Translating:MediaWiki

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MediaWiki is open source wiki software on which this site runs, and which can be translated here. Support for translating hundreds of MediaWiki extensions is also available.

Translators may add MediaWiki to their babel box or include {{User MediaWiki}} to add themselves to Category:MediaWiki translators.

Glossary

A brief explanation of some terms used in this document:

MediaWiki
The software that powers Wikipedia and many other websites. It allows people to edit pages in collaboration.
Wikimedia
The organization that maintains Wikipedia, Wikidata, and several other websites, as well as the MediaWiki software.
Message
A translatable string.
Message documentation
While translating, documentation about the message is shown on the sidebar next to the translation. It is also known as "qqq" in MediaWiki developers' jargon.

For a basic glossary of MediaWiki terms, see Translating:MediaWiki/Basic glossary.

Translation flow

You made some changes here? This is what happens then and how long it takes to take effect.

Export threshold
Messages do not start to be exported to MediaWiki until at least 13% of the core MediaWiki messages in that language have been translated (used to be 18%): under such amount, the export scripts automatically skip the language in question and developers won't add support for the language on MediaWiki. The threshold corresponds to the number of all most used messages in MediaWiki or more; see also Translatewiki.net languages.
Wikimedia sites—Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikisource, Wikivoyage, etc.
Interface message changes should be reflected in projects once per week along with the usual deployments. Everything else (magic words, special pages...) may take from days to months.
Wikia
Wikia usually uses customised stable revisions of the MediaWiki software. Consequently, the localisation of the MediaWiki core product, and standard MediaWiki extension from the main repository have a stable localisation state.
Everything else
New translations are shipped with each new MediaWiki release (1.x) and usually with maintenance releases too (1.x.y). There are only a few releases per year, and many sites do not update often.

Why translate on translatewiki.net



See also: Tips for translating MediaWiki software



MediaWiki is one of the few software packages that allow its users to translate it using itself. Thanks to translatewiki.net, however, localising it is even easier and more efficient. In addition to the general advantages of this wiki, compared to local translation:

  • Your translations are used on every MediaWiki wiki, this includes every Wikimedia wiki, see #Translation flow.
  • You can localise namespaces (Help, User, Talk, ...), special page names (Recentchanges, Allpages, ...), and magic words.
    The message groups above cannot be localised in a normal wiki, because they are buried deep down in the software. Here you can localise these message groups, and later on your changes can be used in every installation of MediaWiki again. See #Translation notes below.
    (temporarily disabled; see the section #AdvancedTranslate in this document and phab:T109235)
  • You can translate new messages faster than on a local wiki.
    We always have the latest version of the software. This means new messages show up much faster than on any other wiki and you have more time to translate them before they arrive to your wiki. This can also mean translatewiki.net uses an unstable version, but problems are usually solved quickly.
  • The only drawback is that your translations will not show up on your local wiki immediately, but after a few days to weeks; or, if you are using a release version, after the next update. However, for the previous point, there's no reason to be in a hurry: just check new messages regularly and translate them in time.
    See FAQ#How is the work done on translatewiki.net connected to other wikis?.

Extensions

All MediaWiki extensions are supported as long as they are in Wikimedia's Git repository or in GitHub and their developers are supportive enough of translators.

If you don't want your extension to be added to translation, because you're going to soon change many messages completely or to delete the extension altogether, please state it clearly somewhere so that we don't add it when it's still too soon. In both cases, cc Raymond to a changeset on gerrit if you feel your extension's case might have been neglected.

Translation notes

Recommended process for translating MediaWiki

Translators of other projects can ignore this list.

  • First translate the most often used messages.
  • Complete the core messages.
  • Check if you should translate any optional messages in core.
  • Do a consistency check (terminology, formal/informal) on your localisation.
  • Translate special page names, magic words and namespaces on [[Special:AdvancedTranslate]] (temporarily disabled; see the section #AdvancedTranslate in this document and phab:T109235)
  • Translate the extension messages used in Wikimedia wikis. There are more than 10,000 messages there, so for your convenience they are further subdivided into groups: main, advanced, media, fundraising, technical, etc.
  • After completing an extension, it's recommended to check whether there are any optional messages that should be translated. (Click "..." at the top of the translation interface and check the "Optional" box.) If they will be the same in your language as in English, don't translate them.
  • Translate the remaining extension messages.
  • Do a consistency check (terminology, formal/informal) on your localisation between core messages and extension messages
  • Start maintaining your language's localisation on a regular basis. At least once per week is recommended.

Read on if you want to know more. Reading on is not required, although advised for a proper understanding of more advanced localisation features. You could spend a few days translating, though, and come back when you think you need more information.

Message keys

Every message is identified by a unique key. A message key is a string. In the translation interface, the key appears above the source message as MediaWiki:message-key/language-code. On translatewiki, the message key is also used as the title of the wiki pages on which the source message and the translations are stored.

Most of the time, the translators don't need to deal directly with message keys. However, they are sometimes necessary. Here are the main reasons for using them:

  1. If you use a wiki in your language and you see a missing or a wrong translation and you want to fix it as directly as possible, you can find the precise message key by adding the string ?uselang=qqx to the URL of the wiki page. For example, if you're looking at the article Bali at the Indonesian Wikipedia and you see that something is not translated, go to the page https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bali?uselang=qqx, and you'll see message keys instead of actual translations: instead of "Masuk log" you'll see "(pt-login)". Use that key to go the corresponding page in translatewiki: MediaWiki:Pt-login/id.
  2. If there is an issue with a message, such as missing documentation, unclear English formulation, or anything else, you should report this message to the developers using the Support page or Phabricator. When reporting, it's essential to mention the message key. If you use the Ask for more information link in the translation interface, the key will be mentioned automatically in the bug report, but sometimes you may have to use it manually.

On most wikis there is a page called Special:AllMessages. It helps you examine all the messages and their translations and local modifications. Administrators should regularly check that page and remove unnecessary local customizations.

