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Language code: wak

Technical information about ISO 639 language code wak

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

Code

wak

Name

Wakashan languages

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
HaislaHeiltsuk-OowekyalaKwakʼwalaNuu-chah-nulthDitidahtMakah
Related languages
QuileuteNuxálk (Bella Coola)Lushootseed
Key facts
Wakashan languages are highly polysynthetic, packing what can be full English sentences into single complex wordsThey possess very large consonant inventories, including ejectives, uvulars and glottalized sonorantsGrammatical relations are chiefly marked by affixes, allowing relatively free word orderPresent-day writing systems use the Latin alphabet augmented with diacritics and apostrophes to show sounds absent from EnglishActive revitalization includes immersion preschools, smartphone apps and community radio programming.
Sample phrase

ƛuł, ʔuuʔaałuk?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

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

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