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Language code: son

Technical information about ISO 639 language code son

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

Code

son

Name

Songhai languages

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
ZarmaDendiKoyra ChiiniKoyraboro SenniHumburi SenniTasawaq (Tadaksahak)Tondi Songway Kiini
Related languages
KanuriTedaDaza
Key facts
Considered part of the (still debated) Nilo-Saharan familyTone is phonemic and can change the meaning of wordsBasic clause order is Subject–Object–VerbGrammatical relations are often marked with postpositions and clitic particles rather than inflectionContains many Arabic borrowings from long-standing trans-Saharan trade links
Sample phrase

Fofo, kaani si no?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

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

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