Familypedia:Babel

This page provides a framework for displaying the language abilities of users on their user page. This helps with communication by listing which languages, and how much of each, users can understand.

Census in Babel
Not everyone here speaks/writes the same language. To help with communication, please categorize yourselves by language categories on your user page. Example language groups: en for English, de for German, and so on. Additionally, users can specify their level of proficiency in the language:


 * 0 indicates someone who does not understand the language.
 * 1 stands for basic knowledge: the ability to understand and answer simple questions in the language.
 * 2 stands for intermediate knowledge.
 * 3 stands for advanced or fluent knowledge: the ability to correct spelling and grammar errors in the language.
 * 4 stands for near-native ability.
 * N stands for native language.

So de-1 identifies a user with basic skills in German, and en-3 identifies a user with advanced skills in English. The two-letter language codes are the same codes described in ISO 639. The three letter codes do not always conform to the ISO standard, though. There can also be weird bracket codes like "el(a)", which likely cannot be deciphered by people that don't speak this language. (See the complete list of language Wikipedias available).


 * Note: Level 0 is less often used, because it is assumed that users do not understand languages if they don't list them with one of the other levels.  However, it can be useful on some multi-lingual wikis.

How to add your language level to your user page


 * Start off with  

So, for example,   would indicate a native speaker of English with basic knowledge of German.   would indicate a native speaker of Swedish with a near native ability in Norwegian, an advanced knowledge of English, an intermediate knowledge of French, and a basic knowledge of Spanish (and no knowledge of Afrikaans).

You can also add stand-alone language templates by following the format.

You can also categorize yourself as a native English speaker by using, which will include your page into Category:User en-N.

Language codes

 * af an ar ast ay be bg bn ca cs da de el en el eo es et fi fa fr fy he hi hu hr id is it ja ko la lad lb mg mi mk ms nan nl no nrm pl pt qu ro ru sk sl sq sr sv sw th yue zh

Categories and templates
Here a sample list of categories and templates needed. The order of creation is important:
 * 1) Create the main category, (noted 1)
 * 2) Create the secondary categories (noted 2-4)
 * 3) Create the templates (noted 5-7)


 * Note: Do not add level 0 users to the main "speakers" category.

Current work... (Add your language here if it isn't in the next list)