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}}	аԥсшәа	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
11	{{ary}}	الدارجة	Moroccan Arabic
12	{{arz}}	مصرى	Egyptian Arabic
13	{{as}}	অসমীয়া	Assamese
14	{{ast}}	asturianu	Asturian
15	{{atj}}	Atikamekw	Atikamekw
16	{{av}}	авар	Avaric
16	{{avk}}	Kotava	Kotava
16	{{awa}}	अवधी	Awadhi
17	{{ay}}	Aymar aru	Aymara
18	{{az}}	azərbaycanca	Azerbaijani
19	{{azb}}	تۆرکجه	South Azerbaijani
20	{{ba}}	башҡортса	Bashkir
21	{{ban}}	Basa Bali	Balinese
22	{{bar}}	Boarisch	Bavarian
23	{{bcl}}	Bikol Central	Central Bikol
24	{{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}}	閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄	Min Dong Chinese
40	{{ce}}	нохчийн	Chechen
41	{{ceb}}	Cebuano	Cebuano
42	{{ch}}	Chamoru	Chamorro
43	{{cho}}	Chahta Anumpa	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 Tatar
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
56	{{dag}}	dagbanli	Dagbani
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
67	{{enm}}	enm	Middle 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
79	{{fr-ca}}	fr-CA	Canadian 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	{{gsw}}	Alemannisch	Swiss German
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
111	{{ie}}	Interlingue	Interlingue
112	{{ig}}	Igbo	Igbo
113	{{ii}}	ꆇꉙ	Sichuan Yi
114	{{ik}}	Iñupiatun	Inupiaq
115	{{ilo}}	Ilokano	Iloko
116	{{inh}}	гӀалгӀай	Ingush
117	{{io}}	Ido	Ido
118	{{is}}	íslenska	Icelandic
119	{{it}}	italiano	Italian
120	{{iu}}	ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ/inuktitut	Inuktitut
121	{{ja}}	日本語	Japanese
122	{{jbo}}	la .lojban.	Lojban
123	{{jv}}	Jawa	Javanese
124	{{ka}}	ქართული	Georgian
125	{{kaa}}	Qaraqalpaqsha	Kara-Kalpak
126	{{kab}}	Taqbaylit	Kabyle
127	{{kbd}}	адыгэбзэ	Kabardian
128	{{kg}}	Kongo	Kongo
129	{{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
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	{{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	{{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	Maori
169	{{min}}	Minangkabau	Minangkabau
170	{{mk}}	македонски	Macedonian
171	{{ml}}	മലയാളം	Malayalam
172	{{mn}}	монгол	Mongolian
173	{{mni}}	ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ	Manipuri
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	Min Nan Chinese
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
194	{{nl}}	Nederlands	Dutch
195	{{nn}}	norsk nynorsk	Norwegian Nynorsk
197	{{nov}}	Novial	Novial
198	{{nrm}}	Nouormand	Norman
199	{{nso}}	Sesotho sa Leboa	Northern Sotho
200	{{nv}}	Diné bizaad	Navajo
201	{{ny}}	Chi-Chewa	Nyanja
202	{{oc}}	occitan	Occitan
203	{{om}}	Oromoo	Oromo
204	{{omp}}	omp	omp
205	{{or}}	ଓଡ଼ିଆ	Odia
206	{{os}}	ирон	Ossetic
207	{{pa}}	ਪੰਜਾਬੀ	Punjabi
208	{{pag}}	Pangasinan	Pangasinan
209	{{pam}}	Kapampangan	Pampanga
210	{{pap}}	Papiamentu	Papiamento
211	{{pcd}}	Picard	Papiamento
212	{{pdc}}	Deitsch	Pennsylvania German
213	{{pdt}}	Plautdietsch	Plautdietsch
214	{{pfl}}	Pälzisch	Palatine German
215	{{pi}}	पालि	Pali
216	{{pih}}	Norfuk / Pitkern	Norfuk / Pitkern
217	{{pl}}	polski	Polish
