Commons:Language templates

This page offers language templates for galleries, categories description, file description pages to write text with language label before it. For other localization features see Commons:Localization.

You can simply use the ISO 639 code of your language (the same as the subdomain of the Wikipedia in your language, so en for English, de for German etc.) as template name. The first and only parameter of the template must be the whole text that is in the specific language.

Sample description section

Wikitext:	{{de|Eine {{Wd|Beschreibung}} ist ein Text, der die Eigenschaften eines Objekts spezifiziert.}} {{en|A {{W|description}} is a text that specifies the properties of an object.}}
This renders as:	Deutsch: Eine Beschreibung ist ein Text, der die Eigenschaften eines Texts spezifiziert. English: A description is a text that specifies the properties of an object.

Using templates instead of manual captions (i.e. writing '''en:''') is preferred because it is possible to use CSS to "hide" languages a person doesn't understand. This can reduce the amount of unnecessary information and visual clutter.

If the description includes a "=", you need to use

{{en|1=description "1+1=2" }}

or

{{en|description "1+1{{=}}2" }}

instead of

{{en|description "1+1=2" }}

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If you don't know the code of your language, you can look it up in the list:

Position	Code +/−	Local name	English Name
1	{{aa}}	Qafár af	Afar
2	{{ab}}	аԥсшәа	Abkhazian
3	{{ace}}	Acèh	Achinese
4	{{af}}	Afrikaans	Afrikaans
5	{{ak}}	Akan	Akan
6	{{als}}	Alemannisch	Alemannic
7	{{am}}	አማርኛ	Amharic
8	{{ami}}	Pangcah	Amis
9	{{an}}	aragonés	Aragonese
10	{{ang}}	Ænglisc	Old English
11	{{ar}}	العربية	Arabic
12	{{arc}}	ܐܪܡܝܐ	Aramaic
13	{{arq}}	جازايرية	Algerian Arabic
14	{{ary}}	الدارجة	Moroccan Arabic
15	{{arz}}	مصرى	Egyptian Arabic
16	{{as}}	অসমীয়া	Assamese
17	{{ast}}	asturianu	Asturian
18	{{atj}}	Atikamekw	Atikamekw
19	{{av}}	авар	Avaric
20	{{avk}}	Kotava	Kotava
21	{{awa}}	अवधी	Awadhi
22	{{ay}}	Aymar aru	Aymara
23	{{az}}	azərbaycanca	Azerbaijani
24	{{azb}}	تۆرکجه	South Azerbaijani
25	{{ba}}	башҡортса	Bashkir
26	{{ban}}	Basa Bali	Balinese
27	{{bar}}	Boarisch	Bavarian
28	{{bbc}}	Batak Toba	Batak Toba
29	{{bcl}}	Bikol Central	Central Bikol
30	{{be}}	беларуская	Belarusian
31	{{be-tarask}}	беларуская (тарашкевіца)	Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)
32	{{bg}}	български	Bulgarian
33	{{bh}}	भोजपुरी	Bhojpuri
34	{{bi}}	Bislama	Bislama
35	{{bjn}}	Banjar	Banjar
36	{{blk}}	ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ	Pa'O
37	{{bm}}	bamanankan	Bambara
38	{{bn}}	বাংলা	Bangla
39	{{bo}}	བོད་ཡིག	Tibetan
