Template:Language

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Contents 1 Usage 2 Find code 3 Examples 4 Categorization

[edit] Usage

{{language|code|level}}

• Code* = the two/three code acronym for the language
• Level = A number/letter how well the language is spoken:
  • 0 - not able to speak
  • 1 - basic
  • 2 - intermediate
  • 3 - advanced
  • 4 - near native
  • 5 - professional
  • N - native

[edit] Find code

See Wikipedia: List of ISO 639-1 codes, and look at the column saying "639-1". If your language isn't there, see Wikipedia: List of ISO 639-2 codes, and look at the Alpha-3 column. If it still isn't there, look at the ISO 639-3 codes list and click a letter. If it isn't there yet, write the language's name in English. You may also ask someone.

[edit] Examples

fr-N This user is a native French speaker.

en-5 This user is a professional English speaker.

de-4 This user is a nearnative German speaker.

es-3 This user is an advanced Spanish speaker.

pt-2 This user is an intermediate Portuguese speaker.

it-1 This user is a basic Italian speaker.

zh-0 This user is a non Chinese speaker.

[edit] Categorization

All main language categories can be found at Category:LanguageSpeakers, and all sub categories can be found at Category:LanguageSpeakers_(#), where Language is the name of a language, and # is a number between 0–5 or an N.