Wiki syntax

Many messages use symbols such as ==, ===, [[]], {{}}, *, #, and so on. This is wiki syntax, also known as "wikitext" or "wiki markup". This is not a requirement, but it is recommended to be familiar with some wiki syntax by editing a few pages on another wiki site, such as Wikipedia, before translating MediaWiki messages at translatewiki.

Here are the most common and basic elements of wiki syntax that you should know:

[[target]]
Square brackets create a link to the word in the brackets.
[[target|text]]
When a pipe (|) is used in a link, the link will point to page whose name appears before the pipe (target), and the readers will see the text that appears after the pipe (text). Usually, the "text" should be translated to your language, but the target must remain in English, especially if the target is a special page such as [[Special:RecentChanges]]. If in doubt, check the documentation.
==, ===, ====
Repeated equal marks in the beginning and the end of the line are used to create page section headings. Simply copy them to the translation, and translate the text of the heading itself to your language. Make sure that the same number of equal signs appears in the beginning and the end of the line, and that it's the same as in the source message.
{{template}}, {{magicword}}, {{#magicword:parameter1|parameter2}}
In wiki sites curly braces are most often used for inserting templates, pieces of text that are stored once and are included repeatedly on many pages. They are also occasionally used for "magic words". In messages on translatewiki templates are not used frequently, however many messages include magic words. The most frequent magic words in messages are {{plural}} and {{gender}}. For more information, see the section on magic words on this page. If a magic word begins with #, it must appear in the translation. Usually, the names of templates and magic words must remain in English, but parameters can often be translated. When in doubt, check the message documentation or ask at Support.
*
When the asterisk (*) appears in the beginning of a line, it creates an item in a bullets list.
#
When the number sign (#), also known as hash mark, octothorp, hex, pound, etc., appears in the beginning of a line, it creates an item in a numbered list.

Magic words and language features

Most of what you will be translating is English text. However, some parts will be more technical: these are "variables" and "magic words". Here are the main ones that you need to know.

$1, $2, $3, etc.: variables

Many messages must show things that are not known during the time of the translation. The value is known only when the message is shown to the user ("run time"). Common examples of things that are shown instead of $1, $2, $3, etc. are usernames, page names, file names, and various numbers. They are known variables, parameters, or placeholders.

The documentation explains what will these variables be replaced with. Examples:

  • The message is "You received a message from $1" and the documentation says: "$1 is a username". When the message is shown to a user who received a message from the user Amire80, the message will say "You received a message from Amire80".
  • The message is "There are $1 pages in the category $2" and the documentation says: "$1 is the number of pages and $2 is a category name", then when you look at the category "19th-century Russian monarchs", the message will say "There are 7 pages in the category 19th-century Russian monarchs".

Put these variables in the place where the corresponding words or numbers appear in your language. It doesn't have to be the same as in English.

Note that you must always use the Western Arabic numerals: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0. If your language uses different numerals, such as ١ ٢ ٣, १ २ ३, ߁ ߂ ߃, etc. remember to switch your keyboard and use the Western Arabic numerals 1 2 3, etc., in variables with the dollar sign ($).

PLURAL:

If you see something like $1 {{PLURAL:$1|page|pages}} in a translatable message, this means that the word will be shown according to the value of the variable $1. Note that you must not change the PLURAL:$1 part, but you must translate the page|pages part which gives a list of translated plural forms.

Different languages have different grammatical rules for plural forms. English has one form (singular) for the number 1, and the plural form is used for zero and for all the other numbers: 0 pages, 1 page, 2 pages, 10 pages, etc. Polish uses singular for number 1, and different plural forms for numbers 2, 3, 4, and numbers from 5 and up. The translation to Polish will be $1 {{PLURAL:$1|strona|strony|stron}}; note that there are three forms, and not two, like in English. The output, depending on the number, will be:

  • when $1 is 1: 1 strona
  • when $1 is 2: 2 strony
  • when $1 is 4: 4 strony
  • when $1 is 5: 5 stron

The rules are defined in a standard called CLDR, which has information about many languages. If information about plural forms in your language is not defined, or if it is defined incorrectly, see the page CLDR for tips about how it can be fixed.

If your language has no plural forms at all, then simply write something like $1 {{PLURAL:$1|page}}, or $1 page{{PLURAL:$1|}} (with an empty list of forms when the invariable term is already placed elsewhere outside this special markup, but you must keep at least {{PLURAL:$1|}} to avoid a validation error where this code is required by the Translate UI in the translated message for the target language). Plural forms are given in parameters after the first pipe character | as a list of items, one for each form, and are also separated by pipes:

  • The text for the plural form given in each one item may be prefixed by a distinctive "selector" keyword or numeric value, followed by an equal sign=. These selectors can only be used only once in the list of plural forms.
    • The following selectors are recognized: one (or 1, singular), two (or 2, dual), few (paucal), many (also used for fractions if they have a separate class), other (or in last position with no selector), or zero (or 0); reserved keywords used as selectors must also remain in English.
    • The selector zero (or 0) is special and only supported in a few languages, and only with an explicit selector specified before the text of the translated form.
    • Note that the forms selected by zero, one or two do not necessarily mean that the numeric value is exactly 0, 1 or 2: the rules used to map one or more values to each any plural selector are language-specific and may only consider some digits in the numeric value; some values may also behave differently if they are integers and non-integers, or if there are decimals explicitly presented in the numeric value (including if they are all zeroes).
    • Some other selectors may be added (as defined in the CLDR standard) for languages needing them (see https://cldr.unicode.org/index/cldr-spec/plural-rules).
  • All listed form (except the last one) that are not prefixed by an explicit selector in an item are assumed to use the implicit selectors one,two,few,many (in that order, and as appropriate in the target language, which may support only the 1st one for most common languages, or even none of them for example in some Eastern Asian languages). In Mediawiki, most selectors are implicit and mapped according to this order.
  • The last given form not prefixed by an explicit selector in an item is assumed to use the implicit selector (other). This default form given is required (but its value may be empty text): it indicates the default form that will be returned (when none of the other selectors match the value specified in the 1st parameter between between PLURAL: and the 1st pipe|, using the plural rules defined for the target language). It is generally the most generic grammatical plural (for example used with large number values), but it may also be just the common singular form if there are no other suitable form, or if the terms must remain invariant according to the context of use, or if the language does not differentiate plural forms in the given terms (look at nouns, adjectives, verbs, pronouns, etc., or other alternate formulations).

