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{{Language templates}}
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This module is used by {{tlx|wikt-lang}}. It is inspired by the templates [[wikt:Template:m|{{((}}m{{))}}]] and [[wikt:Template:l|{{((}}l{{))}}]] and their associated modules on Wiktionary. It has a Wiktionary link function that links to the correct section of the Wiktionary entry, and applies correct language formatting and italics. The language-tagging function does most of what {{t|lang}} does, except that italics can't be customized and categories aren't added.

The module uses [[Module:Language/data]] to retrieve the language name for a language code, and to perform the necessary entry-name replacements (for instance, removing macrons from Latin entry names). These are unfortunately not automatically retrieved from Wiktionary's [[wikt:Category:Language data modules|language data modules]]. For language codes that do not have a <code>name</code> value in this module, the language name is fetched with <code>mw.language.fetchLanguage</code>. When <code>mw.language.fetchLanguage</code> does not fetch the correct language name (or any language name at all), please add it to [[Module:language/data]], and similarly when the correct entry name is not generated, please add the entry name replacements to the module.

===Examples===
* {{mlx|Language|wikt|en|language}} -> {{#invoke:Language|wikt|en|language}}
* {{mlx|Language|wikt|en|language|languages}} -> {{#invoke:Language|wikt|en|language|languages}}
* {{mlx|Language|wikt|fr|bourguignon}} -> {{#invoke:Language|wikt|fr|bourguignon}}
* {{mlx|Language|wikt|la|homō}} -> {{#invoke:Language|wikt|la|homō}}
* {{mlx|Language|wikt|grc|δημοκρατίᾱ}} -> {{#invoke:Language|wikt|grc|δημοκρατίᾱ}}
* {{mlx|Language|wikt|ru|язы́к}} -> {{#invoke:Language|wikt|ru|язы́к}}
* {{mlx|Language|wikt|ar|العَرَبِيَّة}} -> {{#invoke:Language|wikt|ar|العَرَبِيَّة}} 
* {{mlx|Language|wikt|fa|فارسی}} -> {{#invoke:Language|wikt|fa|فارسی}} 
* {{mlx|Language|wikt|ine-x-proto|*h₂enǵʰ-}} -> {{#invoke:Language|wikt|ine-x-proto|*h₂enǵʰ-}}

====Invalid codes====
* {{mlx|Language|wikt|EN|language}} -> {{#invoke:Language|wikt|EN|language}}
* {{mlx|Language|wikt|En|language|languages}} -> {{#invoke:Language|wikt|En|language|languages}}
* {{mlx|Language|wikt|La|homō}} -> {{#invoke:Language|wikt|La|homō}}
* {{mlx|Language|wikt|Grc|δημοκρατίᾱ}} -> {{#invoke:Language|wikt|Grc|δημοκρατίᾱ}}
* {{mlx|Language|wikt|Ru|язы́к}} -> {{#invoke:Language|wikt|Ru|язы́к}}
* {{mlx|Language|wikt|Ar|العَرَبِيَّة}} -> {{#invoke:Language|wikt|Ar|العَرَبِيَّة}} 
* {{mlx|Language|wikt|Fa|فارسی}} -> {{#invoke:Language|wikt|Fa|فارسی}} 

====Errors====
* {{mlx|Language|wikt|en-Latin|language}} -> {{#invoke:Language|wikt|en-Latin|language}}

== Tracking categories ==
* {{Category link with count|Language module errors}}
* {{Category link with count|Language module reconstructed with no asterisk}}
* {{Category link with count|Language module using redirect code}}

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