Template talk:ethnologue

=Usage= See also for specifying the ISO 639-1 or 639-3 codes.

=Discussion=

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As Wiktionary uses ISO 639-1 codes when available, I think we should note that on entry pages for language names when applicable. As this is the most common template on those pages, I was wondering if we could add an optional parameter for the 639-1 code here. If we mention the 639-1 before the 639-3 code, this might help newbie editors pick the right one in their own editing, causing fewer problems with WT:BP.

Since the Ethnolgue doesn't include ancient, historical, and constructed languages, I've created a mirror of this template at (they contributed those codes to the ISO 639-3 standard). If it's not there either there's the general purpose (maybe if this works out,  and  could be custom calls of this one). See usages at Ido and Polish using the generalized template. --Bequw → ¢ • τ 23:29, 25 August 2008 (UTC)