Language code
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The language of a Wikimedia wiki can be found in the lang and xml:lang attributes of the <html> element of each page. These language codes should generally be canonical language tags as defined by RFC 4646.
In most cases, the subdomain names that we use for projects correspond to language codes, but there are some exceptions. Usually this is for historical reasons, where a valid ISO 639 code was not available at the time of creation of the project.
[edit] Subdomains that do not match the lang attribute
| Subdomain | Language | Project(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| als | local: Alemannisch; in English: Alemannic; Language family: Germanic | Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikiquote | Uses gsw which matches the language's ISO 639-3 code. |
| be-x-old | local: Беларуская (тарашкевіца); in English: Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa); Language family: Slavic | Wikipedia | Uses IETF language tag be-tarask. |
| roa-rup | local: Armãneashce; in English: Aromanian; Language family: Italic | Wikipedia, Wiktionary | Uses rup which matches the language's ISO 639-3 code. |
| simple | local: Simple English; in English: Simple English; Language family: Germanic | Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikiquote | Uses en of ordinary English. |
misc:
- All subdomains of wikimedia.org
[edit] Subdomains that do not conform valid ISO 639 language code
| Subdomain | Language | Project(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| als | local: Alemannisch; in English: Alemannic; Language family: Germanic | Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikiquote | Alemannic has ISO 639-3 code gsw. ISO 639-3 code als is assigned to Tosk Albanian instead. |
| bat-smg | local: Žemaitėška; in English: Samogitian; Language family: Baltic | Wikipedia | Samogitian has no ISO 639 code as an individual language. |
| be-x-old | local: Беларуская (тарашкевіца); in English: Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa); Language family: Slavic | Wikipedia | Belarusian in Taraskievica orthography has no ISO 639 code as an individual language but it has IETF language tag be-tarask. |
| cbk-zam | local: Chavacano de Zamboanga; in English: Chavacano de Zamboanga; Language family: Pidgin and Creole | Wikipedia | Chavacano de Zamboanga has no ISO 639 code as an individual language. |
| eml | local: Emiliàn e rumagnòl; in English: Emilian-Romagnol; Language family: Italic | Wikipedia | ISO 639-3 code eml for Emilian-Romagnol is now retired and split into egl (Emilian) and rgn (Romagnol). |
| fiu-vro | local: Võro; in English: Võro; Language family: Finno-Permic | Wikipedia | Võro has ISO 639-3 code vro. |
| ksh | local: Ripoarisch; in English: Ripuarian; Language family: Germanic | Wikipedia | ISO 639-3 code ksh is assigned to Kölsch, a subset of Ripuarian. |
| map-bms | local: Basa Banyumasan; in English: Banyumasan; Language family: Sunda-Sulawesi | Wikipedia | Banyumasan has no ISO 639 code as an individual language. |
| nds-nl | local: Nedersaksisch; in English: Dutch Low Saxon; Language family: Germanic | Wikipedia | Duplicated with Low German's nds. |
| nrm | local: Nouormand; in English: Norman; Language family: Italic | Wikipedia | Norman has no ISO 639 code as an individual language. ISO 639-3 code nrm is assigned to Narom language instead. |
| roa-rup | local: Armãneashce; in English: Aromanian; Language family: Italic | Wikipedia, Wiktionary | Aromanian has ISO 639-3 code rup. |
| roa-tara | local: Tarandíne; in English: Tarantino; Language family: Italic | Wikipedia | Tarantino has no ISO 639 code as an individual language. |
| sh | local: Srpskohrvatski / Српскохрватски; in English: Serbo-Croatian; Language family: Slavic | Wikipedia, Wiktionary | sh was originally ISO 639-1 code for Serbo-Croatian but is no longer active. There is the ISO 639-3 code hbs for Serbo-Croatian. |
| simple | local: Simple English; in English: Simple English; Language family: Germanic | Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikiquote | Simple English has no ISO 639 code. |
| zh-classical | local: 文言; in English: Classical Chinese; Language family: Sinitic | Wikipedia | Classical Chinese has ISO 639-3 code lzh. |
| zh-min-nan | local: Bân-lâm-gú; in English: Minnan; Language family: Sinitic | Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikisource | Min Nan has ISO 639-3 code nan. |
| zh-yue | local: 粵語; in English: Cantonese; Language family: Sinitic | Wikipedia | Cantonese has ISO 639-3 code yue. |
misc:
- tokipona.wikipedia.org (defunct)
