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mihxil · Mar 8, 2024 · 976e2ac · 976e2ac
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-Codes for Languages of the World are covered by the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-3[ISO-639-3 standard]
+Codes for Languages (and language groups) of the World are covered by the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639[ISO-639 standard]
 
-This standard provides a 3-letter code for each language.
+These standards provides a letter codes for each language. E.g. ISO-639-3 provides a three letter code for all living languages.
 
 There are too many such codes to be contained in a java-enum (e.g. https://github.com/TakahikoKawasaki/nv-i18n/blob/master/src/main/java/com/neovisionaries/i18n/LanguageAlpha3Code.java is just not complete)