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Enter an ISO 639-3 code to find the corresponding language article. The local-use code range `qaa`–`qtz` links to the entries below.

The ISO 639-3 language codes in the range qaa–qtz are 'reserved for local use'. Any organization or person may use them to designate whatever languages they want, as long as they are not mistaken for code assignments in the standard. It is not known in general who is using them for what purposes, as such use may be private.

One organization, however, the Linguist List, makes its assignments known publicly, using them primarily to refer to extinct languages (a class of languages that are often missing from the standard). The Linguist List's codes are not official ISO 639-3 codes, but are compatible with the official standard, and may be safely used as long as their identity as local codes assigned by the Linguist List is made clear and they are not confused with local language codes assigned by other parties.

Following are the values Linguist List has assigned to this range, as of 2013 Sep 01. Names are those listed at the top of the Linguist List entry; additional names in the body of the entry are not repeated here. The Linguist List entry can be seen by following the link at the beginning of each line.

There is no requirement that a language name be identified before it is assigned a code in the private-use range. As a result, a large number of these code assignments are redundant, some even assigned to the appearance of a language in a specific source. Many of the languages have official ISO codes, though not always on a one-to-one basis with the local codes.

qa–

Local ISO code	Local ISO names	Standard ISO equivalents^[1]	Notes
qah	Amarizana	—
qaj^[2]	Ulu	ywq Wuding-Luquan Yi	Wu-Lu (Wulu/Ulu) is an acronym for Wuding-Luquan
qao	Santa Rosa	—	dialect of 0in Guamo
qar	Thongho	iii Nuosu
qax	San José	—	dialect of 0in Guamo
qay	Western Desert, Ooldea	—
qaz	One	onr/oin/aun/onk/okk/osu One

qb–

Local ISO code	Local ISO names	Standard ISO equivalents	Notes
qbb	Old Latin	—
qbe	Patagon	teh Tehuelche
qbf	Chökö	yzk?	thought to be yzk Zokhuo
qbh	Manao	—
qbj	Guetar, Brusela	—	same as gut-hue Huetar
qbn	Dorasque	—
qbp	Custenau	—
qbt	"Huarpe" (meaning Alyentiyak)	—
qbx	Cholón	cht Cholón
qby	Bayanga	bkc Baka / gdi Gundi

qc–

Local ISO code	Local ISO names	Standard ISO equivalents	Notes
qcb	Parana Boaboa	mbj Nadëb
qcc	Yehubde	yab Yuhup
qcd	Muellama	—
qce	Kariaí	—	same as [qrs] Kariay
qch	Seldjukisch	?
qci	Pakishan	iii Nuosu
qcm	Limba	lia/lma Limba
qco	Yupiltepegue	xin Xinca
qcs	Tapachula Mijean	—	In Multitree, used for the node of the Mije languages, which does not include Tapachultec
qct	Praenestinian	—
qcu	Russonorsk	—
qcv	Latacunga, Pansaleo, Panzaleo, Quito	—
qcx	Mukuchí	—	MultiTree [qsm] Maripu was a dialect
qcy	Neo-Babylonian	akk Akkadian

qd–

Local ISO code	Local ISO names	Standard ISO equivalents	Notes
qda	Guazacapán	xin Xinca
qdc	Santa Cruz	stc Santa Cruz (retired; now ntu Natügu + nlz Nalögo)
qdh	Chapacura	—
qdi	Muoi	sab Buglere
qdj	Kangsiangying	iii Nuosu
qdk	Ko-p'u	ygp Gepo
qdl	Runic	non Old Norse	or perhaps Proto-Norse
qds	Churuya	—
qdt	Pacific Coast Alaskan Eskimo	ems Pacific Gulf Yupik
qdu	Maguri	retired muf	MultiTree [qpj] Timote-Cuica
qdv	Waurá-Meinaku	wau Waura + mmh Mehináku
qdw^[3]	Yuki, Coast Yuki	yuk Yuki

qe–

Local ISO code	Local ISO names	Standard ISO equivalents	Notes
qea	Waicuri, Waicuru	—	same as [qjg] Guaicura
qeb	Neutral	—
qee	Similaton	len Lenca
qef^[4]	Katembrí	—
qei	Weima, Oueïma	tod Toma
qep	Guanaca, Guanaco, Guanáca, Guanuco	—
qeq	Lanuvian	—
qer	Elfdalian	ovd Elfdalian	former dlc Dalecarlian (retired? still indicated by Glottolog)
qes	Mascouten	?
qet^[5]	Kiaokio	iii Nuosu
qey	Sam'alian	oar Old Aramaic
qez	Culino, Kulino	xpk Kulina Pano

