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Language code: lad

Technical information about ISO 639 language code lad

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The table below provides technical details for the Ladino language, designated by the lad code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

lad

Name

Ladino

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Eastern Judeo-Spanish (Djudezmo)Western Judeo-Spanish (Haketia)
Related languages
SpanishPortugueseCatalanGalician
Key facts
Preserves many elements of 15th-century CastilianContains numerous Hebrew, Turkish and Greek loanwords reflecting Sephardic historyTraditionally written in Hebrew Rashi or Solitreo scripts alongside Latin lettersMaintains the voiced /ʒ/ sound lost in modern SpanishUNESCO classifies Ladino as a definitely endangered language.
Sample phrase

¡Shalom, ¿komo estás?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Ladino language, identified by the code lad, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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