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Language code: ady

Technical information about ISO 639 language code ady

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The table below provides technical details for the Adygei, Adyghe language, designated by the ady code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

ady

Name

Adygei, Adyghe

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
AbzakhBzhedugHakuchiNatukhaiShapsugTemirgoy
Related languages
Kabardian (Kabard-Cherkess)AbkhazAbazaUbykh (extinct)
Key facts
Literary Adyghe is based on the Temirgoy dialectIts Cyrillic alphabet uses more than 60 letters, many containing special hooks or digraphsThe language has over 50 consonant phonemes but only three phonemic vowelsAdyghe grammar is strongly ergative, marking subjects of transitive verbs differently from those of intransitivesIt belongs to the Northwest Caucasian (Abkhazo-Adyghean) family, making it one of the world’s most morphologically complex language groups.
Sample phrase

Уфӏэу, уэ фэдэу?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Adygei, Adyghe language, identified by the code ady, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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