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How to translate an SVG file

Further information: Help:Translation tutorial and Commons:Graphic Lab/Translations

This page explains how to translate inside labels or captions in an SVG file. You are probably here because someone tagged an image with {{Translate}}. Please note that this template and its related pages is a one-man idea. If you have questions or comments about it, please use the template discussion page.

What is SVG?

SVG is an image file format that consists of plain XML text. Therefore the text labels stored in it can be easily translated. For more information about SVG or XML, please use the links. There are Wikipedia articles in many languages.

How powerful are SVGs

• SVGs produce nice images you can zoom in, with a high level of precision and without losing definition:

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• SVGs can hold different text translations within the same file; the following images use the same image file, but the text depends on the context. The first image uses the language of the page dynamically. The second image is forced to display its text in English (of course, there is no difference with the first image if the page is already in English). The remaining images additionally show examples in French and German, respectively (using the same image file):

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How do I edit SVGs?

There are different ways to translate text in SVG:

• Use a graphics editor such as Inkscape. For compatibility, save the file as "Plain SVG", not "Inkscape SVG", as the latter format may introduce errors, even though it complies with the SVG specification.
• Edit the SVG file as a text file.

For editing image in any offline editor, first download the file you want to edit, open the file in the editor, translate the labels, and then save it. When finished, upload the file to Commons under a new name.

Text editing

Note that instead of using a graphics editor, you can use any text editor capable of using UTF-8. Find text to translate by searching for <text> tags. In some cases this might be a path for more advanced users as text coordinates adjustments might be needed and some more advanced "garbage" might decrease readability of the SVG.

Preparing a file for translation

Using real text

Main gallery: Template:Path text SVG.

Only real text, in the form of the SVG <text> element, can be translated. Do not use paths instead of text when creating or generating a SVG (with some justified exceptions).

Anchoring the text correctly

To make sure text placement "just work" in the translated versions, you should properly use the anchoring functionality of the SVG format and your editor. In most editors (including Inkscape), the function is decided by the typographic alignment option. Anchoring decides how the position of the text is specified. Anchoring to the center means the coordinates specified is the center of the text, and is used in most editors for centering.

By saying "properly use", we mean that the way you anchor it matches the actual design intentions. For example, to center some text on a pyramid, you use the centering anchor while putting the anchor point itself at the middle of the shape. To position a label for something on its right, use the "end" (right-hand-side) anchor. The "align and distribute" option in Inkscape DOES NOT change your anchoring options; it only moves the elements around.

(Yes, the "end" anchor is only on the right for left-to-right languages. A translation tool should probably invert it for RTL languages.)

Multiple translations within one SVG file (preferred method)

Shortcut

• Switch SVG

An example of a simple SVG with translations in one file. Go to file's page and render this text in English, German, French, Spanish...

An example of a simple SVG with translations in one file. See the description page for details

Similar example with arrows

You can place multiple translations into one SVG file using the SVG <switch> element. The resulting multilingual file has the advantage of sharing graphics; if the graphics are updated, then all the languages get the updated graphics. Compare to having several translated files; an update to one of the files does not propagate to the other language versions.

However, not all graphics editors can edit the text contained in the switch element. In such cases, a graphics editor may still be used to edit the text positions and sizes (such as in Inkscape), and the SVG Translate tool at Commons can be used to add translations, and most separate text editors can be used to make changes to the texts throughout the multiple languages. Loading an SVG file with switch translations into a graphics editor and then saving it may remove all the translations. Please note that multi-language translations in SVG files larger than 5MB may not render properly due to a bug.

It is advisable to give an extra margin for text contained in images with switch elements, in order to allow for current or future languages that need more letters.

Coding

When you have a <switch> element, its children (sub-elements) represent possible choices. The children of the switch should have a systemLanguage attribute that specifies the language(s). SVG sequentially looks at each child; if there is a systemLanguage attribute and it does not match, SVG moves on to the next child. If the systemLanguage attribute matches or is not present, then SVG renders that child and does not look further. Omitting the systemLanguage attribute from the last child will implement a default rendering.

Note: The order is important! All children following the child with the omitted systemLanguage are ignored and have no effect!

<switch transform="translate(100,200)">
  <text systemLanguage="en">Population pyramid of Russia (2010)</text>
  <text systemLanguage="de">Alterspyramide von Russland (2010)</text>
  <text systemLanguage="ru">Половозрастная диаграмма России (2010)</text>
  <text>Population pyramid of Russia (2010)</text>
</switch>

Even if the default rendering is English, it is good practice to place an explicit systemLanguage="en" with the same text. The language matching rules can give unexpected behavior when the file is opened in a browser configured for multiple languages. If the languages do not follow the same sequence in each switch, then a browser may display a mix of languages. In addition, the language matching rules will change in SVG 2.0.

