itaTechnical information about ISO 639 language code ita
The table below provides technical details for the Italian language, designated by the ita code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Italian Native Italiano |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | TuscanCentral ItalianSouthern Italian (Neapolitan–Calabrese)Sicilian |
| Related languages | CorsicanFrenchSpanishCatalanPortuguese |
| Key facts | About 80% of its vocabulary descends directly from LatinSpelling is highly phonetic, with an almost one-to-one sound–letter matchThe earliest Italian literary texts date from the 10th–13th centuries, including Dante’s Divine ComedyInternational music terminology (allegro, piano, forte, etc.) is in ItalianWord stress is contrastive and can fall on any of the last three syllables. |
| Sample phrase | Ciao, come stai? |
| Character encodings | ISO 8859-1, ISO 8859-15, Windows 1252, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32 |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Italian language, identified by the code ita, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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