Template:Native name/doc
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An inline formatting template, based on {{Lang}}, for indicating the official/defacto name in a language other than English. By default, the native name is displayed in italics, followed by the language's name in parentheses.
This is a documentation subpage for Template:Native name. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
This template is used on approximately 21,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them. |
Template:Native phrase redirects here.
This template uses Lua: |
For {{native name}} error messages appearing in various infoboxes, see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Infoboxes/Archive 11#native name parameters. |
The template's defaults can be overridden and the parenthesis excluded, in which case there may be no visible changes to the text where it's used. An HTML span, however, still identifies the native name as a linguistic element, meaning that web browsers and screen readers can select a particular font, formatting, pronunciation, etc., for it.
For multiple native names, use {{native name list}}