Language code: wen

Technical information about ISO 639 language code wen

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

Code

wen

Name

Sorbian languages

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Upper SorbianLower Sorbian
Related languages
CzechSlovakPolishKashubian
Key facts
Belongs to the West Slavic branch of the Indo-European familyKeeps the archaic dual grammatical number in daily useWritten with the Latin script plus diacritics such as č, ě, ł and šThe earliest known Sorbian printed book appeared in 1548Traditional culture is famous for intricately decorated Easter eggs called "pisanki"
Sample phrase

Witaj, kak so maš?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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

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