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Language code: nic

Technical information about ISO 639 language code nic

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

Code

nic

Name

Niger-Kordofanian languages

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
AtlanticMandeGurKwaKruBenue-CongoIjoidAdamawa-UbangiKordofanianDogon
Related languages
YorubaSwahiliZuluWolofFula (Fulani)AkanIgboShona
Key facts
Encompasses well over 1,500 individual languages, making it one of the world’s largest language familiesCharacterised by elaborate noun-class or gender systems that trigger agreement on verbs, adjectives and pronounsTone plays a crucial lexical and grammatical role across almost all member languagesSome branches (e.g., certain Bantu languages) have borrowed click consonants from Khoisan contactTypical word order is Subject-Verb-Object, with agglutinative morphology that stacks multiple affixes onto verb roots.
Sample phrase

Báwo, ṣé àlàáfíà ni?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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

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