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Usage

Template {{Lang-x}} indicates to readers the original form of a term or phrase in [[ಟೆಂಪ್ಲೇಟು:ISO 639 name x language|ಟೆಂಪ್ಲೇಟು:ISO 639 name x]] language. The term or phrase is the only mandatory parameter. The text is formatted according to recommendations in Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting#Foreign terms (italics for Latin-script languages, regular for others).

The template should generally be placed after the English translation of the foreign term or phrase.

The parameter |links=no prevents the language name from being linked.

The parameter |lit= enables a literal translation to be given. is being rolled out to these templates and so may be available for {{Lang-x}}.

Examples

The following examples show translations from German.

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• Weimar is located in the federal state of Thuringia ({{Lang-de|Thüringen}}).
• The Seafarers of Catan ({{Lang-de|Die Seefahrer von Catan}}) is an expansion of the board game The Settlers of Catan.
• Albert the Bear ({{Lang-de|Albrecht der Bär|links=no}})
• All Quiet on the Western Front ({{lang-de|Im Westen nichts Neues|lit=In the West Nothing New}}) is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque.

Resulting text

• Weimar is located in the federal state of Thuringia (German: [Thüringen] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)).
• The Seafarers of Catan (German: [Die Seefahrer von Catan] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is an expansion of the board game The Settlers of Catan.
• Albert the Bear (German: [Albrecht der Bär] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help))
• All Quiet on the Western Front (German: [Im Westen nichts Neues] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), lit. 'In the West Nothing New') is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque.

See also

• {{Lang}}, and its opposite, {{Language with name/for}}
• {{Link language}}
  • {{Icon}}