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 [[:de:Beschreibung|]] ist ein Text, der die Eigenschaften eines Objekts spezifiziert.}} {{en|A [[:en: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" }}

---

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}}	Аҧсшәа	Abkhazian
3	{{ace}}	Acèh	Achinese
4	{{af}}	Afrikaans	Afrikaans
5	{{ak}}	Akan	Akan
6	{{als}}	Alemannisch	Alemannisch
7	{{am}}	አማርኛ	Amharic
8	{{an}}	aragonés	Aragonese
9	{{ang}}	Ænglisc	Old English
10	{{ar}}	العربية	Arabic
11	{{arc}}	ܐܪܡܝܐ	Aramaic
12	{{arz}}	مصرى	Egyptian Arabic
13	{{as}}	অসমীয়া	Assamese
14	{{ast}}	asturianu	Asturian
15	{{atj}}	Atikamekw	Atikamekw
16	{{av}}	авар	Avaric
17	{{ay}}	Aymar aru	Aymara
18	{{az}}	azərbaycanca	Azerbaijani
19	{{azb}}	تۆرکجه	South Azerbaijani
20	{{ba}}	башҡортса	Bashkir
21	{{bar}}	Boarisch	Bavarian
22	{{bcl}}	Bikol Central	Central Bikol
23	{{be}}	беларуская	Belarusian
24	{{be-tarask}}	беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎	Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)
25	{{bg}}	български	Bulgarian
26	{{bh}}	भोजपुरी	Bhojpuri
27	{{bi}}	Bislama	Bislama
28	{{bjn}}	Banjar	Banjar
29	{{bm}}	bamanankan	Bambara
30	{{bn}}	বাংলা	Bangla
31	{{bo}}	བོད་ཡིག	Tibetan
32	{{bpy}}	বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী	Bishnupriya
33	{{br}}	brezhoneg	Breton
34	{{bs}}	bosanski	Bosnian
35	{{bug}}	ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ	Buginese
36	{{bxr}}	буряад	Russia Buriat
37	{{ca}}	català	Catalan
38	{{cbk-zam}}	Chavacano de Zamboanga	Chavacano
39	{{cdo}}	Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄	Min Dong Chinese
40	{{ce}}	нохчийн	Chechen
41	{{ceb}}	Cebuano	Cebuano
42	{{ch}}	Chamoru	Chamorro
43	{{cho}}	Choctaw	Choctaw
44	{{chr}}	ᏣᎳᎩ	Cherokee
45	{{chy}}	Tsetsêhestâhese	Cheyenne
46	{{ckb}}	کوردی	Central Kurdish
47	{{co}}	corsu	Corsican
48	{{cr}}	Nēhiyawēwin / ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ	Cree
49	{{crh}}	qırımtatarca	Crimean Turkish
50	{{crh-cyrl}}	къырымтатарджа (Кирилл)‎	Crimean Tatar (Cyrillic script)
51	{{cs}}	čeština	Czech
52	{{csb}}	kaszëbsczi	Kashubian
53	{{cu}}	словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ	Church Slavic
54	{{cv}}	Чӑвашла	Chuvash
55	{{cy}}	Cymraeg	Welsh
56	{{da}}	dansk	Danish
57	{{de}}	Deutsch	German
58	{{diq}}	Zazaki	Zazaki
59	{{dsb}}	dolnoserbski	Lower Sorbian
60	{{dty}}	डोटेली	Doteli
61	{{dv}}	ދިވެހިބަސް	Divehi
62	{{dz}}	ཇོང་ཁ	Dzongkha
63	{{ee}}	eʋegbe	Ewe
64	{{el}}	Ελληνικά	Greek
65	{{eml}}	emiliàn e rumagnòl	Emiliano-Romagnolo
66	{{en}}	English	English
67	{{en-gb}}	British English	British English
