Module:Lang/doc

This module exists primarily to provide correct html markup for non-English language text where that text is used in the English Wikipedia. It has a secondary purpose of providing correct visual rendering for this non-English text. The module was developed to consolidate processing for {{lang}}, the Template:Cl (most), and {{transl}} templates into a single source and to use a clearly defined data set extracted from international standards.

The module does not require the myriad {{ISO 639 name ??}} templates, {{Language with name}}, {{Language with name and transliteration}}, and {{transl}}. It provides error checking and reporting to ensure that the html rendered is correct for browsers and screen readers.

Other templates that get language name support from this module are:

{{native name}}

{{link language}}

Data set

The data set is specified in Module:Language/name/data and its included data modules:

language tag-and-name data

Module:Language/data/iana languages – from IANA language-subtag-registry file

Module:Language/data/ISO 639-3 – from sil.org UTF-8 Complete Code Tables Set

Module:Language/data/wp languages – sourcing for the data in this module is unknown

language script data

Module:Language/data/iana scripts – from IANA language-subtag-registry file

language region data

Module:Language/data/iana regions – from IANA language-subtag-registry file

language variant data

Module:Language/data/iana variants – from IANA language-subtag-registry file

suppressed-script data

Module:Language/data/iana suppressed scripts – from IANA language-subtag-registry file

The data set also includes supplementary data modules:

override and other non-standard data

Module:Lang/data – For example, when IANA disagrees with ISO 639-3 or when the standard language name is cumbersome or contains information not suitable for use in article space, the override table can hold that language information

Module:Lang/ISO 639 synonyms – maps three character ISO 639-2, -2T, -3 codes to two character ISO 639-1 codes – from Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages

Module:Lang/name to tag – reversed language tag-and-name data so that the language name is the key and the language tag is the value

Error messages and categorization

Mainspace articles that have errors are placed in appropriate error categories:

Template:Cl

Template:Cl

Maintenance categories:

Template:Cl

See also

MOS on foreign words:

Template:Slink