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Language code: pon

Technical information about ISO 639 language code pon

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

Code

pon

Name

Pohnpeian

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Eastern PohnpeianCentral/Northern PohnpeianSouthern Pohnpeian
Related languages
PingelapeseMokileseNgatikeseNukuoroKapingamarangi
Key facts
Uses the Latin alphabet with added macrons and other diacritics to show vowel length and nasalisationPronouns mark an inclusive versus exclusive distinction for the first-person pluralVerb serialization is common for expressing a series of actionsReduplication is widely employed to indicate intensity, plurality or aspectNumeral classifiers differ according to shape and animacy of the items counted
Sample phrase

Kaselehlie, kohdo mwahu?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

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

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