68	{{eo}}	Esperanto	Esperanto
69	{{es}}	español	Spanish
70	{{et}}	eesti	Estonian
71	{{eu}}	euskara	Basque
72	{{ext}}	estremeñu	Extremaduran
73	{{fa}}	فارسی	Persian
74	{{ff}}	Fulfulde	Fulah
75	{{fi}}	suomi	Finnish
76	{{fil}}	filipino	Filipino
77	{{fj}}	Na Vosa Vakaviti	Fijian
78	{{fo}}	føroyskt	Faroese
79	{{fr}}	français	French
80	{{frp}}	arpetan	Arpitan
81	{{frr}}	Nordfriisk	Northern Frisian
82	{{fur}}	furlan	Friulian
83	{{fy}}	Frysk	Western Frisian
84	{{ga}}	Gaeilge	Irish
85	{{gag}}	Gagauz	Gagauz
86	{{gan}}	贛語	Gan Chinese
87	{{gd}}	Gàidhlig	Scottish Gaelic
88	{{gl}}	galego	Galician
89	{{glk}}	گیلکی	Gilaki
90	{{gn}}	Avañe'ẽ	Guarani
91	{{gor}}	Bahasa Hulontalo	Gorontalo
92	{{got}}	𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺	Gothic
93	{{gu}}	ગુજરાતી	Gujarati
94	{{gv}}	Gaelg	Manx
95	{{ha}}	Hausa	Hausa
96	{{hak}}	客家語/Hak-kâ-ngî	Hakka Chinese
97	{{haw}}	Hawaiʻi	Hawaiian
98	{{he}}	עברית	Hebrew
99	{{hi}}	हिन्दी	Hindi
100	{{hif}}	Fiji Hindi	Fiji Hindi
101	{{ho}}	Hiri Motu	Hiri Motu
102	{{hr}}	hrvatski	Croatian
103	{{hsb}}	hornjoserbsce	Upper Sorbian
104	{{ht}}	Kreyòl ayisyen	Haitian Creole
105	{{hu}}	magyar	Hungarian
106	{{hy}}	հայերեն	Armenian
107	{{hyw}}	Արեւմտահայերէն	Western Armenian
108	{{hz}}	Otsiherero	Herero
109	{{ia}}	interlingua	Interlingua
110	{{id}}	Bahasa Indonesia	Indonesian
109	{{ie}}	Interlingue	Interlingue
110	{{ig}}	Igbo	Igbo
111	{{ii}}	ꆇꉙ	Sichuan Yi
112	{{ik}}	Iñupiak	Inupiaq
113	{{ilo}}	Ilokano	Iloko
114	{{inh}}	ГӀалгӀай	Ingush
115	{{io}}	Ido	Ido
116	{{is}}	íslenska	Icelandic
117	{{it}}	italiano	Italian
118	{{iu}}	ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ/inuktitut	Inuktitut
119	{{ja}}	日本語	Japanese
120	{{jbo}}	la .lojban.	Lojban
121	{{jv}}	Jawa	Javanese
122	{{ka}}	ქართული	Georgian
123	{{kaa}}	Qaraqalpaqsha	Kara-Kalpak
124	{{kab}}	Taqbaylit	Kabyle
125	{{kbd}}	Адыгэбзэ	Kabardian
126	{{kg}}	Kongo	Kongo
127	{{ki}}	Gĩkũyũ	Kikuyu
128	{{kj}}	Kwanyama	Kuanyama
129	{{kk}}	қазақша	Kazakh
130	{{kk-cyrl}}	қазақша (кирил)‎	Kazakh (Cyrillic script)
131	{{kk-latn}}	qazaqşa (latın)‎	Kazakh (Latin script)
132	{{kl}}	kalaallisut	Kalaallisut
133	{{km}}	ភាសាខ្មែរ	Khmer
134	{{kn}}	ಕನ್ನಡ	Kannada
135	{{ko}}	한국어	Korean
136	{{kr}}	Kanuri	Kanuri
137	{{krc}}	къарачай-малкъар	Karachay-Balkar
138	{{ks}}	कॉशुर / کٲشُر	Kashmiri
139	{{ksh}}	Ripoarisch	Colognian
140	{{ku}}	kurdî	Kurdish
141	{{kv}}	коми	Komi
142	{{kw}}	kernowek	Cornish
143	{{ky}}	Кыргызча	Kyrgyz
144	{{la}}	Latina	Latin
145	{{lad}}	Ladino	Ladino
146	{{lb}}	Lëtzebuergesch	Luxembourgish
147	{{lbe}}	лакку	Lak
148	{{lez}}	лезги	Lezghian
