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Language code: lat

Technical information about ISO 639 language code lat

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

Code

lat

Name

Official

Latin

Native

Latine

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Old LatinClassical LatinVulgar LatinEcclesiastical Latin
Related languages
ItalianSpanishFrenchPortugueseRomanian
Key facts
Latin is the ancestor of all Romance languagesThe Latin alphabet has become the world’s most widespread writing systemClassical authors such as Cicero, Virgil and Ovid shaped its golden-age literary standardLatin terminology remains pervasive in science, medicine and lawThroughout the Middle Ages it served as Europe’s scholarly and diplomatic lingua franca
Sample phrase

Salve, quid agis?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Latin language, identified by the code lat, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Ancient' by its type.

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