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How to translate an SVG file

Further information: Help:Translation tutorial and Commons:Graphic Lab/Translations

This page explains how to translate inside labels or captions in an SVG file. You are probably here because someone tagged an image with {{Translate}}. Please note that this template and its related pages is a one-man idea. If you have questions or comments about it, please use the template discussion page.

What is SVG?

SVG is an image file format that consists of plain XML text. Therefore the text labels stored in it can be easily translated. For more information about SVG or XML, please use the links. There are Wikipedia articles in many languages.

How do I edit SVGs?

An example of a simple SVG with translations in one file. Go to file's page and render this text in English, German, French, Spanish...

There are different ways to translate text in SVG:

• Use a graphics editor such as Inkscape. For compatibility, save the file as "Plain SVG", not "Inkscape SVG", as the latter format may introduce errors, even though it complies with the SVG specification.
• Edit the SVG file as a text file.

For editing image in any offline editor, first download the file you want to edit, open the file in the editor, translate the labels, and then save it. When finished, upload the file to Commons under a new name.

Text editing

Note that instead of using a graphics editor, you can use any text editor capable of using UTF-8. Find text to translate by searching for <text> tags. In some cases this might be a path for more advanced users as text coordinates adjustments might be needed and some more advanced "garbage" might decrease readability of the SVG.

Preparing a file for translation

Using real text

Main gallery: Template:Path text SVG.

Only real text, in the form of the SVG <text> element, can be translated. Do not use paths in place of text.

Anchoring the text correctly

To make sure text placement "just work" in the translated versions, you should properly use the anchoring functionality of the SVG format and your editor. In most editors (including Inkscape), the function is decided by the typographic alignment option. Anchoring decides how the position of the text is specified. Anchoring to the center means the coordinates specified is the center of the text, and is used in most editors for centering.

By saying "properly use", we mean that the way you anchor it matches the actual design intentions. For example, to center some text on a pyramid, you use the centering anchor while putting the anchor point itself at the middle of the shape. To position a label for something on its right, use the "end" (right-hand-side) anchor. The "align and distribute" option in Inkscape DOES NOT change your anchoring options; it only moves the elements around.

(Yes, the "end" anchor is only on the right for left-to-right languages. A translation tool should probably invert it for RTL languages.)

Using numbers instead of labels

Image:Robal.png. An example of a image with few labels.

On images with few labels, an alternative is to have only one file with numeric labels in it and a table below, with different translations, and there is thus a single image that can be used for all languages. Image:Robal.png is a good example.

If you think this image will be better with numbers instead of translated text, you can change {{Translate}} template to {{Convert to international}} or make numbers yourself.

For instance, Image:ISS configuration sep-2006 en.svg has English labels, and a version with numeric labels Image:ISS configuration sep-2006 numbers.svg was created by replacing the labels in the English version. But it's still not fully internationalized, because title and date are still written in the image in English.

How to place new language version in Commons

When creating a translated version of an SVG file, it should be saved using the filename of the original file with an IETF langtag suffix. See Commons:File naming. For example, File:Gibraltar map-en.svg is the English version of File:Gibraltar map.svg.

For linking different versions of file one to another, use "other versions" templates like all in Category:Other_versions_templates. Copy one of them and use in your image.

Using the template creates a gallery of the different language versions:

• 
  català
• 
  Deutsch
• 
  English
• 
  English
• 
  English
• 
  español
• 
  français
• 
  italiano
• 
  magyar
• 
  Bahasa Melayu
• 
  polski
• 
  македонски
• 
  українська
• 
  עברית
• 
  اردو

Disputed isthmus and land

• 
  English
• 
  español
• 
  español
• 
  español (claimed isthmus)
• 
  español (non Utrech territories)
• 
  español (reclaimed land)
• 
  galego

Also the template {{Derived from}} will be useful to display link to original version of your localized image.

Multiple translations within one SVG file

Shortcut

• Switch SVG

An example of a simple SVG with translations in one file. See the description page for details

Similar example with arrows

You can place multiple translations into one SVG file using the SVG <switch> element. The resulting multilingual file has the advantage of sharing graphics; if the graphics are updated, then all the languages get the updated graphics. Compare to having several translated files; an update to one of the files does not propagate to the other language versions.

However, not all graphics editors can edit the text contained in the switch element. In such cases, a graphics editor may still be used to edit the text positions and sizes (such as in Inkscape), and the SVG Translate tool at Commons can be used to add translations, and most separate text editors can be used to make changes to the texts throughout the multiple languages. Loading an SVG file with switch translations into a graphics editor and then saving it may remove all the translations. Please note that currently multi-language translations in SVG files larger than 5MB do not render properly due to a bug.

It is advisable to give an extra margin for text contained in images with switch elements, in order to allow for current or future languages that need more letters.

Coding

When you have a <switch> element, its children (sub-elements) represent possible choices. The children of the switch should have a systemLanguage attribute that specifies the language(s). SVG sequentially looks at each child; if there is a systemLanguage attribute and it does not match, SVG moves on to the next child. If the systemLanguage attribute matches or is not present, then SVG renders that child and does not look further. Omitting the systemLanguage attribute from the last child will implement a default rendering.

Note: The order is important! All children following the child with the omitted systemLanguage are ignored and have no effect!

<switch transform="translate(100,200)">
  <text systemLanguage="en">Population pyramid of Russia (2010)</text>
  <text systemLanguage="de">Alterspyramide von Russland (2010)</text>
  <text systemLanguage="ru">Половозрастная диаграмма России (2010)</text>
  <text>Population pyramid of Russia (2010)</text>
</switch>

Even if the default rendering is English, it is good practice to place an explicit systemLanguage="en" with the same text. The language matching rules can give unexpected behavior when the file is opened in a browser configured for multiple languages. If the languages do not follow the same sequence in each switch, then a browser may display a mix of languages. In addition, the language matching rules will change in SVG 2.0.

You can also have a systemLanguage attribute on an element that is not a child of a switch element. In this case the element will only be rendered if the language matches. Otherwise the element in question will not be displayed.

Currently, only a few graphical editors support language switches in SVG, so you may need to edit the SVG file with a text editor. The SVG Translate may be used if the SVG file follows specific conventions.

The different text translations will have different lengths, so the text anchor point should be chosen carefully. The text-anchor attribute can be set to start (left justified in most languages), middle (centered), or end (right justified). The text elements default to x="0" and y="0", so the switch element can set the text anchor point with transform="translate(100,200)".

When rendering a multi-lingual SVG image on a MediaWiki page, the language to use can be specified using syntax like [[File:SystemLanguage.svg|lang=de]]. The attribute "lang" is optional; if it is missing, MediaWiki will attempt to use the wiki's default language or fallback to English ("en").

Note: If a switch element has an English-language clause (systemLanguage="en") and a default language clause (no systemLanguage attribute), then MediaWiki will display the English-language clause.

Setting up multiple translations within one SVG file with Inkscape

Inkscape does not support the addition of language switches, but they are recognized as a "Conditional Group". Editing with text editor is required. To start using the switch element in Inkscape, the following steps are:

1. Always, in a new drawing, you need to add the two tags of <switch>...</switch>. In a new drawing, or in a previous localized drawing, you will have to add the items (usually text to localize) between these two tags and with systemLanguage assigned.
2. In drawings that use labels and arrows, it can often happen that (depending on the language) the labels and arrows position is not the most appropriate. You can correct it, after the previous step, directly with Inkscape. But if you need to change the text or arrows of a language that is not what Inkscape has configured, you must first change the Inkscape interface. To change the language of the Inkscape interface: from the menu bar, select "Edit|Preferences..."; then in the opened window, in the second group ("Interface") change the language. You can look at the code from the last example, above (SystemLanguageArrows.svg). Note: In the examples, the ID names of the objects have been changed in order to be followed more easily.
3. For the previous changes, you must be careful about the changes you make, otherwise Inkscape will not show what you want. If this is the first time you do it, first try changing the examples above. Sometimes the Inkscape XML editor ("Edit|XML Editor...") can be useful for you to find an error in your changes.

Viewing

Most browsers support viewing SVG files with switch elements. The browser will display the languages according to the browser's default language settings. If one wants to view a different language, then change the language of the browser and restart it.

Another way of viewing the file is to upload it to File:Test.svg and select the desired language from the dropdown list.

See also

• German tutorial
• The 'switch' element W3C
• The 'systemLanguage' attribute W3C
• Example files using <switch> element
• SVG Processing: Efficient Language Translation by Bryan Schnabel, 2009 (Multiple file (XLIFF) rather than switch element approach.)
• Category:Language-neutral

Language codes

SVG files use IETF language tags to specify languages. They are often referred to as BCP 47 language tags, but BCP 47 is the combination of IETF RFC 5646 and RFC 4647. The Wikimedia Foundation uses language identifiers that usually match IETF langtags, but there are some differences. For example, the IETF language tag als is for Tosk Albanian, but Wikimedia uses that tag for Alemannisch (which IETF represents as gsw). Simple English is simple in Wikimedia but en-simple in IETF. Please be aware of the distinction and use IETF language tags (not MediaWiki language identifiers) in SVG files.

