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Language code: nyo

Technical information about ISO 639 language code nyo

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

Code

nyo

Name

Nyoro

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Related languages
Tooro (Rutooro)Nyankore (Runyankore)Kiga (Rukiga)KinyarwandaLuganda
Key facts
Belongs to the Great Lakes branch of BantuShares about 90 % mutual intelligibility with Tooro, forming the Nyoro-Tooro clusterWritten with a standardized Latin-based orthography introduced by early missionariesEmploys a rich noun-class system typical of Bantu languages, numbering about 18 classesPhonemic tone marks both lexical meaning and grammatical distinctions.
Sample phrase

Oraire ota? Oli kurungi?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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

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