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Language code: suk

Technical information about ISO 639 language code suk

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

Code

suk

Name

Sukuma

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Eastern SukumaWestern Sukuma
Related languages
NyamweziKimbuKonongoSumbwa
Key facts
Largest mother-tongue Bantu language in TanzaniaMember of the Sukuma-Nyamwezi branch of Zone S BantuWritten with a Latin-based orthography using five basic vowels and few digraphsPossesses up to 19 noun-class agreements typical of BantuTone is contrastive and helps mark tense-aspect as well as lexical meaning
Sample phrase

Shikamoo, wende shani?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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

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