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Spanish, the language of [[Spain]] and most of Latin America, is written in the Latin alphabet with several accented letters, all of which are included in the Latin-1 block of Unicode. |
Spanish, the language of [[Spain]] and most of Latin America, is written in the Latin alphabet with several accented letters, all of which are included in the Latin-1 block of Unicode. |
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Although the term ''spanish'' (''español'') is frequently used, the correct name of the language is ''castelian'' (''castellano''). See "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_given_to_the_Spanish_language Names given to the Spanish language]". |
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Full alphabet: |
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:ABCDEFGHIJKLMNÑOPQRSTUVWXYZ |
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:abcdefghijklmnñopqrstuvwxyz |
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Some years ago, the [http://www.rae.es Real Academia Española] determined that the special 'composed' characters such as ch, ll, rr (which except for the double r, were all considered autonomous characters—ie: a, b, c, ch, d...) were 'discarded' and standardized into just a simple sequenciation. For further information you can see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_system_of_Spanish wikipedia's article]. |
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Special characters: |
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:ÁÉÍÓÚÜ |
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:áéíóúü |
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Special (punctuation) symbols: |
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:¿¡ªº |
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Traditionally, dates are in the DD/MM/YY and numbers use the 9.999,99 format (period for thousands and coma for decimal). |
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[[Category:Languages (international)]] |
[[Category:Languages (international)]] |
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Revision as of 19:37, 10 December 2006
Spanish, the language of Spain and most of Latin America, is written in the Latin alphabet with several accented letters, all of which are included in the Latin-1 block of Unicode.
Although the term spanish (español) is frequently used, the correct name of the language is castelian (castellano). See "Names given to the Spanish language".
Full alphabet:
- ABCDEFGHIJKLMNÑOPQRSTUVWXYZ
- abcdefghijklmnñopqrstuvwxyz
Some years ago, the Real Academia Española determined that the special 'composed' characters such as ch, ll, rr (which except for the double r, were all considered autonomous characters—ie: a, b, c, ch, d...) were 'discarded' and standardized into just a simple sequenciation. For further information you can see the wikipedia's article.
Special characters:
- ÁÉÍÓÚÜ
- áéíóúü
Special (punctuation) symbols:
- ¿¡ªº
Traditionally, dates are in the DD/MM/YY and numbers use the 9.999,99 format (period for thousands and coma for decimal).