Xhosa Language Code

Language Codes of Xhosa

All world languages have unique language codes. Language codes are not case sensitive. Language codes of Xhosa include: ISO codes, Glottocodes and linguasphere. The Xhosa language codes are useful for shorthand designation for indicating this language.

• The linguasphere of Xhosa language code: 99-AUT-fa.

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What is Xhosa Language Code?

The code that assigns short alphabetic or numeric identifier for language is called Xhosa language code. Languages are designated by a two letter code and three letter code. The Xhosa language code consists of ISO 639 1, ISO 639 2, ISO 639 3, Glottocode and Linguasphere. The Language codes are the codes for representation of names of languages.

ISO Language Codes

The ISO Language codes define abbreviations for languages. The ISO 639 is International Organization Standard for language codes which are used to establish internationally recognized codes for representation of languages. ISO Xhosa Language codes may be two letter codes or three letter codes. The ISO language codes were approved in 1967. ISO Xhosa Language codes are : ISO 639-1 code, ISO 639-2 code and ISO-3 code. ISO 639-2 is alpha-3 code and ISO 639-1 is the alpha-2 code. The ISO 639-2 code is divided into Bibliographic(B) and Terminological(T) codes which are denoted as ISO 639-2/B and ISO 639-2/T.
ISO Xhosa Language codes are:

• ISO 639-1: xh
• ISO 639-2/T: xho
• ISO 639-2/B: xho
• ISO 639-3: xho

Codes for various languages can be found on Xhosa vs Korean, Xhosa vs Japanese,Xhosa vs French and Xhosa vs Spanish.

GlottoCode

Glottocode is one of codes which comes under Xhosa language codes. The bibliographic database of the world’s lesser-known languages is called Glottolog.

• The Glottocode of Xhosa language: xhos1239