Click here to show a list of all WikiMedia language codes supported:

List of languages supported on Wikimedia Commons.

Code	Language name (in English)	Native language name
nr	South Ndebele	isiNdebele seSewula
hak-hant	Hakka (Traditional Han script)	客家語（繁體）
af	Afrikaans	Afrikaans
agq	Aghem	Aghem
hak-hans	Hakka (Simplified Han script)	客家语（简体）
tig	Tigre	ትግሬ
ccp	Chakma	𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟𑄳𑄦
gsw	Alemannic	Alemannisch
acf	Saint Lucian Creole	Kwéyòl Sent Lisi
ak	Akan	Akan
bgc	Haryanvi	हरियाणवी
hke	Hunde	kihunde
sma	Southern Sami	åarjelsaemien
isv-cyrl	Interslavic (Cyrillic script)	меджусловјанскы
lua	Luba-Lulua	ciluba
cdo-latn	Mindong (Latin script)	Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄ (Bàng-uâ-cê)
hak-latn	Hak-kâ-ngî (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ)	Hak-kâ-ngî (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ)
nan-latn-pehoeji	Minnan (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)	Bân-lâm-gú (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
isv-latn	Interslavic (Latin script)	medžuslovjansky
ace	Acehnese	Acèh
cdo-hant	Mindong (Traditional Han script)	閩東語（傳統漢字）
knc	Central Kanuri	Yerwa Kanuri
iba	Iban	Jaku Iban
ang	Old English	Ænglisc
nan-latn-tailo	Minnan (Tâi-lô)	Bân-lâm-gú (Tâi-lô)
nup	Nupe	Nupe
als	Alemannisch	Alemannisch
en-us	American English	American English
ase	American Sign Language	American sign language
smn	Inari Sami	anarâškielâ
an	Aragonese	aragonés
bkh	Bakako	Bakoko
brh	Brahui	Bráhuí
et	Estonian	eesti
fo	Faroese	føroyskt
id	Indonesian	Bahasa Indonesia
bi	Bislama	Bislama
eo	Esperanto	Esperanto
map-bms	Banyumasan	Basa Banyumasan
frp	Arpitan	arpetan
hsb	Upper Sorbian	hornjoserbsce
io	Ido	Ido
na	Nauru	Dorerin Naoero
br	Breton	brezhoneg
rn	Rundi	ikirundi
hr	Croatian	hrvatski
eml	Emiliano-Romagnolo	emiliàn e rumagnòl
fr	French	français
bs	Bosnian	bosanski
hil	Hiligaynon	Ilonggo
cs	Czech	čeština
ik	Inupiaq	Iñupiatun
dag	Dagbani	dagbanli
etu	Ejagham	Ejagham
sn	Shona	chiShona
bbc-latn	Batak Toba (Latin script)	Batak Toba
en-gb	British English	British English
dua	Duala	Duala
eu	Basque	euskara
ibb	Ibibio	ibibio
ga	Irish	Gaeilge
gpe	Ghanaian Pidgin	Ghanaian Pidgin
nv	Navajo	Diné bizaad
se-no	Northern Sami (Norway)	davvisámegiella (Norgga bealde)
se-se	Northern Sami (Sweden)	davvisámegiella (Ruoŧa bealde)
ny	Nyanja	Chi-Chewa
bug	Buginese	Basa Ugi
en	English	English
cnh	Hakha-Chin	Hakha Chin
bew	Betawi	Betawi
gaa	Ga	Ga
ilo	Iloko	Ilokano
sm	Samoan	Gagana Samoa
ban	Balinese	Basa Bali
frc	Cajun French	français cadien
gag	Gagauz	Gagauz
bjn	Banjar	Banjar
ms	Malay	Bahasa Melayu
es	Spanish	español
ca	Catalan	català
roa-rup	Aromanian	armãneashti
ig	Igbo	Igbo
guw	Gun	gungbe
gom-latn	Goan Konkani (Latin script)	Gõychi Konknni
gv	Manx	Gaelg
ast	Asturian	asturianu
bm	Bambara	bamanankan
efi	Efik	Efịk
rup	Aromanian	armãneashti
gd	Scottish Gaelic	Gàidhlig