You can also have a systemLanguage attribute on an element that is not a child of a switch element. In this case the element will only be rendered if the language matches. Otherwise the element in question will not be displayed.

Currently, only a few graphical editors support language switches in SVG, so you may need to edit the SVG file with a text editor. The SVG Translate may be used if the SVG file follows specific conventions.

The different text translations will have different lengths, so the text anchor point should be chosen carefully. The text-anchor attribute can be set to start (left justified in most languages), middle (centered), or end (right justified). The text elements default to x="0" and y="0", so the switch element can set the text anchor point with transform="translate(100,200)".

CSS can be added to globally scale text for verbose or concise translations, such as:

 <style type="text/css">
text[systemLanguage="es" i] { font-size: 80%; }
text[systemLanguage="zh" i] { font-size:125%; }
 </style>

When rendering a multi-lingual SVG image on a MediaWiki page, the language to use can be specified using syntax like [[File:SystemLanguage.svg|lang=de]]. The attribute "lang" is optional; if it is missing, MediaWiki will attempt to use the wiki's default language or fallback to English ("en").

Note: If a switch element has an English-language clause (systemLanguage="en") and a default language clause (no systemLanguage attribute), then MediaWiki will display the English-language clause.

Setting up multiple translations within one SVG file with Inkscape

Inkscape does not support the addition of language switches, but they are recognized as a "Conditional Group". Editing with text editor is required. To start using the switch element in Inkscape, the following steps are:

1. Always, in a new drawing, you need to add the two tags of <switch>...</switch>. In a new drawing, or in a previous localized drawing, you will have to add the items (usually text to localize) between these two tags and with systemLanguage assigned.
2. In drawings that use labels and arrows, it can often happen that (depending on the language) the labels and arrows position is not the most appropriate. You can correct it, after the previous step, directly with Inkscape. But if you need to change the text or arrows of a language that is not what Inkscape has configured, you must first change the Inkscape interface. To change the language of the Inkscape interface: from the menu bar, select "Edit|Preferences..."; then in the opened window, in the second group ("Interface") change the language. You can look at the code from the last example, above (SystemLanguageArrows.svg). Note: In the examples, the ID names of the objects have been changed in order to be followed more easily.
3. For the previous changes, you must be careful about the changes you make, otherwise Inkscape will not show what you want. If this is the first time you do it, first try changing the examples above. Sometimes the Inkscape XML editor ("Edit|XML Editor...") can be useful for you to find an error in your changes.

Viewing

Most browsers support viewing SVG files with switch elements. The browser will display the languages according to the browser's default language settings. If one wants to view a different language, then change the language of the browser and restart it.

Another way of viewing the file is to upload it to File:Test.svg and select the desired language from the dropdown list.

How to place new monolingual version in Commons

When creating a translated version of an SVG file, it should be saved using the filename of the original file with an IETF langtag suffix. See Commons:File naming. For example, File:Gibraltar map-en.svg is the English version of File:Gibraltar map.svg.

For linking different versions of file one to another, use "other versions" templates like all in Category:Other versions templates. Copy one of them and use in your image.

Using the template creates a gallery of the different language versions:

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  català
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  Deutsch
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  English
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  English
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  English
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  español
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  français
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  italiano
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  magyar
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  Bahasa Melayu
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  polski
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  македонски
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  українська
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  עברית
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  اردو

Disputed isthmus and land

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  English
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  español
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  español
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  español (claimed isthmus)
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  español (non Utrech territories)
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  español (reclaimed land)
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  galego

Also the template {{Derived from}} will be useful to display link to original version of your localized image.

Language codes

SVG files use IETF language tags to specify languages. They are often referred to as BCP 47 language tags, but BCP 47 is the combination of IETF RFC 5646 and RFC 4647. The Wikimedia Foundation uses language identifiers that usually match IETF langtags, but there are some differences. For example, the IETF language tag als is for Tosk Albanian, but Wikimedia uses that tag for Alemannisch (which IETF represents as gsw). Simple English is simple in Wikimedia but en-simple in IETF. Please be aware of the distinction and use IETF language tags (not MediaWiki language identifiers) in SVG files.

Click here to show a list of all WikiMedia language codes supported:

List of languages supported on Wikimedia Commons.

