Template:Which lang
[what language is this?]
Why is this tag here?
Non-English words should be tagged with {{lang}} (for languages shown in their native writing system) or {{transl}} (for transliterations into the Latin alphabet). This is useful for a variety of reasons.
In this case, an editor (probably a participant in the moss spell check project) attempted to tag this word or phrase, but could not identify the language.
How can I fix it?
- If you aren't sure of the language being used, you can:
- Leave the tag as-is.
- Try translate.google.com or Wiktionary
- Ask the editor who added that word to the article in the first place.
- Find someone who speaks a language this might be; Wikipedia:Language recognition chart can help narrow down the possibilities.
- Ask on the article's talk page.
- Ask at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Language.
- If you are certain of the language being used:
- Find the 2- or 3-letter ISO 639 language code. You can go to the Wikipedia article on the language in question, or see the advice and links to lists at Template:Lang.
- For languages that are being presented in their native writing system (for example, any language that uses the Latin alphabet, like French; or Japanese written in kanji and kana) apply the {{lang}} tag like this:
- {{lang|fr|Je suis française.}}
- (The language code for French is "fr".)
- {{lang|ja|日本}}
- (The language code for Japanese is "ja".)
- For transliterations, see the instructions at {{transl}}; generally it works something like this:
- {{transl|ru|russkij}}
- The language code for Russian is "ru" and russkij is a transliteration of русский.
- These tags automatically applies italics, so you can usually remove any existing markup that's trying to do that.
- Remove the {{which lang}} tag.
Thanks for your help!
Usage
{{Which lang|date=April 2024}}{{Which lang|date=April 2024|reason=Your explanation here}}
Place the tag, with any optional parameters, immediately after the word or phrase in question. This template should not be substituted ({{subst:}}). For example:
...known as haats,{{which lang|reason=Indian sub-continent dialect?|date=April 2024}} are fairly common throughout the region
looks like this:
- ...known as haats,[what language is this?] are fairly common throughout the region
Parameters
All parameters are optional, and date will be added by a bot if missing.
- date=MONTH YEAR
- reason=toolip text
Categorization
Adding this template will put articles under Category:Articles with unidentified words.