Template:In lang

(in English)

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Template:In lang is used to denote that a text source is written in a specific language.

For citations using a citation template (such as {{cite web}}, {{cite news}}, {{cite journal}}, etc.), that template's |language= parameter should be used instead.

To note a span of text in a different language, {{lang}} or {{langx}}, should be used instead.

Usage

Typical use of this template is inside <ref>...</ref> tags where the reference is not templated and the referenced source is non-English:

<ref>[https://www.example.com "Non English Journal Article"]. ''Non-English Journal''. '''12'''(3): 231–241 {{in lang|xx}}.</ref>

Also finds use in External links sections to mark non-English link-targets:

[https://www.example.com Non English external link] {{in lang|xx}}

This template does not markup non-English text. For that, use {{lang}} or {{langx}} templates.

Parameters

This template accepts one or more positional language-tag parameters (<tag>) and two named parameters:

• {{In lang|<tag>|<tag2>|...|link=|cap=}}

Most common use is a single language:

• {{In lang|de}} → (in German)

The positional parameters

• <tag> – required; <tag> is a valid ISO-639 language tag or a valid IETF language tag; more than one language tag supported:
  • {{In lang|cs|en|de|fr|es|ca-valencia|pl|ru|ja|zh}} →
    • (in Czech, English, German, French, Spanish, Valencian, Polish, Russian, Japanese, and Chinese)

The named parameters are:

• link – accepts the single value yes; creates link to language article
  • {{In lang|nv|link=yes}} → <span class="languageicon">(in [[Navajo language|Navajo]])</span> → (in Navajo)
• cap – accepts the single value yes; capitalizes the first letter of "In":
  • {{In lang|pt-BR|cap=yes}} → (In Brazilian Portuguese)

Error messages

This template has one error message of its own:

error: {{In lang}} missing language tag – displayed when the template is transcluded without an ISO 639 or IETF language tag.

All other error messages related to the use of this template are emitted by Module:Lang and are documented at Category:Lang and lang-xx template errors.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:In lang in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for In lang

Produces the phrase "(in LANGUAGE)" with language codes.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
1	1	no description	Unknown	optional
2	2	no description	Unknown	optional
3	3	no description	Unknown	optional
4	4	no description	Unknown	optional

Tracking categories

Transclusions in mainspace articles will add the article to the appropriate subcategory of Category:Articles with non-English-language sources. There are two forms of these subcategories:

Category:Articles with <language name>-language sources (<tag>) – for individual languages^[1] and for macrolanguages^[2]

Category:Articles with sources in <collective name> languages (<tag>) – for language collectives^[3]

where <language name> and <collective name> is the name used in the template's rendering and <tag> is the ISO 639 tag or IETF language tag.

References

1. "ISO 639-3: Scope of denotation for language identifiers: Individual languages". SIL International. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
2. "ISO 639-3: Scope of denotation for language identifiers: Macrolanguages". SIL International. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
3. "ISO 639-3: Scope of denotation for language identifiers: Collections of languages". SIL International. Retrieved 5 December 2019.

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