218	{{pms}}	Piemontèis	Piedmontese
219	{{pnb}}	پنجابی	Western Punjabi
220	{{pnt}}	Ποντιακά	Pontic
221	{{ps}}	پښتو	Pashto
222	{{pt}}	português	Portuguese
223	{{qu}}	Runa Simi	Quechua
224	{{rm}}	rumantsch	Romansh
225	{{rmy}}	romani čhib	Vlax Romani
226	{{rn}}	ikirundi	Rundi
227	{{ro}}	română	Romanian
228	{{roa-tara}}	tarandíne	Tarantino
229	{{ru}}	русский	Russian
230	{{rue}}	русиньскый	Rusyn
231	{{rup}}	armãneashti	Aromanian
232	{{rw}}	Ikinyarwanda	Kinyarwanda
233	{{sa}}	संस्कृतम्	Sanskrit
234	{{sah}}	саха тыла	Sakha
235	{{sat}}	ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ	Santali
236	{{sc}}	sardu	Sardinian
237	{{scn}}	sicilianu	Sicilian
238	{{sco}}	Scots	Scots
239	{{sd}}	سنڌي	Sindhi
240	{{se}}	davvisámegiella	Northern Sami
241	{{sg}}	Sängö	Sango
242	{{sgs}}	žemaitėška	Samogitian
243	{{sh}}	srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски	Serbo-Croatian
244	{{shn}}	ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး	Shan
245	{{si}}	සිංහල	Sinhala
246	{{simple}}	Simple English	Simple English
247	{{sk}}	slovenčina	Slovak
248	{{sl}}	slovenščina	Slovenian
249	{{sm}}	Gagana Samoa	Samoan
250	{{sn}}	chiShona	Shona
251	{{so}}	Soomaaliga	Somali
252	{{sq}}	shqip	Albanian
253	{{sr}}	српски / srpski	Serbian
254	{{srn}}	Sranantongo	Sranan Tongo
255	{{ss}}	SiSwati	Swati
256	{{st}}	Sesotho	Southern Sotho
257	{{stq}}	Seeltersk	Saterland Frisian
258	{{su}}	Sunda	Sundanese
259	{{sv}}	svenska	Swedish
260	{{sw}}	Kiswahili	Swahili
261	{{szl}}	ślůnski	Silesian
262	{{ta}}	தமிழ்	Tamil
263	{{tcy}}	ತುಳು	Tulu
264	{{te}}	తెలుగు	Telugu
265	{{tet}}	tetun	Tetum
266	{{tg}}	тоҷикӣ	Tajik
267	{{tgl}}	Tagalog	Tagalog
268	{{tglg}}	tl-Tglg	tglg
269	{{th}}	ไทย	Thai
270	{{ti}}	ትግርኛ	Tigrinya
271	{{tk}}	Türkmençe	Turkmen
272	{{tn}}	Setswana	Tswana
273	{{to}}	lea faka-Tonga	Tongan
274	{{tokipona}}	toki pona	tokipona
275	{{tpi}}	Tok Pisin	Tok Pisin
276	{{tr}}	Türkçe	Turkish
277	{{ts}}	Xitsonga	Tsonga
278	{{tt}}	татарча/tatarça	Tatar
279	{{tum}}	chiTumbuka	Tumbuka
280	{{tw}}	Twi	Twi
281	{{ty}}	reo tahiti	Tahitian
282	{{tyv}}	тыва дыл	Tuvinian
283	{{udm}}	удмурт	Udmurt
284	{{ug}}	ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche	Uyghur
285	{{uk}}	українська	Ukrainian
286	{{ur}}	اردو	Urdu
287	{{uz}}	oʻzbekcha/ўзбекча	Uzbek
288	{{ve}}	Tshivenda	Venda
289	{{vec}}	vèneto	Venetian
290	{{vep}}	vepsän kel’	Veps
291	{{vi}}	Tiếng Việt	Vietnamese
292	{{vls}}	West-Vlams	West Flemish
293	{{vo}}	Volapük	Volapük
294	{{vro}}	võro	Võro
295	{{wa}}	walon	Walloon
296	{{war}}	Winaray	Waray
297	{{wls}}	Fakaʻuvea	Wallisian
298	{{wo}}	Wolof	Wolof
299	{{wuu}}	吴语	Wu Chinese
300	{{xal}}	хальмг	Kalmyk
301	{{xh}}	isiXhosa	Xhosa
302	{{xmf}}	მარგალური	Mingrelian
303	{{yi}}	ייִדיש	Yiddish
304	{{yo}}	Yorùbá	Yoruba
305	{{yue}}	粵語	Cantonese
306	{{za}}	Vahcuengh	Zhuang
307	{{zea}}	Zeêuws	Zeelandic
308	{{zh}}	中文	Chinese
309	{{zh-cn}}	中文（中国大陆）	Chinese (China)
310	{{zh-hans}}	中文（简体）	Simplified Chinese
311	{{zh-hant}}	中文（繁體）	Traditional Chinese
312	{{zh-hk}}	中文（香港）	Chinese (Hong Kong)
313	{{zh-sg}}	中文（新加坡）	Chinese (Singapore)
314	{{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。