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Language code: chg

Technical information about ISO 639 language code chg

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

Code

chg

Name

Chagatai

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Related languages
UzbekUyghurIli Turki
Key facts
Once served as the literary lingua franca of much of Central AsiaIts vocabulary and poetic style show strong Persian influenceThe eminent poet Ali-Shir Nava'i championed it as a vehicle for high literatureModern Standard Uzbek and Uyghur both descend from itIt was mainly written in an adapted Perso-Arabic script with extra letters for Turkic sounds
Sample phrase

سلام، قانداقسىز؟

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Chagatai language, identified by the code chg, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Extinct' by its type.

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