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meta=languageinfo (li)
- 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.
- 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
ltrorrtl). - 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.
- 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]