Template:Language

Template documentation

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

Usage

{{Language|1=}}

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Examples:

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

Parameters

Parameter name	Description (this part of the documentation is only available in some languages)	Default value	required or optional?
parameter #1 (1)	language code	empty	required
parameter #2 (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

<Seealso>

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• {{#language:}} - returns the local name of the language
• svn:/trunk/phase3/languages/Names.php
• 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.

Localization

English | తెలుగు | +/-

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.