abs	Ambonese Malay	bahasa ambon
dsb	Lower Sorbian	dolnoserbski
en-ca	Canadian English	Canadian English
btm	Batak Mandailing	Batak Mandailing
hif-latn	Fiji Hindi (Latin script)	Fiji Hindi
es-formal	Spanish (formal address)	español (formal)
eto	Eton	Eton
cps	Capiznon	Capiceño
gl	Galician	galego
bcl	Central Bikol	Bikol Central
co	Corsican	corsu
rw	Kinyarwanda	Ikinyarwanda
zh-min-nan	Minnan	Bân-lâm-gú
gur	Frafra	farefare
dga	Dagaare	Dagaare
se	Northern Sami	davvisámegiella
bar	Bavarian	Boarisch
sei	Seri	Cmique Itom
ext	Extremaduran	estremeñu
se-fi	Northern Sami (Finland)	davvisámegiella (Suoma bealde)
ho	Hiri Motu	Hiri Motu
hrx	Hunsrik	Hunsrik
igl	Igala	Igala
ewo	Ewondo	Ewondo
es-419	Latin American Spanish	español de América Latina
egl	Emilian	Emiliàn
bax	Bamun	Bamum
kge	Komering	Kumoring
bas	Basaa	Basaa
fon	Fon	fɔ̀ngbè
ha	Hausa	Hausa
ia	Interlingua	interlingua
pdc	Pennsylvania German	Deitsch
ie	Interlingue	Interlingue
da	Danish	dansk
chn	Chinook Jargon	chinuk wawa
fmp	Fe'Fe'	Fe'fe
ike-latn	Eastern Canadian (Latin script)	inuktitut
de	German	Deutsch
gn	Guarani	Avañe'ẽ
bbc	Batak Toba	Batak Toba
ee	Ewe	eʋegbe
ki	Kikuyu	Gĩkũyũ
ksf	Bafia	Bafia
dtp	Central Dusun	Kadazandusun
bbj	Ghomala	Ghomála
ch	Chamorro	Chamoru
sje	Pite Sami	bidumsámegiella
vmw	Makhuwa	emakhuwa
wls	Wallisian	Fakaʻuvea
ceb	Cebuano	Cebuano
mui	Musi	Baso Palembang
cbk-zam	Chavacano	Chavacano de Zamboanga
aln	Gheg Albanian	Gegë
de-formal	German (formal address)	Deutsch (Sie-Form)
tum	Tumbuka	chiTumbuka
mh	Marshallese	Ebon
bfd	Bafut	Bafut
cho	Choctaw	Chahta anumpa
ay	Aymara	Aymar aru
bkc	Baka	Baka
gya	Gbaya	Gbaya
atj	Atikamekw	Atikamekw
az	Azerbaijani	azərbaycanca
hif	Fiji Hindi	Fiji Hindi
fy	Western Frisian	Frysk
gor	Gorontalo	Bahasa Hulontalo
fur	Friulian	furlan
cy	Welsh	Cymraeg
ff	Fula	Fulfulde
bdr	West Coast Bajau	Bajau Sama
haw	Hawaiian	Hawaiʻi
aae	Arbëresh	Arbërisht
bto	Iriga Bicolano	Iriga Bicolano
xh	Xhosa	isiXhosa
zu	Zulu	isiZulu
is	Icelandic	íslenska
isu	Isu	Isu
it	Italian	italiano
jv	Javanese	Jawa
smj	Lule Sami	julevsámegiella
jut	Jutish	jysk
rmf	Finnish Kalo	kaalengo tšimb
kbp	Kabiye	Kabɩyɛ
kea	Kabuverdianu	kabuverdianu
kl	Kalaallisut	kalaallisut
kr	Kanuri	kanuri
pam	Pampanga	Kapampangan
cak	Kaqchikel	Kaqchikel
kai	Karekare	Karai-karai
krl	Karelian	karjal
csb	Kashubian	kaszëbsczi
ker	Kera	Kera
kw	Cornish	kernowek
krj	Kinaray-a	Kinaray-a
kiu	Kirmanjki	Kırmancki
sw	Swahili	Kiswahili
bkm	Kom	Kom
kg	Kongo	Kongo
avk	Kotava	Kotava
ht	Haitian Creole	Kreyòl ayisyen
ses	Koyraboro Senni	Koyraboro Senni
kri	Krio	Krio
gcf	Guadeloupean Creole	kréyòl Gwadloup
gcr	Guianan Creole	kriyòl gwiyannen
kus	Kusaal	Kʋsaal
ku	Kurdish	kurdî
ku-latn	Kurdish (Latin script)	kurdî (latînî)
fkv	Kvensk	kvääni
kj	Kuanyama	Kwanyama
nmg	Kwasio	Kwasio
jbo	Lojban	la .lojban.
lld	Ladin	Ladin
lad	Ladino	Ladino
lns	Lamnso'	Lamnso
ltg	Latgalian	latgaļu
la	Latin	Latina
lv	Latvian	latviešu
lzz	Laz	Lazuri
to	Tongan	lea faka-Tonga
