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{{Language templates}}

{{High-use}}

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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 {{tlx|Lang}}, the {{cl|Lang-x templates|{{tld|lang-??}}}} (most), and {{tlx|Transl}} templates into a single source and to use a clearly defined data set extracted from international standards. It provides error checking and reporting to ensure that the html rendered is correct for browsers and screen readers.

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==Data set==

The data set is specified in [[Module:Language/nameLang/data]] and its included data modules:

* language tag-and-name data

** [[Module:Language/data/iana languages]] – from IANA [https://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry/language-subtag-registry language-subtag-registry file]

** [[Module:Language/data/ISO 639-3]] – from [http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/download.asp 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

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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 <code>override</code> 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 [https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages]

** [[Module:Lang/tag from name]] – reversed language tag-and-name data so that the language name is the key and the language tag is the value