Wikipedia:Babel

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This page shows how to tell others what languages you speak. This helps people who speak many languages to speak.

Contents 1 Levels 2 Show others your language level 3 Languages 3.1 A 3.2 C 3.3 D 3.4 E 3.5 F 3.6 G 3.7 H 3.8 I 3.9 J 3.10 K 3.11 L 3.12 N 3.13 P 3.14 Q 3.15 R 3.16 S 3.17 U 3.18 Y 3.19 Z

[change] Levels

1. Basic: You understand simple sentences in the language
2. Intermediate: You understand most sentences and can speak and write
3. Advanced: You understand and write at a high level
4. Near-native: You speak the language very well

For example, de-1 means a basic level of German. es-3 means advanced Spanish. en with no number means a native speaker of English.

[change] Show others your language level

1. Pick the languages you understand. Choose your level in each language. For example, if you speak fluent Spanish, choose "es-3". If you have studied English for several years, put "en-2".

2. Put the language codes on your user page using templates. For example, if you speak two languages, put {{subst:Babel-2}} followed by the two language codes: {{subst:Babel-2|es-3|en-1}}. This looks like this:

Wikipedia:Babel

es-3 Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel avanzado de español.

en-1 This user is able to contribute with a basic level of English.

3. Now, your name will be in the following categories: Category:User es, Category:User es-3, Category:User en, and Category:User en-1. All are subcategories of Category:User languages.

[change] Languages

Note: Not all languages are ready yet. Please be patient.

[change] A

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alsAlemannisch (Alemannic German)

ASLAmerican Sign Language (American Sign Language)

afAfrikaans (Afrikaans)

amአማርኛ (Amharic)

anAragonés (Aragonese)

arالعربية (Arabic)

astAsturianu (Asturian)

[change] C

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caCatalà (Catalan)

[change] D

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daDansk (Danish)

deDeutsch (German)

[change] E

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enEnglish (English)

eoEsperanto (Esperanto)

esEspañol (Spanish)

euEuskera (Basque)

[change] F

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faFarsi (Persian)

fiSuomi (Finnish)

frFrançais (French)

[change] G

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glGalego (Galician)

[change] H

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heעברית (Hebrew)

hrHrvatski (Croatian)

huMagyar (Hungarian)

hyՀայերեն (Armenian)

[change] I

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iaInterlingua (Interlingua)

itItaliano (Italian)

[change] J

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ja日本語 [Nihongo] (Japanese)

[change] K

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kuKurdî, كوردی (Kurdish)

[change] L

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laLatina (Latin)

[change] N

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ndsPlattdüütsch (Low German)

nlNederlands (Dutch)

[change] P

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plPolski (Polish)

ptPortuguês (Portuguese)

[change] Q

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quRuna Simi (Quechua)

[change] R

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ruРусский (Russian)

[change] S

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simpleSimple English (Simple English)

svSvenska (Swedish)

[change] U

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ukУкраїнська (Ukrainian)

[change] Y

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yiyi - ייִדיש (Yiddish)

[change] Z

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zh中文 [Zhōng Wén] (Chinese)

zh-classical文言文 Classical Chinese / Literary Chinese (Classical Chinese)