40	{{bpy}}	বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী	Bishnupriya
41	{{br}}	brezhoneg	Breton
42	{{bs}}	bosanski	Bosnian
43	{{bug}}	Basa Ugi	Buginese
44	{{bxr}}	буряад	Russia Buriat
45	{{ca}}	català	Catalan
46	{{cbk-zam}}	Chavacano de Zamboanga	Chavacano
47	{{cdo}}	閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄	Mindong
48	{{ce}}	нохчийн	Chechen
49	{{ceb}}	Cebuano	Cebuano
50	{{ch}}	Chamoru	Chamorro
51	{{cho}}	Chahta anumpa	Choctaw
52	{{chr}}	ᏣᎳᎩ	Cherokee
53	{{chy}}	Tsetsêhestâhese	Cheyenne
54	{{ckb}}	کوردی	Central Kurdish
55	{{cnr}}	cnr	Montenegrin
56	{{co}}	corsu	Corsican
57	{{cr}}	Nēhiyawēwin / ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ	Cree
58	{{crh}}	qırımtatarca	Crimean Tatar
59	{{crh-cyrl}}	къырымтатарджа (Кирилл)	Crimean Tatar (Cyrillic script)
60	{{cs}}	čeština	Czech
61	{{csb}}	kaszëbsczi	Kashubian
62	{{cu}}	словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ	Church Slavic
63	{{cv}}	чӑвашла	Chuvash
64	{{cy}}	Cymraeg	Welsh
65	{{da}}	dansk	Danish
66	{{dag}}	dagbanli	Dagbani
67	{{de}}	Deutsch	German
68	{{diq}}	Zazaki	Zazaki
69	{{dsb}}	dolnoserbski	Lower Sorbian
70	{{dty}}	डोटेली	Doteli
71	{{dv}}	ދިވެހިބަސް	Divehi
72	{{dz}}	ཇོང་ཁ	Dzongkha
73	{{ee}}	eʋegbe	Ewe
74	{{el}}	Ελληνικά	Greek
75	{{eml}}	emiliàn e rumagnòl	Emiliano-Romagnolo
76	{{en}}	English	English
77	{{en-ca}}	Canadian English	Canadian English
78	{{en-gb}}	British English	British English
79	{{en-in}}	en-IN	Indian English
80	{{en-us}}	American English	American English
81	{{enm}}	enm	Middle English
82	{{eo}}	Esperanto	Esperanto
83	{{es}}	español	Spanish
84	{{et}}	eesti	Estonian
85	{{eu}}	euskara	Basque
86	{{ext}}	estremeñu	Extremaduran
87	{{fa}}	فارسی	Persian
88	{{ff}}	Fulfulde	Fula
89	{{fi}}	suomi	Finnish
90	{{fil}}	fil	Filipino
91	{{fj}}	Na Vosa Vakaviti	Fijian
92	{{fo}}	føroyskt	Faroese
93	{{fr}}	français	French
94	{{fr-ca}}	fr-CA	Canadian French
95	{{frp}}	arpetan	Arpitan
96	{{frr}}	Nordfriisk	Northern Frisian
97	{{fur}}	furlan	Friulian
98	{{fy}}	Frysk	Western Frisian
84	{{ga}}	Gaeilge	Irish
99	{{gag}}	Gagauz	Gagauz
100	{{gan}}	贛語	Gan
101	{{gcr}}	kriyòl gwiyannen	Guianan Creole
102	{{gd}}	Gàidhlig	Scottish Gaelic
103	{{gl}}	galego	Galician
104	{{glk}}	گیلکی	Gilaki
105	{{gn}}	Avañe'ẽ	Guarani
106	{{goh}}	goh	Old High German
107	{{gom}}	गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni	Goan Konkani
108	{{gor}}	Bahasa Hulontalo	Gorontalo
109	{{got}}	𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺	Gothic
110	{{grc}}	Ἀρχαία ἑλληνικὴ	Ancient Greek
111	{{gsw}}	Alemannisch	Alemannic
112	{{gu}}	ગુજરાતી	Gujarati
113	{{guc}}	wayuunaiki	Wayuu
114	{{gv}}	Gaelg	Manx
115	{{ha}}	Hausa	Hausa
116	{{hak}}	客家語/Hak-kâ-ngî	Hakka Chinese
117	{{haw}}	Hawaiʻi	Hawaiian
