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Language code: vai

Technical information about ISO 639 language code vai

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

Code

vai

Name

Vai

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Liberian VaiSierra Leone Vai
Related languages
MendeKpelleLomaMandinka
Key facts
Indigenous syllabary invented in the 1830s by Momolu Duwalu Bukeleroughly 200 signs, each representing a consonant–vowel syllableamong the earliest African scripts to be documented by Western linguistsstill taught informally and used for everyday writing among the Vai peopleclassified within the Western branch of the Mande language family.
Sample phrase

ꔞꔻ, ꔫꘂ ꔓꕯ?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

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

Related locale codes

vai-Latn – Vai (Latin)

vai-Latn-LR – Vai (Latin, Liberia)

vai-Vaii – Vai (Vai)

vai-Vaii-LR – Vai (Vai, Liberia)

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