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The flags are remained. It looks good. People don't know the ISO 639-3 of those which have flags, but it's not important. It's so nice of you to insist keeping flags. Each language can only have no more than one flag. I think there can be some principles of choosing them:

Flags can only be of languages, countries, regions, international organizations, cultures or ethnics.

Each flag should be an actual flag, not a Tatoeba flag. For example, the flag of Latin can be Vantican City's flag (because there are too many possible banners of Rome, so people can't make a consensus of which one is the best); Ancient Greek can be Byzantine flag.

Each flag should be standard before being modificated. Modifications are limited to resizing (better to keep the original length-width ratio), crop, fill in. Maybe those country flag icons need to be changed to cater to this.

Each flag can only represent no more than one language.


If there are more than one flag of a language:

  1. Choose the most original one. For  example, the flag of Portugese should be Portugese flag instead of Brazilian flag. But Standard Arabic is considered to be an international norm, so its flag should be Arab League's;
  2. Choose the most popular one. For example, the flag of Korean should be South Korean flag instead of North Korean flag. But if they have very similar popularities, it should be suspended;
  3. Choose the best-looking one, according to vexillology. But it should have been more popular already.

If there are more than one language for a flag:

  1. Choose the most popular one. The flag of Afghanistan may represent Pashto or Dari, but it should be Pashto, because it has a lot more speakers than Dari;
  2. Choose the most precise one. The flag of Philipine may represent Tagalog and Filipino, but it should be Filipino, because Philipine's official language is "Filipino", the standard form of Tagalog.

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iso name countries scope image modified
abq Abaza Russian Federation Individual
abk Abkhazian Georgia Individual Language_1.gif
ace Achinese Indonesia Individual
adq Adangbe Ghana Individual
ada Adangme Ghana Individual
ady Adyghe Russian Federation Individual
aar Afar Ethiopia Individual Language_2.gif
afr Afrikaans South Africa Individual Language_3.gif
agx Aghul Russian Federation Individual
aht Ahtena United States Individual
aib Ainu (China) China Individual
ain Ainu (Japan) Japan Individual
ajg Aja (Benin) Benin Individual
aji Ajië New Caledonia Individual
aka Akan Ghana Macrolanguage
akk Akkadian Individual
akl Aklanon Philippines Individual
sqi Albanian Albania Macrolanguage
ale Aleut United States Individual
amj Amdang Chad Individual
amh Amharic Ethiopia Individual Language_5.gif
grc Ancient Greek (to

1453)

Greece Individual Language_153.gif
anp Angika India Individual
blo Anii Benin Individual
ara Arabic Saudi Arabia Macrolanguage
arg Aragonese Spain Individual
aro Araona Bolivia Individual
arp Arapaho United States Individual
hye Armenian Armenia Individual Language_7.gif
aat Arvanitika

Albanian

Greece Individual
asm Assamese India Individual Language_8.gif
aii Assyrian

Neo-Aramaic

Iraq Individual Language_9.gif
ast Asturian Spain Individual
ava Avaric Russian Federation Individual Language_147.gif
ave Avestan Iran Individual
awa Awadhi India Individual
ayo Ayoreo Paraguay Individual
aze Azerbaijani Iran Macrolanguage
bba Baatonum Benin Individual
bqi Bakhtiari Iran Individual
ban Balinese Indonesia Individual
bft Balti Pakistan Individual
bal Baluchi Pakistan Macrolanguage
bam Bambara Mali Individual
bwi Baniwa Venezuela Individual
bjn Banjar Indonesia Individual
bfa Bari South Sudan Individual
mot Barí Colombia Individual
bwg Barwe Mozambique Individual
bas Basa (Cameroon) Cameroon Individual
bak Bashkir Russian Federation Individual Language_13.gif
eus Basque Spain Individual Language_14.gif
brg Baure Bolivia Individual
bel Belarusian Belarus Individual Language_24.gif
bzj Belize Kriol