For more technical information on PLURAL, see the page Plural.

GENDER:

Many messages depend on the grammatical gender of the users who are mentioned in them, masculine or feminine. Each logged in user can select their gender in their user preferences.

Here is an example of how gender is used in messages. The message is $1 {{GENDER:$1|mentioned}} you on {{GENDER:$1|his|her|their}} talk page, and the documentation says "$1 - user's name".

  • If you use MediaWiki in English, the verb "mentioned" will be the same everywhere, because English verbs don't change with gender, but the pronoun will be chosen according to gender:
    • When user Jack, who set his gender to "he" (masculine) in the preferences, mentioned you, you will see the following: "Jack mentioned you on his talk page".
    • When user Jane, who set her gender to "she" (feminine) in the preferences, mentioned you, you will see the following: "Jane mentioned you on her talk page".
    • When user Lee, who didn't set their gender in the preferences, mentioned you, you will see the following: "Lee mentioned you on their talk page".
  • If you use MediaWiki in Polish, the verb changes, but the pronoun in this sentence is the same. The translation to Polish is $1 {{GENDER:$1|wspomniał|wspomniała|wspomniał(a)}} o tobie na {{GENDER:$1|swojej}} stronie"
    • Jack wspomniał o tobie na swojej stronie.
    • Jane wspomniała o tobie na swojej stronie.
    • Lee wspomniał(-a) o tobie na swojej stronie.

If {{GENDER:parameter|forms...}}</nowiki> is used in the English message, but different gender forms are not needed in the translation to your language, just write {{GENDER:parameter|optional form}}</nowiki> with one form.

Do not translate the word GENDER and its following colon : into your language. It's a technical magic word, and it must remain in English.

For more technical information on GENDER, see the page Gender.

Other magic words

If you need to refer to the name of the site, you can use the magic word {{SITENAME}}. (It usually appears in the source message.)

If your language uses inflection or special punctuation, you should talk to the developers about implementing some support for it. Once this is done you can use forms like {{GRAMMAR:genitive|{{SITENAME}}}} to refer to the sitename in genitive.

You may also see HTML tags such as <strong>, <var>, <kbd>, <span>, and others in messages. You should usually copy the tags in the corresponding places in the translation. Sometimes you should translate the content inside these tags, and sometimes you should leave it as in the original message. Consult the documentation for each message.

Never translate magic words and HTML tags. They must always remain in English, as in the source message.

Links to special pages

Links to special pages in messages must always follow the syntax: [[Special:EnglishName|Translated name]]

The "Special:EnglishName" part must stay as is. Just copy it into the translation. The "Translated name" part, after the vertical bar (|), is shown to the reader, so translate it into your language in a way that will look natural and convenient as a link target and a part of a sentence. If there is no vertical bar (|) followed by link text in the original message, add them in the translation.

Subpage names that appear after a slash (/) after the special page name must also be left untranslated. Take the following message as an example: [[Special:Log/delete|Deletion log]]. Don't translate "Special:Log/delete", but do translate "Deletion log". For example, when translation into Russian, write like the following: [[Special:Log/delete|Журнал удалений]].

Translating namespace names

Every page on a MediaWiki site belongs to a namespace.

The main namespace, also known as the content space or the article space, includes the main content pages of the site. For example, on Wikipedia the encyclopedic articles are in the main namespace, on Wikivoyage the tour guide pages are in the main namespace, and so on. Other namespaces are for pages of discussions, help, documentation, user pages, and so on. See details below.

The name of the namespace appears in the beginning of the page, except for the pages in the main namespace. For example, all the pages in the Help namespace have names such as "Help:Editing", "Help:Uploading", and so on.

Pages in most (but not all) namespace can have a corresponding talk page, and these talk pages are in namespaces of their own. The talk namespace of the main namespace is called simply "Talk", the talk namespace of the Help namespace is called "Help talk", and so on.

Namespace names can be translated. If they aren't translated, they will appear in the fallback language. English namespace names can always be used in links to pages instead of the translated names.

Avoid namespace names that are identical to language codes in any letter case. This will create ambiguity with interlanguage links.

The translated namespace names must be consistent with the translations of the same words in MediaWiki messages.

Namespace name explanations

In the tables below, only the translation of the names in the "Namespace name" column is needed. The explanation is provided only for the convenience of the translators.

The namespaces that are used on all MediaWiki sites:

Core namespaces
Namespace name Description
Media This doesn't mean "journalism". This is short for "multimedia". This is a general name for various media files stored in a common media repository. For example: image file, audio file, video file, etc. This is quite technical and rarely used, and may simply be transliterated or left untranslated.
Special This is an adjective. It's a namespace for special pages, which cannot be edited by users. They provide various services, such as display of information about the wiki, Recent Changes, Watchlist, Statistics, and special administration and editing interfaces such as Blocking, managing user rights, Translation, etc.
Talk The talk page for the main namespaces. Talk pages is where discussion about other pages takes place.
User This is a user of the wiki. If there are masculine and feminine forms for the word "user" in your wiki, it's possible to add both.
User talk This is the talk page of a user. It's used for discussing things directly with a person, whereas article talk pages are for talking about an article.
Wikipedia talk This is for talk pages where the wiki site's internal administration pages are discussed. "Wikipedia" here is just given as an example because Wikipedia is often (though not always) is the first site in every language. It can also be "Wiktionary talk", "Wikisource talk", etc. In the namespaces translations file, it appears as "$1".
File A file, usually photos, videos, music, and PDFs. These pages show the file and some information about it. For example, File:Viang Xai, Laos - panoramio (3).jpg.
File talk A talk page for discussions about the file.
MediaWiki Each pages in this namespace stores a translatable message. If a page exists, its content overrides the translation in the source code and in translatewiki. This is a name "MediaWiki" and it must remain recognizable, so you must not translate the word "media", but you can adapt its spelling to your language.
MediaWiki talk A talk page for discussions about the message in the MediaWiki namespace.
Template A piece of text or code that can be embedded in other pages. Common examples of templates are infoboxes, citations, tags at the top of the article, etc. For example, Template:Citation needed and Template:Infobox writer are popular templates in the English Wikipedia.
Template talk A talk page for discussions about a template.
Help This is a namespace for help pages, which explain the users how to use the website. For example, the page Help:Table in the English Wikipedia explain how to edit tables.
Help talk A talk page about help pages.
Category These are pages that describe a category that includes other pages. For example, the Wikipedia articles about Leymah Gbowee, Andrei Sakharov, and Alva Myrdal all belong to the "Nobel Peace Prize laureates" category in the English Wikipedia, and are automatically listed on that category's page: Category:Nobel Peace Prize laureates.
Category talk A talk page about category pages.

