Template:Language


 * Some examples are shown on the right
 * Note: red links indicate we have no here on this WikiIndex wiki site who speaks that  at that level.

This renders the appropriate specific  '' user-box (examples shown right); as used on personal individual user pages of those people who identify their, along with any 'parent' category and its associated sub-categories of category: Wiki people by language.

This template has two (2) compulsory input requirements; immediately after.
 * 1st — ISO 639 code – the - or - letter language code;
 * 2nd — level – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or N (for 'native').

Usage
To use a box on your own user page, highlight the following code, copy ( Ctrl-c on your Windows keyboard, or ⌘-c on a Macintosh keyboard), paste ( Ctrl-v or ⌘-v ) it in the edit box of your user page, then amend the two bold-italics to the required information, before saving ( Ctrl-s or ⌘-s ) your edit.

Where. ..
 * ISO 639 code — the - or - letter language code, and;
 * level=? — a letter or number indicating how well, or proficiency and competency the language is spoken (and / or understood):
 * N — native
 * 5 — professional
 * 4 — near native
 * 3 — advanced
 * 2 — intermediate
 * 1 — basic
 * 0 — not able to speak

Find code
The English Wikipedia has articles on the language codes. To find the specific code for a language, see the ; and in the table of languages, look at the column saying 639-1. If the language you seek is not there, see, and look at the Alpha-3 column. If it still is not there, look at, and click a letter. Finally, if it is not there yet, write the name of the required language in English. You may also ask someone, or look for fellow users on any of the language versions of Wikipedia. Finally, template: Wikipedia has many examples of ISO 639 language codes.


 * ''See also
 * — at Wikimedia Meta-Wiki
 * Template: ISO 639-2 — creates an interwiki link to the ISO 639-2 Identifier Documentation of the two-letter (alpha-2) language code on the ISO 639-2 Registration Authority website
 * Template: ISO 639-3 — creates an interwiki link to the ISO 639-3 Identifier Documentation of the three-letter (alpha-3) language code on the ISO 639-3 Registration Authority website
 * Template: IETF-language-tag — a template to display the standardised language code for a specific language from the Internet Engineering Task Force

Categorisation
All main language categories for wiki people can be found at category: Wiki people by language. All sub-categories can be found at, where  Language  is the anglicised name of a user language, and  #  is a number between 0-to-5 or an N which defines their proficiency level.