Template:Language/doc: Difference between revisions

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This subpage contains documentation, categories, or other content that is not part of the template.
To view the template page itself, see Template:Language.

العربية ∙ asturianu ∙ Boarisch ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ български ∙ বাংলা ∙ català ∙ čeština ∙ dansk ∙ Deutsch ∙ Zazaki ∙ Ελληνικά ∙ English ∙ Esperanto ∙ español ∙ eesti ∙ euskara ∙ فارسی ∙ suomi ∙ français ∙ galego ∙ עברית ∙ हिन्दी ∙ hrvatski ∙ magyar ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ ქართული ∙ 한국어 ∙ кыргызча ∙ Lëtzebuergesch ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ ဘာသာမန် ∙ Bahasa Melayu ∙ Mirandés ∙ မြန်မာဘာသာ ∙ norsk bokmål ∙ Plattdüütsch ∙ Nederlands ∙ norsk ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ português do Brasil ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ Scots ∙ slovenščina ∙ српски / srpski ∙ svenska ∙ ไทย ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ اردو ∙ oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ 中文 ∙ 中文（简体） ∙ 中文（繁體） ∙ 中文（臺灣） ∙ +/−

This template will return the localized name of a language given the language code.

Usage

Examples:

{{language|ar}} → Arabic
{{language|is}} → Icelandic
{{language|zh-hant}} → Traditional Chinese

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
`1`	language code		empty	required
`2`	language code of the output language (provide this parameter only, if the output shall be in a fixed language instead of the user's preferred language)		empty	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the Template namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Localization

English

This template is localized through {{Autotranslate}}.

To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please copy the code of Template:Language/en (or any other language version you prefer to translate) and replace the text strings in there (the form below can be used to create a translation, the English version is preloaded in the edit box). Please change the parameter lang from en (or whatever language you are translating) to the language code of your language.

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 * {{mwl|language}} - returns the local name of the language
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+* [[:en:Template:Language]] - en.wp has a similar template. linked here for comparison only. theirs converts ISO 639-1/2 codes, ours converts the language codes we use in Wikimedia (Names.php) as well as some additional ISO 639-3 codes.
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