Template:Link language/doc

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 (,, , etc.) should be used instead.

Usage
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:
 * Output:

ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3 code for Asturian:
 * Usage:
 * Output:

IETF language tag code for Brazilian Portuguese:
 * Usage:
 * Output:

User-defined CSS
Logged in users can change the appearance of the template's output using CSS with the  class. For example, edit Special:MyPage/common.css and add span.languageicon { font-weight: bold; }. That would result in being displayed as  instead of.

TemplateData
{	"description": "Displays a language name based on an ISO 639 code, often used after a foreign language reference following the manual of style.", "params": { "1": {			"label": "language code", "description": "The ISO 639 language code or IETF language tag, e.g. 'fr' for French, 'pt-BR' for Brazilian Portuguese", "type": "string", "required": true }	},	"format": "inline" }