iaTechnical information about ISO 639 language code ia
The table below provides technical details for the Interlingua language, designated by the ia code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Interlingua Native Interlingua |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Related languages | SpanishItalianPortugueseFrenchCatalanLatin |
| Key facts | Created in 1951 by the International Auxiliary Language AssociationLexicon drawn from English, French, Italian, Spanish-Portuguese, with Latin as a control languageIntended for instant readability to Romance speakers and minimal learning for othersUses regular, diacritic-free orthography except in proper namesOnce employed in scientific and medical abstracts to reach a broad European readership. |
| Sample phrase | Salve, como va? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
Interlingua is an international auxiliary language that was developed between 1937 and 1951 by the American International Auxiliary Language Association. It uses the Latin script for writing. It is estimated that there are a few hundred speakers worldwide.
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Interlingua speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
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