149	{{lfn}}	Lingua Franca Nova	Lingua Franca Nova
150	{{lg}}	Luganda	Ganda
151	{{li}}	Limburgs	Limburgish
152	{{lij}}	Ligure	Ligurian
153	{{lmo}}	lumbaart	Lombard
154	{{ln}}	lingála	Lingala
155	{{lo}}	ລາວ	Lao
156	{{lt}}	lietuvių	Lithuanian
157	{{ltg}}	latgaļu	Latgalian
158	{{lv}}	latviešu	Latvian
159	{{lzh}}	文言	Literary Chinese
160	{{mai}}	मैथिली	Maithili
159	{{map-bms}}	Basa Banyumasan	Basa Banyumasan
160	{{mdf}}	мокшень	Moksha
161	{{mg}}	Malagasy	Malagasy
162	{{mh}}	Ebon	Marshallese
163	{{mhr}}	олык марий	Eastern Mari
164	{{mi}}	Māori	Maori
165	{{min}}	Minangkabau	Minangkabau
166	{{mk}}	македонски	Macedonian
167	{{ml}}	മലയാളം	Malayalam
168	{{mn}}	монгол	Mongolian
169	{{mo}}	молдовеняскэ	Moldovan
170	{{mr}}	मराठी	Marathi
171	{{mrj}}	кырык мары	Western Mari
172	{{ms}}	Bahasa Melayu	Malay
173	{{mt}}	Malti	Maltese
174	{{mus}}	Mvskoke	Muscogee
175	{{mwl}}	Mirandés	Mirandese
176	{{my}}	မြန်မာဘာသာ	Burmese
177	{{myv}}	эрзянь	Erzya
178	{{mzn}}	مازِرونی	Mazanderani
179	{{na}}	Dorerin Naoero	Nauru
180	{{nah}}	Nāhuatl	Nāhuatl
181	{{nan}}	Bân-lâm-gú	Min Nan Chinese
182	{{nap}}	Napulitano	Neapolitan
183	{{nb}}	norsk bokmål	Norwegian Bokmål
184	{{nds}}	Plattdüütsch	Low German
185	{{nds-nl}}	Nedersaksies	Low Saxon
186	{{ne}}	नेपाली	Nepali
187	{{new}}	नेपाल भाषा	Newari
188	{{ng}}	Oshiwambo	Ndonga
189	{{nl}}	Nederlands	Dutch
190	{{nn}}	norsk nynorsk	Norwegian Nynorsk
191	{{no}}	norsk	Norwegian
192	{{nov}}	Novial	Novial
193	{{nrm}}	Nouormand	Norman
194	{{nso}}	Sesotho sa Leboa	Northern Sotho
195	{{nv}}	Diné bizaad	Navajo
196	{{ny}}	Chi-Chewa	Nyanja
197	{{oc}}	occitan	Occitan
198	{{om}}	Oromoo	Oromo
199	{{or}}	ଓଡ଼ିଆ	Odia
200	{{os}}	Ирон	Ossetic
201	{{pa}}	ਪੰਜਾਬੀ	Punjabi
202	{{pag}}	Pangasinan	Pangasinan
203	{{pam}}	Kapampangan	Pampanga
204	{{pap}}	Papiamentu	Papiamento
205	{{pcd}}	Picard	Papiamento
206	{{pdc}}	Deitsch	Pennsylvania German
207	{{pdt}}	Plautdietsch	Plautdietsch
208	{{pfl}}	Pälzisch	Palatine German
209	{{pi}}	पालि	Pali
210	{{pih}}	Norfuk / Pitkern	Norfuk / Pitkern
211	{{pl}}	polski	Polish
212	{{pms}}	Piemontèis	Piedmontese
213	{{pnb}}	پنجابی	Western Punjabi
214	{{pnt}}	Ποντιακά	Pontic
215	{{ps}}	پښتو	Pashto
216	{{pt}}	português	Portuguese
217	{{qu}}	Runa Simi	Quechua
218	{{rm}}	rumantsch	Romansh
219	{{rmy}}	romani čhib	Vlax Romani
220	{{rn}}	Kirundi	Rundi
221	{{ro}}	română	Romanian
222	{{roa-tara}}	tarandíne	Tarantino
223	{{ru}}	русский	Russian
224	{{rue}}	русиньскый	Rusyn
225	{{rup}}	armãneashti	Aromanian
226	{{rw}}	Kinyarwanda	Kinyarwanda
227	{{sa}}	संस्कृतम्	Sanskrit
228	{{sah}}	саха тыла	Sakha
