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We have an .NET Web application that specifically targets users in South America and the Carribbean. We're localizing it into Spanish but this is going to be Spanish as spoken in Latin America rather than Spanish as spoken in Spain.
Which language code should we use for our Spanish localizations? There is apparently a specific ISO code for Latin America and the Caribbean (es-419) but .NET does not support region subtags and hence does not recognize this code.
So when users select Spanish in our language selector, our plan it to set CurrentUICulture to "es" (and have "es" localizations based on Latin America Spanish). For the CurrentCulture, we plan to pick one Latin American ISO code (such as es-MX), hoping it's the best fit for our Spanish speakers. Does this sound reasonable or is there a better way to target Latin American Spanish speakers?
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The Spanish language was brought across the Atlantic to the Americas by Spanish explorers and Conquistadors in the 16th and 17th centuries, and it spread rapidly throughout North, Central and South America and the Caribbean.
In Latin America, the Spanish language is called Español (Spanish) because the language was introduced by colonists which came from Spain.
In Latin America, the Spanish language is simply called español (Spanish), as the language was brought by Spanish colonisers. In Spain, however, it's called castellano (Castilian), which refers the Castile province in Spain, where the language is said to have originated.
Spanish is spoken throughout Central and South America because these are the regions colonized by Spain after Columbus discovered the New World. The colonists and conquistadors brought the Spanish language with them as they conquered the local populations and established their rule in the area.
I'm from Argentina, and we never use es-MX, we use es-AR.
Since Spain is the only Spanish spoken country that is very different for Latin American spanish I would do one es-ES for spain and one es only for the rest
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