The following namespaces are used in extensions that are installed on many wikis, and should be translated as well:

Extensions namespaces
Namespace name Description
Module Modules are pieces of code that can be embedded into pages. They are similar to templates, but they are written in a programming language and not in wiki syntax. This namespace requires the Scribunto extension to be installed.
Module talk A talk page about a module.
Gadget Gadgets are pieces of JavaScript code that can be written on a wiki site by the site's editors to enhance the site's functionality. They are stored as wiki pages. This namespace requires the Gadgets extension to be installed.
Gadget talk A talk page about a gadget.
Gadget definition The gadget definition space is used for configuration metadata about a gadget. This namespace requires the Gadgets extension to be installed.
Gadget definition talk A talk page about a gadget definition.
Page In Wikisource sites, the page namespace shows a single page from a file that represents a book, such as PDF or DjVu, and allows people to transcribe it to a digital text.
Page talk A talk page about a page.
Index In Wikisource sites, the Index namespace describes a file that represents a book, such as PDF or DjVu, and maps between page numbers and different parts of the book.
Index talk A talk page about an index.

AdvancedTranslate

Before 2015, it was possible to translate names of namespaces and special pages in translatewiki on the page Special:AdvancedTranslate. Unfortunately, it had to be disabled for technical reasons. See gerrit:211677.

While the page is disabled, you can get these translated by using one of the following options:

In some rare cases where an extension doesn't support translation of namespaces, translation needs to be done with a local configuration setting for each wiki instead. See #Namespace name aliases. The developers will tell you if this is the case, answering your request.

Namespace name aliases

Since 2015, AdvancedTranslate is disabled.

Since namespace name aliases cannot be localised via translatewiki.net's Special:AdvancedTranslate because of their highly technical nature, you must make a request at support. Please list pairs of alias names, and their corresponding English namespace names. As a rule of thumb, whenever you alter namespace names via Special:AdvancedTranslate, and there is a wiki using the affected language as its default language, do report it!

Sitename/project namespace on Wikimedia wikis

If the sitename at your project is not localized, you should contact the other contributors at your project and find consensus about translation, then open a request at Phabricator; see m:Requesting wiki configuration changes.

Other technical issues

On MediaWiki, much more can be localised: see mw:Localisation#What can be localised.

Exports

Languages with translation completion less than 0% are not committed to version control. If the project consists of multiple message groups, the limit is applied to each group separately.

Wikimedia Gerrit
Translation updates are exported to version control every day
GitHub
Translation updates are exported to version control every Monday and Thursday. (Export threshold is 25 %)

Activity


Translation statistics

The numbers shown below are cached and may not show the latest status. See this stats page for always up-to-date statistics.

