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=== ISO language codes ===

; iso1 : the [[ISO 639-1]] code for the language
; iso1comment : for comments to not interfere with the link
; iso2 : the [[ISO 639-2]] code for the language (not for its family); creates a link to the ISO page. If a language has two ISO 639-2 codes, use the following two separate fields instead.
; iso2b : the [[ISO 639-2]] bibliographic code (for languages with two ISO 639-2 codes)
; iso2t : the [[ISO 639-2]] terminological code (for languages with two ISO 639-2 codes)
; iso2comment : for comments to not interfere with the link(s)
; iso3 : the [[ISO 639-3]] code for the language; creates a link to the ISO page. See below for the situation where multiple ISO 639-3 codes apply.
: Field will display even if left empty, unless 'lc1' etc. is used.
: If there is no ISO 639-3 code, set {{para|iso3|none}} to return the text ''none'' and add the article to [[:Category:Languages without iso3 codes]] (if '''iso3comment''' is also used, that will display in place of ''none'')
: Leave empty for a dialect that has no iso3 code, but the language it belongs to does; in this case, also use {{para|isoexception|dialect}}.
: Leave empty for a historical variety that has no iso3 code, but its modern version does; in this case, also use {{para|isoexception|historical}}.
: Leave blank for a protolanguage, and use {{para|isoexception|protolanguage}}.
: Use 'linglist' if the language has an iso3 code, but this is maintained at Linguist List instead of at SIL. Add the code itself under |linglist=. (This is not necessary if the SIL page provides its own link to the Linguist List page.)
; iso3comment : allows a comment in the ISO field that will not interfere with the link
; isoexception : a maintenance field to organize cleanup categories for missing ISO codes.  Excludes article from the [[:Category:Language articles without language codes]] if set to any of the following values:
:: '''dialect''' (used for a dialect that does not itself have an ISO code, although the language it belongs to does; adds article to the [[:Category:Dialects of languages with ISO 639-3 code]])
:: '''historical''' (used for a historical language that does not itself have an ISO code, although its modern version does; adds article to the [[:Category:Historical forms of languages with ISO codes]])
:: '''protolanguage''' (used for protolanguages without ISO codes; adds article to the [[:Category:Protolanguages without ISO codes]])
:: '''talkpage''' (used on talk pages and in archives so that they don't show up in tracking categories)

Some languages have a number of [[ISO 639-3]] codes, one for each dialect of that language. If you try putting all of these codes in the usual '''iso3 ='''  parameter, it will get quite messy. Instead, use the following parameters:
; lc1 : ISO code of the first dialect (the 'iso3' field will not display if empty and this is included)
; ld1 : name of the first language dialect
; lc2 : ISO code of the second dialect
; ld2 : name of the second language dialect
: ...
; lc30 : ISO code of the 30–th dialect
; ld30 : name of the 30–th dialect
; iso6 : the ISO 639-6 code for the language.

Lc entries will be automatically linked to the ''Ethnologue'' site. Wikipedia articles on the dialects may be linked from the ld entries.

For languages with an [[ISO 639-3 macrolanguage]] code and several individual codes, use '''iso3''' for the macrolanguage and '''lc''n''''', '''ld''n''''' for the individual codes.