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Language code: chv

Technical information about ISO 639 language code chv

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

Code

chv

Name

Official

Chuvash

Native

Чӑваш чӗлхи

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Lower Chuvash (Anatri)Upper Chuvash (Viryal)
Related languages
TatarBashkirKhakasYakut (Sakha)
Key facts
Only living member of the Oghur (Bulgar) branch of the Turkic familyFeatures a distinctive set of extra Cyrillic letters such as ӑ, ӗ and ҫKeeps traces of ancient Turkic consonant shifts that correspond to Common Turkic y→j and š→lShows vowel harmony based mainly on lip rounding instead of front-back contrastContains many loanwords from Volga Bulgar, Russian and Uralic neighbors.
Sample phrase

ҫӑвӑс, пĕр тăва?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

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

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