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Language code: iro

Technical information about ISO 639 language code iro

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

Code

iro

Name

Iroquoian languages

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
CherokeeMohawkOneidaOnondagaCayugaSenecaTuscaroraHuron-Wendat (Wyandot)NottowayErie
Related languages
Siouan languagesCaddoan languagesYuchi
Key facts
Iroquoian languages are highly polysynthetic, packing what would be an entire English sentence into a single verbThey characteristically use noun incorporation and show head-marking in grammarThe family is unusual in lacking true bilabial stops like /p/ and /b/Most member languages are critically endangered—Cherokee has the largest speaker base, yet only a few thousand fluent speakers remainWriting systems differ: the Cherokee syllabary is unique to that language, while the northern languages employ Latin-based orthographies devised by linguists and community members
Sample phrase

ᎣᏏᏲ! ᏙᎯᏧ?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Iroquoian languages language, identified by the code iro, falls under the 'Collective' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Genetic' by its type.

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