Module:Lang/doc

This module exists primarily to provide correct html markup for non-English language text where that text is used in the English Wikipedia. It has a secondary purpose of providing correct visual rendering for this non-English text. The module was developed to consolidate processing for, the (most), and  templates into a single source and to use a clearly defined data set extracted from international standards.

The module does not require the myriad templates,, , and. It provides error checking and reporting to ensure that the html rendered is correct for browsers and screen readers.

Other templates that get language name support from this module are:

Data set
The data set is specified in Module:Language/name/data and its included data modules:
 * language code-and-name data
 * Module:Language/data/iana languages – from IANA language-subtag-registry file
 * Module:Language/data/ISO 639-3 – from sil.org UTF-8 Complete Code Tables Set
 * Module:Language/data/wp languages – sourcing for the data in this module is unknown
 * language script data
 * Module:Language/data/iana scripts – from IANA language-subtag-registry file
 * language region data
 * Module:Language/data/iana regions – from IANA language-subtag-registry file
 * language variant data
 * Module:Language/data/iana variants – from IANA language-subtag-registry file
 * suppressed-script data
 * Module:Language/data/iana suppressed scripts – from IANA language-subtag-registry file

The data set also includes supplementary data modules:
 * override and other non-standard data
 * Module:Lang/data – For example, when IANA disagrees with ISO 639-3 or when the standard language name is cumbersome or contains information not suitable for use in article space, the  table can hold that language information
 * Module:Lang/ISO 639 synonyms – maps three character ISO 639-2, -2T, -3 codes to two character ISO 639-1 codes – from Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages

Error messages and categorization
Mainspace articles that have errors are placed in appropriate error categories:

Maintenance categories: