Template:User Language/Doc

Summary

This adds a userbox for the language(s) of interest to you. You can specify your proficiency level and whether you speak, understand, or are learning the language.

For other flag-related userboxes, see Nationality Userboxes.

Parameters

User Language

Parameter	Scope	Description
1	required	The name of the language. See below for a complete list.
2	optional	A verb that describes what you can do with the language. For example: speaks (default) understands is learning wants to learn does not understand
3	optional	Your proficiency level. For example: basic intermediate advanced near-native professional native A1 / A2 / B1 / B2 / C1 / C2

Examples

{{User Language|Spanish|speaks|intermediate}}

This user speaks Spanish with intermediate proficiency.

Large Language Groups

These are groups of similar languages or dialects that have either a global scope or large number of speakers.

Arabic

{{User Language|Arabic}}	This user speaks Arabic.
{{User Language|Algerian Arabic}}	This user speaks Algerian Arabic.
{{User Language|Egyptian Arabic}}	This user speaks Egyptian Arabic.
{{User Language|Levantine Arabic}}	This user speaks Levantine Arabic.
{{User Language|Moroccan Arabic}}	This user speaks Moroccan Arabic.
{{User Language|Peninsular Arabic}}	This user speaks Peninsular Arabic.

Chinese

{{User Language|Cantonese}}	This user speaks Cantonese.
{{User Language|Jin Chinese}}	This user speaks Jin Chinese.
{{User Language|Mandarin Chinese}}	This user speaks Mandarin Chinese.
{{User Language|Min Chinese}}	This user speaks Min Chinese.
{{User Language|Wu Chinese}}	This user speaks Wu Chinese.

English

{{User Language|English}}	This user speaks English.
{{User Language|American English}}	This user speaks American English.
{{User Language|Australian English}}	This user speaks Australian English.
{{User Language|British English}}	This user speaks British English.
{{User Language|Canadian English}}	This user speaks Canadian English.
{{User Language|Indian English}}	This user speaks Indian English.
{{User Language|New Zealand English}}	This user speaks New Zealand English.
{{User Language|Nigerian English}}	This user speaks Nigerian English.
{{User Language|South African English}}	This user speaks South African English.

French

{{User Language|French}}	This user speaks French.
{{User Language|Canadian French}}	This user speaks Canadian French.

Indian Languages

These languages are primarily spoken in India. Bengali, Punjabi, and Urdu are further down, while Indian English is above.

{{User Language|Bhojpuri}}	This user speaks Bhojpuri.
{{User Language|Gujarati}}	This user speaks Gujarati.
{{User Language|Hindi}}	This user speaks Hindi.
{{User Language|Kannada}}	This user speaks Kannada.
{{User Language|Marathi}}	This user speaks Marathi.
{{User Language|Tamil}}	This user speaks Tamil.
{{User Language|Telugu}}	This user speaks Telugu.

Portuguese

{{User Language|Portuguese}}	This user speaks Portuguese.
{{User Language|Brazilian Portuguese}}	This user speaks Brazilian Portuguese.

Spanish

{{User Language|Spanish}}	This user speaks Spanish.
{{User Language|Chilean Spanish}}	This user speaks Chilean Spanish.
{{User Language|Colombian Spanish}}	This user speaks Colombian Spanish.
{{User Language|Mexican Spanish}}	This user speaks Mexican Spanish.
{{User Language|Peruvian Spanish}}	This user speaks Peruvian Spanish.
{{User Language|Rioplatense Spanish}}	This user speaks Rioplatense Spanish.
{{User Language|Uruguayan Spanish}}	This user speaks Uruguayan Spanish.
{{User Language|Venezuelan Spanish}}	This user speaks Venezuelan Spanish.

Medium to Large Languages

These languages are spoken by 40 million or more total speakers.

{{User Language|Amharic}}	This user speaks Amharic.
{{User Language|Bengali}}	This user speaks Bengali.
{{User Language|German}}	This user speaks German.
{{User Language|Hausa}}	This user speaks Hausa.
{{User Language|Indonesian}}	This user speaks Indonesian.
{{User Language|Italian}}	This user speaks Italian.
{{User Language|Japanese}}	This user speaks Japanese.
{{User Language|Javanese}}	This user speaks Javanese.
{{User Language|Korean}}	This user speaks Korean.
{{User Language|Malay}}	This user speaks Malay.
{{User Language|Nigerian Pidgin}}	This user speaks Nigerian Pidgin.
{{User Language|Persian}}	This user speaks Persian.
{{User Language|Polish}}	This user speaks Polish.
{{User Language|Punjabi}}	This user speaks Punjabi.
{{User Language|Russian}}	This user speaks Russian.
{{User Language|Swahili}}	This user speaks Swahili.
{{User Language|Tagalog}}	This user speaks Tagalog.
{{User Language|Thai}}	This user speaks Thai.
{{User Language|Turkish}}	This user speaks Turkish.
{{User Language|Ukrainian}}	This user speaks Ukrainian.
{{User Language|Urdu}}	This user speaks Urdu.
{{User Language|Vietnamese}}	This user speaks Vietnamese.
{{User Language|Yoruba}}	This user speaks Yoruba.

Small Languages

These languages are usually only spoken natively by people from a single small country or indigenous group.

{{User Language|Afrikaans}}	This user speaks Afrikaans.
{{User Language|Belarusian}}	This user speaks Belarusian.
{{User Language|Bulgarian}}	This user speaks Bulgarian.
{{User Language|Croatian}}	This user speaks Croatian.
{{User Language|Czech}}	This user speaks Czech.
{{User Language|Danish}}	This user speaks Danish.
{{User Language|Dutch}}	This user speaks Dutch.
{{User Language|Finnish}}	This user speaks Finnish.
{{User Language|Georgian}}	This user speaks Georgian.
{{User Language|Greek}}	This user speaks Greek.
{{User Language|Haitian Creole}}	This user speaks Haitian Creole.
{{User Language|Hawaiian}}	This user speaks Hawaiian.
{{User Language|Hebrew}}	This user speaks Hebrew.
{{User Language|Hungarian}}	This user speaks Hungarian.
{{User Language|Irish}}	This user speaks Irish.
{{User Language|Latvian}}	This user speaks Latvian.
{{User Language|Macedonian}}	This user speaks Macedonian.
{{User Language|Maltese}}	This user speaks Maltese.
{{User Language|Maori}}	This user speaks Maori.
{{User Language|Navajo}}	This user speaks Navajo.
{{User Language|Norwegian}}	This user speaks Norwegian.
{{User Language|Romanian}}	This user speaks Romanian.
{{User Language|Scottish Gaelic}}	This user speaks Scottish Gaelic.
{{User Language|Slovak}}	This user speaks Slovak.
{{User Language|Swedish}}	This user speaks Swedish.
{{User Language|Welsh}}	This user speaks Welsh.
{{User Language|Xhosa}}	This user speaks Xhosa.
{{User Language|Yiddish}}	This user speaks Yiddish.
{{User Language|Zulu}}	This user speaks Zulu.

Constructed Languages

These languages were created intentionally by a single person or small group of individuals.

{{User Language|Esperanto}}

This user speaks Esperanto.

Dead Languages

These languages are no longer learned as native languages, but may be of scholarly interest.

{{User Language|Ancient Greek}}	This user speaks Ancient Greek.
{{User Language|Latin}}	This user speaks Latin.