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Language code: bla

Technical information about ISO 639 language code bla

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

Code

bla

Name

Siksika

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Related languages
Kainai (Blood)Aapátohsipikani (Northern Piegan)Aamsskáápipikani (Southern Piegan)Plains Cree
Key facts
Member of the Algonquian language family and often grouped within the larger Blackfoot continuumUses polysynthetic verb morphology that can encode subject, object, tense and location in a single wordStandardized Latin-based orthography developed in the 1970s employs the apostrophe for glottal stops and optional accent marks for vowel lengthNouns are divided into animate and inanimate classes, influencing agreement and inflectionOral tradition called áítapisskan (“stories of long ago”) remains a primary medium for transmitting history and culture.
Sample phrase

Oki, kistsiniiyi'taki?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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

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