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cs1|2 templates validate the content of {{para|language}} against language codes and names supported by MediaWiki.  This page lists the language codes and names that MediaWiki supports.  Language name and code pairs marked with a super-scripted dagger (<sup>†</sup>) are codes / names that are overridden by codes / names defined in [[Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration]]. See §[[#Overridden codes / names|Overridden codes / names]].  Use of language codes / names not found in these lists will cause [[Module:Citation/CS1]] to place the article in {{cl|CS1 maint: unrecognized language‎}}.

When evaluating the value assigned to {{para|language}}, [[Module:Citation/CS1]] looks first in MediaWiki's list of language names before looking in the list of language tags.  There are several languages that have tags that match the spelling of the language name: [[w:Fon language|Fon]] (<code>fon</code>), [[w:Isu language|Isu]] (<code>isu</code>), [[w:Luo language|Luo]] (<code>luo</code>), [[w:Tiv language|tiv]] (<code>tiv</code>), [[w:Vai language|vai]] (<code>vai</code>), [[w:Yao language|Yao]] (<code>yao</code>).  There are two where the language tag matches the spelling of another language's name:
*<code>ga</code> – language tag for [[w:Irish language|Irish]] matches spelling of [[w:Ga language|Ga language]] (<code>gaa</code>)
*<code>ho</code> – language tag for [[w:Hiri Motu language|Hiri Motu]] matches spelling of [[w:Ho language|Ho language]] (<code>hoc</code>)
When citing Irish- and Hiri Motu-language sources, use {{para|language|Irish}} and {{para|language|Hiri Motu}}.

==2-character codes==

{{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|lang_lister|list=2char}}

==3-character codes==

{{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|lang_lister|list=3char}}

==IETF language tags==
This list contains legitimate [[w:IETF language tag|IETF language tag]]s, tags that look like IETF tags but are not or are malformed, and 'codes' that are not codes.  cs1|2 templates support most of these IETF-like tags.

===IETF language tags (ISO 639-1)===
These language tags have the form <code>xx-yy...</code> where <code>xx</code> is an ISO 639-1 language tag and <code>yy...</code> is a two-or-more-character subtag that specify country, script, or other information; <code>be-x-old</code> is an exception.
{{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|lang_lister|list=ietf2}}

===IETF language tags (ISO 639-2, -3)===
These language tags have the form <code>xxx-yy...</code> where <code>xx</code> is an ISO 639-2, -3 language tag and <code>yy...</code> is a two-or-more-character subtag that specify country, script, or other information.
{{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|lang_lister|list=ietf3}}

==Language names==
This list contains legitimate [[w:IETF language tag|IETF language tag]]s, tags that look like IETF tags but are not or are malformed, and 'codes' that are not codes.  For these reasons, cs1|2 templates do not support IETF-like tags and associated names.  When these names are used in {{para|language}}, cs1|2 will attempt to validate them but such attempts are not likely to succeed.

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