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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 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 three but have the same Unicode code point. Marking it for other languages does have benefits for screenreaders, however. | This is most important for Japanese (<code>ja</code>), Traditional Chinese (<code>zh-Hant</code>), and Simplified Chinese (<code>zh-Hans</code>) so that a correct font is used, as some characters look different between the three but have the same Unicode code point. Marking it for other languages does have benefits for screenreaders, however. | ||
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Revision as of 19:16, 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 (ja), Traditional Chinese (zh-Hant), and Simplified Chinese (zh-Hans) so that a correct font is used, as some characters look different between the three but have the same Unicode code point. Marking it for other languages does have benefits for screenreaders, however.