Template:In lang/doc

Template:In lang is used to denote that a text source is written in a specific language.

For citations using a citation template (,, , etc.), that template's language parameter should be used instead.

To note a span of text in a different language, or one of the  templates (,, etc.) should be used instead.

Usage
Typical use of this template is inside  tags where the reference is not templated and the referenced source is non-English:

Also finds use in External links sections to mark non-English link-targets:

This template does not markup non-English text. For that, use or an appropriate  template.

Parameters
This template accepts one or more positional language-tag parameters and two named parameters: Most common use is a single language: The positional parameters The named parameters are:
 * – required;  is a valid ISO-639 language tag or a valid IETF language tag; more than one language tag supported:
 * – accepts the single value ; creates link to language article
 * – accepts the single value ; capitalizes the first letter of "In":
 * – accepts the single value ; capitalizes the first letter of "In":

Error messages
This template has one error message of its own:
 * error: missing language tag – displayed when the template is transcluded without an ISO 639 language tag or IETF language tag.

All other error messages related to the use of this template are emitted by Module:Lang and are documented at.

TemplateData
{	"params": { "1": {},		"2": {},		"3": {},		"4": {}	},	"description": "Produces the phrase \"(in LANGUAGE)\" with language codes.", "format": "inline" }

Categories
Transclusions in mainspace articles will add the article to the appropriate subcategory of. There are two forms of these subcategories:
 * Category:Articles with &lt;language name>-language sources (&lt;tag>) – for individual languages and for macrolanguages
 * Category:Articles with sources in &lt;collective name> languages (&lt;tag>) – for language collectives

where &lt;language name> and &lt;collective name> is the name used in the template's rendering and &lt;tag> is the ISO 639 tag or IETF language tag.