Language code: znd

Technical information about ISO 639 language code znd

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

Code

znd

Name

Zande languages

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Pazande (Standard Zande)BarambuGemeBambembeDoruma
Related languages
SangoNgbakaGbaya
Key facts
Part of the Ubangian branch of the Niger–Congo familyNoted for its reduced but still productive noun-class system that controls agreement on verbs and adjectivesWidely used as a regional lingua franca alongside Sango in north-central AfricaEarly ethnographic and folkloric materials were documented by E. E. Evans-Pritchard in ZandeOral literature is rich in tales about witchcraft (mangu) and divination.
Sample phrase

Yâmbó, nî ké gé?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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

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