oxyrhynchite Coptic Oxyrhynchite, Mesokemic Coptic, Mesokemic, Middle Egyptian Coptic Coptic
cop-ply Proto-Lycopolitan Coptic Coptic Dialect i, Proto-Lyco-Diospolitan Coptic Coptic
cop-ppp Coptic Dialect P Proto-Theban Coptic, Palaeo-Theban Coptic Coptic
cop-sah Sahidic Coptic Sahidic, Saidic Coptic, Saidic, Thebaic Coptic, Thebaic Coptic
crh-dbj Dobrujan Tatar Romanian Tatar Crimean Tatar
cs-ear Early Modern Czech Czech
cu-bgm Middle Bulgarian Old Church Slavonic
cv-ana Anatri Anatri Chuvash Chuvash
cv-mid Middle Chuvash Chuvash
cv-old Old Chuvash Chuvash
cv-vir Viryal Viryal Chuvash Chuvash
de-AT Austrian German German
de-AT-vie Viennese German Austrian German
de-CH Switzerland German Schweizer Hochdeutsch, Swiss Standard German, Swiss High German German
de-bal Baltic German German
drt Drents Drèents, Dreins, Dreints, Drints Dutch Low Saxon
dv-add Addu Dhivehi Addu Divehi, Addu Bas Dhivehi
dv-huv Huvadhu Dhivehi Huvadhu Divehi, Huvadhu Bas Dhivehi
dv-mul Mulaku Dhivehi Mulaku Divehi, Mulaku Bas Dhivehi
egy-lat Late Egyptian Egyptian
egy-mid Middle Egyptian Classical Egyptian Egyptian
egy-nmi Neo-Middle Egyptian Égyptien de tradition, Traditional Egyptian Egyptian
egy-old Old Egyptian Egyptian
el-crt Cretan Greek Greek
el-cyp Cypriot Greek Cypriotic Greek Greek
el-kal Kaliarda Greek
el-kth Katharevousa Katharevousa Greek Greek
el-pap Paphian Greek Greek
elx-ach Achaemenid Elamite Elamite
elx-mid Middle Elamite Elamite
elx-neo Neo-Elamite Elamite
elx-old Old Elamite Elamite
en-AU Australian English English
en-CA Canadian English American English
en-GB British English English
en-GB-NIR Northern Irish English Ulster English
en-GB-SCT Scottish English British English
en-GB-WLS Welsh English British English
en-HK Hong Kong English English
en-IE Irish English English
en-IM Manx English British English
en-IN Indian English English
en-NNN North American English English
en-US American English North American English
en-US-CA California English American English
en-aae Australian Aboriginal English Australian English
en-ear Early Modern English Early New English English
en-geo Geordie English English
en-uls Ulster English Irish English
enm-esc Early Scots Old Scots, Scottish Middle English Middle English
enm-nor Northern Middle English Northumbrian Middle English Middle English
es-AR Rioplatense Spanish Spanish
es-CO Colombian Spanish Spanish
es-CU Cuban Spanish Spanish
es-MX Mexican Spanish Spanish
es-PE Peruvian Spanish Spanish
es-PR Puerto Rican Spanish Spanish
es-US United States Spanish US Spanish Spanish
es-VE Venezuelan Spanish Spanish
es-ear Early Modern Spanish Spanish
es-lun Lunfardo Spanish
esi North Alaskan Inupiatun Inupiaq
esk Northwest Alaskan Inupiatun Inupiaq
fa-cls Classical Persian Persian
fa-ear Early New Persian Persian
fa-ira Iranian Persian Modern Persian, Western Persian Persian
