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    • gfiorelli1
      gfiorelli1 last edited by

      Yes, you can.

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      • gfiorelli1
        gfiorelli1 @DmitriiK last edited by

        Yes, it exists (it is Alto Agide/South Tirol), and it's the same case of Netherlands (fr-NL and de-NL) or Switzerland (it-CH, fr-CH and de-CH)

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        • DmitriiK
          DmitriiK @gfiorelli1 last edited by

          Well, I do see the ones you mentioned on that list, but not it-it or de-it.

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          • ennovators
            ennovators @gfiorelli1 last edited by

            Hi Gianluca,

            Thank you for your reply. In fact I'm refering to that exact region. The difference to your CH examples are though, that in Switzerland, the 3 language regions are not the exact same "location".

            In my case they are though so I got a bit confused.

            So basically Im not saying, a specific region in Switzerland speaks French, another German and another Italian, but I say the exact same location/region speaks German and Italian.

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            • DirkC
              DirkC @gfiorelli1 last edited by

              Gianluca - I guess this time it's my turn:  As far as I know they only have one official language in the Netherlands (Dutch) - I guess you refer to Belgium (3 official languages Dutch/French/German).

              It's a common error to make this mistake - but the difference is easy to spot: Belgium is qualified for Euro '16 - unlike the Netherlands 🙂

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              • gfiorelli1
                gfiorelli1 @DmitriiK last edited by

                It's a cultural thing. I'm that province of Italy people talk or Italian or German, so if you want to target both with your multilingual site you must tell it to Google with hreflang, even if it is not listed in the ISO chart.

                you do the same for targeting Spanish speaking people in the usa, for instance.

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                • gfiorelli1
                  gfiorelli1 @DirkC last edited by

                  Lol! You're right. I was indeed thinking about Belgium and not Netherlands 🙂

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                  • gfiorelli1
                    gfiorelli1 @ennovators last edited by

                    My answer is the correct. See what I replied above to Dmitrii

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                      ennovators @DmitriiK last edited by

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                        • ennovators
                          ennovators @DmitriiK last edited by

                          Hi Dmitrii,

                          can you perhaps tell me the source, where you found the supported annotations above. Many Thanks

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                            DmitriiK @ennovators last edited by

                            Sure, I did this: http://bfy.tw/2hTu

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