Template:Languages
The template should only be placed on pages that exist in more than one language, and it should be placed in the same location on each translation of the page. The English version of a page is always the main version, with all other languages as sub-pages, named using the appropriate language code.
Usage
{{Languages |1= }}
For example, on the Main Page you would include the text {{Languages}}, both on Main Page itself, and on each of its language sub-pages. The template automatically creates links to any language sub-pages that exist, e.g. Main Page/ja, Main Page/fr, and ignores non-existant languages.
Template parameters
- TemplateData
TemplateData is a way to store information about template parameters (the description of those and of the whole template) for both humans and machines. It is used by VisualEditor and possibly other tools like Upload Wizard.
Existing template documentation
At Wikimedia Commons, it is recommended to use {{TemplateBox}} with either useTemplateData=1 or useTemplateData=only on the /doc subpage and transcluding it with {{Documentation}} into the template. <nowiki>-tags can be wrapped around the arguments, if required, to avoid templates being expanded.
Newly created template documentation and imports
Another option, especially for imported templates, or for users with JSON experience, is placing raw <templatedata>-tags into the Wikitext of the template, as described in various Wikipediae.
Wikipedia's help about TemplateData • Commons-specific information
The template should only be placed on pages that exist in more than one language, and it should be placed in the same location on each translation of the page. The English version of a page is always the main version, with all other languages as sub-pages, named using the appropriate language code.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| page name | 1 | The name of the page to display language links for. If omitted then the English version of the current page is used. This parameter can normally be omitted, as it is only required if you want to link to a page other than the one you place the template on, which is very uncommon. If this parameter is used on a sub-page make sure you supply the root name, not the full page name (e.g. on [[MediaWiki/fr]] you would need to use {{Languages|MediaWiki}} and not {{Languages|MediaWiki/fr}}). | Page name | optional |
Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: no namespace specified
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: no user group specified
Example
{{Languages|Commons:Language policy}}
renders as:
See also
Commons:Language policy – further details about translating pages.
Localization
To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please edit the template and add a row to the "{{LangSwitch|}}" construct. It takes the form "|xx= Your translation " (xx being the code of your language)
Localization takes place at {{Languages/Title}}.
Supported languages
This shows you the name of each language's sub-page (using Main Page as an example). Other languages may be added easily as necessary. Please use the appropriate prefix, as used on Wikipedia when adding a new language. Please do not add languages for which no pages exist yet, as this will increase the time needed to include the template without adding any benefit (languages are only displayed to the user when the relevant page exists).
The link on the language names goes to the Wikipedia in that language. If no Wikipedia in your language exists, do not add pages in that language to MediaWiki.org! This wiki is not the place for language advocacy - please go through the correct channels, and once your language has a Wikipedia then please return to add content here.
| Page name | Language |
|---|---|
| Main Page | English |
| Main Page/af | Afrikaans |
| Main Page/ar | Arabic |
| Main Page/ast | Asturian |
| Main Page/az | Azerbaijani |
| Main Page/ban | Balinese |
| Main Page/bcc | Southern Balochi |
| Main Page/bg | Bulgarian |
| Main Page/bn | Bengali |
| main page/sat | Santali |
| Main Page/br | Breton |
| Main Page/bs | Bosnian |
| Main Page/ca | Catalan |
| Main Page/ce | Chechen |
| Main Page/cs | Czech |
| Main Page/da | Danish |
| Main Page/de | German |
| Main Page/diq | Zazaki |
| Main Page/el | Greek |
| Main Page/eo | Esperanto |
| Main Page/es | Spanish |
| Main Page/fa | Persian |
| Main Page/fi | Finnish |
| Main Page/fr | French |
| Main Page/gl | Galician |
| Main Page/gu | Gujarati |
| Main Page/he | Hebrew |
| Main Page/hr | Hrvatski |
| Main Page/hu | Hungarian |
| Main Page/hy | Armenian |
| Main Page/id | Indonesian |
| Main Page/io | Ido |
| Main Page/it | Italian |
| Main Page/ja | Japanese |
| Main Page/ka | Georgian |
| Main Page/km | Khmer |
| Main Page/ko | Korean |
| Main Page/ksh | Kölsch |
| Main Page/ku | Kurdish |
| Main Page/lb | Luxembourgish |
| Main Page/min | Minangkabau |
| Main Page/mk | Macedonian |
| Main Page/ml | Malayalam |
| Main Page/mr | Marathi |
| Main Page/ms | Malay |
| Main Page/nl | Dutch |
| Main Page/no | Norwegian |
| Main Page/oc | Occitan |
| Main Page/pl | Polish |
| Main Page/ps | Pashto |
| Main Page/pt | Portuguese |
| Main Page/pt-br | Brazilian Portuguese |
| Main Page/ro | Romanian |
| Main Page/ru | Russian |
| Main Page/si | Sinhalese |
| Main Page/sl | Slovene |
| Main Page/sk | Slovak |
| Main Page/sq | Albanian |
| Main Page/sr | Serbian |
| Main Page/sv | Swedish |
| Main Page/ta | Tamil |
| Main Page/th | Thai |
| Main Page/tr | Turkish |
| Main Page/uk | Ukrainian |
| Main Page/vi | Vietnamese |
| Main Page/yue | Cantonese |
| Main Page/zh | Chinese |
| Main Page/zh-hans | Chinese (simplified) |
| Main Page/zh-hant | Chinese (traditional) |
| Main Page/zh-tw | Chinese (Taiwan) |