Code	Language name (in English)	Native language name
hoc-latn	Ho (Latin script)	Ho
af	Afrikaans	Afrikaans
sas	Sasak	Sasak
smn	Inari Sami	anarâškielâ
atj	Atikamekw	Atikamekw
sma	Southern Sami	åarjelsaemien
dlg	Dolgan	долган тыла
als	Alemannic	Alemannisch
an	Aragonese	aragonés
ase	American Sign Language	American sign language
yua	Yucatec Maya	maaya t’aan
roa-rup	Aromanian	armãneashti
gsw	Alemannic	Alemannisch
ang	Old English	Ænglisc
ak	Akan	Akan
aig	Antiguan and Barbudan Creole English	Aanteegan an' Baabyuudan
aae	Arbëresh	Arbërisht
ast	Asturian	asturianu
agq	Aghem	Aghem
frp	Arpitan	arpetan
ace	Acehnese	Acèh
rup	Aromanian	armãneashti
abr	Abron	Abron
en-us	American English	American English
gn	Guarani	Avañe'ẽ
gl	Galician	galego
bbc-latn	Batak Toba (Latin script)	Batak Toba
eu	Basque	euskara
na	Nauru	Dorerin Naoero
nv	Navajo	Diné bizaad
ny	Nyanja	Chi-Chewa
bkh	Bakoko	Bakoko
haw	Hawaiian	Hawaiʻi
bew	Betawi	Betawi
gaa	Ga	Ga
da	Danish	dansk
cal	Carolinian	Carolinian
aln	Gheg Albanian	Gegë
ilo	Iloko	Ilokano
rmf	Finnish Kalo	kaalengo tšimb
bm	Bambara	bamanankan
hil	Hiligaynon	Ilonggo
gom-latn	Goan Konkani (Latin script)	Gõychi Konknni
cnh	Hakha-Chin	Hakha Chin
gv	Manx	Gaelg
cho	Choctaw	Chahta anumpa
nan-latn-tailo	Minnan (Tâi-lô)	Bân-lâm-gí (Tâi-lô)
csb	Kashubian	kaszëbsczi
ho	Hiri Motu	Hiri Motu
iba	Iban	Jaku Iban
hke	Hunde	kihunde
co	Corsican	corsu
kw	Cornish	kernowek
rw	Kinyarwanda	Ikinyarwanda
ga	Irish	Gaeilge
kea	Kabuverdianu	kabuverdianu
etu	Ejagham	Ejagham
bax	Bamun	Bamum
ha	Hausa	Hausa
ia	Interlingua	interlingua
dag	Dagbani	dagbanli
gag	Gagauz	Gagauz
ibb	Ibibio	ibibio
lua	Luba-Lulua	ciluba
fmp	Fe'Fe'	Fe'fe
se-fi	Northern Sami (Finland)	davvisámegiella (Suoma bealde)
se-no	Northern Sami (Norway)	davvisámegiella (Norgga bealde)
sei	Seri	Cmique Itom
ksf	Bafia	Bafia
hak-latn	Hakka (Latin script)	Hak-kâ-ngî (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ)
isu	Isu	Isu
wls	Wallisian	Fakaʻuvea
sje	Pite Sami	bidumsámegiella
de-formal	German (formal address)	Deutsch (Sie-Form)
fur	Friulian	furlan
ay	Aymara	Aymar aru
ban	Balinese	Basa Bali
pam	Pampanga	Kapampangan
ca	Catalan	català
kai	Karekare	Karai-karai
fy	Western Frisian	Frysk
smj	Lule Sami	julevsámegiella
eml	Emiliano-Romagnolo	emiliàn e rumagnòl
cy	Welsh	Cymraeg
it	Italian	italiano
guw	Gun	gungbe
dga	Southern Dagaare	Dagaare
et	Estonian	eesti
bug	Buginese	Basa Ugi
cak	Kaqchikel	Kaqchikel
ik	Inupiaq	Iñupiatun
jut	Jutish	jysk
hif	Fiji Hindi	Fiji Hindi
az	Azerbaijani	azərbaycanca
sw	Swahili	Kiswahili
zu	Zulu	isiZulu
se	Northern Sami	davvisámegiella
cbk-zam	Chavacano	Chavacano de Zamboanga
dua	Duala	Duala
bbj	Ghomala	Ghomála
chn	Chinook Jargon	chinuk wawa
egl	Emilian	Emiliàn
cs	Czech	čeština
igl	Igala	Igala
bbc	Batak Toba	Batak Toba
xh	Xhosa	isiXhosa
bjn	Banjar	Banjar
kl	Kalaallisut	kalaallisut
kiu	Kirmanjki	Kırmancki
bar	Bavarian	Boarisch
nan-latn-pehoeji	Minnan (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)	Bân-lâm-gí (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
ext	Extremaduran	estremeñu
bcl	Central Bikol	Bikol Central
