pauTechnical information about ISO 639 language code pau
The table below provides technical details for the Palauan language, designated by the pau code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Palauan |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Koror dialectBabeldaob dialect |
| Related languages | ChamorroCarolinianMalay |
| Key facts | Written with an adapted Latin alphabet that includes digraphs such as “ch” and the digraph-letter “ng”Shows an ergative–absolutive alignment that is rare among Austronesian tonguesContains many Japanese and English loanwords due to 20th-century contactUses dozens of numeral classifiers that depend on the shape or function of the counted objectEmploys nasal substitution in verb derivation, where an initial consonant is replaced by a nasal sound |
| Sample phrase | Alii, ke ua ngerang? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Palauan language, identified by the code pau, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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