English

Belize Individual
bem Bemba (Zambia) Zambia Individual
ben Bengali Bangladesh Individual Language_15.gif
bew Betawi Indonesia Individual
bho Bhojpuri India Individual Language_18.gif
beh Biali Benin Individual
bik Bikol Philippines Macrolanguage
bis Bislama Vanuatu Individual Language_19.gif
brx Bodo (India) India Individual
bqc Boko (Benin) Benin Individual
bmq Bomu Mali Individual
gax Borana-Arsi-Guji

Oromo

Ethiopia Individual Language_93.gif
bos Bosnian Bosnia and

Herzegovina

Individual Language_20.gif
bre Breton France Individual Language_21.gif
bdm Buduma Chad Individual
bug Buginese Indonesia Individual
bku Buhid Philippines Individual
bul Bulgarian Bulgaria Individual Language_22.gif
mya Burmese Myanmar Individual Language_23.gif
chl Cahuilla United States Individual
sro Campidanese

Sardinian

Italy Individual Language_154.gif
caz Canichana Bolivia Individual
cal Carolinian Northern Mariana

Islands

Individual
cat Catalan Spain Individual Language_26.gif
cav Cavineña Bolivia Individual
cyb Cayubaba Bolivia Individual
cay Cayuga Canada Individual
ceb Cebuano Philippines Individual
khm Central Khmer Cambodia Individual Language_25.gif
pst Central Pashto Pakistan Individual Language_94.gif
esu Central Yupik United States Individual
cao Chácobo Bolivia Individual
cha Chamorro Guam Individual
cbk Chavacano Philippines Individual
che Chechen Russian Federation Individual
chr Cherokee United States Individual
chy Cheyenne United States Individual
hne Chhattisgarhi India Individual
cic Chickasaw United States Individual
zho Chinese China Macrolanguage
chp Chipewyan Canada Individual
cax Chiquitano Bolivia Individual
ctg Chittagonian Bangladesh Individual
cho Choctaw United States Individual
ckt Chukot Russian Federation Individual
chk Chuukese Micronesia Individual
chv Chuvash Russian Federation Individual
cim Cimbrian Italy Individual
com Comanche United States Individual
cop Coptic Egypt Individual
cor Cornish United Kingdom Individual
cos Corsican France Individual Language_29.gif
cre Cree Canada Macrolanguage
crh Crimean Tatar Ukraine Individual
hrv Croatian Croatia Individual Language_31.gif
ces Czech Czechia Individual Language_32.gif
dag Dagbani Ghana Individual
dak Dakota United States Individual
dan Danish Denmark Individual Language_33.gif
dar Dargwa Russian Federation Individual
prs Dari Afghanistan Individual
dcc Deccan India Individual
ing Degexit'an United States Individual
dhv Dehu New Caledonia Individual
ddn Dendi (Benin) Benin Individual
div Dhivehi Maldives Individual
din Dinka South Sudan Macrolanguage
dgo Dogri (individual

language)

India Individual
doi Dogri

(macrolanguage)

India Macrolanguage
dgr Dogrib Canada Individual
dlg Dolgan Russian Federation Individual
dng Dungan Kyrgyzstan Individual
nld Dutch Netherlands Individual Language_34.gif
dyu Dyula Côte d’Ivoire Individual
dzo Dzongkha Bhutan Individual Language_17.gif
egy Egyptian (Ancient) Individual Language_35.gif
eng English United Kingdom Individual Language_36.gif
myv Erzya Russian Federation Individual
ese Ese Ejja Bolivia Individual
epo Esperanto Poland Individual Language_37.gif
est Estonian Estonia Macrolanguage
eve Even Russian Federation Individual
evn Evenki China Individual
ewe Ewe Ghana Individual
eya Eyak United States Individual
fax Fala Spain Individual
fao Faroese Faroe Islands Individual Language_39.gif
hif Fiji Hindi Fiji Individual
fij Fijian Fiji Individual Language_40.gif
fin Finnish Finland Individual Language_41.gif
fon Fon Benin Individual
fod Foodo Benin Individual
fra French France Individual Language_42.gif
ful Fulah Senegal Macrolanguage
gaa Ga Ghana Individual Language_152.gif
gag Gagauz Moldova Individual
glg Galician Spain Individual Language_45.gif
gan Gan Chinese China Individual
cab Garifuna Honduras Individual
grt Garo India Individual
gez Geez Ethiopia Individual
gej Gen Togo Individual
kat Georgian Georgia Individual Language_46.gif
deu German Germany Individual Language_47.gif
aln Gheg Albanian Albania Individual
gil Gilbertese Kiribati Individual
gjn Gonja Ghana Individual
got Gothic Individual Language_155.gif
gux Gourmanchéma Burkina Faso Individual
gyr Guarayu Bolivia Individual
guj Gujarati India Individual Language_51.gif
afb Gulf Arabic Kuwait Individual
gli Guliguli Solomon Islands Individual
guk Gumuz Ethiopia Individual
gyn Guyanese Creole