fat Fante Akan Fante, Fanti, Fantse, Mfantse Akan
fay-bsh Bushehri Southwestern Fars
fay-bur Burenjani Southwestern Fars
fay-dav Davani Southwestern Fars
fay-dsh Dashtaki Southwestern Fars
fay-eze Emamzada Esma’ili Southwestern Fars
fay-gav Gavkoshaki Southwestern Fars
fay-kar Khargi Southwestern Fars
fay-kho Khollari Southwestern Fars
fay-kon Kondazi Southwestern Fars
fay-kzo Old Kazeruni Southwestern Fars
fay-mas Masarami Southwestern Fars
fay-pap Papuni Southwestern Fars
fay-sam Samghani Southwestern Fars
fay-sho Old Shirazi Southwestern Fars
fay-shr Shirazi Southwestern Fars
fay-sor Sorkhi Southwestern Fars
ffm Maasina Fulfulde Fula
fiu-pro Proto-Finno-Ugric Proto-Uralic
fr-CA Canadian French French
fr-CH Swiss French French
fr-aca Acadian French French
fr-lou Louisiana French French
fr-mis Missouri French French
frc Cajun French Louisiana French
frk Frankish Old Frankish Proto-West Germanic
fro-nor Old Northern French Old Norman, Old Norman French Old French
fro-pic Picard Old French Old French
frs East Frisian Low German East Frisian, East Frisian Low Saxon German Low German
fub Adamawa Fulfulde Fula
fuc Pulaar Fula
fue Borgu Fulfulde Fula
fuf Pular Fula
fuh Western Niger Fulfulde Fula
fui Bagirmi Fulfulde Fula
fuq Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde Fula
fuv Nigerian Fulfulde Fula
gax Borana Southern Oromo Oromo
gbz Zoroastrian Dari Behdināni, Gabri, Gavrŭni, Gabrōni Kermanic
gem-sue Suevic Suebian Proto-West Germanic
gkm Byzantine Greek Medieval Greek Ancient Greek
gmq-osw-lat Late Old Swedish Old Swedish
gos Gronings Grunnegs, Grönnegs Dutch Low Saxon
grc-aeo Aeolic Greek Lesbic Greek, Lesbian Greek, Aeolian Greek Ancient Greek
grc-arc Arcadian Greek Arcadocypriot Greek
grc-arp Arcadocypriot Greek Ancient Greek
grc-att Attic Greek Ancient Greek
grc-boi Boeotian Greek Aeolic Greek
grc-dor Doric Greek Ancient Greek
grc-ela Elean Greek Ancient Greek
grc-epc Epic Greek Homeric Greek Ancient Greek
grc-ion Ionic Greek Ancient Greek
grc-koi Koine Greek Hellenistic Greek Ancient Greek
grc-kre Cretan Ancient Greek Doric Greek
grc-opl Opuntian Locrian Ancient Greek
grc-ozl Ozolian Locrian Ancient Greek
grc-pam Pamphylian Greek Ancient Greek
grc-ths Thessalian Greek Aeolic Greek
gsw-FR-als Alsatian Alemannic German Low Alemannic German
gsw-hig High Alemannic German Alemannic German
gsw-hst Highest Alemannic German Alemannic German
gsw-low Low Alemannic German Alemannic German
gu-kat Kathiyawadi Kathiyawadi Gujarati, Kathiawadi Gujarati
gu-lda Lisan ud-Dawat Gujarati Lisan ud-Dawat, LDA Gujarati
gzi Gazi Kermanic
hae Harar Oromo Eastern Oromo Oromo
hak-TW Taiwanese Hakka Hakka
hak-dab Dabu Hakka Hakka
hak-eam Early Modern Hakka Hakka
hak-hai Hailu Hakka Hakka
hak-hui Huiyang Hakka Hakka
hak-hui-MY Malaysian Huiyang Hakka Huiyang Hakka
