Module:Lang

This module exists primarily to provide correct html markup for non-English language text where that text is used in the English Wikipedia. It has a secondary purpose of providing correct visual rendering for this non-English text. The module was developed to consolidate processing for {{Lang}}, the {{lang-??}} (most), and {{Transl}} templates into a single source and to use a clearly defined data set extracted from international standards. It provides error checking and reporting to ensure that the html rendered is correct for browsers and screen readers.

Other templates that get language name support from this module are:

• {{Native name}}

Data set

The data set is specified in Module:Language/name/data and its included data modules:

• language tag-and-name data
  • Module:Language/data/iana languages – from IANA language-subtag-registry file
  • Module:Language/data/ISO 639-3 – from sil.org UTF-8 Complete Code Tables Set
  • Module:Language/data/wp languages – sourcing for the data in this module is unknown
• language script data
  • Module:Language/data/iana scripts – from IANA language-subtag-registry file
• language region data
  • Module:Language/data/iana regions – from IANA language-subtag-registry file
• language variant data
  • Module:Language/data/iana variants – from IANA language-subtag-registry file
• suppressed-script data
  • Module:Language/data/iana suppressed scripts – from IANA language-subtag-registry file

The data set also includes supplementary data modules:

• override and other non-standard data
  • Module:Lang/data – For example, when IANA disagrees with ISO 639-3 or when the standard language name is cumbersome or contains information not suitable for use in article space, the override table can hold that language information
  • Module:Lang/ISO 639 synonyms – maps three character ISO 639-2, -2T, -3 codes to two character ISO 639-1 codes – from Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages
  • Module:Lang/name to tag – reversed language tag-and-name data so that the language name is the key and the language tag is the value

Error messages and categorization

Mainspace articles that have errors are placed in appropriate error categories:

• Category:lang and lang-xx template errors (2)
• Category:transl template errors (0)

Maintenance categories:

• Category:Lang and lang-xx code promoted to ISO 639-1 (0)

See also

MoS on foreign words:

• Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting § Foreign terms

---

--[=[
This is an experiment to see what is required to consolodate all of the myriad {{lang-xx}} templates
and their subtemplates into a single module with a data table

{{lang-es}} has parameters:
{{{1}}} text - required
{{{link}}} or {{{links}}} defaults to 'yes'
{{{lit}}} literal translation

{{language with name}} has parameters:
{{{1}}} iso language code - required
{{{2}}} language name in English - superfluous?
{{{3}}} text - required
{{{4}}} or {{{lit}}} literal translation
{{{link}}} or {{{links}}} set to 'no' disables '{{{2}} language' wikilinks
{{{rtl}}} passed through to {{lang}}
{{{nocat}}} passed through to {{lang}}

{{lang}} has parameters:
{{{1}}} iso language code - required
{{{2}}} text - required
{{{rtl}}} if set to any value, set dir="rtl" attribute and inserts &lrm; after the </span> tag
{{{nocat}}} if set to any value, disables categorization

How it works now:
	1. {{lang-es}} receives text as {{{1}}} to which it adds italic markup, sets |links to {{{link}}} or {{{links}}} or yes, sets |lit to {{{lit}}}, and calls {{language with name}}.  {{{rtl}}} ignored for this example
	2. {{language with name}} renders [[Spanish language|Spanish]] ({{{links}}} not set) or Spanish ({{{links}}} set) and calls {{lang}}
	3. {{lang}} wraps the text in the <span lang="es">text</span> and adds categorization
]=]

require('Module:No globals');
local p = {};

local getArgs = require ('Module:Arguments').getArgs;
local lang_name_table = require ('Module:Language/name/data');
local lang_data =  mw.loadData ('Module:Lang/data');

local namespace = mw.title.getCurrentTitle().namespace;							-- used for categorization


--[[--------------------------< I S _ S E T >------------------------------------------------------------------

Returns true if argument is set; false otherwise. Argument is 'set' when it exists (not nil) or when it is not an empty string.

]]

local function is_set( var )
	return not (var == nil or var == '');
end


--[=[-------------------------< M A K E _ W I K I L I N K >----------------------------------------------------

Makes a wikilink; when both link and display text is provided, returns a wikilink in the form [[L|D]]; if only
link is provided, returns a wikilink in the form [[L]]; if neither are provided or link is omitted, returns an
empty string.

