afhTechnical information about ISO 639 language code afh
The table below provides technical details for the Afrihili language, designated by the afh code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
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| Standard | |
| Name | Afrihili |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Related languages | SwahiliLingalaTwiYorubaHausa |
| Key facts | Invented in 1970 by Ghanaian linguist K. A. Mulindwa as a pan-African auxiliary languageName combines “Afri-” and the Swahili morpheme “-hili”, roughly ‘this African (language)’Vocabulary draws chiefly from widely spoken African tongues but follows a regular, Esperanto-like grammarEmploys Latin script with a few digraphs (gb, kp, ny, sh) to represent sounds common in AfricaUses vowel harmony and predictable stress to keep pronunciation uniform. |
| Sample phrase | Salamu, hu hali? |
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| Supported in Localizely |
The Afrihili language, identified by the code afh, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Constructed' by its type.
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