hak-mei Meixian Hakka Moiyan Hakka, Meizhou Hakka Hakka
hak-six Sixian Hakka Taiwanese Hakka
hak-zha Zhao'an Hakka Zhangzhou Hakka Hakka
haz Hazaragi Dari
hbo Biblical Hebrew Classical Hebrew Hebrew
he-IL Israeli Hebrew Hebrew
he-med Medieval Hebrew Hebrew
he-mis Mishnaic Hebrew Hebrew
hi-mid Middle Hindi Old Hindi
hi-mum Bombay Hindi Mumbai Hindi, Bambaiyya Hindi Hindi
hsn-hya Hengyang Xiang Hengzhou Xiang
hsn-hzh Hengzhou Xiang Xiang
hsn-lou Loudi Xiang Old Xiang
hsn-new New Xiang Chang-Yi Xiang
hsn-old Old Xiang Lou-Shao Xiang
ht-sdm Saint Dominican Creole French Haitian Creole
inc-aav Avahattha Abahattha Apabhramsa
inc-agu Gurjara Apabhramsa Apabhramsa
inc-aka Kasmiri Apabhramsa Apabhramsa
inc-ama Maharastri Apabhramsa Apabhramsa
inc-asa Sauraseni Apabhramsa Apabhramsa
inc-ata Takka Apabhramsa Apabhramsa
inc-avr Vracada Apabhramsa Apabhramsa
inc-mit Mitanni Proto-Indo-Aryan
iro-ohu Old Wendat Wendat
iro-omo Old Mohawk Mohawk
iro-oon Old Onondaga Onondaga
it-CH Switzerland Italian Italian
itc-ola Old Latin Latin
ja-ear Early Modern Japanese Japanese
ja-mid Middle Japanese Old Japanese
ja-mid-ear Early Middle Japanese Middle Japanese
ja-mid-lat Late Middle Japanese Middle Japanese
jpa Jewish Palestinian Aramaic Galilean Aramaic Aramaic
jrb Judeo-Arabic Arabic
ka-mid Middle Georgian Georgian
kbg Khamba Tibetan
kfm Khunsari Kermanic
khg Khams Tibetan Tibetan
kho-lat Late Khotanese Old Khotanese
kho-old Old Khotanese Khotanese
kjh-fyu Fuyu Kyrgyz Fuyu Kirgiz, Fuyu Kirghiz, Manchurian Kyrgyz, Manchurian Kirgiz, Manchurian Kirghiz Khakas
kjv Kajkavian Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian
klj-arg Arghu Khalaj
kn-hav Havigannada Kannada
kn-kun Kundagannada Kannada
ko-cen Central Korean Korean
ko-chu Chungcheong Korean Hoseo Korean Central Korean
ko-gan Gangwon Korean Yeongdong Korean Central Korean
ko-gyg Gyeonggi Korean Seoul Korean Central Korean
ko-gys Gyeongsang Korean Southeastern Korean Korean
ko-ham Hamgyong Korean Northeastern Korean Korean
ko-hwa Hwanghae Korean Central Korean
ko-jeo Jeolla Korean Southwestern Korean Korean
ko-pyo Pyongan Korean Northwestern Korean Korean
ko-yuk Yukjin Korean Yukchin Korean, Ryukjin Korean, Ryukchin Korean Korean
kok-mid Middle Konkani Medieval Konkani Konkani
kok-old Old Konkani Early Konkani Konkani
ksh Kölsch Central Franconian
CL., la-cla Classical Latin Latin
la-con Contemporary Latin New Latin
EL., la-ecc Ecclesiastical Latin Church Latin Latin
la-eme Early Medieval Latin Medieval Latin
LL., la-lat Late Latin Latin
ML., la-med Medieval Latin Latin
NL., la-new New Latin Modern Latin Latin
RL., la-ren Renaissance Latin Latin
VL., la-vul Vulgar Latin Latin
lng Lombardic Old High German
ltc-ear Early Middle Chinese Middle Chinese
ltc-lat Late Middle Chinese Middle Chinese
lzh-KO Korean Classical Chinese Literary Chinese
