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Language code: fat

Technical information about ISO 639 language code fat

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

Code

fat

Name

Fanti

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
AburaAgonaAnomaboGomoaOguaa
Related languages
TwiBrong (Bono)NzemaAhanta
Key facts
Tonal language with two level tones that can change meaningEmploys nine oral and five nasal vowel phonemes governed by vowel harmonyTraditionally written with a Latin alphabet augmented by ɛ and ɔ, standardized by the Bureau of Ghana LanguagesCommonly serves as a trade lingua franca along Ghana’s coastal marketsShows significant borrowing from English and Ga, especially for modern technological terms.
Sample phrase

Maakye, wo ho te sɛn?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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

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