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Subject: query : standard code for language and dialect

what numerical and alphabetic code have be establish for represent language and dialect in computer database and computerize information exchange ? is there an international standard for represent the language ( and dialect ) of a speak utterance ( as oppose to the write form ) . the best that i have find be the three-character alphabetic code use by the cornell - sil language archive as publish in ethnologue by wycliffe bible translator , inc . however , it do not have the status of an international standard and do not have a correspond numerical form that be publish . ideally the standard numerical form would use 13 bit to represent the 5445 language describe . this would leave 3 bit out of two byte to reference up to 8 dialect . the international organization for standardization do publish two relevant standard but neither attempt to represent speak language directly . the standard iso 639 : 1988 be a " code for the representation of the name of language . " it use two alphabetic character to represent only 136 language and do not distinguish the various speak form of chinese ( mandarin , cantonese , etc . ) . the standard iso 3166 : 1988 be a " code for the representation of the name of country . " it present three different code to represent the country of the world . they can be of some use in identify dialect associate with different country . is this all there be ? is there any interest in establish an iso international standard ? - brian doherty < doherty @ bnr . ca > p . s . what be the udc number ( = 20 for english , = 951 for chinese ) that be list in the annex to iso 639 : 1988 ( e / f ) ?