myvTechnical information about ISO 639 language code myv
The table below provides technical details for the Erzya language, designated by the myv code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
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| Standard | |
| Name | Erzya |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | CentralNorthernSouth-EasternSouth-Western |
| Related languages | MokshaMeadow MariHill Mari |
| Key facts | Erzya is one of the two Mordvinic branches of the Uralic familyIt is written with a modified Cyrillic alphabet that adds the letters Ё, Ӗ, Ӧ and ӞThe language is highly agglutinative, with around twenty grammatical casesErzya phonology features vowel harmony and word-final devoicingA Latin-based orthography was experimented with in the 1920s–1930s, but Cyrillic remained dominant. |
| Sample phrase | Шумбрат, кода вайгат? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Erzya language, identified by the code myv, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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