Language Messages Untranslated Completion Reviewed Outdated
aae: Arbëresh 48,094 46,837 2% 0% 1%
abs: Ambonese Malay 48,094 47,098 2% 0% 1%
ace: Achinese 48,098 45,625 5% 7% 1%
acm: Iraqi Arabic 48,095 44,402 7% 3% 1%
ady-cyrl: Adyghe (Cyrillic script) 48,094 46,318 3% 89% 1%
aeb-arab: Tunisian Arabic (Arabic script) 48,094 46,970 2% 0% 1%
af: Afrikaans 48,129 38,758 19% 9% 2%
aln: Gheg Albanian 48,109 45,883 4% 0% 2%
alt: Southern Altai 48,096 42,607 11% 88% 1%
am: Amharic 48,096 45,879 4% 4% 1%
ami: Amis 48,095 46,513 3% 0% 1%
an: Aragonese 48,141 43,809 8% 0% 2%
ang: Old English 48,095 46,003 4% 0% 1%
ann: Obolo 48,094 46,568 3% 0% 1%
anp: Angika 48,105 45,192 6% 69% 1%
apc: Levantine Arabic 48,094 46,921 2% 2% 1%
ar: Arabic 48,789 6,419 86% 69% 2%
arc: Aramaic 48,095 45,381 5% 1% 1%
arn: Mapuche 48,107 46,259 3% 0% 1%
arq: Algerian Arabic 48,095 46,018 4% 3% 1%
ary: Moroccan Arabic 48,114 45,043 6% 24% 1%
arz: Egyptian Arabic 48,217 41,583 13% 51% 1%
as: Assamese 48,174 39,413 18% 23% 2%
ast: Asturian 48,310 23,060 52% 4% 3%
atj: Atikamekw 48,094 46,637 3% 6% 1%
av: Avaric 48,105 46,422 3% 9% 1%
avk: Kotava 48,094 45,563 5% 20% 1%
awa: Awadhi 48,185 42,243 12% 28% 1%
az: Azerbaijani 48,226 35,531 26% 11% 1%
azb: South Azerbaijani 48,106 41,918 12% 21% 2%
ba: Bashkir 48,133 33,747 29% 44% 1%
ban: Balinese 48,346 38,088 21% 20% 1%
bar: Bavarian 48,099 45,922 4% 1% 1%
bbc-latn: Batak Toba (Latin script) 48,095 46,543 3% 0% 1%
bcc: Southern Balochi 48,196 44,248 8% 0% 1%
bci: Baoulé 48,118 45,300 5% 0% 1%
bcl: Central Bikol 48,119 40,978 14% 6% 1%
bdr: West Coast Bajau 48,094 46,990 2% 0% 1%
be: Belarusian 48,136 32,016 33% 9% 1%
be-tarask: Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography) 48,204 28,782 40% 8% 1%
bew: Betawi 48,097 38,004 20% 0% 1%
bg: Bulgarian 48,269 29,878 38% 81% 1%
bgc: Haryanvi 48,094 46,945 2% 0% 1%
bgn: Western Balochi 48,114 44,356 7% 0% 1%
bho: Bhojpuri 48,099 45,011 6% 11% 1%
bjn: Banjar 48,100 43,473 9% 2% 1%
blk: Pa'O 48,111 41,734 13% 39% 1%
bn: Bangla 48,440 24,721 48% 12% 1%
bo: Tibetan 48,094 46,814 2% 7% 1%
bpy: Bishnupriya 48,095 46,366 3% 0% 1%
bqi: Bakhtiari 48,129 44,542 7% 0% 1%
br: Breton 48,223 29,424 38% 0% 1%
bs: Bosnian 48,234 34,469 28% 10% 2%
btm: Batak Mandailing 48,094 46,552 3% 65% 1%
bto: Iriga Bicolano 48,096 46,722 2% 0% 1%
bxr: Russia Buriat 48,094 43,288 9% 69% 1%
ca: Catalan 48,210 28,728 40% 11% 2%
cdo: Mindong 48,108 45,842 4% 37% 1%
ce: Chechen 48,212 31,961 33% 0% 2%
ceb: Cebuano 48,095 46,673 2% 0% 1%
chn: Chinook Jargon 48,092 46,780 2% 0% 0%
ckb: Central Kurdish 48,197 38,321 20% 6% 1%
co: Corsican 48,094 46,633 3% 2% 1%
cpx-hans: Pu-Xian Min (Simplified Han script) 48,094 47,011 2% 0% 1%
cpx-hant: Pu-Xian Min (Traditional Han script) 48,094 46,974 2% 0% 1%
crh-cyrl: Crimean Tatar (Cyrillic script) 48,105 46,440 3% 0% 1%
crh-latn: Crimean Tatar (Latin script) 48,105 45,400 5% 0% 1%
crh-ro: Dobrujan Tatar 48,092 46,520 3% 0% 1%
cs: Czech 48,332 26,027 46% 31% 2%
csb: Kashubian 48,096 45,955 4% 8% 1%
cu: Church Slavic 48,100 46,246 3% 2% 1%
cv: Chuvash 48,115 41,601 13% 80% 1%
cy: Welsh 48,135 34,878 27% 10% 1%
da: Danish 48,178 31,599 34% 24% 2%
dag: Dagbani 48,101 42,498 11% 23% 1%
de: German 48,520 3,782 92% 25% 1%
de-formal: German (formal address) 48,095 46,248 3% 5% 1%
dga: Dagaare 48,094 44,034 8% 50% 1%
din: Dinka 48,094 47,076 2% 0% 1%
diq: Zazaki 48,319 33,581 30% 27% 2%
dsb: Lower Sorbian 48,132 38,655 19% 0% 3%
dtp: Central Dusun 48,095 46,072 4% 20% 1%
dty: Doteli 48,102 45,655 5% 3% 1%
ee: Ewe 48,094 46,795 2% 0% 1%
efi: Efik 48,094 46,867 2% 0% 0%
egl: Emilian 48,096 46,117 4% 0% 1%
el: Greek 48,246 24,333 49% 16% 2%
en: English 49,386 0 100% 0% 0%
eo: Esperanto 48,321 29,527 38% 8% 2%
es: Spanish 48,434 9,270 80% 25% 2%
et: Estonian 48,229 29,817 38% 11% 1%
eu: Basque 48,212 33,965 29% 73% 2%
ext: Extremaduran 48,110 46,027 4% 0% 1%
fa: Persian 48,426 17,729 63% 14% 2%
fat: Fanti 48,094 46,322 3% 22% 1%
ff: Fula 48,095 46,870 2% 0% 1%
