roaTechnical information about ISO 639 language code roa
The table below provides technical details for the Romance languages language, designated by the roa code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Romance languages |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Iberian RomanceGallo-RomanceItalo-Dalmatian RomanceRhaeto-RomanceSardinianEastern Romance |
| Related languages | LatinFaliscanOscanUmbrianVenetic |
| Key facts | Descend from spoken (Vulgar) LatinAround 920 million native speakersShare grammatical gender, rich verb conjugations, and predominant SVO word orderClosely related Romance languages can show over 80 % lexical overlapSardinian is considered the most conservative Romance variety, while French is among the most innovating. |
| Sample phrase | Salve, quid agis? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Romance languages language, identified by the code roa, falls under the 'Collective' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Genetic' by its type.
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