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Language code: tli

Technical information about ISO 639 language code tli

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

Code

tli

Name

Tlingit

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Northern TlingitSouthern TlingitInland Tlingit
Related languages
EyakNavajoGwich'in
Key facts
Tlingit has over 40 consonant phonemes, including ejective and uvular soundsVerbal morphology is highly complex, letting a single verb convey what would be a whole English sentenceThe standard orthography uses special Latin letters and combining diacritics such as x̱, kʼ and g̱It forms one of only three primary branches of the Na-Dene family, alongside Eyak and Athabaskan languagesCanonical word order is subject–object–verb
Sample phrase

Yakʼéi, wáa sá i yatee?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

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

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