]=]

local function make_wikilink (link, display)
	if is_set (link) then
		if is_set (display) then
			return table.concat ({'[[', link, '|', display, ']]'});
		else
			return table.concat ({'[[', link, ']]'});
		end
	else
		return '';
	end
end


--[[--------------------------< M A K E _ T E X T _ S P A N >--------------------------------------------------

]]

local function make_text_span (code, text, rtl, italic, size)
	local span = {};

	table.insert (span, '<span lang="');										-- open <span> tag
	table.insert (span,  code);													-- language attribute
	table.insert (span, '"');
	if is_set (rtl) then
		table.insert (span, ' dir="rtl"');										-- for right to left languages
	end
	if is_set (size) then														-- {{lang}} only
		table.insert (span, table.concat ({' style="font-size:', size, ';"'}))
	end
	table.insert (span, '>');													-- close the opening span tag
	if 'yes' == italic then
		table.insert (span, table.concat ({"''", text, "''"}));					-- text with italic markup
	else
		table.insert (span, text);												-- DEFAULT: text is not italicized
	end
	table.insert (span, '</span>');												-- close the span
	if is_set (rtl) then
		table.insert (span, '&lrm;');											-- make sure the browser knows that we're at the end of the rtl
	end
	
	return table.concat (span);													-- put it all together and done
end


--[[--------------------------< M A K E _ C A T E G O R Y >----------------------------------------------------

]]

local function make_category (code, language_name, nocat)
	local cat = {};
	
	if (0 ~= namespace) or nocat then											-- only categorize in article space
		return '';																-- return empty string for concatenation
	end
	
	table.insert (cat, '[[Category:Articles containing ');
	
	if ('en' == code) or ('eng' == code) then
		table.insert (cat, 'explicitly cited English');
	elseif 'art' == code then
		table.insert (cat, 'constructed')
	else
		table.insert (cat, language_name);
	end
	
	table.insert (cat, '-language text]]');

	return table.concat (cat);	
end


--[[--------------------------< M A K E _ T R A N S L I T >----------------------------------------------------

return translit <span>...</span> else return empty string

The value |script= is not used in {{transl}} for this purpose; instead it uses |code.  Because language scripts
are listed in the {{transl}} switches they are included in the data tables.  The script parameter is introduced
at {{Language with name and transliteration}}.  If |script= is set, this function uses it in preference to code.

]]

local function make_translit (code, language_name, translit, std, script)
	local title;
	local tout = {};
	local title_table = lang_data.translit_title_table;						-- table of transliteration standards and the language codes and scripts that apply to those standards
	
	table.insert (tout, "''<span title=\"");
	
	if not is_set (std) and not is_set (script) then							-- when neither standard nor script specified
		table.insert (tout, language_name);										-- write a generic tool tip
		table.insert (tout, ' transliteration');
	elseif is_set (std) and is_set (script) then								-- when both are specified
		if title_table[std][script] then											-- and legitimate
			table.insert (tout, title_table[std][script]);						-- add the appropriate text to the tool tip
		else
			return '';															-- one or both invalid, set up for an error message
		end
	elseif is_set (std) then													-- script not set, use language code
		if not title_table[std] then return ''; end								-- invalid standard, setupt for error message
		
		if title_table[std][code] then
			table.insert (tout, title_table[std][code]);
		else																	-- code doesn't match
			table.insert (tout, title_table[std]['default']);					-- so use the standard's default
		end
	else																		-- here if script set but std not set
		if title_table['NO_STD'][script] then
			table.insert (tout, title_table['NO_STD'][script]);					-- use script if set
		elseif title_table['NO_STD'][code] then
			table.insert (tout, title_table['NO_STD'][code]);					-- use language code
		else
			table.insert (tout, language_name);									-- write a generic tool tip
			table.insert (tout, ' transliteration');
		end
	end

	table.insert (tout, '" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration:none">');
	table.insert (tout, translit);
	table.insert (tout, "</span>''");
	return table.concat (tout);
end


--[[--------------------------< L A N G >----------------------------------------------------------------------

{{#invoke:lang|lang|code={{{1}}}|text={{{2}}}|rtl={{{rtl}}}|size={{{size}}}|nocat={{{nocat}}}}}

|code = the BCP47 language code
|text = the displayed text in language specified by code
|rtl = boolean true identifies the language specified by code as a right-to-left language
|size = css keyword appropriate for use with css font-size:<size>
|nocat = boolean true inhibits normal categorization; error categories are not affected

