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Reputation: 378

How to get ISO 639-2 values (for which is there is no ISO 639-1 2 letter code) from ISO 639-1?

Due to API version changes, we are now receiving ISO 639-1 (2 letter codes e.g. "en", "fr", "es") instead of ISO 639-2 (3 letter codes e.g. "eng", "frm", "spa"). I found in JAVA we can use locales and use getISO3Language() method to get 3 letter codes from 2 letter codes.

Client still needs 3 letter codes and having them change their code is not an option... :(

However for codes like "frm" do not have a 2 letter version

fre (B)fra (T) | fr | French
-- | -- | -- | 
fre (B)fra (T) | fr | French
frm |   | French, Middle (ca.1400-1600)
fro |   | French, Old (842-ca.1400)

I know that "frm" and "fra" are synonym codes, can they be used interchangbly? If not, is there a way to get "frm" from ISO 639-1 "fr" code?

Also, Java does have the ability to use subtags from new IANA Language Subtag Registry

But again, how to get the correct ISO 639-2 code from the 2 letter code?

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