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Language code: mdf

Technical information about ISO 639 language code mdf

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

Code

mdf

Name

Moksha

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Central dialectWestern dialectSouth-Eastern dialect
Related languages
ErzyaMeadow MariHill Mari
Key facts
Member of the Mordvin branch of the Uralic language familyExhibits vowel harmony affecting both vowels and certain consonantsAgglutinative morphology with up to eight cases marked by suffixesWritten primarily in a modified Cyrillic script but a scholarly Latin alphabet is also usedEarliest known Moksha texts date from the 18th-century missionary efforts in the Volga region
Sample phrase

Шумбрат, кода тевтянь?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

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

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