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Language code: cai

Technical information about ISO 639 language code cai

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The table below provides technical details for the Central American Indian languages language, designated by the cai code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

cai

Name

Central American Indian languages

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Key facts
The ISO 639-2/5 code “cai” groups together scores of distinct indigenous languages spoken from southern Mexico to PanamaIt is a bibliographic/collective code, not the name of a single language with its own normsEach member language (e.g., Kʼicheʼ, Qʼeqchiʼ, Bribri) has its own orthography, grammar, and dialect networkLinguists employ the umbrella code only when the precise language has not been identifiedFor accurate linguistic description, the individual ISO code of each language is used instead of “cai”.
Sample phrase

N/A – “cai” is a collective identifier, so there is no single way to write “Hello, how are you?” that would cover all Central American Indian languages.

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Central American Indian languages language, identified by the code cai, falls under the 'Collective' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Geographic' by its type.

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