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==Documentation== | ==Documentation== | ||
This template is to be used for marking text as another language. See the [https://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry/language-subtag-registry IANA subtag registry] for | <pre>{{Lang|language code|Text}}</pre> | ||
This template is to be used for marking text as another language. See the [https://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry/language-subtag-registry IANA subtag registry] for language codes. | |||
This is most important for Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese so that a correct font is used, as some characters look different between the | This is most important for Japanese kanji (<code>ja</code>), Traditional Chinese (<code>zh-Hant</code>), and Simplified Chinese (<code>zh-Hans</code>), and Korean hanja (<code>ko</code>) so that a correct font is used, as some characters look different between the four but have the same Unicode code point. Marking it for other languages does have benefits for screenreaders, however. | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:17, 3 November 2024
Documentation
{{Lang|language code|Text}}
This template is to be used for marking text as another language. See the IANA subtag registry for language codes.
This is most important for Japanese kanji (ja), Traditional Chinese (zh-Hant), and Simplified Chinese (zh-Hans), and Korean hanja (ko) so that a correct font is used, as some characters look different between the four but have the same Unicode code point. Marking it for other languages does have benefits for screenreaders, however.