lb	Luxembourgish	Lëtzebuergesch
nia	Nias	Li Niha
lt	Lithuanian	lietuvių
li	Limburgish	Limburgs
lij	Ligurian	Ligure
ln	Lingala	lingála
lfn	Lingua Franca Nova	Lingua Franca Nova
liv	Livonian	Līvõ kēļ
olo	Livvi-Karelian	livvinkarjala
lmo	Lombard	lombard
lg	Ganda	Luganda
mad	Madurese	Madhurâ
hu	Hungarian	magyar
hu-formal	Hungarian (formal address)	magyar (formal)
vmf	Main-Franconian	Mainfränkisch
mcp	Maka	Maka
mg	Malagasy	Malagasy
mt	Maltese	Malti
mnc-latn	Manchu (Latin script)	manju gisun
mi	Māori	Māori
mrh	Mara	Mara
arn	Mapuche	mapudungun
fit	Tornedalen Finnish	meänkieli
srq	Sirionó	mbia cheë
byv	Medumba	Medumba
fat	Fanti	mfantse
min	Minangkabau	Minangkabau
mwl	Mirandese	Mirandés
lus	Mizo	Mizo ţawng
bqz	Mka'a	Mka'a
mos	Mossi	moore
mua	Mundang	Mundang
mus	Muscogee	Mvskoke
fj	Fijian	Na Vosa Vakaviti
nah	Nahuatl	Nāhuatl
pcm	Nigerian Pidgin	Naijá
nap	Neapolitan	Napulitano
nmz	Nawdm	nawdm
nnz	Nda'Nda'	Nda'nda
nl	Dutch	Nederlands
nl-informal	Dutch (informal address)	Nederlands (informeel)
nds-nl	Low Saxon	Nedersaksies
cr	Cree	Nēhiyawēwin / ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ
nnh	Ngiemboon	Ngiemboon
nla	Ngombala	Ngombala
nge	Ngémba	Ngémba
yrl	Nheengatu	Nhẽẽgatú
niu	Niuean	Niuē
lem	Nomaande	Nomaande
frr	Northern Frisian	Nordfriisk
pih	Norfuk / Pitkern	Norfuk / Pitkern
nb	Norwegian Bokmål	norsk bokmål
no	Norwegian	norsk
nn	Norwegian Nynorsk	norsk nynorsk
rmc	Carpathian Romani	romaňi čhib
vep	Veps	vepsän kel’
be-tarask	Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)	беларуская (тарашкевіца)
luz	Southern Luri	لئری دوٙمینی
wes	Pidgin (Cameroon)	Pidgin (Cameroon)
bo	Tibetan	བོད་ཡིག
nso	Northern Sotho	Sesotho sa Leboa
kk-kz	Kazakh (Kazakhstan)	қазақша (Қазақстан)
ary	Moroccan Arabic	الدارجة
tok	Toki Pona	toki pona
shy-latn	Shawiya (Latin script)	tacawit
kk-cn	Kazakh (China)	قازاقشا (جۇنگو)
arz	Egyptian Arabic	مصرى
ro	Romanian	română
pnt	Pontic	Ποντιακά
crh-latn	Crimean Tatar (Latin script)	qırımtatarca (Latin)
so	Somali	Soomaaliga
sq	Albanian	shqip
mo	Moldovan	молдовеняскэ
tpi	Tok Pisin	Tok Pisin
nds	Low German	Plattdüütsch
ar	Arabic	العربية
lo	Lao	ລາວ
ko	Korean	한국어
crh	Crimean Tatar	qırımtatarca
tru	Turoyo	Ṫuroyo
sr	Serbian	српски / srpski
alt	Southern Altai	алтай тил
bn	Bangla	বাংলা
anp	Angika	अंगिका
lrc	Northern Luri	لۊری شومالی
yi	Yiddish	ייִדיש
kk-latn	Kazakh (Latin script)	qazaqşa (latın)
or	Odia	ଓଡ଼ିଆ
inh	Ingush	гӀалгӀай
mr	Marathi	मराठी
mnc	Manchu	manju gisun
tn	Tswana	Setswana
mn	Mongolian	монгол
apc	Levantine Arabic	شامي
vro	Võro	võro
kn	Kannada	ಕನ್ನಡ
ur	Urdu	اردو
pnb	Western Punjabi	پنجابی
sty	Siberian Tatar	себертатар
nqo	N’Ko	ߒߞߏ
kk-tr	Kazakh (Turkey)	qazaqşa (Türkïya)
am	Amharic	አማርኛ
mhr	Eastern Mari	олык марий
got	Gothic	𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺
gom-deva	Goan Konkani (Devanagari script)	गोंयची कोंकणी
qug	Chimborazo Highland Quichua	Runa shimi
ss	Swati	SiSwati
rm	Romansh	rumantsch