lzh-VI Vietnamese Classical Chinese Literary Chinese
lzh-cii Ci Literary Chinese
lzh-cmn Classical Mandarin Literary Chinese
lzh-cmn-TW Classical Taiwanese Mandarin Classical Mandarin
lzh-lit Literary Chinese Literary Chinese
lzh-pre Pre-Classical Chinese Literary Chinese
lzh-tai Classical Taishanese Literary Chinese
lzh-yue Classical Cantonese Literary Chinese
mis-idn Idiom Neutral Undetermined
mis-tdl Turduli Undetermined
mis-tdt Turdetani Undetermined
mis-xnu Xiongnu Undetermined
mn-cha Chakhar Mongolian Chakhar Mongolian
mn-kha Khalkha Mongolian Khalkha Mongolian
mn-khr Khorchin Mongolian Khorchin Mongolian
mn-ord Ordos Mongolian Ordos Mongolian
mns-eas Eastern Mansi Central Mansi
mns-wes Western Mansi Central Mansi
ms-cla Classical Malay Malay
ms-old Old Malay Malay
mul-tax taxonomic name Translingual
nan-anx Anxi Hokkien Quanzhou Hokkien
nan-cha Changtai Hokkien Zhangzhou Hokkien
nan-hbl-PH Philippine Hokkien Quanzhou Hokkien
nan-hbl-SG Singapore Hokkien Hokkien
nan-hbl-TW Taiwanese Hokkien Hokkien
nan-hou Houlu Min Datian Min
nan-hui Hui'an Hokkien Quanzhou Hokkien
nan-jin Jinjiang Hokkien Quanzhou Hokkien
nan-kin Kinmenese Hokkien Kinmen Hokkien Xiamen Hokkien
nan-med Medan Hokkien Zhangzhou Hokkien
nan-pen Penang Hokkien Zhangzhou Hokkien
nan-qia Qianlu Min Datian Min
nan-qua Quanzhou Hokkien Chinchew, Choanchew Hokkien
nan-spm Southern Malaysian Hokkien Southern Malaysia Hokkien, Southern Peninsular Malaysian Hokkien, Southern Peninsular Malaysia Hokkien Quanzhou Hokkien
nan-ton Tong'an Hokkien Xiamen Hokkien
nan-xia Xiamen Hokkien Amoy, Amoyese, Amoynese, Xiamenese Hokkien
nan-yon Yongchun Hokkien Quanzhou Hokkien
nan-zha Zhangzhou Hokkien Changchew, Chiangchew, Changchow Hokkien
nan-zho Zhao'an Hokkien Zhao'an, Chawan, Chawan Hokkien Zhangzhou Hokkien
nan-zhp Zhangping Hokkien Zhangzhou Hokkien
ncb-cam Camorta Kamorta Central Nicobarese
ncb-kat Katchal Tehnu Central Nicobarese
ncb-nan Nancowry Nankwari Central Nicobarese
nds-lpr Low Prussian German Low German
nl-BE Belgian Dutch Flemish, Flemish Dutch, Southern Dutch Dutch
non-grn Greenlandic Norse Old West Norse
non-oen Old East Norse Old Norse
non-own Old West Norse Old Norse
nrf-grn Guernsey Norman Guernsey Norman
nrf-jer Jersey Norman Jersey Norman
ntz Natanzi Kermanic
nyq Nayini Kermanic
oc-ara Aranese Gascon
oc-auv Auvergnat Auvernhat, Auvergnese Occitan
oc-gas Gascon Occitan
oc-jud Shuadit Chouhadite, Chouhadit, Chouadite, Chouadit, Shuhadit, Judeo-Occitan, Judæo-Occitan, Judaeo-Occitan, Judeo-Provençal, Judæo-Provençal, Judaeo-Provençal, Judeo-Provencal, Judaeo-Provencal, Judeo-Comtadin, Judæo-Comtadin, Judaeo-Comtadin Occitan
oc-lan Languedocien Lengadocian Occitan
oc-lim Limousin Occitan
oc-pro, prv Provençal Provencal Occitan
oc-pro-old Old Provençal Old Occitan
oc-viv Vivaro-Alpine Occitan
