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Language code: sit

Technical information about ISO 639 language code sit

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The table below provides technical details for the Sino-Tibetan languages language, designated by the sit code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

sit

Name

Sino-Tibetan languages

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
SiniticTibeticLolo–BurmeseKarenicBodo–GaroQiangicKuki–Chin
Related languages
Mandarin ChineseBurmeseStandard TibetanKarenBodoMeithei (Manipuri)Jingpho
Key facts
Second-largest language family by number of speakers after Indo-EuropeanEncompasses more than 400 individual languages across East, Southeast and South AsiaProto-Sino-Tibetan reconstruction shows rich consonant clusters and gave rise to tone in many daughter languagesTonal systems are common but not universal—some branches like parts of Tibetic or Newar are non-tonalWriting systems range from logographic Han characters to abugidas such as Burmese and Tibetan, with several languages now using Latin-based orthographies.
Sample phrase

你好，你好吗？

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Sino-Tibetan languages language, identified by the code sit, falls under the 'Collective' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Genetic' by its type.

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