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Language code: kos

Technical information about ISO 639 language code kos

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

Code

kos

Name

Kosraean

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Related languages
PohnpeianChuukeseMokilese
Key facts
Spoken by only about six thousand people, giving it one of the smallest speaker bases among Micronesian languagesRetains inclusive vs. exclusive distinctions in the first-person plural pronounsCommonly employs verb–subject–object word order alongside verb serializationUses a Latin-based writing system introduced by 19th-century missionaries and later refined locallyPreserves several Proto-Micronesian consonant contrasts that have merged in neighboring languages.
Sample phrase

Len wō, ke mwet?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

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

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