nrm	Norman	Nouormand
om	Oromo	Oromoo
nod	Northern Thai	ᨣᩤᩴᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ
km	Khmer	ភាសាខ្មែរ
arc	Aramaic	ܐܪܡܝܐ
ps	Pashto	پښتو
mni	Manipuri	ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ
os	Ossetic	ирон
hsn	Xiang	湘語
nov	Novial	Novial
crh-ro	Dobrujan Tatar	tatarşa
ks	Kashmiri	कॉशुर / کٲشُر
yo	Yoruba	Yorùbá
vo	Volapük	Volapük
ty	Tahitian	reo tahiti
sh-cyrl	Serbo-Croatian (Cyrillic script)	српскохрватски (ћирилица)
new	Newari	नेपाल भाषा
sl	Slovenian	slovenščina
tl	Tagalog	Tagalog
zh-tw	Chinese (Taiwan)	中文（臺灣）
chr	Cherokee	ᏣᎳᎩ
zh-sg	Chinese (Singapore)	中文（新加坡）
pl	Polish	polski
ml	Malayalam	മലയാളം
sd	Sindhi	سنڌي
tt-latn	Tatar (Latin script)	tatarça
vot	Votic	Vaďďa
zh-my	Chinese (Malaysia)	中文（马来西亚）
zh-mo	Chinese (Macau)	中文（澳門）
skr-arab	Saraiki (Arabic script)	سرائیکی
yue-hant	Cantonese (Traditional Han script)	粵語（繁體）
el	Greek	Ελληνικά
ku-arab	Kurdish (Arabic script)	کوردی (عەرەبی)
nan-hani	Minnan (Han script)	閩南語
ru	Russian	русский
zh-hans	Simplified Chinese	中文（简体）
tzm	Central Atlas Tamazight	ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ
war	Waray	Winaray
zgh	Standard Moroccan Tamazight	ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⴰⵡⴰⵢⵜ
shn	Shan	ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး
tg-cyrl	Tajik (Cyrillic script)	тоҷикӣ
bgn	Western Balochi	روچ کپتین بلوچی
zea	Zeelandic	Zeêuws
yue-hans	Cantonese (Simplified Han script)	粵语（简体）
te	Telugu	తెలుగు
ryu	Okinawan	沖縄口
wuu-hans	Wu (Simplified Han script)	吴语（简体）
ybb	Yemba	Yemba
yas	Nugunu	Nugunu
xsy	Saisiyat	saisiyat
xmf	Mingrelian	მარგალური
ne	Nepali	नेपाली
aeb-latn	Tunisian Arabic (Latin script)	Tûnsî
wuu-hant	Wu (Traditional Han script)	吳語（正體）
wuu	Wu	吴语
be	Belarusian	беларуская
wo	Wolof	Wolof
bat-smg	Samogitian	žemaitėška
zh-cn	Chinese (China)	中文（中国大陆）
ce	Chechen	нохчийн
uz	Uzbek	oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча
nyo	Nyoro	Orunyoro
cpx-latn	Puxian (Latin script)	Pó-sing-gṳ̂ (Báⁿ-uā-ci̍)
ota	Ottoman Turkish	لسان عثمانى
as	Assamese	অসমীয়া
bho	Bhojpuri	भोजपुरी
vi	Vietnamese	Tiếng Việt
vec	Venetian	vèneto
ve	Venda	Tshivenda
uz-latn	Uzbek (Latin script)	oʻzbekcha
mnw	Mon	ဘာသာမန်
uz-cyrl	Uzbek (Cyrillic script)	ўзбекча
uk	Ukrainian	українська
ug-latn	Uyghur (Latin script)	Uyghurche
ug-arab	Uyghur (Arabic script)	ئۇيغۇرچە
dz	Dzongkha	ཇོང་ཁ
udm	Udmurt	удмурт
tyv	Tuvinian	тыва дыл
ckb	Central Kurdish	کوردی
hz	Herero	Otsiherero
rut	Rutul	мыхаӀбишды
pt-br	Brazilian Portuguese	português do Brasil
tw	Twi	Twi
tvu	Tunen	Tunen
ttj	Tooro	Orutooro
tt-cyrl	Tatar (Cyrillic script)	татарча
ms-arab	Malay (Jawi script)	بهاس ملايو
trv	Taroko	Seediq
ruq-cyrl	Megleno-Romanian (Cyrillic script)	Влахесте
vut	Vute	Vute
nyn	Nyankole	runyankore
shi	Tachelhit	Taclḥit
tr	Turkish	Türkçe
shy	Shawiya	tacawit
th	Thai	ไทย
za	Zhuang	Vahcuengh
tcy	Tulu	ತುಳು
my	Burmese	မြန်မာဘာသာ
yue	Cantonese	粵語
ky	Kyrgyz	кыргызча
dty	Doteli	डोटेली
