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The language inside templates is the same language as regular wiki markup, but template writers tend to use the more complex available functions such as #if: statements. See Wikipedia's Help:Template and Wikimedia's mw:Help:Template , including all of "advanced functioning" help pages listed toward the bottom of that page .
The primary use of this template is to create a new wrapper template for a particular language. If you need to create {{ Expand Klingon }} , follow these steps. When transcluded, the sub template creates a "notice"-type {{ ambox }} with translation instructions in a hide/show box, and categorizes the page into one or more translation categories ...
Display data about a language in a standard format Template parameters [Edit template data] This template has custom formatting. Parameter Description Type Status Name name The English name of the language String required Alternative name altname An alternative or additional English name of the language String optional Native name nativename The native name of the language String optional ...
Create account; Log in; Personal tools. ... Print/export Download as PDF ... Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Language templates; Language names {{ISO 639 name ...
For languages written right-to-left, like Arabic, Hebrew and other, it is advised to set |rtl={{rtl}} in the language template (e.g. lang-ar, lang-he). This adds the character U+200F RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK (‏) to the end of the string (the righthand side, in memory). It is an invisible formatting character, that terminates the R-to-L text ...
This template is to be placed in template documentation of user languages. It is intended primarily for userboxes (such as {{User en-ca-1}}), and it should not be placed on mainspace articles. It is written as (example for English): {{Languages|English|en}} You write only English (not language: the template writes that by itself).
Note: When there is an ISO 639 language tag for the non-English text's language, use that tag; do not use |lang-name=. When ISO 639 does not have a language that applies to the non-English text use |lang-name= for the non-English language name. This template applies proper html markup to the non-English text only when given a proper language tag.
[[Category:Language templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Language templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.