Language code: spa
Technical information about ISO 639 language code spa
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The table below provides technical details for the Castilian, Spanish language, designated by the spa code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Castilian, Spanish Native Español |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Peninsular (Castilian)AndalusianCanarianMexicanCentral AmericanCaribbeanAndeanRioplatenseChileanEquatoguinean |
| Related languages | PortugueseGalicianCatalanOccitanAstur-LeoneseItalian |
| Key facts | Spanish evolved from Vulgar Latin spoken in northern Iberia around the 9th centuryThe Royal Spanish Academy, founded in 1713, standardizes the languageThe letters 'ch' and 'll' were removed from the official alphabet list in 1994Spanish uniquely uses inverted question and exclamation marks (¿, ¡) at sentence openingsFlexible word order is possible thanks to rich verb conjugation and agreement |
| Sample phrase | Hola, ¿cómo estás? |
| Character encodings | ISO 8859-1, ISO 8859-15, Windows 1252, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32 |
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The Castilian, Spanish language, identified by the code spa, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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