qf–

Local ISO code	Local ISO names	Standard ISO equivalents
qfc	Margua	tnb Western Tunebo
qfd	Cabere, Cávere, Cabre	—
qfe	Kapixaná	kxo Kanoé
qff	Nutabe	—
qfg	Jirajara	—
qfi	Sechura	—
qfj	Dēd Mongol, Monguor, Sprache der oberen Mongolen	mjg Monguor
qfk	Wachí	—
qfq	Tudza	iii Nuosu
qfr	Duampu	gqi Guiqiong
qfs	Langet	?
qfu	Matanauí	—
qfx	Ogham Irish	pgl Primitive Irish, sga Old Irish (to 900)
qfy	Amonap	kui Kuikúro-Kalapálo
qfz	Liang-shan	iii Nuosu

qg–

Local ISO code	Local ISO names	Standard ISO equivalents	Notes
qgb	Millcayac	—
qgd	Gandole	ccg Samba Daka
qge	Quimbaya, Kimbaya	—
qgg	Ammonite	—
qgh	Kyao, Kyau, Chaw, Kyaw	nct Chothe Naga
qgj	Membreno	len Lenca
qgk	Middle Greek	grc Ancient Greek (to 1453)
qgl	Erie	—
qgn	G//ani	hnh //Ani
qgp	Tiquie	jup Hupdë
qgq	Inyeri, Iñeri, Ineri, Iñero, Inyrei [a typo]	crb Island Carib
qgu^[6]	Wulguru	—
qgv	Wenro	—
qgy	Wariva	mbj Nadëb
qgz	Airo-Sumaghaghe, Sumagaxe, Airo, Ario-Sumagaxe, Ario-Sumagaghe	?	dropped by Ethnologue

qh–

Local ISO code	Local ISO names	Standard ISO equivalents	Notes
qha	Ollur Gadba, Ollur	gdb Pottangi Ollar Gadaba
qhc	South Wintu	pwi Patwin
qhd	Toledano	spa Spanish
qhf	Adzáneni, Tatu, Adiana, Adzanani	bwi Baniwa / kpc Curripaco
qhi	Chumulu	—
qhj	Catio	—	same as [qjh] Catío (= Old Catio)
qhk	Upper Umpqua	xup Upper Umpqua
qhm	Leke	NA	not a language, but a script for kjp Eastern Pwo
qho	Payawá	—
qhp	Caranga dialect	ayr Central Aymara
qhq	Jumaytepegue	xin Xinca
qhr	Old Sabellic	spx South Picene
qhy	Middle Aramaic	NA	not a single language, covers several ISO codes

qi–

Local ISO code	Local ISO names	Standard ISO equivalents	Notes
qic	Yurumangui	—
qij	Maipure	—
qil	Hongote	NA	a spurious language name; error corrected in 1892 but repeated in Greenberg
qin	Ari	abi Abidji
qiq	Huchnom, Clear Lake Yuki, Yuki	yuk Yuki
qir	Kaliana, Arutani, Uruak [sic]	Kaliana is spc Sapé; Uruak is atx Arutani	These are not the same language, or even demonstrably related.^[7]
qiv	Nameji	nmy Namuyi

qj–

Local ISO code	Local ISO names	Standard ISO equivalents	Notes
qja	Afro-Portuguese pidgin/creole	—
qjb	Anauyá	—
qjf	North Wintu, Wintu (northern)	wnw Wintu
qjg	Guaicura, Waikura, Waykuri	—	same as [qea] Waicuri
qjh	Catío, Antioquian Catío	—	same as [qhj] Catio (= Old Catio)
qji	Atanques	—
qjj	Mitteltürkisch	≈xqa Karakhanid?
qjl	Pai-lang	—
qjm	Natú	—
qjn	Allentaic	—
qjp	Thochu	cng Northern Qiang
qjq	Insular Scandinavian	NA	not a single language
qjt	Choltí	≈ emy Epigraphic Mayan
qjv	Lo-Naam	alz Alur
qjw	Bamboo Spanish	—
qjx	Standard Literary Yiddish	ydd Eastern Yiddish
qjz	Javaé, Javae, Javaje	kpj Karajá