fi: Finnish 48,330 21,522 55% 15% 1%
fit: Tornedalen Finnish 48,110 45,087 6% 0% 1%
fo: Faroese 48,103 43,726 9% 5% 2%
fon: Fon 48,094 46,720 2% 0% 1%
fr: French 49,219 1,630 96% 57% 1%
frc: Cajun French 48,096 46,763 2% 8% 1%
frp: Arpitan 48,219 38,410 20% 0% 3%
frr: Northern Frisian 48,102 43,013 10% 0% 1%
fur: Friulian 48,098 45,434 5% 1% 1%
fy: Western Frisian 48,186 40,464 16% 8% 1%
ga: Irish 48,111 45,534 5% 1% 1%
gaa: Ga 48,094 47,062 2% 6% 1%
gan-hans: Gan (Simplified Han script) 48,102 46,424 3% 0% 1%
gan-hant: Gan (Traditional Han script) 48,102 46,009 4% 0% 1%
gcf: Guadeloupean Creole 48,094 46,130 4% 22% 1%
gcr: Guianan Creole 48,097 46,244 3% 0% 1%
gd: Scottish Gaelic 48,216 43,327 10% 0% 1%
gl: Galician 48,472 17,024 64% 10% 2%
gld: Nanai 48,094 46,809 2% 2% 1%
glk: Gilaki 48,095 46,820 2% 0% 1%
gn: Guarani 48,095 46,275 3% 0% 1%
gom-deva: Goan Konkani (Devanagari script) 48,098 45,993 4% 24% 1%
gom-latn: Goan Konkani (Latin script) 48,101 44,719 7% 4% 1%
gor: Gorontalo 48,096 45,709 4% 0% 1%
got: Gothic 48,095 46,720 2% 0% 1%
gpe: Ghanaian Pidgin 48,094 46,256 3% 0% 1%
grc: Ancient Greek 48,099 44,574 7% 23% 1%
gsw: Alemannic 48,123 39,161 18% 0% 3%
gu: Gujarati 48,116 40,361 16% 9% 2%
guc: Wayuu 48,094 46,567 3% 13% 1%
gur: Frafra 48,094 42,048 12% 26% 1%
guw: Gun 48,095 43,575 9% 10% 1%
gv: Manx 48,095 46,593 3% 0% 1%
ha: Hausa 48,105 45,093 6% 14% 1%
hak: Hakka Chinese 48,115 46,289 3% 0% 1%
haw: Hawaiian 48,098 46,419 3% 0% 1%
he: Hebrew 48,367 2 99% 10% 1%
hi: Hindi 48,294 30,109 37% 12% 2%
hif-latn: Fiji Hindi (Latin script) 48,096 43,917 8% 0% 1%
hil: Hiligaynon 48,095 46,019 4% 1% 1%
hno: Northern Hindko 48,115 47,132 2% 0% 1%
hr: Croatian 48,281 31,503 34% 15% 2%
hrx: Hunsrik 48,094 43,869 8% 1% 1%
hsb: Upper Sorbian 48,171 34,308 28% 4% 3%
hsn: Xiang Chinese 48,096 46,848 2% 0% 1%
ht: Haitian Creole 48,095 44,820 6% 0% 1%
hu: Hungarian 48,196 24,222 49% 16% 2%
hy: Armenian 48,160 39,900 17% 15% 1%
hyw: Western Armenian 48,117 45,253 5% 1% 1%
ia: Interlingua 48,385 0 100% 3% 0%
ibb: Ibibio 48,094 46,864 2% 0% 0%
id: Indonesian 48,367 23,099 52% 8% 2%
ie: Interlingue 48,099 45,045 6% 7% 1%
ig: Igbo 48,101 44,414 7% 1% 1%
igl: Igala 48,094 46,484 3% 0% 1%
ilo: Iloko 48,119 38,939 19% 0% 2%
inh: Ingush 48,105 42,114 12% 28% 1%
io: Ido 48,132 38,457 20% 0% 1%
is: Icelandic 48,451 36,438 24% 1% 1%
it: Italian 48,309 16,258 66% 9% 1%
ja: Japanese 48,596 14,521 70% 14% 1%
jam: Jamaican Creole English 48,094 46,702 2% 0% 1%
jbo: Lojban 48,098 47,126 2% 3% 1%
jut: Jutish 48,095 46,558 3% 0% 1%
jv: Javanese 48,160 37,478 22% 2% 2%
ka: Georgian 48,274 34,330 28% 19% 3%
kaa: Kara-Kalpak 48,133 43,030 10% 7% 1%
kab: Kabyle 48,104 43,114 10% 1% 1%
kai: Karekare 48,094 46,789 2% 0% 1%
kbd-cyrl: Kabardian (Cyrillic script) 48,094 46,602 3% 0% 1%
kcg: Tyap 48,107 43,574 9% 0% 1%
kea: Kabuverdianu 48,094 46,748 2% 10% 1%
kge: Komering 48,094 45,355 5% 1% 1%
khw: Khowar 48,104 46,047 4% 0% 1%
kiu: Kirmanjki 48,105 46,452 3% 0% 1%
kjh: Khakas 48,099 43,262 10% 3% 1%
kjp: Eastern Pwo 48,103 45,804 4% 11% 1%
kk-arab: Kazakh (Arabic script) 48,158 46,325 3% 0% 2%
kk-cyrl: Kazakh (Cyrillic script) 48,214 38,300 20% 14% 2%
kk-latn: Kazakh (Latin script) 48,155 46,326 3% 0% 2%
km: Khmer 48,121 39,675 17% 1% 1%
kn: Kannada 48,103 42,444 11% 24% 1%
ko: Korean 48,401 14,616 69% 12% 2%
ko-kp: Korean (North Korea) 48,100 45,241 5% 3% 1%
koi: Komi-Permyak 48,094 42,955 10% 1% 1%
kr: Kanuri 48,094 46,839 2% 0% 1%
krc: Karachay-Balkar 48,181 38,299 20% 0% 1%
kri: Krio 48,092 46,665 2% 27% 1%
krl: Karelian 48,094 46,682 2% 88% 1%
ks-arab: Kashmiri (Arabic script) 48,137 44,548 7% 53% 1%
ksh: Colognian 48,422 31,918 34% 0% 5%
ksw: S'gaw Karen 48,098 46,724 2% 81% 1%
ku-latn: Kurdish (Latin script) 48,155 41,152 14% 22% 1%
kum: Kumyk 48,094 46,630 3% 12% 1%
kus: Kʋsaal 48,094 43,985 8% 0% 1%
kv: Komi 48,094 43,272 10% 0% 1%
kw: Cornish 48,099 45,779 4% 0% 1%
ky: Kyrgyz 48,141 42,260 12% 12% 1%
la: Latin 48,123 45,265 5% 2% 1%