118	{{he}}	עברית	Hebrew
119	{{hi}}	हिन्दी	Hindi
120	{{hif}}	Fiji Hindi	Fiji Hindi
121	{{ho}}	Hiri Motu	Hiri Motu
122	{{hr}}	hrvatski	Croatian
123	{{hsb}}	hornjoserbsce	Upper Sorbian
124	{{ht}}	Kreyòl ayisyen	Haitian Creole
125	{{hu}}	magyar	Hungarian
126	{{hy}}	հայերեն	Armenian
127	{{hyw}}	Արեւմտահայերէն	Western Armenian
128	{{hz}}	Otsiherero	Herero
129	{{ia}}	interlingua	Interlingua
130	{{id}}	Bahasa Indonesia	Indonesian
131	{{ie}}	Interlingue	Interlingue
132	{{ig}}	Igbo	Igbo
133	{{ii}}	ꆇꉙ	Sichuan Yi
134	{{ik}}	Iñupiatun	Inupiaq
135	{{ilo}}	Ilokano	Iloko
136	{{inh}}	гӀалгӀай	Ingush
137	{{io}}	Ido	Ido
138	{{is}}	íslenska	Icelandic
139	{{it}}	italiano	Italian
140	{{iu}}	ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ / inuktitut	Inuktitut
141	{{ja}}	日本語	Japanese
142	{{jbo}}	la .lojban.	Lojban
143	{{jv}}	Jawa	Javanese
144	{{ka}}	ქართული	Georgian
145	{{kaa}}	Qaraqalpaqsha	Kara-Kalpak
146	{{kab}}	Taqbaylit	Kabyle
147	{{kbd}}	адыгэбзэ	Kabardian
148	{{kcg}}	Tyap	Tyap
149	{{kg}}	Kongo	Kongo
150	{{ki}}	Gĩkũyũ	Kikuyu
130	{{kj}}	Kwanyama	Kuanyama
131	{{kk}}	қазақша	Kazakh
132	{{kk-cyrl}}	қазақша (кирил)	Kazakh (Cyrillic script)
133	{{kk-latn}}	qazaqşa (latın)	Kazakh (Latin script)
134	{{kl}}	kalaallisut	Kalaallisut
135	{{km}}	ភាសាខ្មែរ	Khmer
136	{{kn}}	ಕನ್ನಡ	Kannada
137	{{ko}}	한국어	Korean
137	{{ko-kp}}	조선말	Korean (North Korea)
138	{{kr}}	kanuri	Kanuri
139	{{krc}}	къарачай-малкъар	Karachay-Balkar
140	{{ks}}	कॉशुर / کٲشُر	Kashmiri
141	{{ksh}}	Ripoarisch	Colognian
142	{{ku}}	kurdî	Kurdish
143	{{kv}}	коми	Komi
144	{{kw}}	kernowek	Cornish
145	{{ky}}	кыргызча	Kyrgyz
146	{{la}}	Latina	Latin
147	{{lad}}	Ladino	Ladino
148	{{lb}}	Lëtzebuergesch	Luxembourgish
149	{{lbe}}	лакку	Lak
150	{{lez}}	лезги	Lezghian
151	{{lfn}}	Lingua Franca Nova	Lingua Franca Nova
152	{{lg}}	Luganda	Ganda
153	{{li}}	Limburgs	Limburgish
154	{{lij}}	Ligure	Ligurian
155	{{lld}}	Ladin	Ladin
155	{{lmo}}	lombard	Lombard
156	{{ln}}	lingála	Lingala
157	{{lo}}	ລາວ	Lao
158	{{lt}}	lietuvių	Lithuanian
159	{{ltg}}	latgaļu	Latgalian
160	{{lv}}	latviešu	Latvian
161	{{lzh}}	文言	Literary Chinese
162	{{mad}}	Madhurâ	Madurese
162	{{mai}}	मैथिली	Maithili
163	{{map-bms}}	Basa Banyumasan	Basa Banyumasan
164	{{mdf}}	мокшень	Moksha
165	{{mg}}	Malagasy	Malagasy
166	{{mh}}	Ebon	Marshallese
167	{{mhr}}	олык марий	Eastern Mari
168	{{mi}}	Māori	Māori
169	{{min}}	Minangkabau	Minangkabau
170	{{mk}}	македонски	Macedonian
171	{{ml}}	മലയാളം	Malayalam
172	{{mn}}	монгол	Mongolian
173	{{mnc}}	ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ	Manchu
173	{{mni}}	ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ	Manipuri
173	{{mnw}}	ဘာသာမန်	Mon
174	{{mo}}	молдовеняскэ	Moldovan
175	{{mr}}	मराठी	Marathi
176	{{mrj}}	кырык мары	Western Mari