och-ear Early Old Chinese Old Chinese
och-lat Late Old Chinese Old Chinese
ojp-eas Eastern Old Japanese Old Japanese
okm-ear Early Middle Korean Middle Korean
oko-lat Late Old Korean Old Korean
okz-ang Angkorian Old Khmer Old Khmer
okz-pre Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer Old Khmer
oos-ear Early Old Ossetic Old Ossetic
oos-lat Late Old Ossetic Old Ossetic
orc Orma Oromo
oru-kan Kaniguram Ormuri
oru-log Logar Ormuri
os-dig Digor Ossetian Digoron, Digor Ossetian
os-iro Iron Ossetian Iron Ossetian
osc-luc Lucanian Oscan
osc-sam Samnite Oscan
otk-kir Old Kirghiz Old Turkic
pal-ear Early Middle Persian Middle Persian
pal-lat Late Middle Persian Middle Persian
peo-ear Early Old Persian Old Persian
peo-lat Late Old Persian Old Persian
pfl Palatine German Pfälzisch, Pälzisch, Palatinate German Rhine Franconian
pl-gor Goral Polish
pl-gre Greater Polish Polish
pl-les Lesser Polish Polish
pl-mas Masovian Polish Polish
pld Polari English
pnb Western Panjabi Punjabi
pra-abh Abhiri Abhiri Prakrit Prakrit
pra-ard Ardhamagadhi Prakrit Ardhamagadhi Prakrit
pra-ava Avanti Avanti Prakrit Prakrit
pra-bah Bahliki Bahliki Prakrit Prakrit
pra-can Candali Candali Prakrit Prakrit
pra-dak Daksinatya Daksinatya Prakrit Prakrit
pra-dra Dramili Dramili Prakrit Prakrit
pra-hel Helu Prakrit Elu, Elu Prakrit, Helu Prakrit
pra-kha Khasa Prakrit Khasa Prakrit
pra-mag Magadhi Prakrit Magadhi Prakrit
pra-mah Maharastri Prakrit Maharashtri Prakrit, Maharastri, Maharashtri Prakrit
pra-odr Odri Odri Prakrit Prakrit
pra-pai Paisaci Prakrit Paisaci, Paisachi Sauraseni Prakrit
pra-pra Pracya Pracya Prakrit Prakrit
pra-sab Sabari Sabari Prakrit Prakrit
pra-sak Sakari Sakari Prakrit Prakrit
pra-sau Sauraseni Prakrit Sauraseni, Shauraseni Prakrit
prs Dari Dari Persian, Central Persian, Eastern Persian, Afghan Persian Persian
ps-afr Afridi Northeastern Pashto
ps-ban Bannu Southeastern Pashto
ps-bng Bangash Northeastern Pashto
ps-cgi Central Ghilzay Northwestern Pashto
ps-jad Jadrani Pashto
ps-kak Kakari Southeastern Pashto
ps-kan Kandahari Southwestern Pashto
ps-mah Mahsudi Northwestern Pashto
ps-nea Northeastern Pashto Pashto
ps-nwe Northwestern Pashto Pashto
ps-pes Peshawari Northeastern Pashto
ps-sea Southeastern Pashto Pashto
ps-ser Sher Southeastern Pashto
ps-swe Southwestern Pashto Pashto
ps-waz Waziri Southeastern Pashto
ps-xat Khatak Northeastern Pashto
pse-bsm Besemah Central Malay
pt-BR Brazilian Portuguese Portuguese
pt-PT European Portuguese Portuguese
qsb-bal Paleo-Balkan Undetermined
qsb-bma the BMAC substrate Undetermined
qsb-grc Pre-Greek Undetermined
qsb-ibe a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia Undetermined
qsb-pyg a substrate language originally spoken by the Pygmies Undetermined
qwm-arm Armeno-Kipchak Kipchak
qwm-mam Mamluk-Kipchak Kipchak
