සැකිල්ල:Link language
(ඉංග්රීසි බසින්)
This template is used to indicate to readers that an external link is in a foreign language.
It should generally be placed after the external link, although this is not set in stone; for more information, see the Manual of Style. English is the default language, and does not need to be noted using this template, unless there is a reason the reader would assume the link to be in a foreign language (e.g. a foreign title).
For citations, the |language= parameter of the various citation templates ({cite web}, {cite news}, {cite journal}, etc.) should be used instead.
Usage
{link language|<language code>}
The language code is usually an ISO 639 code but it may be any valid IETF language tag.
Note that language codes do not always coincide with country codes; see the list of ISO 3166-1 codes.
Examples
ISO 639-1 code for French:
- Usage: {link language|fr}
- Output: (ප්රංශ බසින්)
ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3 code for Asturian:
- Usage: {link language|ast}
- Output: (Asturian බසින්)
IETF language tag code for Brazilian Portuguese:
- Usage: {link language|pt-BR}
- Output: (Brazilian Portuguese බසින්)
User-defined CSS
Logged in users can change the appearance of the template's output using CSS with the languageicon class. For example, edit Special:MyPage/common.css and add span.languageicon { font-weight: bold; }. That would result in {link language|fr} being displayed as (ප්රංශ බසින්) instead of (ප්රංශ බසින්).
TemplateData
TemplateData for Link language
Displays a language name based on an ISO 639 code, often used after a foreign language reference following the manual of style.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language code | 1 | The ISO 639 language code or IETF language tag, e.g. 'fr' for French, 'pt-BR' for Brazilian Portuguese | String | required |
See also
- Language icons in the form {xx icon} (e.g. {de icon}), descending from this one, are listed in Category:Language icon templates.
- Template:Link language/Notes. This has documentation for the codes listed on Category:Language icon templates, which can be updated easily.
- Language codes cross-reference: list of ISO 639 codes.