API:Languageinfo

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.34

API to get information about languages supported by this MediaWiki installation.

API documentation

meta=languageinfo (li)

(main | query | languageinfo)

• This module requires read rights.
• Source: MediaWiki
• License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Return information about available languages.

Continuation may be applied if retrieving the information takes too long for one request.

Specific parameters:

Other general parameters are available.

liprop

Which information to get for each language.

code

The language code. (This code is MediaWiki-specific, though there are overlaps with other standards.)

bcp47

The BCP-47 language code.

dir

The writing direction of the language (either ltr or rtl).

autonym

The autonym of the language, that is, the name in that language.

name

The name of the language in the language specified by the uselang parameter, with language fallbacks applied if necessary.

variantnames

The short names for language variants used for language conversion links.

fallbacks

The language codes of the fallback languages configured for this language. The implicit final fallback to 'en' is not included (but some languages may fall back to 'en' explicitly).

variants

The language codes of the variants supported by this language.

Values (separate with | or alternative): autonym, bcp47, code, dir, fallbacks, name, variantnames, variants

Default: code

licode

Language codes of the languages that should be returned, or * for all languages.

Separate values with | or alternative.

Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).

Default: *

licontinue

When more results are available, use this to continue. More detailed information on how to continue queries can be found on mediawiki.org.

Examples:

Get the language codes of all supported languages.

api.php?action=query&meta=languageinfo [open in sandbox]

Get the autonyms and German names of all supported languages.

api.php?action=query&meta=languageinfo&liprop=autonym|name&uselang=de [open in sandbox]

Get the fallback languages and variants of Occitan.

api.php?action=query&meta=languageinfo&liprop=fallbacks|variants&licode=oc [open in sandbox]

Get the BCP-47 language code and direction of all supported languages.

api.php?action=query&meta=languageinfo&liprop=bcp47|dir [open in sandbox]