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Language code: krc

Technical information about ISO 639 language code krc

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

Code

krc

Name

Karachay-Balkar

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
KarachayBalkar
Related languages
KumykNogaiCrimean TatarKazakh
Key facts
Classified in the Kipchak–Cuman branch of the Turkic familyWritten with an extended Cyrillic script that adds letters such as Ӏ and digraphs like къ, гъShows many loanwords from Russian and North-West Caucasian languagesKarachay and Balkar differ mainly in a few consonant and vowel correspondences but are mutually intelligibleConsidered definitely endangered by UNESCO due to declining intergenerational transmission
Sample phrase

Салам, къалайсың?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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

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