229	{{sat}}	ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ	Santali
230	{{sc}}	sardu	Sardinian
231	{{scn}}	sicilianu	Sicilian
232	{{sco}}	Scots	Scots
233	{{sd}}	سنڌي	Sindhi
234	{{se}}	davvisámegiella	Northern Sami
235	{{sg}}	Sängö	Sango
236	{{sgs}}	žemaitėška	Samogitian
237	{{sh}}	srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски	Serbo-Croatian
238	{{shn}}	ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး	Shan
238	{{si}}	සිංහල	Sinhala
239	{{simple}}	Simple English	Simple English
240	{{sk}}	slovenčina	Slovak
241	{{sl}}	slovenščina	Slovenian
242	{{sm}}	Gagana Samoa	Samoan
243	{{sn}}	chiShona	Shona
244	{{so}}	Soomaaliga	Somali
245	{{sq}}	shqip	Albanian
246	{{sr}}	српски / srpski	Serbian
247	{{srn}}	Sranantongo	Sranan Tongo
248	{{ss}}	SiSwati	Swati
249	{{st}}	Sesotho	Southern Sotho
250	{{stq}}	Seeltersk	Saterland Frisian
251	{{su}}	Sunda	Sundanese
252	{{sv}}	svenska	Swedish
253	{{sw}}	Kiswahili	Swahili
254	{{szl}}	ślůnski	Silesian
255	{{ta}}	தமிழ்	Tamil
256	{{tcy}}	ತುಳು	Tulu
257	{{te}}	తెలుగు	Telugu
258	{{tet}}	tetun	Tetum
259	{{tg}}	тоҷикӣ	Tajik
260	{{tgl}}	Tagalog	Tagalog
261	{{tglg}}	tglg	tglg
262	{{th}}	ไทย	Thai
263	{{ti}}	ትግርኛ	Tigrinya
264	{{tk}}	Türkmençe	Turkmen
265	{{tn}}	Setswana	Tswana
266	{{to}}	lea faka-Tonga	Tongan
267	{{tokipona}}	toki pona	tokipona
268	{{tpi}}	Tok Pisin	Tok Pisin
269	{{tr}}	Türkçe	Turkish
270	{{ts}}	Xitsonga	Tsonga
271	{{tt}}	татарча/tatarça	Tatar
272	{{tum}}	chiTumbuka	Tumbuka
273	{{tw}}	Twi	Twi
274	{{ty}}	reo tahiti	Tahitian
275	{{tyv}}	тыва дыл	Tuvinian
276	{{udm}}	удмурт	Udmurt
277	{{ug}}	ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche	Uyghur
278	{{uk}}	українська	Ukrainian
279	{{ur}}	اردو	Urdu
280	{{uz}}	oʻzbekcha/ўзбекча	Uzbek
281	{{ve}}	Tshivenda	Venda
282	{{vec}}	vèneto	Venetian
283	{{vep}}	vepsän kel’	Veps
284	{{vi}}	Tiếng Việt	Vietnamese
285	{{vls}}	West-Vlams	West Flemish
286	{{vo}}	Volapük	Volapük
287	{{vro}}	Võro	Võro
288	{{wa}}	walon	Walloon
289	{{war}}	Winaray	Waray
290	{{wo}}	Wolof	Wolof
291	{{wuu}}	吴语	Wu Chinese
292	{{xal}}	хальмг	Kalmyk
293	{{xh}}	isiXhosa	Xhosa
294	{{xmf}}	მარგალური	Mingrelian
295	{{yi}}	ייִדיש	Yiddish
296	{{yo}}	Yorùbá	Yoruba
297	{{yue}}	粵語	Cantonese
298	{{za}}	Vahcuengh	Zhuang
299	{{zea}}	Zeêuws	Zeelandic
300	{{zh}}	中文	Chinese
301	{{zh-cn}}	中文（中国大陆）‎	Chinese (China)
301	{{zh-hans}}	中文（简体）‎	Simplified Chinese
302	{{zh-hant}}	中文（繁體）‎	Traditional Chinese
302	{{zh-hk}}	中文（香港）‎	Chinese (Hong Kong)
301	{{zh-sg}}	中文（新加坡）‎	Chinese (Singapore)
303	{{zu}}	isiZulu	Zulu

English: See also en:Language code.

Русский: См. также ru:Коды языков.