Changes: Help:Language codes

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Language codes designate the primary language of a wiki. They are vital to the processes of starting a new community, internationalization, and interlanguage links.

Language codes are appended in the URL after .com for every non-English wiki. For example, starwars.fandom.com/fr is the French Star Wars wiki. English wikis do not show a language code in the URL, so starwars.fandom.com is the English Star Wars wiki.

Most language codes are two-letter variants derived from the native word for the language. For example, es is Spanish (from "Español") and de is German (from "Deutsch"). However, some language codes are longer than two letters, such as pt-br for Brazilian Portuguese.

List of codes

The following is a list of every code to start a new community or create interlanguage links for the respective language.

Keep in mind that the inclusion of a language code in the below list does not mean that Fandom can offer formal support for communities using that language. It also does not mean that the software has been fully translated for that language. International support is provided only for certain languages by our International Wiki Representatives.

ar – العربية (Arabic)
bg – български (Bulgarian)
ca – català (Catalan)
cs – čeština (Czech)
da – dansk (Danish)
de – Deutsch (German)
el – Ελληνικά (Greek)
en – English (English)
es – español (Spanish)
et – eesti (Estonian)
fa – فارسی (Persian)
fi – suomi (Finnish)
fr – français (French)
he – עברית (Hebrew)
hi – हिन्दी (Hindi)
hr – hrvatski (Croatian)
hu – magyar (Hungarian)
id – Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
it – italiano (Italian)
ja – 日本語 (Japanese)
ko – 한국어 (Korean)
ms – Bahasa Melayu (Malay)
nl – Nederlands (Dutch)
no – norsk (Norwegian)
pl – polski (Polish)
pt-br – português do Brasil (Brazilian Portuguese)
ro – română (Romanian)
ru – русский (Russian)
sr – српски / srpski (Serbian)
sv – svenska (Swedish)
th – ไทย (Thai)
tl – Tagalog (Tagalog)
tr – Türkçe (Turkish)
uk – українська (Ukrainian)
vi – Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
zh – 中文 (Chinese)
zh-hk – 中文（香港） (Chinese (Hong Kong))
zh-tw – 中文（臺灣） (Chinese (Taiwan))

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-'''Language codes''' are used at FANDOM to designate the primary language of a wiki. They are mostly important to the process of [[Help:Start a new community|starting a new community]], the goal of [[Help:Internationalization|internationalization]], and the creation of [[Help:Interlanguage links|interlanguage links]].
+'''Language codes''' designate the primary language of a wiki. They are vital to the processes of [[Help:Start a new community|starting a new community]], [[Help:Internationalization|internationalization]], and [[Help:Interlanguage links|interlanguage link]]s.
-Importantly, the URLs of non-English wikis are prepended by a language code. So <tt>starwars.wikia.com</tt> is the English ''Star Wars'' wiki, whereas <tt>fr.starwars.wikia.com</tt> is the French version.
+Language codes are appended in the URL after <code>.com</code> for every non-English wiki. For example, <code>starwars.fandom.com/fr</code> is the French ''Star Wars'' wiki. English wikis do not show a language code in the URL, so <code>starwars.fandom.com</code> is the English ''Star Wars'' wiki.
-While most language codes are two-letter variants (some of them are derived from the native word for the language—<tt>de</tt> for ''Deutsch'', not ''German'') there are some codes that are a bit longer.
+Most language codes are two-letter variants derived from the native word for the language. For example, <code>es</code> is Spanish (from "Español") and <code>de</code> is German (from "Deutsch"). However, some language codes are longer than two letters, such as <code>pt-br</code> for Brazilian Portuguese.
 == List of codes ==
+The following is a list of every code to start a new community or create interlanguage links for the respective language.
-The following list of language codes is subject to change, and may not be completely exhaustive at the time you read it. But it has also been fairly stable over the years that FANDOM has been in operation. It comprises of the languages in which you can ''actually'' [[Help:start a new community|start a new wiki]] or create [[Help:Interlanguage link|interlanguage links]].
-As [[Help:Internationalization|explained elsewhere]], the presence of a language code doesn't mean FANDOM can offer formal support in that language, or that the software has been fully translated into that language.
+Keep in mind that the inclusion of a language code in the below list does '''not''' mean that Fandom can offer formal support for communities using that language. It also does '''not''' mean that the software has been fully translated for that language. International support is provided only for certain languages by our [[Project:Wiki Representatives#International|International Wiki Representatives]].
-<!-- You can use {{w:LanguageCodeList}} to translate this help page in your language-->
+<!-- You can use {{raw:w:LanguageCodeList}} to translate this help page in your language-->
 {{LanguageCodeList}}
+== See also ==
+* [[w:c:dev:Languages|Languages]] on Fandom Developers Wiki
 == Further help and feedback ==
 {{Help and feedback section}}
 [[de:Hilfe:Sprachcodes]]
+[[es:Ayuda:Código de idioma]]
-[[fr:Aide:Code_de_langue]]
+[[fr:Aide:Codes de langue]]
+[[hi:सहायता:भाषा कोड]]
+[[it:Aiuto:Codice lingua]]
 [[ja:ヘルプ:言語コード]]
+[[pl:Pomoc:Kod języka]]
-[[pt:Ajuda:Código_de_idioma]]
+[[pt:Ajuda:Código de idioma]]
-[[zh:Help:语言代码]]
+[[ru:Справка:Языковые коды]]
+[[tr:Yardım:Dil kodu]]
+[[uk:Довідка:Мовний код]]
 [[vi:Trợ giúp:Mã ngôn ngữ]]
+[[zh:Help:语言代码]]
 [[Category:Help]]
 [[Category:Internationalization]]