Scopes and Types
Scopes:
- Individual languages
- Macrolanguages
- Collections of languages
- Dialects
- Reserved for local use
- Special situations
Types (for individual languages):
- Living languages
- Extinct languages
- Ancient languages
- Historic languages
- Constructed languages
Read more about this topic: ISO 639-2
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