Language code: tyv

Technical information about ISO 639 language code tyv

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

Code

tyv

Name

Tuvinian

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Central TuvinianWestern TuvinianNortheastern (Todzhin) TuvinianSoutheastern (Tere-Khöl) Tuvinian
Related languages
KhakasAltayShorTofaChulym
Key facts
Belongs to the Sayan branch of the Turkic familyThe modern alphabet is Cyrillic with four additional letters (Ң, Ө, Ү, Ы)Shows strict vowel harmony and highly agglutinative word-buildingFamous for lyrics used in the throat-singing style known as khöömeiEarliest texts were written in Mongolian script before a Cyrillic orthography was standardized in the mid-20th century
Sample phrase

Салам, сен канчылаар бэ?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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

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