177	{{ms}}	Bahasa Melayu	Malay
178	{{mt}}	Malti	Maltese
179	{{mus}}	Mvskoke	Muscogee
180	{{mwl}}	Mirandés	Mirandese
181	{{my}}	မြန်မာဘာသာ	Burmese
182	{{myv}}	эрзянь	Erzya
183	{{mzn}}	مازِرونی	Mazanderani
184	{{na}}	Dorerin Naoero	Nauru
185	{{nah}}	Nāhuatl	Nāhuatl
186	{{nan}}	Bân-lâm-gú	Minnan
187	{{nap}}	Napulitano	Neapolitan
188	{{nb}}	norsk bokmål	Norwegian Bokmål
189	{{nds}}	Plattdüütsch	Low German
190	{{nds-nl}}	Nedersaksies	Low Saxon
191	{{ne}}	नेपाली	Nepali
192	{{new}}	नेपाल भाषा	Newari
193	{{ng}}	Oshiwambo	Ndonga
193	{{nia}}	Li Niha	Nias
194	{{nl}}	Nederlands	Dutch
195	{{nn}}	norsk nynorsk	Norwegian Nynorsk
197	{{nov}}	Novial	Novial
198	{{nqo}}	ߒߞߏ	N’Ko
198	{{nrf}}	Nouormand	Norman
198	{{nrm}}	Nouormand	Norman
199	{{nrn}}	nrn	nrn
200	{{nso}}	Sesotho sa Leboa	Northern Sotho
201	{{nv}}	Diné bizaad	Navajo
202	{{ny}}	Chi-Chewa	Nyanja
202	{{nys}}	Nyunga	Nyungar
203	{{oc}}	occitan	Occitan
204	{{olo}}	livvinkarjala	Livvi-Karelian
204	{{om}}	Oromoo	Oromo
205	{{omp}}	omp	omp
206	{{or}}	ଓଡ଼ିଆ	Odia
207	{{os}}	ирон	Ossetic
207	{{ota}}	لسان عثمانى	Ottoman Turkish
208	{{pa}}	ਪੰਜਾਬੀ	Punjabi
209	{{pag}}	Pangasinan	Pangasinan
210	{{pam}}	Kapampangan	Pampanga
211	{{pap}}	Papiamentu	Papiamento
212	{{pcd}}	Picard	Picard
213	{{pdc}}	Deitsch	Pennsylvania German
214	{{pdt}}	Plautdietsch	Plautdietsch
215	{{pfl}}	Pälzisch	Palatine German
216	{{pi}}	पालि	Pali
217	{{pih}}	Norfuk / Pitkern	Norfuk / Pitkern
218	{{pl}}	polski	Polish
219	{{pms}}	Piemontèis	Piedmontese
220	{{pnb}}	پنجابی	Western Punjabi
221	{{pnt}}	Ποντιακά	Pontic
222	{{ps}}	پښتو	Pashto
223	{{pt}}	português	Portuguese
224	{{qu}}	Runa Simi	Quechua
225	{{rm}}	rumantsch	Romansh
226	{{rmy}}	romani čhib	Vlax Romani
227	{{rn}}	ikirundi	Rundi
228	{{ro}}	română	Romanian
229	{{roa-tara}}	tarandíne	Tarantino
230	{{ru}}	русский	Russian
231	{{rue}}	русиньскый	Rusyn
232	{{rup}}	armãneashti	Aromanian
233	{{rw}}	Ikinyarwanda	Kinyarwanda
231	{{ryu}}	沖縄口	Okinawan
234	{{sa}}	संस्कृतम्	Sanskrit
235	{{sah}}	саха тыла	Yakut
236	{{sat}}	ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ	Santali
237	{{sc}}	sardu	Sardinian
238	{{scn}}	sicilianu	Sicilian
239	{{sco}}	Scots	Scots
240	{{sd}}	سنڌي	Sindhi
240	{{sdc}}	Sassaresu	Sassarese Sardinian
241	{{se}}	davvisámegiella	Northern Sami
242	{{sg}}	Sängö	Sango
243	{{sgs}}	žemaitėška	Samogitian
244	{{sh}}	srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски	Serbo-Croatian
245	{{shi}}	Taclḥit	Tachelhit
245	{{shn}}	ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး	Shan
245	{{shy}}	tacawit	Shawiya
246	{{si}}	සිංහල	Sinhala
247	{{simple}}	Simple English	Simple English
246	{{sjd}}	кӣллт са̄мь кӣлл	Kildin Sami
246	{{sjt}}	sjt	Ter Sami
248	{{sk}}	slovenčina	Slovak
