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Language code: mun

Technical information about ISO 639 language code mun

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

Code

mun

Name

Munda languages

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
North MundaSouth Munda
Related languages
KhmerVietnameseMonKhasiKatuic languages
Key facts
Covers about two dozen languages spoken mainly in eastern and central IndiaShows heavy lexical borrowing from neighbouring Indo-Aryan and Dravidian tonguesFollows a typical Subject–Object–Verb order with postpositions rather than prepositionsOnly branch of Austroasiatic that regularly uses retroflex and aspirated consonantsWidely spoken member Santali has its own indigenous script, Ol Chiki, created in 1925
Sample phrase

ᱡᱚᱦᱟᱹᱨ! ᱠᱟᱢ ᱟᱹᱱᱮᱱ?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

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

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