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Language code: sid

Technical information about ISO 639 language code sid

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

Code

sid

Name

Sidamo

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Aleta (Alata)DararaGutaHageriMalga
Related languages
Afaan OromoGedeoHadiyyaKambaataAlaba
Key facts
Classified as Highland East Cushitic within the Afro-Asiatic familySpoken by well over three million people, mainly in south-central EthiopiaWritten in an extended Ethiopic (Geʽez) syllabary that includes extra signs for Sidamo soundsNeutral clause order is subject-object-verb, with rich verb morphology expressing person, number and moodDistinctive vowel length and pitch accent play a role in differentiating words and grammatical forms.
Sample phrase

ሰላም፣ እንታይ አለህ?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

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

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