qxq Qashqai Qaşqay, Qashqayi, Kashkai, Kashkay Azerbaijani
rdb-jir Jirofti Rudbari
rdb-kah Kahnuji Rudbari
roa-oit Old Italian Italian
rw-kin Kinyarwanda Rwanda Rwanda-Rundi
rw-run Kirundi Rundi Rwanda-Rundi
sa-bhs Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Sanskrit
sa-bra Brahmanic Sanskrit Sanskrit
sa-cls Classical Sanskrit Sanskrit
sa-neo New Sanskrit Sanskrit
sa-ved Vedic Sanskrit Sanskrit
sc-nuo Nuorese Nuorese Sardinian Logudorese
sc-src Logudorese Logudorese Sardinian Sardinian
sc-sro Campidanese Campidanese Sardinian Sardinian
sco-ins Insular Scots Scots
sco-nor Northern Scots Scots
sco-sou South Scots Southern Scots, Borders Scots Scots
sco-uls Ulster Scots Scots
sdz Sallands Sallaans, Sallaands Dutch Low Saxon
sgh-baj Bajui Khughni-Bajui
sgh-bar Bartangi Bartangi-Oroshori
sgh-bro Bartangi-Oroshori Shughni
sgh-oro Oroshori Roshorvi Bartangi-Oroshori
sgh-ros Roshani Rushani, Rōšāni Roshani-Khufi
sgh-rsx Roshani-Khufi Shughni
sgh-xgb Khughni-Bajui Shughni
sgh-xuf Khufi Xufi, Xūfī Roshani-Khufi
sgh-xug Khughni Khughni-Bajui
sh-tor Torlakian Serbo-Croatian Torlak Serbo-Croatian
si-med Medieval Sinhalese Medieval Sinhala Sinhalese
sli Silesian East Central German Silesian East Central German
sog-ear Early Sogdian Sogdian
sog-lat Late Sogdian Early Sogdian
soj Soi Sohi Kermanic
ssn Waata Oromo
stl Stellingwerfs Stellingwarfs Dutch Low Saxon
sxu Upper Saxon German East Central German
ta-mid Middle Tamil Tamil
tai-shz Shangsi Zhuang Zhuang
taq Tamasheq Tuareg
tbq-pro Proto-Tibeto-Burman Proto-Sino-Tibetan
th-new Hacked Thai Thai
thv Tamahaq Tuareg
thz Tayert Tuareg
tks-cal Chali Tati Chāli Ramandi
tks-dan Danesfani Ramandi
tks-ebr Ebrahimabadi Ramandi
tks-esf Esfarvarini Ramandi
tks-sag Sagzabadi Ramandi
tks-tak Takestani Ramandi
tks-xia Khiaraji Ramandi
tks-xoz Khoznini Ramandi
tl-cls Classical Tagalog Tagalog
tl-old Old Tagalog Tagalog
tly-anb Anbarani Northern Talysh
tly-asa Asalemi Central Talysh
tly-aze Azerbaijani Talysh Northern Talysh
tly-cen Central Talysh Talysh
tly-fum Fumani Southern Talysh
tly-kar Karganrudi Central Talysh
tly-msa Masali Southern Talysh
tly-msu Masulei Southern Talysh
tly-nor Northern Talysh Talysh
tly-san Shandarmani Southern Talysh
tly-sou Southern Talysh Talysh
tly-tal Taleshdulabi Central Talysh
tly-tul Tularudi Central Talysh
tmh-ght Ghat Tuareg
tmr Jewish Babylonian Aramaic Aramaic
tr-CY Cypriot Turkish Turkish
trk-cmn Common Turkic Proto-Turkic
trk-ogz-pro Proto-Oghuz Southwestern Common Turkic Proto-Turkic
tsk Tseku Tibetan
ttq Tawellemmet Tuareg
tw Twi Akan Twi Akan
tw-abr Bono Twi Bono, Abron, Brong Twi Akan
tw-aku Akuapem Twi Akuapem, Akuapim, Akwapem Twi, Akwapi Twi Akan
tw-asa Asante Twi Asante, Ashanti, Ashante Twi Akan
twd Twents Tweants Dutch Low Saxon
urj-fpr-pro Proto-Finno-Permic Proto-Uralic
vaf Vafsi Tafreshi
vel Veluws Dutch Low Saxon
