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Language code: sad

Technical information about ISO 639 language code sad

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

Code

sad

Name

Sandawe

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Northern SandaweSouthern Sandawe
Key facts
Contains click consonants similar to those of southern African Khoisan languagesUses four level tones to distinguish meaningPossesses about 60 consonant phonemes, one of the largest inventories in East AfricaWritten in a Latin-based alphabet that adds symbols for clicks such as ǀ ǁ ǂ and ǃGenerally treated as a language isolate with no confirmed close relatives.
Sample phrase

Kúmisa, úú káá?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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

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