frc	Cajun French	français cadien
hrx	Hunsrik	Hunsrik
zh-min-nan	Minnan	Bân-lâm-gú
ewo	Ewondo	Ewondo
sm	Samoan	Gagana Samoa
en	English	English
sn	Shona	chiShona
krj	Kinaray-a	Kinaray-a
bi	Bislama	Bislama
rn	Rundi	ikirundi
cps	Capiznon	Capiceño
hsb	Upper Sorbian	hornjoserbsce
pdc	Pennsylvania German	Deitsch
dsb	Lower Sorbian	dolnoserbski
gur	Frafra	farefare
map-bms	Banyumasan	Basa Banyumasan
eo	Esperanto	Esperanto
fo	Faroese	føroyskt
io	Ido	Ido
bto	Rinconada Bikol	Iriga Bicolano
eto	Eton	Eton
ike-latn	Eastern Canadian (Latin script)	inuktitut
ki	Kikuyu	Gĩkũyũ
btm	Batak Mandailing	Batak Mandailing
dtp	Central Dusun	Kadazandusun
es-formal	Spanish (formal address)	español (formal)
ch	Chamorro	Chamoru
krl	Karelian	karjal
bdr	West Coast Bajau	Bajau Sama
ker	Kera	Kera
ceb	Cebuano	Cebuano
mui	Musi	Baso Palembang
fon	Fon	fɔ̀ngbè
en-ca	Canadian English	Canadian English
jv	Javanese	Jawa
tum	Tumbuka	chiTumbuka
mh	Marshallese	Ebon
bfd	Bafut	Bafut
br	Breton	brezhoneg
bkm	Kom	Kom
bkc	Baka	Baka
brh	Brahui	Bráhuí
nr	South Ndebele	isiNdebele seSewula
kr	Kanuri	kanuri
hr	Croatian	hrvatski
fr	French	français
bs	Bosnian	bosanski
kg	Kongo	Kongo
gpe	Ghanaian Pidgin	Ghanaian Pidgin
se-se	Northern Sami (Sweden)	davvisámegiella (Ruoŧa bealde)
ms	Malay	Bahasa Melayu
ig	Igbo	Igbo
is	Icelandic	íslenska
es	Spanish	español
efi	Efik	Efịk
gd	Scottish Gaelic	Gàidhlig
abs	Ambonese Malay	bahasa ambon
hif-latn	Fiji Hindi (Latin script)	Fiji Hindi
id	Indonesian	Bahasa Indonesia
ff	Fula	Fulfulde
gya	Gbaya	Gbaya
es-419	Latin American Spanish	español de América Latina
bas	Basaa	Basaa
kbp	Kabiye	Kabɩyɛ
ie	Interlingue	Interlingue
de	German	Deutsch
ee	Ewe	eʋegbe
vmw	Makhuwa	emakhuwa
en-gb	British English	British English
gor	Gorontalo	Bahasa Hulontalo
avk	Kotava	Kotava
ckb	Central Kurdish	کوردی
nyo	Nyoro	Orunyoro
nnz	Nda'Nda'	Nda'nda
hak-hans	Hakka (Simplified Han script)	客家语（简体）
rut	Rutul	мыхаӀбишды
ce	Chechen	нохчийн
be	Belarusian	беларуская
nds-nl	Low Saxon	Nedersaksies
nia	Nias	Li Niha
ne	Nepali	नेपाली
wuu-hans	Wu (Simplified Han script)	吴语（简体）
pt-br	Brazilian Portuguese	português do Brasil
vut	Vute	Vute
ryu	Okinawan	沖縄口
te	Telugu	తెలుగు
mwl	Mirandese	Mirandés
tg-cyrl	Tajik (Cyrillic script)	тоҷикӣ
loz	Lozi	Silozi
tzm	Central Atlas Tamazight	ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ
nl-informal	Dutch (informal address)	Nederlands (informeel)
shi	Tachelhit	Taclḥit
nan-hani	Minnan (Han script)	閩南語
yue-hant	Cantonese (Traditional Han script)	粵語（繁體）
skr-arab	Saraiki (Arabic script)	سرائیکی
gcr	Guianan Creole	kriyòl gwiyannen
tt-latn	Tatar (Latin script)	tatarça
za	Zhuang	Vahcuengh
hak-hant	Hakka (Traditional Han script)	客家語（繁體）
bqz	Mka'a	Mka'a
sd	Sindhi	سنڌي
ug	Uyghur	ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche
cdo-latn	Mindong (Latin script)	Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄ (Bàng-uâ-cê)
sh-cyrl	Serbo-Croatian (Cyrillic script)	српскохрватски (ћирилица)
sg	Sango	Sängö
yrl	Nheengatu	Nhẽẽgatú
tg	Tajik	тоҷикӣ
ks	Kashmiri	کٲشُر
ojb	Northwestern Ojibwa	Ojibwemowin
os	Ossetic	ирон
