User language templates aid multilingual communication by making it easier to contact someone who speaks a certain language. The idea originated on the Wikimedia Commons and has also been implemented on Meta-Wiki and some of the other Wikipedias, to varying extents. To participate, you can add the Babel template to your user page by following these instructions:

  • Start off with {{Babel-
  • Then add the number of language templates you want to display, followed by |
    • e.g. {{Babel-3| for three languages
  • Next add one of the following codes for each language you speak, separated by |, where xx is the Wikipedia code for the language:
    • xx-0 if you don't understand the language at all. Don't use it for every language that you don't know; only when there is some reason why you might be expected to know it.
    • xx-1 for basic command (the ability to understand the language well enough to use an article as a source for writings in one's own language and to ask or answer simple questions)
    • xx-2 ability to modify articles and to participate in discussions
    • xx-3 for advanced or fluent understanding (the ability to write articles in this language without difficulties, minor errors may occur)
    • xx-4 if you have a grasp of the language comparable to a native speaker, but are not a native speaker
    • xx if you're a native speaker
  • Then finish by adding closing braces: }}
Бабел
mn Энэ хэрэглэгчийн төрөлх хэл нь монгол хэл.
ja-4 この利用者は母語に近いレベル日本語を話します。
en-3 This user is able to contribute with an advanced level of English.
fr-2 Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau moyen en français.
es-1 Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel básico de español.
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Хайлтын хэрэглэгчийн хэл

So, for example, {{Babel-2|en|de-1}} would indicate a native speaker of English with basic knowledge of German. {{Babel-5|mn|ja-4|!|en-3|fr-2|es-1|gn-0}} would indicate a native speaker of Mongol with a very good, command of Japanese, advanced knowledge of English, an intermediate knowledge of Turkish, a basic knowledge of Spanish and no knowledge of Guarani.

You can also add stand-alone language templates by following the {{User xx-1}} format.

These templates add you to the category associated with your level of understanding, and to the overall category for that language.

To find someone who speaks a particular language, see user languages, and follow the links. For the most part, the two and three letter codes are taken from ISO 639, but see this list for a comprehensive guide.

You can help expand this system by creating templates for your language. Categories have already been created for most languages which have editions of Wikipedia containing over a hundred articles; they just need labelling up! It's recommended to copy the English or French versions when expanding the scheme, as most of the languages listed here are incomplete.

Note that all sign languages currently use the same template, with language code "sgn". The particular sign language can be specified within the template itself. The use of this parameter requires the user to perform an extra step when using the {{Babel-X}} templates, described here.

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ab - Аҧсуа (Abkhaz)

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als - Alemannisch (Alemannic)

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am - አማርኛ (Amharic)

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ar - العربية (Arabic)

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arc - ܐܪܡܝܐ (Aramaic)

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as - অসমীয়া (Assamese)

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av - Авар (Avar)

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ba - Башқорт (Bashkir)

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be - Беларуская (Belarusian)

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bg - Български (Bulgarian)

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bh - भोजपुरी (Bhojpuri)

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bm - Bamanankan (Bambara)

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bn - বাংলা / Bānglā (Bengali)

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bo - བོད་ཡིག (Tibetan)

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ce - Нохчийн (Chechen)

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ceb - Sugbuanon (Cebuano)

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chy - Tsetsêhestâhese (Cheyenne)

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csb - Kaszëbsczi (Kashubian)

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cv - Чӑваш (Chuvash)

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dz - རྫོང་ཁ (Dzongkha)

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el - Ελληνικά (Greek)

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fa - فارسی (Persian)

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ff - Fulfulde (Fula)

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fj - Vosa vaka-Viti (Fijian)

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got - 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌳𐌰 (Gothic)

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grc - Ελληνική (Ancient Greek)

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gu - ગુજરાતી (Gujarati)

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he - עברית (Hebrew)

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hess - Hessisch (Hessian)

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hi - हिन्दी (Hindi)

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hy - Հայերեն (Armenian)

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id - Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)

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iu - ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ (Inuktitut)

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jv - Basa Jawa/Basa Jawi (Javanese)

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ka - ქართული / Kartuli (Georgian)

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ke - Κοινή Ελληνική (Koine Greek)

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kk - Қазақша (Kazakh)

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km - ភាសាខ្មែរ (Khmer)

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kn - ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)

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ks - कश्मीरी / كشميري (Kashmiri)

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ku - Kurdî / كوردی (Kurdish)

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kv - Коми (Komi)

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ky - Кыргызча (Kyrgyz)

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lb - Lëtzebuergesch (Luxembourgish)

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lo - ພາສາລາວ (Lao)

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lzz - Lazuri Nena/Chanuri (Laz)

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mk - Македонски (Macedonian)

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ml - മലയാളം (Malayalam)

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mn - Монгол (Mongolian)

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mo - Moldovenească (Moldovan)

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mr - मराठी (Marathi)

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ms - Bahasa Melayu (Malay)

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my - ဗမာစာ (Burmese)

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na - Ekakairũ Naoero (Nauruan)

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nds - Plattdüütsch (Low Saxon)

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ne - नेपाली (Nepali)

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nl - Nederlands (Dutch)

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nv - Diné bizaad (Navajo)

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oc - Langue d'Oc (Occitan)

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or - ଓଡ଼ିଆ (Oriya)

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os - Ирон æвзаг (Ossetian)

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pa - ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Punjabi)

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roa-rup - Armâneaşti (Aromanian)

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ru - Русский (Russian)

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sa - संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit)

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sd - सिनधि (Sindhi)

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si - සිංහල (Sinhala)

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simple - Simple English (Simple English )

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sk - Slovenčina (Slovak)

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sl - Slovenščina (Slovene)

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sm - Gagana Samoa (Samoan)

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so - Soomaaliga (Somali)

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sr - српски (Serbian)

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ta - தமிழ் (Tamil)

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te - తెలుగు (Telugu)

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tg - Тоҷикӣ (Tajik)

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th - ภาษาไทย (Thai)

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tk - Türkmençe (Turkmen)

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tlh - tlhIngan Hol (Klingon)

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to - Faka Tonga (Tongan)

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tum - chiTumbuka (Tumbuka)

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ty - Reo Mā`ohi (Tahitian)

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uk - Українська (Ukrainian)

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ur - اردو (Urdu)

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uz - Ўзбек (Uzbek)

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vi - Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)

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yi - ייִדיש (Yiddish)

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zh-min-nan - Bân-lâm-gú (Min Nan)

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zh-yue - 粵語/粤语 (Cantonese)

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