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Language code: kau

Technical information about ISO 639 language code kau

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

Code

kau

Name

Official

Kanuri

Native

Kanuri

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Central Kanuri (Yerwa/Borno)Manga KanuriTumari KanuriBilma Kanuri
Related languages
KanembuTeda (Tedaga)Daza (Dazaga)Zaghawa
Key facts
Historically served as the lingua franca of the powerful Kanem–Bornu EmpireTraditionally written in an Ajami form of Arabic script, though a standardized Latin orthography is now promotedFeatures a three-level tonal system that distinguishes meaningContains many loanwords from Arabic and Hausa due to centuries of trade and religionPersonal pronouns can be attached as suffixes to verbs, creating complex verb forms.
Sample phrase

Akam, nde woo?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Kanuri language, identified by the code kau, falls under the 'Macrolanguage' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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