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Why is this tag here?

Non-English words should be tagged with {{lang}} (for languages shown in their native writing system) or {{transliteration}} (for transliterations into the Latin alphabet). This is useful for a variety of reasons.

In this case, an editor (probably a participant in the moss spell check project) attempted to tag this word or phrase, but could not identify the language.

How can I fix it?

• If you aren't sure of the language being used, you can:
  • Leave the tag as-is.
  • Try translate.google.com or Wiktionary
  • Ask the editor who added that word to the article in the first place.
  • Find someone who speaks a language this might be; Wikipedia:Language recognition chart can help narrow down the possibilities.
  • Ask on the article's talk page.
  • Ask at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Language.
• If you are certain of the language being used:
  • Find the 2- or 3-letter ISO 639 language code. You can go to the Wikipedia article on the language in question, or see the advice and links to lists at Template:Lang.
  • For languages that are being presented in their native writing system (for example, any language that uses the Latin alphabet, like French; or Japanese written in kanji and kana) apply the {{lang}} tag like this:

{{lang|fr|Je suis française.}}

(The language code for French is "fr".)

{{lang|ja|日本}}

(The language code for Japanese is "ja".)

• For transliterations, see the instructions at {{transliteration}}; generally it works something like this:

{{Transliteration|ru|russkij}}

The language code for Russian is "ru" and russkij is a transliteration of русский.

• These tags automatically applies italics, so you can usually remove any existing markup that's trying to do that.
• Remove the {{which lang}} tag.

Thanks for your help!

Usage

{{Which lang|date=June 2025}}

{{Which lang|date=June 2025|reason=Your explanation here}}

Place the tag, with any optional parameters, immediately after the word or phrase in question. This template should not be substituted ({{subst:}}). For example:

...known as haats,{{which lang|reason=Indian sub-continent dialect?|date=June 2025}} are fairly common throughout the region

looks like this:

...known as haats,

are fairly common throughout the region

Parameters

All parameters are optional, and date will be added by a bot if missing.

date=MONTH YEAR

reason=toolip text

Categorization

Adding this template will put articles under Category:Articles with unidentified words.

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