Template:ISO 639-2/doc

Template:ISO 639-2 displays an external link to a page for an ISO 639-2 language code at the U.S. Library of Congress ISO 639-2 Registration Authority website. It provides a function similar to the iso639-3: prefix, such as iso639-3:eng, which is available for ISO 639-3 language codes.

Usage

{{ISO 639-2|code}}

{{ISO 639-2|code|text}}

Alternative usage:

{{ISO639-2|code}}

{{ISO639-2|code|text}}

{{iso639-2|code}}

{{iso639-2|code|text}}

Examples

One parameter

Usage: {{iso639-2|eng}}

Output: eng

Compares to:

Usage: [[iso639-3:eng|eng]]

Output: eng

Two parameters

Usage: {{iso639-2|eng|English}}

Output: English

Compares to:

Usage: [[iso639-3:eng|English]]

Output: English

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.

TemplateData for ISO 639-2

<templatedata> {

 "description": "This template displays an external link to a page for an ISO 639-2 language code at the U.S. Library of Congress ISO 639-2 Registration Authority website. It provides a function similar to the \"iso639-3:\" prefix, such as \"iso639-3:eng\", which is available for ISO 639-3 language codes.",
 "params": {
   "1": {
     "label": "ISO 639-2 code",
     "description": "A valid ISO 639-2 language code.",
     "type": "string",
     "required": true
   },
   "2": {
     "label": "Link text",
     "description": "Text to be displayed for the link. This parameter is optional; the link text defaults to the ISO 639-2 language code entered in unnamed parameter 1.",
     "type": "string",
     "required": false
   }
 }

} </templatedata>

See also

• List of ISO 639-2 codes
• {{ISO 639-1}}