Help:Babel
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Babel is an extension which allow users to display on their user page information about what languages they speak and understand.
Syntax
Babel can be added using the babel parser function. Multiple languages can be added using pipes.
{{#babel:en-N|es-2|fr-5|zh-0}}
produces
| Babel user information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||
| Users by language |
Languages and Levels
All MediaWiki languages are compatible with Babel and can be displayed using their language code. So en is English, es Spanish, jp Japanese, etc.
There are seven user levels:
- 0
- Don't understand
- 1
- Basic ability
- 2
- Intermediate ability
- 3
- Advanced level
- 4
- Near-native level
- 5
- Professional level
- N
- Native speaker
Categories
Babel automatically adds you to the relevant language category. For example, adding sv-1 to your Babel adds you to both Category:Sv and Category:Sv-1. A full list of language categories to which users have been previously added can be found at Category:Users by language.