249	{{sl}}	slovenščina	Slovenian
250	{{sm}}	Gagana Samoa	Samoan
250	{{sma}}	åarjelsaemien	Southern Sami
250	{{sms}}	nuõrttsääʹmǩiõll	Skolt Sami
251	{{sn}}	chiShona	Shona
252	{{so}}	Soomaaliga	Somali
253	{{sq}}	shqip	Albanian
254	{{sr}}	српски / srpski	Serbian
255	{{srn}}	Sranantongo	Sranan Tongo
256	{{ss}}	SiSwati	Swati
257	{{st}}	Sesotho	Southern Sotho
258	{{stq}}	Seeltersk	Saterland Frisian
259	{{su}}	Sunda	Sundanese
260	{{sv}}	svenska	Swedish
261	{{sw}}	Kiswahili	Swahili
262	{{syc}}	syc	Classical Syriac
262	{{syl}}	ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ	Sylheti
262	{{szl}}	ślůnski	Silesian
263	{{ta}}	தமிழ்	Tamil
264	{{tcy}}	ತುಳು	Tulu
265	{{te}}	తెలుగు	Telugu
266	{{tet}}	tetun	Tetum
267	{{tg}}	тоҷикӣ	Tajik
267	{{tg-latn}}	tojikī	Tajik (Latin script)
268	{{tgl}}	Tagalog	Tagalog
269	{{tglg}}	tl-Tglg	tglg
270	{{th}}	ไทย	Thai
271	{{ti}}	ትግርኛ	Tigrinya
272	{{tk}}	Türkmençe	Turkmen
273	{{tn}}	Setswana	Tswana
274	{{to}}	lea faka-Tonga	Tongan
275	{{tok}}	toki pona	Toki Pona
276	{{tpi}}	Tok Pisin	Tok Pisin
277	{{tr}}	Türkçe	Turkish
278	{{ts}}	Xitsonga	Tsonga
279	{{tt}}	татарча / tatarça	Tatar
280	{{tum}}	chiTumbuka	Tumbuka
281	{{tw}}	Twi	Twi
282	{{ty}}	reo tahiti	Tahitian
283	{{tyv}}	тыва дыл	Tuvinian
283	{{tzl}}	tzl	Talossan
284	{{udm}}	удмурт	Udmurt
285	{{ug}}	ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche	Uyghur
285	{{ug-arab}}	ئۇيغۇرچە	Uyghur (Arabic script)
285	{{ug-latn}}	Uyghurche	Uyghur (Latin script)
286	{{uk}}	українська	Ukrainian
287	{{ur}}	اردو	Urdu
288	{{uz}}	oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча	Uzbek
289	{{ve}}	Tshivenda	Venda
290	{{vec}}	vèneto	Venetian
291	{{vep}}	vepsän kel’	Veps
292	{{vi}}	Tiếng Việt	Vietnamese
293	{{vls}}	West-Vlams	West Flemish
294	{{vo}}	Volapük	Volapük
295	{{vro}}	võro	Võro
296	{{wa}}	walon	Walloon
297	{{war}}	Winaray	Waray
298	{{wls}}	Fakaʻuvea	Wallisian
299	{{wo}}	Wolof	Wolof
300	{{wuu}}	吴语	Wu
301	{{xal}}	хальмг	Kalmyk
302	{{xh}}	isiXhosa	Xhosa
303	{{xmf}}	მარგალური	Mingrelian
304	{{yi}}	ייִדיש	Yiddish
305	{{yo}}	Yorùbá	Yoruba
306	{{yue}}	粵語	Cantonese
307	{{za}}	Vahcuengh	Zhuang
308	{{zea}}	Zeêuws	Zeelandic
309	{{zgh}}	ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⴰⵡⴰⵢⵜ	Standard Moroccan Tamazight
309	{{zh}}	中文	Chinese
310	{{zh-cn}}	中文（中国大陆）	Chinese (China)
311	{{zh-hans}}	中文（简体）	Simplified Chinese
312	{{zh-hant}}	中文（繁體）	Traditional Chinese
313	{{zh-hk}}	中文（香港）	Chinese (Hong Kong)
313	{{zh-mo}}	中文（澳門）	Chinese (Macau)
313	{{zh-my}}	中文（马来西亚）	Chinese (Malaysia)
314	{{zh-sg}}	中文（新加坡）	Chinese (Singapore)
314	{{zh-tw}}	中文（臺灣）	Chinese (Taiwan)
315	{{zu}}	isiZulu	Zulu

English: See also en:Language code.

Русский: См. также ru:Коды языков.

中文（简体）：参见zh:语言代码。

中文（繁體）：參見zh:語言代碼。