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Language code: bnt

Technical information about ISO 639 language code bnt

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

Code

bnt

Standard

ISO 639-2

Name

Bantu languages

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Related languages
YorubaIgboMambilaEfikEdo
Key facts
Largest branch of the Niger-Congo family, comprising more than 500 distinct languagesReconstructed Proto-Bantu contains several hundred securely established rootsMost Bantu tongues employ a rich noun-class system marked by prefixesLexical tone frequently serves to distinguish both grammatical forms and word meaningsComparative studies place the common ancestor roughly 3,000–5,000 years in the past
Sample phrase

Habari, hujambo?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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

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