ug	Uyghur	ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche
guc	Wayuu	wayuunaiki
sg	Sango	Sängö
tg	Tajik	тоҷикӣ
ojb	Northwestern Ojibwa	Ojibwemowin
de-ch	Swiss High German	Schweizer Hochdeutsch
ng	Ndonga	Oshiwambo
sv	Swedish	svenska
ann	Obolo	Obolo
hy	Armenian	հայերեն
su	Sundanese	Sunda
bg	Bulgarian	български
bpy	Bishnupriya	বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী
ady-cyrl	Adyghe (Cyrillic script)	адыгабзэ
tet	Tetum	tetun
roa-tara	Tarantino	tarandíne
ko-kp	Korean (North Korea)	조선말
ksh	Colognian	Ripoarisch
sh-latn	Serbo-Croatian (Latin script)	srpskohrvatski (latinica)
szy	Sakizaya	Sakizaya
sro	Campidanese Sardinian	sardu campidanesu
srn	Sranan Tongo	Sranantongo
arq	Algerian Arabic	جازايرية
sr-el	Serbian (Latin script)	srpski (latinica)
tly	Talysh	tolışi
sh	Serbo-Croatian	srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски
sms	Skolt Sami	nuõrttsääʹmǩiõll
sdh	Southern Kurdish	کوردی خوارگ
sr-ec	Serbian (Cyrillic script)	српски (ћирилица)
pwn	Paiwan	pinayuanan
vls	West Flemish	West-Vlams
kum	Kumyk	къумукъ
cpx-hant	Puxian (Traditional Han script)	莆仙語（繁體）
rsk	Pannonian Rusyn	руски
shi-tfng	Tachelhit (Tifinagh script)	ⵜⴰⵛⵍⵃⵉⵜ
bh	Bhojpuri	भोजपुरी
hno	Northern Hindko	ہندکو
nog	Nogai	ногайша
tg-latn	Tajik (Latin script)	tojikī
pfl	Palatine German	Pälzisch
mrj	Western Mari	кырык мары
skr	Saraiki	سرائیکی
hyw	Western Armenian	Արեւմտահայերէն
fi	Finnish	suomi
gom	Goan Konkani	गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni
mnc-mong	Manchu (Mongolian script)	ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ
ks-deva	Kashmiri (Devanagari script)	कॉशुर
simple	Simple English	Simple English
mai	Maithili	मैथिली
hi	Hindi	हिन्दी
ii	Sichuan Yi	ꆇꉙ
aa	Afar	Qafár af
si	Sinhala	සිංහල
be-x-old	Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)	беларуская (тарашкевіца)
rue	Rusyn	русиньскый
ti	Tigrinya	ትግርኛ
ka	Georgian	ქართული
zh	Chinese	中文
zh-classical	Literary Chinese	文言
gan-hant	Gan (Traditional Han script)	贛語（繁體）
pa	Punjabi	ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
koi	Komi-Permyak	перем коми
lzh	Literary Chinese	文言
sgs	Samogitian	žemaitėška
myv	Erzya	эрзянь
gan-hans	Gan (Simplified Han script)	赣语（简体）
syl	Sylheti	ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ
mk	Macedonian	македонски
mdf	Moksha	мокшень
sdc	Sassarese Sardinian	Sassaresu
tk	Turkmen	Türkmençe
ksw	S'gaw Karen	စှီၤ
sk	Slovak	slovenčina
kcg	Tyap	Tyap
ban-bali	Balinese (Balinese script)	ᬩᬲᬩᬮᬶ
fiu-vro	võro	võro
kk-cyrl	Kazakh (Cyrillic script)	қазақша (кирил)
zh-hk	Chinese (Hong Kong)	中文（香港）
szl	Silesian	ślůnski
ruq-latn	Megleno-Romanian (Latin script)	Vlăheşte
sah	Yakut	саха тыла
rgn	Romagnol	Rumagnôl
kab	Kabyle	Taqbaylit
kbd	Kabardian	адыгэбзэ
zh-hant	Traditional Chinese	中文（繁體）
lez	Lezghian	лезги
rmy	Vlax Romani	romani čhib
pms	Piedmontese	Piemontèis
kjp	Eastern Pwo	ဖၠုံလိက်
lbe	Lak	лакку
rif	Riffian	Tarifit
zgh-latn	Standard Moroccan Tamazight (Latin script)	tamaziɣt tanawayt
