ieTechnical information about ISO 639 language code ie
The table below provides technical details for the Interlingue language, designated by the ie code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Interlingue Native Interlingue |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Related languages | InterlinguaNovialLatino sine FlexioneLingua Franca Nova |
| Key facts | Created by Edgar de Wahl in 1922 as "Occidental" and renamed Interlingue in 1949Employs the De Wahl Rule to generate regular derivations from a largely Romance–Germanic lexiconDesigned for instant intelligibility to Western European language speakersSaw a decline after the 1950s but has enjoyed an online revival since the late 1990sWritten with the basic Latin alphabet and avoids diacritics or special characters |
| Sample phrase | Salute, como vu sta? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
Interlingue, originally named Occidental, is an international auxiliary language created by Edgar de Wahl in 1922. It was renamed to Interlingue in 1947. It is written using the Latin script.
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Interlingue speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
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