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Terms of Use for Language Code Download Tables

In the interest of fostering the use of ISO/DIS 639-3 for the uniform identification of all the world's languages in information systems, SIL International releases certain information from the Ethnologue database for use in the development of information systems, specifically, information that describes language identifiers in terms of alternate names and countries where spoken. You are welcome to download the information as provided and incorporate the supplied tables into your own database application. You are also authorized to make that application available to the public, provided that you:

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