]]

function p.lang (frame)
	local args = getArgs(frame);
	
	local out = {};
	local language_name;
	if lang_name_table.lang[args.code] then
		language_name = lang_name_table.lang[args.code][1];						-- table entries sometimes have multiple names, always take the first one
	end
	
	if not is_set (language_name) then
		table.insert (out, '<span style="font-size:100%" class="error">error: unknown language code: ');
		table.insert (out, args.code);
		table.insert (out, '</span>');
		
		if 0 ~= namespace then														-- only categorize in article space
			table.insert (out, '[[Category:Articles containing unknown language template codes|');
			table.insert (out, args.code);
			table.insert (out, ']]');
		end
		return table.concat (out);												-- emit an error message and category
	end
	
	table.insert (out, make_text_span (args.code, args.text, args.rtl, nil, args.size));		-- italics set to nil here because not supporte by {{lang}}
	table.insert (out, make_category (args.code, language_name, args.nocat));
	return table.concat (out);													-- put it all together and done
	end


--[[--------------------------< L A N G _ X X >----------------------------------------------------------------

{{#invoke:lang|lang_xx|code={{{1}}}|text={{{2}}}|link={{{links|{{{link}}}}}}|rtl={{{rtl}}}|nocat={{{nocat}}}|italic={{{italic}}}|lit={{{lit}}}|translit={{{translit}}}|script={{{script}}}|std={{{std}}}}}

|code = the BCP47 language code
|text = the displayed text in language specified by code
|link = boolean true (default) links language specified by code to associated language article
|rtl = boolean true identifies the language specified by code as a right-to-left language
|nocat = boolean true inhibits normal categorization; error categories are not affected
|italic = boolean true (default) renders displayed text in italic font
|lit = text that is a literal translation of text

for those {{lang-xx}} templates that support transliteration:
|translit = text that is a transliteration of text
|std = the standard that applies to the transliteration
|script = ISO 15924 script name; falls back to code

]]

function p.lang_xx (frame)
	local args = getArgs(frame);
	
	if not is_set (args.italic) then
		args.italic = 'yes';													-- DEFAULT for {{lang-xx}} templates is to italicize
	end
	
	args.size = nil;															-- size not supported in {{lang-xx}}
	
	local out = {};
	local language_name;
	if  lang_data.override[args.code] then
		language_name = lang_data.override[args.code][1]
	elseif lang_name_table.lang[args.code] then
		language_name = lang_name_table.lang[args.code][1];						-- table entries sometimes have multiple names, always take the first one
	end
	
	local script = args.script or language_name;									-- for translit prefer script of language
	local translit;
	local translit_title;
	
	if not is_set (language_name) then
		table.insert (out, '<span style="font-size:100%" class="error">error: unknown language code: ');
		table.insert (out, args.code);
		table.insert (out, '</span>');
		
		if 0 ~= namespace then														-- only categorize in article space
			table.insert (out, '[[Category:Articles containing unknown language template codes|');
			table.insert (out, args.code);
			table.insert (out, ']]');
		end
		return table.concat (out);												-- emit an error message and category
	end
	
	if 'no' == args.link then
		table.insert (out, language_name);										-- language name without wikilink
	else
		table.insert (out, make_wikilink (language_name .. ' language', language_name));	-- language name with wikilink
	end
	table.insert (out, ': ');													-- separator

	table.insert (out, make_text_span (args.code, args.text, args.rtl, args.italic, args.size))
	
	if is_set (args.translit) then												-- transliteration (not supported in {{lang}}); not supported in all {{lang-xx}}
		table.insert (out, ', <small>');
		translit_title = mw.title.makeTitle (0, 'Romanization of ' .. language_name)
		if translit_title.exists then
			table.insert (out, make_wikilink ('Romanization of ' .. script or language_name, 'translit.'));
		else
			table.insert (out, '<abbr title="transliteration">translit.</abbr>');
		end
		table.insert (out, '&nbsp;</small>');
		translit = make_translit (args.code, language_name, args.translit, args.std, args.script)
		if is_set (translit) then
			table.insert (out, translit);
		else
			table.insert (out, '<span style="font-size:100%" class="error">error: invalid translit std or script</span>');
		end
	end
	
	if is_set (args.lit) then													-- translation (not supported in {{lang}})
		table.insert (out, ', <small>');
		table.insert (out, make_wikilink ('Literal translation', 'lit.'));
		table.insert (out, "&nbsp;</small>'");
		table.insert (out, args.lit);
		table.insert (out, "'");
	end
	
	table.insert (out, make_category (args.code, language_name, args.nocat));
	return table.concat (out);													-- put it all together and done
end

return p;