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Language code: sah

Technical information about ISO 639 language code sah

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

Code

sah

Name

Yakut

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
CentralWesternEasternNorthernSouthern
Related languages
DolganTuvanTofaKhakas
Key facts
It is the northern-most member of the Turkic language familyThe Cyrillic-based alphabet uses five additional letters (Ҕҕ, Ҥҥ, Өө, Һһ, Үү) unique to SakhaYakut preserves archaic Turkic roots while absorbing many Evenki, Mongolic, and Russian loanwordsThe language showcases both vowel harmony and a lesser-known consonant harmonyYakut’s epic oral poetry tradition, the Olonkho, is performed exclusively in this language and is on UNESCO’s intangible heritage list.
Sample phrase

Салҕын, эн хайдахсын?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

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

Related locale codes

sah-RU – Yakut (Russia)

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