ps	Pashto	پښتو
ss	Swati	SiSwati
sty	Siberian Tatar	себертатар
pnb	Western Punjabi	پنجابی
ur	Urdu	اردو
mg	Malagasy	Malagasy
wlx	Wali	waale
ng	Ndonga	Oshiwambo
apc	Levantine Arabic	شامي
mnc	Manchu	manju gisun
knc	Central Kanuri	Yerwa Kanuri
bat-smg	Samogitian	žemaitėška
lg	Ganda	Luganda
bg	Bulgarian	български
bpy	Bishnupriya	বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী
pih	Pitcairn-Norfolk	Norfuk / Pitkern
mr	Marathi	मराठी
gju-arab	Gujari (Arabic script)	گوجری
or	Odia	ଓଡ଼ିଆ
kk-latn	Kazakh (Latin script)	qazaqşa (latın)
hno	Northern Hindko	ہندکو
sr	Serbian	српски / srpski
tru	Turoyo	Ṫuroyo
crh	Crimean Tatar	qırımtatarca
ady-cyrl	Adyghe (Cyrillic script)	адыгабзэ
ko-kp	Korean (North Korea)	조선말
ar	Arabic	العربية
sh-latn	Serbo-Croatian (Latin script)	srpskohrvatski (latinica)
cr	Cree	Nēhiyawēwin / ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ
tly	Talysh	tolışi
nds	Low German	Plattdüütsch
nnh	Ngiemboon	Ngiemboon
sq	Albanian	shqip
crh-latn	Crimean Tatar (Latin script)	qırımtatarca (Latin)
arz	Egyptian Arabic	مصرى
shy-latn	Shawiya (Latin script)	tacawit
sh	Serbo-Croatian	srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски
ary	Moroccan Arabic	الدارجة
wes	Pidgin (Cameroon)	Pidgin (Cameroon)
luz	Southern Luri	لئری دوٙمینی
be-tarask	Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)	беларуская (тарашкевіца)
pwn	Paiwan	pinayuanan
vep	Veps	vepsän kel’
ses	Koyraboro Senni	Koyraboro Senni
kum	Kumyk	къумукъ
ts	Tsonga	Xitsonga
rmc	Carpathian Romani	romaňi čhib
nmz	Nawdm	nawdm
shi-tfng	Tachelhit (Tifinagh script)	ⵜⴰⵛⵍⵃⵉⵜ
fkv	Kvensk	kvääni
bh	Bhojpuri	भोजपुरी
bo	Tibetan	བོད་ཡིག
nso	Northern Sotho	Sesotho sa Leboa
nog	Nogai	ногайша
tg-latn	Tajik (Latin script)	tojikī
cop	Coptic	ϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ
arn	Mapuche	mapudungun
kk-cn	Kazakh (China)	قازاقشا (جۇنگو)
li	Limburgish	Limburgs
ro	Romanian	română
pnt	Pontic	Ποντιακά
to	Tongan	lea faka-Tonga
so	Somali	Soomaaliga
hyw	Western Armenian	Արեւմտահայերէն
mo	Moldovan	молдовеняскэ
tpi	Tok Pisin	Tok Pisin
fi	Finnish	suomi
mnc-mong	Manchu (Mongolian script)	ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ
lo	Lao	ລາວ
ko	Korean	한국어
hi	Hindi	हिन्दी
ii	Sichuan Yi	ꆇꉙ
si	Sinhala	සිංහල
ti	Tigrinya	ትግርኛ
bn	Bangla	বাংলা
anp	Angika	अंगिका
mcp	Maka	Maka
yi	Yiddish	ייִדיש
zh	Chinese	中文
zh-classical	Literary Chinese	文言
inh	Ingush	гӀалгӀай
ccp	Chakma	𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟𑄳𑄦
koi	Komi-Permyak	перем коми
tn	Tswana	Setswana
mn	Mongolian	монгол
pdt	Plautdietsch	Plautdietsch
thq	Kochila Tharu	काेचिला थारु
ljp	Lampung Api	Lampung Api
kjp	Eastern Pwo	ဖၠုံလိက်
kj	Kuanyama	Kwanyama
nmg	Kwasio	Kwasio
nqo	N’Ko	ߒߞߏ
kk-tr	Kazakh (Turkey)	qazaqşa (Türkïya)
am	Amharic	አማርኛ
mhr	Eastern Mari	олык марий
got	Gothic	𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺
gom-deva	Goan Konkani (Devanagari script)	गोंयची कोंकणी
qug	Chimborazo Highland Quichua	Runa shimi
ln	Lingala	lingála
ku-latn	Kurdish (Latin script)	kurdî (latînî)
zh-tw	Chinese (Taiwan)	中文（臺灣）
lzh	Literary Chinese	文言