qk–

Local ISO code	Local ISO names	Standard ISO equivalents	Notes
qka	Kyan	bmq Bomu
qkd	Karif	cab Garifuna
qkn	Old Kanada	—
qkr	Avanti	—
qkt	San Luis Obispo	obi Obispeño
qkw	Tarof	xod Kokoda
qky	Laichau	iii Nuosu
qkz	Luwian	xlu Cuneiform Luwian, hlu Hieroglyphic Luwian	not a single language

ql–

Local ISO code	Local ISO names	Standard ISO equivalents	Notes
qlb	Burgundian	—	same as 1em Burgundian
qlc	Kansa-Osage	ksk Kansa + osa Osage
qlf	Taparita	—
qlj	Kozarini	pab Parecís
qlq	Biya	aiw Aari
qlv	Quitemo	—
qlw	Pingfang	?	an obsolete name, either cng Northern Qiang or qxs Southern Qiang
qly	Hatran	—
qlz	Masakará	—

qm–

Local ISO code	Local ISO names	Standard ISO equivalents	Notes
qma	Eten	omc Mochica
qmb	Central Alaskan Eskimo	esu Central Yupik
qmc	San Buenaventura, Buenaventura	veo Ventureño
qmi	Miriam	kwl Kofyar
qmk	Manianka	mzj Manya
qml	Malinka	mlq Western Maninkakan
qmm	Penonemeño, Penomeño, Penonomeño	gym Ngäbere
qmo	Santa Ynez	inz Ineseño
qmu	Marahan	mbj Nadëb
qmv	Yupuá-Duriña	—
qmx	Old Indic languages	NA	not a single language
qmy	Crimean Tatar	crh Crimean Tatar

qn–

Local ISO code	Local ISO names	Standard ISO equivalents	Notes
qna	Kamaru	kgx Kamaru
qnb	Vadi	bta Bata
qne	Cenufana, Sinúfana, Cenufara, Sinufana	—
qni	Corobisi	—	same as gut-cor
qnj	Cara, Kara, Karani, Caranqui, Imbaya, Caranki, Scyri, Otavalo	—
qnk	Rigveda	san Sanskrit	a specific ISO code has been requested
qnn	Guajiquiro, Guajiquero	len Lenca
qnp	(unnamed proto-language)	NA	`[qnp]` is used by MultiTree for unnamed nodes in a reconstructed family tree
qny	Cora	—

qo–

Local ISO code	Local ISO names	Standard ISO equivalents	Notes
qoa	Haush	—
qob	Tosu	—	same as ers-duo
qoi	Taruma	—
qoj	Pasé	—
qok	Old Khmer	—
qop	Kortse	cng Northern Qiang
qot	Sahaptin	uma/waa/yak/tqn Sahaptin
qou	Uncasica	tnb Western Tunebo
qow	Santa Rosa	crz Cruzeño
qox	Proto-Pidgin-English	—
qoz	Neo-Assyrian	akk Akkadian

qp–

Local ISO code	Local ISO names	Standard ISO equivalents	Notes
qpa	Querari, Kerarí	cbv Cacua
qpb	Kwitlateko	—
qpc	Tlapanec	tcf/tpc/tpl/tpx Tlapanec
qpe	West Wintu	wnw Wintu
qpg	Otomaco	—
qpj	Timote-Cuica	—	retired [muf]
qpk	Doko-Dollo, Doko-Dolo	bst Basketo
qpl	Pamigua	—
qpm	Gayi	gyl Gayil
qpp	Paisaci Prakrit	—
qpr	Proto-Lappish, Urlappisch	—
qpx	Bode	bde Bade
qpz	Kuri-Dou	kwa Dâw

qq–

Local ISO code	Local ISO names	Standard ISO equivalents	Notes
qqa	Kilinà	pil Yom
qqc	Gualaca	—
qqd	Marawá	bae Baré
qqh	Kwazá	xwa Kwaza
qqj	Garú	ycn Yucuna
qqk	Kuniba	inp Iñapari
qql	Peripheral West Gurage languages	NA	not a single language
qqr	Naikṛi, Naikri	nit Southeastern Kolami
qqv	Tairona	?	the language of the Tairona civilization has not been unidentified; it may survive and have an ISO code
qqx	Mittlere Salomons-Inseln languages	NA	not a single language
qqz	Kuwani	—

