Language code: ii
Technical information about ISO 639 language code ii
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The table below provides technical details for the Sichuan Yi language, designated by the ii code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Sichuan Yi Native ꆈꌠ꒿ Nuosuhxop |
| Family | Tibeto-Burman |
| Scripts | |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Adu (Northern Nuosu)Shynra (Eastern Nuosu)Suondi (Central Nuosu)Niesu (Southern Nuosu)Muhisu (Western Nuosu) |
| Related languages | NasuNisuSaniLisu |
| Key facts | Modern Yi script has 756 official syllabic charactersEach character represents a full consonant-vowel syllable, with tone indicated graphicallyBefore standardization, traditional Yi manuscripts used more than 10 000 logographsSichuan Yi employs four contrastive lexical tonesIt is classified in the Northern Loloish branch of the Sino-Tibetan family |
| Sample phrase | ꀅꌠ, ꀋꂿꑍꃅ? |
| Character encodings | |
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Sichuan Yi (also known as Nuosu), a language from the Sino-Tibetan family and more specifically the Tibeto-Burman subgroup, is predominantly used in Sichuan province, China, though it also has speakers in Yunnan province. It is written using the Yi script. It is estimated that there are more than 2 million speakers of Sichuan Yi.
Language presence globally
Speakers
2M
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Sichuan Yi speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
Related locale codes
ii-CN – Sichuan Yi (China)
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- Glossary
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- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
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- Supported file formats
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- Referral Program
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