wae Walser German Highest Alemannic German
wep Westphalian Westfalish, Westphalien German Low German
woy Weyto Undetermined
wuu-chm Shadi Wu Northern Wu
wuu-han Hangzhounese Wu
wuu-nin Ningbonese Wu
wuu-nor Northern Wu Taihu Wu Wu
wuu-sha Shanghainese Northern Wu
wuu-suz Suzhounese Northern Wu
wuu-wen Wenzhounese Wu
xcg Cisalpine Gaulish Gaulish
xme-aby Abyanehi Kermanic
xme-abz Abuzeydabadi Kermanic
xme-amo Amorehi Tafreshi
xme-ana Anaraki Kermanic
xme-ard Ardestani Kermanic
xme-azr Old Azari Old Azeri, Azari, Azeri, Āḏarī, Adari, Adhari Old Tati
xme-bdr Badrudi Kermanic
xme-bid Bidhandi Kermanic
xme-bij Bijagani Kermanic
xme-bor Borujerdi Tafreshi
xme-cim Chimehi Kermanic
xme-del Delijani Kermanic
xme-far Farizandi Kermanic
xme-ham Hamadani Tafreshi
xme-han Hanjani Kermanic
xme-isf Isfahani Kermanic
xme-jow Jowshaqani Kermanic
xme-kaf Kafroni Kermanic
xme-kah Kahaki Tafreshi
xme-kas Kashani Kermanic
xme-kes Kesehi Kermanic
xme-kom Komjani Kermanic
xme-krm Kermani Kermanic
xme-mah Mahallati Kermanic
xme-mey Meymehi Kermanic
xme-nar Naraqi Kermanic
xme-nas Nashalji Kermanic
xme-nus Nushabadi Kermanic
xme-qal Qalhari Kermanic
xme-qoh Qohrudi Kermanic
xme-sed Sedehi Kermanic
xme-tar Tari Kermanic
xme-trh Tarehi Kermanic
xme-ttc-cen Central Tati Old Tati
xme-ttc-eas Eastern Tati Old Tati
xme-ttc-nor Northern Tati Old Tati
xme-ttc-sou Southern Tati Old Tati
xme-ttc-wes Western Tati Old Tati
xme-val Valujerdi Kermanic
xme-var Varani Kermanic
xme-von Vonishuni Kermanic
xme-vrz Varzenehi Kermanic
xme-xur Khuri Kermanic
xme-yar Yarandi Kermanic
xme-yaz Yazdi Kermanic
xme-zef Zefrehi Kermanic
xme-zor Zori Kermanic
xmn Manichaean Middle Persian Late Middle Persian
xng-ear Early Middle Mongol Middle Mongol
xng-lat Late Middle Mongol Middle Mongol
xno Anglo-Norman Old Northern French
xno-law Law French Anglo-Norman
xtg Transalpine Gaulish Gaulish
xum-her Hernician Umbrian
xvi Kamviri Kamvíri Kamkata-viri
yue-HK Hong Kong Cantonese Cantonese
yue-gua Guangzhou Cantonese Cantonese
yue-lit Literary Cantonese Cantonese
yue-wvc Written vernacular Cantonese Cantonese
zh-postal Postal Romanization Chinese
zhx-dan Danzhou Chinese Sinitic family
zhx-tai-wvc Written vernacular Taishanese Taishanese
zhx-zho Zhongshan Min Sinitic family
zle-mru Middle Russian Russian
zle-obe Old Belarusian Old Ruthenian
zle-ops Old Pskovian Old Novgorodian
zle-ouk Old Ukrainian Old Ruthenian
zlw-mpl Middle Polish Polish

Exceptions

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Learned and religious languages

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Kept alive by scholars or adherents of religions

Revived languages

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Eurasian

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American Indian

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