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data-mw-thread-id="h-Language_sections"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Language_sections"></span>Language sections<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Language_sections"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Language_sections&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Language sections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Language_sections","replies":["h-English_example-Language_sections","h-Foreign-language_example-Language_sections","h-Multiple_languages-Language_sections","h-Translingual-Language_sections"]}}--></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="English_example" data-mw-thread-id="h-English_example-Language_sections"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-English_example-Language_sections"></span>English example<span data-mw-comment-end="h-English_example-Language_sections"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Language_sections&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: English example"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For example, <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/nevertheless#English" title="nevertheless">nevertheless</a></i> is an English word. The explanation of the English word starts with the language name: "English". If you try to edit the page, you are going to see that "English" is surrounded by two equal signs on each side in the wiki markup. This means that "English" is a level-two header; it is the title of a level-two section. (=== is level three, ==== is level four, etc.) See a simplified version of the page: </p> <pre>==English== ===Adverb=== {{en-adv|-}} # [[in spite of|In spite of]] what [[precede]]d; [[yet]]. </pre> <p>All other content following <code>==English==</code> is said to be inside the English section; this holds true until the end of the page or the beginning of the next level-two section. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign-language_example" data-mw-thread-id="h-Foreign-language_example-Language_sections"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Foreign-language_example-Language_sections"></span>Foreign-language example<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Foreign-language_example-Language_sections"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Language_sections&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Foreign-language example"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Compare a simplified version of Portuguese <i class="Latn mention" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/avia%C3%A7%C3%A3o#Portuguese" title="aviação">aviação</a></i>, starting with a "Portuguese" level-two language section: </p> <pre>==Portuguese== ===Noun=== {{pt-noun|f|-}} # {{l|en|aviation}} </pre> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Multiple_languages" data-mw-thread-id="h-Multiple_languages-Language_sections"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Multiple_languages-Language_sections"></span>Multiple languages<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Multiple_languages-Language_sections"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Language_sections&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Multiple languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Often, the same word is used in multiple languages. See this simplified version of <i class="Latn mention" lang="und"><a href="/wiki/sea" title="sea">sea</a></i>, containing only English and Spanish. In this case, the same entry holds multiple language sections, make their sections without overlapping each other. </p> <pre>==English== ===Noun=== {{en-noun|-}} # A large body of [[salty]] [[water]]. ==Spanish== ===Verb=== {{es-verb-form}} # {{es-verb form of|mood=subj|tense=pres|num=s|pers=1|ending=er|ser}} </pre> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Translingual" data-mw-thread-id="h-Translingual-Language_sections"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Translingual-Language_sections"></span>Translingual<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Translingual-Language_sections"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Language_sections&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Translingual"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>We have the "Translingual" language section for includes terms that remain the same in all languages. This includes taxonomic names, symbols for the chemical elements, and abbreviations for international units of measurement; for example <i class="Latn mention" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/Homo_sapiens#Translingual" title="Homo sapiens">Homo sapiens</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/He#Translingual" title="He">He</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">helium</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, and <i class="Latn mention" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/km#Translingual" title="km">km</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">kilometre</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. English comes next, because this is the English Wiktionary. </p><p>This is a simplied version of the entry <span class="Latn" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/km#Translingual" title="km">km</a></span>: </p> <pre>==Translingual== ===Symbol=== {{head|mul|symbol}} # {{l|en|kilometre}} </pre> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Order_of_languages" data-mw-thread-id="h-Order_of_languages"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Order_of_languages"></span>Order of languages<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Order_of_languages"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Language_sections&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Order of languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Order_of_languages","replies":[]}}--></div> <p>In an entry with multiple language sections, the order or languages is standardized this way: </p> <ul><li>Priority is given to Translingual.</li> <li>English comes next, because this is the English Wiktionary.</li> <li>After that come other languages in alphabetical order.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Linking_to_language_sections" data-mw-thread-id="h-Linking_to_language_sections"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Linking_to_language_sections"></span>Linking to language sections<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Linking_to_language_sections"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Language_sections&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Linking to language sections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Linking_to_language_sections","replies":["h-Templates-Linking_to_language_sections","h-Without_templates-Linking_to_language_sections"]}}--></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Templates" data-mw-thread-id="h-Templates-Linking_to_language_sections"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Templates-Linking_to_language_sections"></span>Templates<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Templates-Linking_to_language_sections"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Language_sections&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Templates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are multiple templates that can be used to link to language sections. Here are some templates. </p><p><code style="white-space:pre-wrap">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:link#top" title="Template:link">l</a>}}</code> is a shorthand for "link" and is used in lists of synonyms, derived terms, etc. It is often in definitions to point to the English section of an entry. 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This template italicizes text written in <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Latin_script" title="Appendix:Latin script">Latin script</a> (written with: A, B, C, D, rather than other characters found in some other languages) </p><p>Consider this sentence that uses <code style="white-space:pre-wrap">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:mention#top" title="Template:mention">m</a>}}</code>: </p> <pre>The word {{m|en|the}} has 3 letters. </pre> <p>Result: </p><p>The word <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/the#English" title="the">the</a></i> has 3 letters. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Without_templates" data-mw-thread-id="h-Without_templates-Linking_to_language_sections"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Without_templates-Linking_to_language_sections"></span>Without templates<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Without_templates-Linking_to_language_sections"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Language_sections&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Without templates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Note: Links to specific language sections in this format are accepted by the software, but editors usually replace them by templates in entries. 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