Language code: byn

Technical information about ISO 639 language code byn

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

Code

byn

Name

Bilin, Blin

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
KerenMensaʽ
Related languages
AwngiXamtangaQimant
Key facts
Belongs to the Central Cushitic (Agaw) branch of Afro-AsiaticWritten with the Geʽez (Ethiopic) script, unlike most other Cushitic languagesDisplays strong lexical borrowing from neighboring Tigrinya and ArabicSpoken by roughly 100,000 speakers concentrated around Keren in EritreaFollows a typical Cushitic SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) word order
Sample phrase

ሰላም፣ ከመይ ኣለኻ?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

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

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