lad: Ladino 48,114 46,214 3% 0% 1%
lb: Luxembourgish 48,245 23,515 51% 7% 2%
lbe: Lak 48,096 46,942 2% 0% 1%
lez: Lezghian 48,096 46,350 3% 9% 1%
lfn: Lingua Franca Nova 48,114 43,320 9% 3% 1%
lg: Ganda 48,098 46,956 2% 0% 1%
li: Limburgish 48,119 39,570 17% 2% 2%
lij: Ligurian 48,139 35,281 26% 5% 1%
lki: Laki 48,129 41,426 13% 0% 2%
lld: Ladin 48,094 45,960 4% 23% 1%
lmo: Lombard 48,116 37,071 22% 2% 1%
lo: Lao 48,099 46,452 3% 14% 1%
lrc: Northern Luri 48,153 42,990 10% 0% 2%
lt: Lithuanian 48,271 18,072 62% 10% 2%
lus: Mizo 48,102 45,249 5% 0% 1%
luz: Southern Luri 48,096 46,389 3% 39% 1%
lv: Latvian 48,135 36,132 24% 10% 2%
lzh: Literary Chinese 48,139 45,073 6% 16% 1%
lzz: Laz 48,094 46,738 2% 0% 1%
mad: Madurese 48,098 46,615 3% 11% 1%
mag: Magahi 48,095 43,012 10% 0% 1%
mai: Maithili 48,126 42,304 12% 4% 1%
map-bms: Basa Banyumasan 48,103 45,679 5% 4% 1%
mdf: Moksha 48,097 42,745 11% 7% 1%
mg: Malagasy 48,098 43,039 10% 0% 1%
mhr: Eastern Mari 48,098 42,117 12% 73% 1%
min: Minangkabau 48,143 43,078 10% 20% 1%
mk: Macedonian 48,750 6,026 87% 9% 1%
ml: Malayalam 48,300 34,825 27% 7% 3%
mn: Mongolian 48,108 44,590 7% 0% 1%
mnc: Manchu 48,095 46,891 2% 39% 1%
mnc-mong: Manchu (Mongolian script) 48,095 46,958 2% 0% 1%
mni: Manipuri 48,110 45,269 5% 11% 1%
mnw: Mon 48,105 44,839 6% 0% 1%
mo: Moldovan 48,095 47,121 2% 6% 1%
mos: Mossi 48,094 41,377 13% 0% 1%
mr: Marathi 48,211 36,823 23% 41% 3%
mrh: Mara 48,096 45,434 5% 70% 1%
mrj: Western Mari 48,092 45,388 5% 41% 1%
ms: Malay 48,222 31,526 34% 5% 3%
ms-arab: Malay (Jawi script) 48,106 45,840 4% 0% 1%
mt: Maltese 48,144 40,297 16% 5% 3%
mui: Musi 48,095 47,078 2% 0% 1%
mwl: Mirandese 48,112 45,307 5% 0% 1%
my: Burmese 48,142 36,628 23% 29% 1%
myv: Erzya 48,103 42,203 12% 30% 1%
mzn: Mazanderani 48,100 46,116 4% 0% 1%
nah: Nāhuatl 48,095 45,841 4% 0% 1%
nan: Minnan 48,110 46,246 3% 7% 1%
nap: Neapolitan 48,122 38,481 20% 2% 2%
nb: Norwegian Bokmål 48,513 4,838 90% 13% 1%
nds: Low German 48,106 43,811 8% 0% 2%
nds-nl: Low Saxon 48,116 42,321 12% 0% 1%
ne: Nepali 48,310 37,221 22% 2% 2%
nia: Nias 48,096 46,152 4% 7% 1%
nit: కొలామి 48,094 46,923 2% 22% 0%
nl: Dutch 48,337 3,935 91% 21% 0%
nl-informal: Dutch (informal address) 48,095 46,958 2% 12% 1%
nmz: Nawdm 48,095 46,899 2% 7% 1%
nn: Norwegian Nynorsk 48,161 35,812 25% 1% 3%
nod: Northern Thai 48,095 46,874 2% 0% 1%
nog: Nogai 48,094 46,888 2% 4% 1%
nqo: N’Ko 48,112 39,343 18% 2% 1%
nso: Northern Sotho 48,095 46,795 2% 0% 1%
nyn: Nyankole 48,094 46,799 2% 0% 1%
nyo: Nyoro 48,094 46,744 2% 0% 0%
nys: Nyungar 48,094 46,915 2% 24% 1%
oc: Occitan 48,147 34,752 27% 13% 2%
ojb: Northwestern Ojibwa 48,095 46,636 3% 0% 1%
olo: Livvi-Karelian 48,098 42,349 11% 31% 1%
om: Oromo 48,095 46,222 3% 91% 1%
or: Odia 48,119 41,101 14% 41% 3%
os: Ossetic 48,105 45,570 5% 1% 1%
pa: Punjabi 48,134 41,487 13% 14% 1%
pam: Pampanga 48,104 46,154 4% 0% 1%
pap: Papiamento 48,094 46,567 3% 66% 1%
pcd: Picard 48,096 46,688 2% 0% 1%
pcm: Nigerian Pidgin 48,094 46,824 2% 0% 1%
pdc: Pennsylvania German 48,096 46,595 3% 0% 1%
pfl: Palatine German 48,094 45,457 5% 1% 1%
piu: Pintupi-Luritja 48,096 47,058 2% 0% 0%
pl: Polish 48,405 15,100 68% 13% 2%
pms: Piedmontese 48,155 35,121 27% 0% 4%
pnb: Western Punjabi 48,172 41,030 14% 1% 2%
pnt: Pontic 48,094 46,931 2% 0% 1%
prg: Prussian 48,094 45,633 5% 0% 1%
ps: Pashto 48,228 39,812 17% 3% 2%
pt: Portuguese 48,404 3,333 93% 14% 2%
pt-br: Brazilian Portuguese 48,710 7,009 85% 31% 2%
pwn: Paiwan 48,095 46,655 2% 0% 1%
qqq: Message documentation 49,384 766 98% 3% 0%
qu: Quechua 48,113 43,104 10% 0% 2%
rif: Riffian 48,093 47,071 2% 43% 1%
rki: Arakanese 48,094 46,202 3% 93% 1%
rm: Romansh 48,099 45,041 6% 0% 2%
rmc: Carpathian Romani 48,094 46,631 3% 8% 1%
rn: Rundi 48,094 46,582 3% 0% 1%
ro: Romanian 48,204 31,024 35% 7% 2%
roa-tara: Tarantino 48,425 22,503 53% 26% 2%
rsk: Pannonian Rusyn 48,097 44,041 8% 0% 1%
ru: Russian 48,578 11,661 75% 28% 1%
rue: Rusyn 48,105 41,670 13% 1% 2%