rm	Romansh	rumantsch
nrm	Norman	Nouormand
zh-sg	Chinese (Singapore)	中文（新加坡）
om	Oromo	Oromoo
zh-my	Chinese (Malaysia)	中文（马来西亚）
zh-mo	Chinese (Macau)	中文（澳門）
nod	Northern Thai	ᨣᩤᩴᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ
km	Khmer	ភាសាខ្មែរ
byv	Medumba	Medumba
arc	Aramaic	ܐܪܡܝܐ
myv	Erzya	эрзянь
mni	Manipuri	ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ
gan-hans	Gan (Simplified Han script)	赣语（简体）
alt	Southern Altai	алтай тил
syl	Sylheti	ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ
hsn	Xiang	湘語
zh-hans	Simplified Chinese	中文（简体）
nov	Novial	Novial
crh-ro	Dobrujan Tatar	tatarşa
aeb-latn	Tunisian Arabic (Latin script)	Tûnsî
udm	Udmurt	удмурт
zgh	Standard Moroccan Tamazight	ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⴰⵡⴰⵢⵜ
zea	Zeelandic	Zeêuws
yo	Yoruba	Yorùbá
yue-hans	Cantonese (Simplified Han script)	粵语（简体）
sr-ec	Serbian (Cyrillic script)	српски (ћирилица)
vo	Volapük	Volapük
mk	Macedonian	македонски
ybb	Yemba	Yemba
new	Newari	नेपाल भाषा
sl	Slovenian	slovenščina
tl	Tagalog	Tagalog
yas	Nugunu	Nugunu
chr	Cherokee	ᏣᎳᎩ
xsy	Saisiyat	saisiyat
pl	Polish	polski
ml	Malayalam	മലയാളം
nl	Dutch	Nederlands
kk	Kazakh	қазақша
vot	Votic	Vaďďa
bfw	Bonda	ରେମସାମ୍
xmf	Mingrelian	მარგალური
isv-latn	Interslavic (Latin script)	medžuslovjansky
mdf	Moksha	мокшень
el	Greek	Ελληνικά
ku-arab	Kurdish (Arabic script)	کوردی (عەرەبی)
tk	Turkmen	Türkmençe
wuu-hant	Wu (Traditional Han script)	吳語（正體）
wuu	Wu	吴语
ksw	S'gaw Karen	စှီၤ
wo	Wolof	Wolof
sk	Slovak	slovenčina
shn	Shan	တႆး
kcg	Tyap	Tyap
bgn	Western Balochi	روچ کپتین بلوچی
war	Waray	Winaray
vro	Võro	võro
nge	Ngémba	Ngémba
kge	Komering	Kumoring
vmf	Main-Franconian	Mainfränkisch
gld	Nanai	на̄ни
vi	Vietnamese	Tiếng Việt
vec	Venetian	vèneto
ve	Venda	Tshivenda
uz-latn	Uzbek (Latin script)	oʻzbekcha
uz-cyrl	Uzbek (Cyrillic script)	ўзбекча
tyv	Tuvinian	тыва дыл
uk	Ukrainian	українська
acf	Saint Lucian Creole	Kwéyòl Sent Lisi
ug-latn	Uyghur (Latin script)	Uyghurche
ug-arab	Uyghur (Arabic script)	ئۇيغۇرچە
zh-cn	Chinese (China)	中文（中国大陆）
mos	Mossi	moore
uz	Uzbek	oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча
fiu-vro	Võro	võro
ty	Tahitian	reo tahiti
ota	Ottoman Turkish	لسان عثمانى
tw	Twi	Twi
bho	Bhojpuri	भोजपुरी
tvu	Tunen	Tunen
ttj	Tooro	Orutooro
tt-cyrl	Tatar (Cyrillic script)	татарча
mt	Maltese	Malti
szl	Silesian	ślůnski
trv	Taroko	Seediq
tr	Turkish	Türkçe
tpv	Tanapag	Tanapag
tok	Toki Pona	toki pona
dz	Dzongkha	ཇོང་ཁ
bgc	Haryanvi	हरियाणवी
th	Thai	ไทย
liv	Livonian	Līvõ kēļ
hz	Herero	Otsiherero
awa	Awadhi	अवधी
sah	Yakut	саха тыла
tcy	Tulu	ತುಳು
ms-arab	Malay (Jawi script)	بهاس ملايو
no	Norwegian	norsk
rgn	Romagnol	Rumagnôl
sv	Swedish	svenska
su	Sundanese	Sunda
kab	Kabyle	Taqbaylit
gcf	Guadeloupean Creole	kréyòl Gwadloup
kbd	Kabardian	адыгэбзэ
lns	Lamnso'	Lamnso
lez	Lezghian	лезги
srq	Sirionó	mbia cheë
sro	Campidanese Sardinian	sardu campidanesu
srn	Sranan Tongo	Sranantongo
sr-el	Serbian (Latin script)	srpski (latinica)
my	Burmese	မြန်မာဘာသာ
yue	Cantonese	粵語
lbe	Lak	лакку
dty	Doteli	डोटेली
zgh-latn	Standard Moroccan Tamazight (Latin script)	tamaziɣt tanawayt
