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Language code: elx

Technical information about ISO 639 language code elx

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

Code

elx

Name

Elamite

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Old ElamiteMiddle ElamiteNeo-ElamiteAchaemenid Elamite
Related languages
None – Elamite is generally regarded as a language isolate
Key facts
Written from around 2500 BCE to 400 BCE using indigenous Linear Elamite and adapted Akkadian cuneiformIts corpus includes royal inscriptions, administrative tablets and Achaemenid trilingual inscriptionsElamite employs a suffixing agglutinative morphology unlike neighboring Semitic tonguesThe language marks inclusive vs. exclusive in personal pronounsModern decipherment is incomplete, leaving much of its vocabulary obscure.
Sample phrase

𒁹𒂍𒅅, 𒄩𒉽 𒀀𒆤 𒋬?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Elamite language, identified by the code elx, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Ancient' by its type.

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