English

Guyana Individual
gwi Gwichʼin Canada Individual
hai Haida Canada Macrolanguage
hat Haitian Haiti Individual
hak Hakka Chinese China Individual
har Harari Ethiopia Individual
bgc Haryanvi India Individual
mey Hassaniyya Mauritania Individual
hau Hausa Nigeria Individual Language_52.gif
haw Hawaiian United States Individual
heb Hebrew Israel Individual Language_53.gif
hil Hiligaynon Philippines Individual
hin Hindi India Individual Language_54.gif
hoi Holikachuk United States Individual
hop Hopi United States Individual
czh Huizhou Chinese China Individual
hun Hungarian Hungary Individual Language_55.gif
ivb Ibatan Philippines Individual
isl Icelandic Iceland Individual Language_56.gif
ido Ido Individual Language_148.gif
ibo Igbo Nigeria Individual
ilo Iloko Philippines Individual
ind Indonesian Indonesia Individual Language_57.gif
inh Ingush Russian Federation Individual
ina Interlingua

(International Auxiliary Language Asso...

Individual Language_150.gif
ile Interlingue Individual
iku Inuktitut Canada Macrolanguage
ipk Inupiaq United States Macrolanguage
pes Iranian Persian Iran Individual Language_95.gif
gle Irish Ireland Individual Language_60.gif
ita Italian Italy Individual Language_61.gif
jpn Japanese Japan Individual Language_62.gif
jav Javanese Indonesia Individual Language_63.gif
nrf Jèrriais Jersey Individual
cjy Jinyu Chinese China Individual
jut Jutish Individual
kbd Kabardian Russian Federation Individual
kea Kabuverdianu Cape Verde Islands Individual
kal Kalaallisut Greenland Individual Language_49.gif
kan Kannada India Individual Language_64.gif
krc Karachay-Balkar Russian Federation Individual
kaa Kara-Kalpak Uzbekistan Individual
kdj Karamojong Uganda Individual
krl Karelian Russian Federation Individual
kas Kashmiri India Individual Language_65.gif
csb Kashubian Poland Individual
kaz Kazakh Kazakhstan Individual Language_66.gif
kjh Khakas Russian Federation Individual
khw Khowar Pakistan Individual
kkh Khün Myanmar Individual
kik Kikuyu Kenya Individual
kin Kinyarwanda Rwanda Individual Language_67.gif
kir Kirghiz Kyrgyzstan Individual Language_68.gif
kom Komi Russian Federation Macrolanguage
kok Konkani

(macrolanguage)

India Macrolanguage
kor Korean South Korea Individual Language_70.gif
kpe Kpelle Liberia Macrolanguage
kri Krio Sierra Leone Individual
kum Kumyk Russian Federation Individual
kur Kurdish Iraq Macrolanguage
lld Ladin Italy Individual
lbe Lak Russian Federation Individual
lkt Lakota United States Individual
lao Lao Laos Individual Language_72.gif
lat Latin Vatican State Individual Language_73.gif
lav Latvian Latvia Macrolanguage
lep Lepcha India Individual
lez Lezghian Russian Federation Individual
lim Limburgan Netherlands Individual
lin Lingala Democratic