guc	Wayuu	wayuunaiki
kaa	Kara-Kalpak	Qaraqalpaqsha
lem	Nomaande	Nomaande
sat	Santali	ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ
de-ch	Swiss High German	Schweizer Hochdeutsch
nys	Nyungar	Nyunga
mad	Madurese	Madhurâ
ann	Obolo	Obolo
hy	Armenian	հայերեն
lad	Ladino	Ladino
jam	Jamaican Creole English	Patois
olo	Livvi-Karelian	livvinkarjala
shi-latn	Tachelhit (Latin script)	Taclḥit
tet	Tetum	tetun
gan	Gan	贛語
nan	Minnan	閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gí
shy	Shawiya	tacawit
ksh	Colognian	Ripoarisch
szy	Sakizaya	Sakizaya
sco	Scots	Scots
skr	Saraiki	سرائیکی
arq	Algerian Arabic	جازايرية
mzn	Mazanderani	مازِرونی
ike-cans	Eastern Canadian (Aboriginal syllabics)	ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ
lfn	Lingua Franca Nova	Lingua Franca Nova
sms	Skolt Sami	nuõrttsääʹmǩiõll
sdh	Southern Kurdish	کوردی خوارگ
kjh	Khakas	хакас
as	Assamese	অসমীয়া
vls	West Flemish	West-Vlams
kk-arab	Kazakh (Arabic script)	قازاقشا (تٴوتە)
simple	Simple English	Simple English
ady	Adyghe	адыгабзэ
lrc	Northern Luri	لۊری شومالی
nla	Ngombala	Ngombala
cdo	Mindong	閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄
he	Hebrew	עברית
chy	Cheyenne	Tsetsêhestâhese
pfl	Palatine German	Pälzisch
kk-kz	Kazakh (Kazakhstan)	қазақша (Қазақстан)
krc	Karachay-Balkar	къарачай-малкъар
sgs	Samogitian	žemaitėška
ruq-latn	Megleno-Romanian (Latin script)	Vlăheşte
gom	Goan Konkani	गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni
mua	Mundang	Mundang
ks-deva	Kashmiri (Devanagari script)	कॉशुर
acm	Iraqi Arabic	عراقي
kbd-cyrl	Kabardian (Cyrillic script)	адыгэбзэ
tig	Tigre	ትግሬ
sdc	Sassarese Sardinian	Sassaresu
jbo	Lojban	la .lojban.
bxr	Russia Buriat	буряад
be-x-old	Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)	беларуская (тарашкевіца)
rue	Rusyn	русиньскый
lmo	Lombard	lombard
cdo-hant	Mindong (Traditional Han script)	閩東語（傳統漢字）
ka	Georgian	ქართული
tdd	Tai Nuea	ᥖᥭᥰ ᥖᥬᥲ ᥑᥨᥒᥰ
pcd	Picard	Picard
gan-hant	Gan (Traditional Han script)	贛語（繁體）
pcm	Nigerian Pidgin	Naijá
fvr	Fur	poor’íŋ belé’ŋ
pa	Punjabi	ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
kri	Krio	Krio
aeb	Tunisian Arabic	تونسي / Tûnsî
blk	Pa'O	ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ
gju-deva	Gujari (Devanagari script)	गुज्जरी
ruq-cyrl	Megleno-Romanian (Cyrillic script)	Влахесте
crh-cyrl	Crimean Tatar (Cyrillic script)	къырымтатарджа (Кирилл)
lki	Laki	لەکی
ru	Russian	русский
rsk	Pannonian Rusyn	руски
bcc	Southern Balochi	جهلسری بلوچی
roa-tara	Tarantino	tarandíne
nah	Nahuatl	Nāhuatl
ky	Kyrgyz	кыргызча
zh-hk	Chinese (Hong Kong)	中文（香港）
ban-bali	Balinese (Balinese script)	ᬩᬲᬩᬮᬶ
quc	Kʼicheʼ	Qatzijob\ʼal
rki	Arakanese	ရခိုင်
rmy	Vlax Romani	romani čhib
bci	Baoulé	wawle
stq	Saterland Frisian	Seeltersk
zh-hant	Traditional Chinese	中文（繁體）
lij	Ligurian	Ligure
pi	Pali	पालि
rif	Riffian	Tarifit
lus	Mizo	Mizo ţawng
dso	Desiya	ଦେଶିଆ
mag	Magahi	मगही
prg	Prussian	prūsiskan
pag	Pangasinan	Pangasinan
kn	Kannada	ಕನ್ನಡ
mnc-latn	Manchu (Latin script)	manju gisun
mcn	Massa	vùn màsànà
cv	Chuvash	чӑвашла
dv	Divehi	ދިވެހިބަސް
