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Language code: alg

Technical information about ISO 639 language code alg

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The table below provides technical details for the Algonquian languages language, designated by the alg code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

alg

Name

Algonquian languages

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Related languages
WiyotYurok
Key facts
Largest Indigenous language family in North America by geographic spreadComprises more than 30 mutually unintelligible languagesProto-Algonquian is estimated to have been spoken 2,500–3,000 years ago near the Great LakesLanguages are highly polysynthetic, packing rich grammatical information into single wordsGrammatical gender system distinguishes animate vs. inanimate rather than masculine vs. feminine
Sample phrase

Aaniin, ezhi-ayaayan?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Algonquian languages language, identified by the code alg, falls under the 'Collective' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Genetic' by its type.

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