qr–

Local ISO code	Local ISO names	Standard ISO equivalents	Notes
qrc	Pho	?	a generic name for Pwo
qre	Uarakena	gae Guarequena
qri	Intibucat	len Lenca
qrj	Continental Scandinavian	NA	not a single language
qro	Guaranoco, Guarañoco	ayo Ayoreo
qrp	Tequistlatec proper	—
qrr	Manare	tbn Eastern Tunebo
qrs	Kariay	—	same as [qce] Kariaí
qrv	Catacao	—
qrx	Duit; also Mittlere Neu-Hebriden languages^[8]	— NA
qrz	Opón-Karare	—

qs–

Local ISO code	Local ISO names	Standard ISO equivalents	Notes
qsb	Colán	—
qsd	Chiguimuliya	xin Xinca
qse	P'ou-la	iii Nuosu
qsg	Bararetta, Kofira	orc Orma
qsi	Chaná, Chana, Sari	ndu (spurious)	confused with the Adamawa language Dugun, which has a proper ISO code
qsk	Sidianka	NA	a putative dialect of emk Malinke which probably never existed^[9]
qsm	Maripu	—
qss	Kope	pwi Patwin	an obsolete name
qst	Relexified Portuguese-Based Creole	effectively pap Papiamento
qsu	Opatoro	len Lenca
qsw	Kawishana	—
qsx	Südküste Britisch Neuguinea languages	NA	not a single language
qsz	Juat	nys Nyunga	same as nys-jua, though other dialects of Nyunga have been issued their own ISO codes

qt–

Local ISO code	Local ISO names	Standard ISO equivalents	Notes
qta	Tape	mrs Maragus	In Multitree, the code is for Mallicolo, which presumably means all Malekula languages
qtb	Sihia, Hsihsia Tangut, Hsihsia Tangutski, Hsihsia	txg Tangut
qtd	Betoi	—
qth	Guiano	bae Baré
qti	Tuni	lor Téén
qtj	Wainumá	—
qtk	Doghosie-Fing	dgs Dogoso
qtl	Jumana	—
qtm	Dzorgai	cng Northern Qiang
qto	Toronka	emk Eastern Maninkaka (Toron)
qtp	Gayón	—
qtv	Karu	bwi Baniwa + kpc Curripaco
qtw	Mariaté	—
qtx	Cayeri	ccb Cabiyarí
qty	Yarumá	suy Suyá
qtz	Sepecides Romani	rmn Balkan Romani

Notes

^ "Equivalent" here does not necessarily mean a synonym. Dialect codes at MultiTree are normally derived from the language code via a suffix, so a standard-use language code is considered equivalent to a local-use dialect code which should have been based on the standard code. Likewise, a local code for a dialect cluster that has been assigned multiple official codes is considered equivalent to those codes. A dash indicates that there is no official ISO code for the language. "NA" means that the name is not that of a language and so does not apply.
^ qaj is registered at the ConLang Code Registry for Adjuvilo.
^ Registered at the ConLang Code Registry for Weltdeutsch.
^ Registered at the ConLang Code Registry for Efatese.
^ Registered at the ConLang Code Registry for Esperanto II.
^ Registered at the ConLang Code Registry for Universalglot.
^ However, Linguist List / MultiTree uses [qir] specifically for Kaliana, with Arutani (as 'Awake') identified by its standard ISO code.
^ [qrx] has two unrelated assignments. It may be that the second is supposed to have been retired.
^ H. Buske, 1994, SUGIA, Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika, 12–14:157.

References

Ypsilanti, MI (2009), Multitree: A digital library of language relationships, Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List), Eastern Michigan University

[1] "Equivalent" here does not necessarily mean a synonym. Dialect codes at MultiTree are normally derived from the language code via a suffix, so a standard-use language code is considered equivalent to a local-use dialect code which should have been based on the standard code. Likewise, a local code for a dialect cluster that has been assigned multiple official codes is considered equivalent to those codes. A dash indicates that there is no official ISO code for the language. "NA" means that the name is not that of a language and so does not apply.

[2] qaj is registered at the ConLang Code Registry for Adjuvilo.

[3] Registered at the ConLang Code Registry for Weltdeutsch.

[4] Registered at the ConLang Code Registry for Efatese.

[5] Registered at the ConLang Code Registry for Esperanto II.

[6] Registered at the ConLang Code Registry for Universalglot.

[7] However, Linguist List / MultiTree uses [qir] specifically for Kaliana, with Arutani (as 'Awake') identified by its standard ISO code.

[8] [qrx] has two unrelated assignments. It may be that the second is supposed to have been retired.

[9] H. Buske, 1994, SUGIA, Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika, 12–14:157.

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