Republic of the Congo

Individual Language_75.gif
lis Lisu China Individual
lzh Literary Chinese Individual
lit Lithuanian Lithuania Individual Language_76.gif
liv Liv Latvia Individual
nds Low German Germany Individual
khb China Individual
luo Luo (Kenya and

Tanzania)

Kenya Individual
ltz Luxembourgish Luxembourg Individual
mkd Macedonian Macedonia Individual Language_77.gif
mad Madurese Indonesia Individual
mag Magahi India Individual
mai Maithili India Individual
mlg Malagasy Madagascar Macrolanguage
zlm Malay (individual

language)

Malaysia Individual Language_79.gif
mal Malayalam India Individual Language_80.gif
mlt Maltese Malta Individual Language_81.gif
cmn Mandarin Chinese China Individual Language_28.gif
glv Manx Isle of Man Individual
mri Maori New Zealand Individual Language_82.gif
mar Marathi India Individual Language_83.gif
mah Marshallese Marshall Islands Individual
mwr Marwari India Macrolanguage
mas Masai Kenya Individual
tnr Ménik Senegal Individual
mnp Min Bei Chinese China Individual
cdo Min Dong Chinese China Individual
nan Min Nan Chinese China Individual Language_12.gif
czo Min Zhong Chinese China Individual
min Minangkabau Indonesia Individual
ell Modern Greek

(1453-)

Greece Individual Language_48.gif
mnw Mon Myanmar Individual
mon Mongolian Mongolia Macrolanguage
mfe Morisyen Mauritius Individual
ary Moroccan Arabic Morocco Individual Language_87.gif
mos Mossi Burkina Faso Individual
mzp Movima Bolivia Individual
unr Mundari India Individual
nau Nauru Nauru Individual Language_88.gif
nap Neapolitan Italy Individual
npi Nepali (individual

language)

Nepal Individual Language_89.gif
new Newari Nepal Individual
pcm Nigerian Pidgin Nigeria Individual
azj North Azerbaijani Azerbaijan Individual Language_11.gif
frr Northern Frisian Germany Individual
kxm Northern Khmer Thailand Individual
kmr Northern Kurdish Turkey Individual Language_71.gif
sme Northern Sami Norway Individual
nod Northern Thai Thailand Individual
nob Norwegian Bokmål Individual Language_90.gif
nno Norwegian Nynorsk Individual
nus Nuer South Sudan Individual
nya Nyanja Malawi Individual
oci Occitan (post

1500)

France Individual Language_91.gif
ory Odia India Individual Language_92.gif
orm Oromo Ethiopia Macrolanguage
oss Ossetian Russian Federation Individual
ems Pacific Gulf Yupik United States Individual
pau Palauan Palau Individual
pan Panjabi India Individual Language_99.gif
pap Papiamento Curacao Individual
gug Paraguayan Guaraní Paraguay Individual Language_50.gif
pcd Picard France Individual
pih Pitcairn-Norfolk Norfolk Island Individual
pol Polish Poland Individual Language_96.gif
por Portuguese Portugal Individual Language_97.gif
pus Pushto Pakistan Macrolanguage
cpx Pu-Xian Chinese China Individual
que Quechua Peru Macrolanguage
qya Quenya Individual Language_149.gif
raj Rajasthani India Macrolanguage
ron Romanian Romania Individual Language_102.gif
roh Romansh Switzerland Individual
rom Romany Romania Macrolanguage
run Rundi Burundi Individual Language_69.gif
rus Russian Russian Federation Individual Language_103.gif
rue Rusyn Ukraine Individual
sav Saafi-Saafi Senegal Individual
smo Samoan Samoa Individual Language_104.gif
sag Sango Central African

