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This template is used in system messages.

Changes to it can cause immediate changes to the Wikimedia user interface.
To avoid major disruption, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Please discuss changes on the talk page before implementing them.

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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:Lang.

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 is for example called from autotranslatable templates and is used to apply the "lang" and "dir" attributes to the span tag containing the text. It also adds CSS classes, that for example allow CSS highlighting text that is in a specific language. For a list of language codes to use for parameter 1 see en:List of ISO 639-1 codes.

This template tags the wrapped text with the "description" CSS class, which will cause Media Viewer to display that text. In a file context, the template should therefore only be used to wrap text that is useful as a file description. Do not use this as a general-purpose language tagging template; most of the time it is sufficient to directly add the necessary HTML attributes instead (example), with wikitext like <div lang="{{#bcp47:LANG}}" dir="{{#dir:LANG}}">TEXT</div>.

Usage

For a variant to use in running text ("inline"), use {{LangS}}.

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
`1`	language code		empty	required
`2`	text		empty	optional

Additional information

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

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

Localization

This template is not intended to be localized.

for example called from autotranslatable templates and is used to apply the "lang" and "dir" attributes to the span tag containing the text. It also adds CSS classes, that for example allow CSS highlighting text that is in a specific language

Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
language code	`1`	no description	Unknown	required
text	`2`	no description	Unknown	optional

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 |name=Lang
 |desc=This template is for example called from [[Template:Autotranslate|autotranslatable]] templates and is used to apply the "lang" and "dir" attributes to the span tag containing the text. It also adds CSS classes, that for example allow CSS highlighting text that is in a specific language. For a list of language codes to use for parameter 1 see [[:en:List of ISO 639-1 codes]].
+This template tags the wrapped text with the <code>"description"</code> CSS class, which will cause {{ll|Commons:Multimedia Features/Media Viewer|Media Viewer}} to display that text. In a file context, the template should therefore only be used to wrap text that is useful as a file description. Do not use this as a general-purpose language tagging template; most of the time it is sufficient to directly add the necessary HTML attributes instead ([[Special:Diff/1099913717|example]]), with wikitext like <code><nowiki><div lang="{{#bcp47:</nowiki><var>LANG</var><nowiki>}}" dir="{{#dir:</nowiki><var>LANG</var><nowiki>}}"></nowiki><var>TEXT</var><nowiki></div></nowiki></code>.
 |namespace=all
 |usergroup=all