kaa	Kara-Kalpak	Qaraqalpaqsha
diq	Zazaki	Zazaki
quc	Kʼicheʼ	Qatzijob\ʼal
sat	Santali	ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ
cv	Chuvash	чӑвашла
dv	Divehi	ދިވެހިބަސް
ks-arab	Kashmiri (Arabic script)	کٲشُر
nys	Nyungar	Nyunga
jam	Jamaican Creole English	Patois
shi-latn	Tachelhit (Latin script)	Taclḥit
prg	Prussian	prūsiskan
gan	Gan	贛語
kv	Komi	коми
nan	Minnan	閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú
sco	Scots	Scots
gld	Nanai	на̄ни
ike-cans	Eastern Canadian (Aboriginal syllabics)	ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ
din	Dinka	Thuɔŋjäŋ
kjh	Khakas	хакас
grc	Ancient Greek	Ἀρχαία ἑλληνικὴ
khw	Khowar	کھوار
kk	Kazakh	қазақша
pi	Pali	पालि
loz	Lozi	Silozi
kk-arab	Kazakh (Arabic script)	قازاقشا (تٴوتە)
bqi	Bakhtiari	بختیاری
av	Avaric	авар
pdt	Plautdietsch	Plautdietsch
aeb-arab	Tunisian Arabic (Arabic script)	تونسي
pap-aw	Papiamento (Aruba)	Papiamento
pap	Papiamento	Papiamentu
cdo	Mindong	閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄
chy	Cheyenne	Tsetsêhestâhese
iu	Inuktitut	ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ / inuktitut
acm	Iraqi Arabic	عراقي
gu	Gujarati	ગુજરાતી
kbd-cyrl	Kabardian (Cyrillic script)	адыгэбзэ
bxr	Russia Buriat	буряад
tdd	Tai Nuea	ᥖᥭᥰ ᥖᥬᥲ ᥑᥨᥒᥰ
cu	Church Slavic	словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ
azb	South Azerbaijani	تۆرکجه
qu	Quechua	Runa Simi
wya	Wyandot	Wyandot
pcd	Picard	Picard
aeb	Tunisian Arabic	تونسي / Tûnsî
crh-cyrl	Crimean Tatar (Cyrillic script)	къырымтатарджа (Кирилл)
he	Hebrew	עברית
lki	Laki	لەکی
bcc	Southern Balochi	جهلسری بلوچی
nit	Southeastern Kolami	కొలామి
de-at	Austrian German	Österreichisches Deutsch
rki	Arakanese	ရခိုင်
mzn	Mazanderani	مازِرونی
zh-yue	Cantonese	粵語
st	Southern Sotho	Sesotho
tt	Tatar	татарча / tatarça
stq	Saterland Frisian	Seeltersk
mag	Magahi	मगही
tay	Tayal	Tayal
pag	Pangasinan	Pangasinan
mcn	Massa	vùn màsànà
nan-hant	Minnan (Traditional Han script)	閩南語（傳統漢字）
sjd	Kildin Sami	кӣллт са̄мь кӣлл
hak	Hakka Chinese	客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî
tly-cyrl	Talysh (Cyrillic script)	толыши
scn	Sicilian	sicilianu
cpx-hans	Puxian (Simplified Han script)	莆仙语（简体）
osa-latn	Osage (Latin script)	Wažáže íe
ta	Tamil	தமிழ்
wa	Walloon	walon
awa	Awadhi	अवधी
cpx	Puxian	莆仙語 / Pó-sing-gṳ̂
ruq	Megleno-Romanian	Vlăheşte
sa	Sanskrit	संस्कृतम्
ami	Amis	Pangcah
pt	Portuguese	português
ja	Japanese	日本語
fa	Persian	فارسی
ba	Bashkir	башҡортса
bag	Tuki	Tuki
wal	Wolaytta	wolaytta
xal	Kalmyk	хальмг
krc	Karachay-Balkar	къарачай-малкъар
yav	Yangben	Yangben
sli	Lower Silesian	Schläsch
glk	Gilaki	گیلکی
bci	Baoulé	wawle
ab	Abkhazian	аԥсшәа
blk	Pa'O	ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ
rwr	Marwari (India)	मारवाड़ी
ady	Adyghe	адыгабзэ
yat	Yambeta	Yambeta
sju	Ume Sami	ubmejesámiengiälla
sc	Sardinian	sardu
ts	Tsonga	Xitsonga
oc	Occitan	occitan

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