Republic

Individual
san Sanskrit India Individual Language_106.gif
sat Santali India Individual
stq Saterfriesisch Germany Individual
saz Saurashtra India Individual
sco Scots United Kingdom Individual
gla Scottish Gaelic United Kingdom Individual Language_44.gif
skr Seraiki Pakistan Individual
srp Serbian Serbia Individual Language_107.gif
hbs Serbo-Croatian Serbia Macrolanguage
shn Shan Myanmar Individual
xsr Sherpa Nepal Individual
sna Shona Zimbabwe Individual Language_111.gif
iii Sichuan Yi China Individual
scn Sicilian Italy Individual
bla Siksika Canada Individual
szl Silesian Poland Individual
snd Sindhi Pakistan Individual Language_112.gif
sin Sinhala Sri Lanka Individual Language_114.gif
slk Slovak Slovakia Individual Language_116.gif
slv Slovenian Slovenia Individual Language_117.gif
som Somali Somalia Individual Language_118.gif
sov Sonsorol Palau Individual
sot Southern Sotho Lesotho Individual Language_109.gif
spa Spanish Spain Individual Language_119.gif
arb Standard Arabic Saudi Arabia Individual Language_6.gif
ekk Standard Estonian Estonia Individual Language_38.gif
zgh Standard Moroccan

Tamazight

Morocco Individual Language_16.gif
sun Sundanese Indonesia Individual Language_6482.gif
swh Swahili

(individual language)

Tanzania Individual Language_121.gif
ssw Swati Swaziland Individual Language_115.gif
swe Swedish Sweden Individual Language_122.gif
gsw Swiss German Switzerland Individual
syl Sylheti Bangladesh Individual
tab Tabassaran Russian Federation Individual
tgl Tagalog Philippines Individual Language_123.gif
tah Tahitian French Polynesia Individual
blt Tai Dam Viet Nam Individual
tgk Tajik Tajikistan Individual Language_124.gif
tam Tamil India Individual Language_125.gif
tfn Tanaina United States Individual
tat Tatar Russian Federation Individual Language_126.gif
tel Telugu India Individual Language_127.gif
tet Tetum Indonesia Individual
tdt Tetun Dili East Timor Individual
tha Thai Thailand Individual Language_128.gif
bod Tibetan China Individual Language_129.gif
tir Tigrinya Ethiopia Individual Language_130.gif
tli Tlingit United States Individual
tox Tobian Palau Individual
ton Tonga (Tonga

Islands)

Tonga Individual Language_131.gif
fit Tornedalen Finnish Sweden Individual
als Tosk Albanian Albania Individual Language_4.gif
cas Tsimané Bolivia Individual
tso Tsonga South Africa Individual Language_132.gif
tsn Tswana Botswana Individual Language_110.gif
tuo Tucano Brazil Individual
tcy Tulu India Individual
tur Turkish Turkey Individual Language_133.gif
tuk Turkmen Turkmenistan Individual Language_134.gif
tvl Tuvalu Tuvalu Individual
tyv Tuvinian Russian Federation Individual
twi Twi Individual Language_135.gif
udm Udmurt Russian Federation Individual
uig Uighur China Individual
ukr Ukrainian Ukraine Individual Language_136.gif
urd Urdu Pakistan Individual Language_137.gif
uzb Uzbek Uzbekistan Macrolanguage
ven Venda South Africa Individual
vec Venetian Italy Individual
vep Veps Russian Federation Individual
vie Vietnamese Viet Nam Individual Language_139.gif
vol Volapük Individual Language_140.gif
vro Võro Estonia Individual
wln Walloon Belgium Individual
wbp Warlpiri Australia Individual
cym Welsh United Kingdom Individual Language_141.gif
fry Western Frisian Netherlands Individual Language_43.gif
wol Wolof Senegal Individual Language_142.gif
wuu Wu Chinese China Individual
ane Xârâcùù New Caledonia Individual
xho Xhosa South Africa Individual Language_143.gif
hsn Xiang Chinese China Individual
yid Yiddish Israel Macrolanguage
yor Yoruba Nigeria Individual Language_145.gif
yue Yue Chinese China Individual Language_27.gif
yuk Yuki United States Individual
zha Zhuang China Macrolanguage
zul Zulu South Africa Individual Language_146.gif

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