Language code: khi

Technical information about ISO 639 language code khi

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

Code

khi

Name

Khoisan languages

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Related languages
Khoekhoe (Nama/Damara)JuǀʼhoanǃXóõNaroSandawe
Key facts
Contains some of the world's richest inventories of click consonantsWriting systems commonly use special click symbols such as ǃ ǀ ǁ ǂ‘Khoisan’ is primarily a typological label—the languages’ genetic relatedness is still debatedMost Khoisan languages are severely endangered, several having only a few hundred speakersClick consonants have been borrowed from Khoisan languages into neighbouring tongues like Xhosa and Zulu.
Sample phrase

Matisa, //nâi tama?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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

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