Language code: ssa

Technical information about ISO 639 language code ssa

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

Code

ssa

Name

Nilo-Saharan languages

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Related languages
MaasaiKanuriDholuoNubianSonghay
Key facts
Covers roughly 100 individual languages across a broad belt from the Sahara to the Nilespoken by an estimated 25–35 million peoplegenetic unity is still debated and not universally accepted among linguistsmember languages employ diverse writing systems including Latin, Arabic-based Ajami, and Ethiopic (Geʽez)many Nilo-Saharan languages are tonal and show complex noun-class or gender systems.
Sample phrase

Amosi, idhi nadi?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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

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