rut: Rutul 48,094 46,864 2% 0% 0%
rw: Kinyarwanda 48,093 46,761 2% 0% 1%
ryu: Okinawan 48,094 46,904 2% 3% 1%
sa: Sanskrit 48,105 42,238 12% 4% 2%
sah: Yakut 48,114 39,002 18% 48% 2%
sat: Santali 48,097 45,802 4% 75% 1%
sc: Sardinian 48,120 45,338 5% 4% 1%
scn: Sicilian 48,153 35,597 26% 2% 1%
sco: Scots 48,099 41,114 14% 7% 2%
sd: Sindhi 48,235 37,383 22% 11% 1%
sdc: Sassarese Sardinian 48,103 44,789 6% 13% 1%
sdh: Southern Kurdish 48,114 45,268 5% 0% 1%
se: Northern Sami 48,121 40,305 16% 24% 1%
ses: Koyraboro Senni 48,240 44,718 7% 0% 1%
sgs: Samogitian 48,096 45,590 5% 0% 1%
sh-latn: Serbo-Croatian (Latin script) 48,157 30,824 35% 0% 1%
shi: Tachelhit 48,099 46,135 4% 64% 1%
shn: Shan 48,096 43,603 9% 23% 1%
shy-latn: Shawiya (Latin script) 48,094 46,134 4% 0% 1%
si: Sinhala 48,224 39,190 18% 3% 3%
sjd: Kildin Sami 48,108 46,333 3% 0% 1%
sje: Pite Sami 48,099 45,649 5% 1% 1%
sk: Slovak 48,160 35,029 27% 8% 3%
skr-arab: Saraiki (Arabic script) 48,137 39,611 17% 0% 1%
sl: Slovenian 48,883 4,660 90% 4% 1%
sli: Lower Silesian 48,094 45,792 4% 0% 1%
smn: Inari Sami 48,111 42,174 12% 9% 1%
sms: Skolt Sami 48,147 41,225 14% 0% 1%
sn: Shona 48,094 45,756 4% 3% 1%
so: Somali 48,095 46,082 4% 0% 1%
sq: Albanian 48,118 39,019 18% 9% 2%
sr-ec: Serbian (Cyrillic script) 48,454 22,771 53% 21% 1%
sr-el: Serbian (Latin script) 48,484 26,188 45% 1% 2%
sro: Campidanese Sardinian 48,094 46,720 2% 0% 1%
stq: Saterland Frisian 48,106 44,375 7% 0% 2%
sty: Siberian Tatar 48,094 46,697 2% 83% 1%
su: Sundanese 48,104 42,421 11% 12% 1%
sv: Swedish 48,374 11,322 76% 30% 3%
sw: Swahili 48,108 42,738 11% 9% 2%
syl: Sylheti 48,097 45,667 5% 44% 1%
szl: Silesian 48,096 45,070 6% 14% 1%
szy: Sakizaya 48,116 41,025 14% 0% 2%
ta: Tamil 48,121 38,400 20% 5% 2%
tay: Tayal 48,096 44,506 7% 96% 1%
tcy: Tulu 48,105 44,057 8% 34% 1%
tdd: Tai Nuea 48,095 45,664 5% 0% 1%
te: Telugu 48,307 32,213 33% 12% 2%
tet: Tetum 48,096 46,952 2% 0% 1%
tg-cyrl: Tajik (Cyrillic script) 48,146 42,717 11% 5% 2%
tg-latn: Tajik (Latin script) 48,109 45,495 5% 0% 2%
th: Thai 48,247 30,146 37% 16% 2%
ti: Tigrinya 48,132 44,459 7% 0% 1%
tk: Turkmen 48,098 40,453 15% 0% 3%
tl: Tagalog 48,415 36,623 24% 4% 4%
tly: Talysh 48,106 43,054 10% 0% 1%
to: Tongan 48,096 47,076 2% 0% 1%
tok: Toki Pona 48,102 46,867 2% 0% 1%
tr: Turkish 48,456 4,994 89% 68% 2%
trv: Taroko 48,096 46,349 3% 63% 1%
tt-cyrl: Tatar (Cyrillic script) 48,185 39,414 18% 20% 1%
tt-latn: Tatar (Latin script) 48,110 46,292 3% 0% 1%
ttj: Tooro 48,094 46,746 2% 0% 1%
tum: Tumbuka 48,094 46,525 3% 0% 1%
tw: Twi 48,101 45,400 5% 3% 1%
tyv: Tuvinian 48,103 42,801 11% 30% 1%
tzm: Central Atlas Tamazight 48,114 46,985 2% 7% 1%
udm: Udmurt 48,098 42,599 11% 11% 1%
ug-arab: Uyghur (Arabic script) 48,159 42,696 11% 1% 2%
uk: Ukrainian 48,985 6,434 86% 57% 2%
ur: Urdu 48,205 35,953 25% 3% 2%
uz: Uzbek 48,149 41,675 13% 2% 1%
vec: Venetian 48,202 39,902 17% 0% 3%
vep: Veps 48,134 41,690 13% 4% 1%
vi: Vietnamese 48,509 24,508 49% 14% 2%
vmw: Makhuwa 48,094 46,832 2% 2% 1%
vo: Volapük 48,098 44,503 7% 1% 2%
vro: Võro 48,104 45,596 5% 11% 1%
wa: Walloon 48,105 44,730 7% 14% 1%
wal: Wolaytta 48,094 45,485 5% 8% 1%
war: Waray 48,102 44,643 7% 0% 1%
wls: Wallisian 48,099 46,187 3% 0% 1%
wo: Wolof 48,107 46,169 4% 0% 1%
wuu-hans: Wu (Simplified Han script) 48,106 45,391 5% 0% 1%
wuu-hant: Wu (Traditional Han script) 48,099 45,777 4% 13% 1%
xal: Kalmyk 48,094 41,893 12% 2% 1%
xmf: Mingrelian 48,276 39,749 17% 4% 1%
xsy: Saisiyat 48,095 46,669 2% 0% 1%
yi: Yiddish 48,191 38,416 20% 3% 1%
yo: Yoruba 48,096 43,173 10% 6% 1%
yrl: Nheengatu 48,107 45,690 5% 8% 1%
yue-hant: Cantonese (Traditional Han script) 48,175 39,881 17% 0% 2%
zea: Zeelandic 48,094 47,033 2% 0% 1%
zgh: Standard Moroccan Tamazight 48,097 45,386 5% 19% 1%
zh-hans: Simplified Chinese 48,642 6,150 87% 27% 1%
zh-hant: Traditional Chinese 48,461 3,187 93% 7% 1%
All 392 languages together 18,880,628 15,779,594 16% 16% 1%

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