Swahili Language Code

Swahili

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1 Code

1.1 ISO 639 1

1.2 ISO 639 2

1.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

swa

1.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

swa

1.3 ISO 639 3

swa

1.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

1.5 Glottocode

swah1254

1.6 Linguasphere

99-AUS-m

1.7 Types of Language

1.7.1 Language Type

Living

1.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

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1.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

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Language Codes of Swahili

All world languages have unique language codes. Language codes are not case sensitive. Language codes of Swahili include: ISO codes, Glottocodes and linguasphere. The Swahili language codes are useful for shorthand designation for indicating this language.

The linguasphere of Swahili language code: 99-AUS-m.

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What is Swahili Language Code?

The code that assigns short alphabetic or numeric identifier for language is called Swahili language code. Languages are designated by a two letter code and three letter code. The Swahili language code consists of ISO 639 1, ISO 639 2, ISO 639 3, Glottocode and Linguasphere. The Language codes are the codes for representation of names of languages.

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ISO Language Codes

The ISO Language codes define abbreviations for languages. The ISO 639 is International Organization Standard for language codes which are used to establish internationally recognized codes for representation of languages. ISO Swahili Language codes may be two letter codes or three letter codes. The ISO language codes were approved in 1967. ISO Swahili Language codes are : ISO 639-1 code, ISO 639-2 code and ISO-3 code. ISO 639-2 is alpha-3 code and ISO 639-1 is the alpha-2 code. The ISO 639-2 code is divided into Bibliographic(B) and Terminological(T) codes which are denoted as ISO 639-2/B and ISO 639-2/T.
ISO Swahili Language codes are:

ISO 639-1: sw
ISO 639-2/T: swa
ISO 639-2/B: swa
ISO 639-3: swa

Codes for various languages can be found on Swahili vs Korean, Swahili vs Japanese,Swahili vs French and Swahili vs Spanish.

GlottoCode

Glottocode is one of codes which comes under Swahili language codes. The bibliographic database of the world’s lesser-known languages is called Glottolog.