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This module is allows an article to show a national variant of English (WP:ENGVAR) in templates, depending on the individual article preference. Basically, the article page infobox can have |engvar=en-GB set to show en-GB spellng.

For example, a single template can show "football" text in en-UK articles, and "soccer" in en-US articles.

Usage

See {{Engvar}}.

{{#invoke:variants|
| defaultWord =
| engvar = {{{engvar|}}}<!-- Pass through article setting -->
| defaultLang =
| en-XX = <!-- Add country code for XX, and its word  -->
| en-YY = <!-- Add more variants as might be needed -->
| engvarCat = {{{engvarCat|}}}
| engvarCatSort =
}}

|engvar=

This input (user input) is checked against a list of possible words ("en-US, American English, United States"). Internal identifier is the code like "en-US".

|engvarCatSort=

Sort text for maintenance category. Advise to set to project name like "rainbow" not "infobox rainbow" (all templates will fill this category!). Default is pagename.

Maintenance category

Category:Articles using an unknown Template:Engvar option

Parameter list

In the

| defaultWord =
| defaultLang =
| engvar = {{{engvar|}}}<!-- Pass through the editor's choice -->
| en-XX = <!-- add country code for XX, and the nation language word -->
| en-YY = <!-- add more variants as might be needed -->
| engvarCat = {{{engvarCat|}}} <!-- yes/no; '=no' will suppress message category in article page) -->

In the parameter list, for the editor to see & use:

| engvar =
| engvarCat =

List of variant languages

In the template code only use the listed ISO-code as parameter name: |en-UK=vapour. The article editor has freedom to use the other options: |engvar=British.

Language	ISO-code
American English	en-US
Australian English	en-AU
British English	en-GB
Canadian English	en-CA
Hiberno-English (Irish-English)	en-EI
Hong Kong English	en-HK
Indian English	en-IN
Jamaican English	en-JM
Malawian English	en-MW
New Zealand English	en-NZ
Nigerian English	en-NG
Pakistani English	en-PK
Philippine English	en-PH
Scottish English	en-SCO
Singapore English	en-SG
South African English	en-ZA
Trinidadian English	en-TT
British English Oxford spelling British (Oxford) English Oxford English Dictionary (OED)	en-OED
IUPAC spelling	en-IUPAC

HELP:ENGVAR
Category:Articles using an unknown Template:Engvar option
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 2-letter country code

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-This module is allows an article to show a '''national variant of English''' ([[WP:ENGVAR]]) in templates, depending on the individual article preference. See also {{tl|Engvar}}.
+This module is allows an article to show a '''national variant of English''' ([[WP:ENGVAR]]) in templates, depending on the individual article preference. Basically, the article page infobox can have {{para|engvar|en-GB}} set to show en-GB spellng.
 For example, a single template can show "football" text in en-UK articles, and "soccer" in en-US articles.
-== Usage ==
+==Usage==
 See {{tl|Engvar}}.
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 ==List of variant languages==
 In the ''template code'' only use the listed ISO-code as parameter name: {{para|en-UK|vapour}}. The ''article editor'' has freedom to use the other options: {{para|engvar|British}}.
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