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Language code: kbd

Technical information about ISO 639 language code kbd

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

Code

kbd

Name

Kabardian

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Kabardian (Terek)Besleney
Related languages
AdygheAbazaAbkhazUbykh
Key facts
Has a consonant inventory of nearly fifty consonants but only three phonemic vowelsEmploys ejective, labialized and palatalized consonants uncommon in most world languagesVerbal morphology is polysynthetic, often expressing an entire sentence in one wordShows partial mutual intelligibility with Adyghe, its western Circassian sisterBesides the Cyrillic-based standard, several Latin orthographies are used by diaspora communities.
Sample phrase

Щъэлъхьэу, умыфэзэ?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

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

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