Localizely logo
Sign up

Language code: ast

Technical information about ISO 639 language code ast

Documentation

The table below provides technical details for the Asturian, Asturleonese, Bable, Leonese language, designated by the ast code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

ast

Standard

ISO 639-2, ISO 639-3

Name

Asturian, Asturleonese, Bable, Leonese

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Western AsturianCentral AsturianEastern Asturian
Related languages
LeoneseMirandeseExtremaduranSpanishGalician
Key facts
Belongs to the West Iberian branch of the Romance familyRetains three grammatical genders (masculine, feminine, neuter)Employs the special digraph “ḷḷ” (che vaqueira) for a retroflex affricate soundStandard orthography was fixed by the Academia de la Llingua Asturiana in 1981UNESCO lists it as a definitely endangered language
Sample phrase

¡Hola! ¿Cómo tas?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Asturian, Asturleonese, Bable, Leonese language, identified by the code ast, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

Related locale codes

ast-ES – Asturian (Spain)

Previous: Language Code List

Read next: Language Plural Rules

Tired of manually editing translation files?

Our platform streamlines software localization for you.

Try now for Free

Documentation

Localizely logo
About
Resources
Free tools
Boring stuff
Newsletter
Copyrights 2025 © Localizely