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Also known as languoid identifier, language code, linguistic code, langcode

symbol to identify a language, dialect or a group of languages

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August 16
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A language code is a code that assigns letters or numbers as identifiers or classifiers for languages. These codes may be used to organize library collections or presentations of data, to choose the correct localizations and translations in computing, and as a shorthand designation for longer forms of language names.

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