baiTechnical information about ISO 639 language code bai
The table below provides technical details for the Bamileke languages language, designated by the bai code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
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| Standard | |
| Name | Bamileke languages |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Fe'fe'Ghomala'MedumbaYembaNgiemboonNda'nda'MengakaKwa'NgombaNen |
| Related languages | BamumKomBafutTikarMankon |
| Key facts | Belongs to the Eastern Grassfields branch of the Niger-Congo familyTone is highly contrastive, with up to four level tones and several contour tonesWriting systems follow the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages and use extended Latin letters such as ɛ, ŋ and ʉPhonology includes many prenasalized consonants and a complex noun-class systemMutual intelligibility between different Bamileke varieties varies greatly, leading linguists to treat several as distinct languages. |
| Sample phrase | Ndé, a sé ? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Bamileke languages language, identified by the code bai, falls under the 'Collective' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Genetic' by its type.
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