Sanskrit Language Code

Language Codes of Sanskrit

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

• Sanskrit has no Linguasphere code.

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What is Sanskrit Language Code?

The code that assigns short alphabetic or numeric identifier for language is called Sanskrit language code. Languages are designated by a two letter code and three letter code. The Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit Language codes may be two letter codes or three letter codes. The ISO language codes were approved in 1967. ISO Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit Language codes are:

• ISO 639-1: sa
• ISO 639-2/T: san
• ISO 639-2/B: san
• ISO 639-3: san

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

GlottoCode

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

• The Glottocode of Sanskrit language: sans1269