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Language code: yao

Technical information about ISO 639 language code yao

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

Code

yao

Name

Yao

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
MakaleMassaningaNiassaMachinga
Related languages
MakondeMweraMatengoSwahili
Key facts
Belongs to the Niger–Congo family, Bantu subgroup (Guthrie zone P.21)Written with an extended Latin alphabet that marks prenasalised consonants and nasal vowelsVerb morphology is highly agglutinative with extensive noun-class agreementContains many Swahili and Arabic loanwords due to centuries of coastal trade contactRich oral tradition of folktales (ngano) and epic songs performed with drumming.
Sample phrase

Monire, uli uli?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

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

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