ks-arab	Kashmiri (Arabic script)	کٲشُر
nan-hant	Minnan (Traditional Han script)	閩南語（傳統漢字）
pms	Piedmontese	Piemontèis
nn	Norwegian Nynorsk	norsk nynorsk
tly-cyrl	Talysh (Cyrillic script)	толыши
scn	Sicilian	sicilianu
kv	Komi	коми
lv	Latvian	latviešu
cpx-hans	Puxian (Simplified Han script)	莆仙语（简体）
osa-latn	Osage (Latin script)	Wažáže íe
diq	Dimli	Zazaki
din	Dinka	Thuɔŋjäŋ
ta	Tamil	தமிழ்
pap-aw	Papiamento (Aruba)	Papiamento
khw	Khowar	کھوار
pap	Papiamento	Papiamentu
fat	Fanti	mfantse
wa	Walloon	walon
min	Minangkabau	Minangkabau
ruq	Megleno-Romanian	Vlăheşte
av	Avaric	авар
grc	Ancient Greek	Ἀρχαία ἑλληνικὴ
aeb-arab	Tunisian Arabic (Arabic script)	تونسي
bqi	Bakhtiari	بختیاری
kgg	Kusunda	गेम्येहाक़ गिपन
nyn	Nyankole	runyankore
sa	Sanskrit	संस्कृतम्
iu	Inuktitut	ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ / inuktitut
hu	Hungarian	magyar
gu	Gujarati	ગુજરાતી
la	Latin	Latina
ami	Amis	Pangcah
nup	Nupe	Nupe
cu	Church Slavic	словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ
azb	South Azerbaijani	تۆرکجه
qu	Quechua	Runa Simi
wya	Wyandot	Wyandot
mus	Muscogee	Mvskoke
ja	Japanese	日本語
kus	Kusaal	Kʋsaal
fa	Persian	فارسی
ku	Kurdish	kurdî
nap	Neapolitan	Napulitano
nit	Southeastern Kolami	కొలామి
de-at	Austrian German	Österreichisches Deutsch
mrj	Western Mari	кырык мары
aa	Afar	Qafár af
zh-yue	Cantonese	粵語
st	Southern Sotho	Sesotho
tt	Tatar	татарча / tatarça
niu	Niuean	Niuē
fit	Tornedalen Finnish	meänkieli
tay	Atayal	Tayal
mrh	Mara	Mara
frr	Northern Frisian	Nordfriisk
ba	Bashkir	башҡортса
sjd	Kildin Sami	кӣллт са̄мь кӣлл
mnw	Mon	ဘာသာမန်
bag	Tuki	Tuki
mi	Māori	Māori
fj	Fijian	Na Vosa Vakaviti
ht	Haitian Creole	Kreyòl ayisyen
wal	Wolaytta	wolaytta
mai	Maithili	मैथिली
hak	Hakka Chinese	客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî
cpx	Puxian	莆仙語 / Pó-sing-gṳ̂
lzz	Laz	Lazuri
ltg	Latgalian	latgaļu
xal	Kalmyk	хальмг
pt	Portuguese	português
nb	Norwegian Bokmål	norsk bokmål
lld	Ladin	Ladin
lb	Luxembourgish	Lëtzebuergesch
lt	Lithuanian	lietuvių
isv-cyrl	Interslavic (Cyrillic script)	меджусловјанскы
yav	Yangben	Yangben
kk-cyrl	Kazakh (Cyrillic script)	қазақша (кирил)
sli	Lower Silesian	Schläsch
glk	Gilaki	گیلکی
ab	Abkhazian	аԥсшәа
rwr	Marwari (India)	मारवाड़ी
cpx-hant	Puxian (Traditional Han script)	莆仙語（繁體）
yat	Yambeta	Yambeta
sc	Sardinian	sardu
oc	Occitan	occitan
hu-formal	Hungarian (formal address)	magyar (formal)
sju	Ume Sami	ubmejesámiengiälla
hoc	Ho	𑢹𑣉𑣉 𑣎𑣋𑣜
cpx-latn	Puxian (Latin script)	Pó-sing-gṳ̂ (Báⁿ-uā-ci̍)
bug-bugi	Buginese (Buginese script)	ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ

There are currently 538 supported languages (plus the language tag zxx denoting the absence of any linguistic content).

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See also

• German tutorial
• The 'switch' element W3C
• The 'systemLanguage' attribute W3C
• Example files using <switch> element
• (DEAD LINK) SVG Processing: Efficient Language Translation by Bryan Schnabel, 2009 (Multiple file (XLIFF) rather than switch element approach.)
• Category:Language-neutral