Teamplaid:*Ro-ràdh na Teamplaid Cànain
Tuairisgeul - Description
The family of templates to which this one belongs, the language templates, store data and metadata about the languages used in definitions. This information can be useful for many applications beyond generating definitions.
These templates are handy for non-native Gaelic speakers: if it turns out that the wording is wrong in this particular template, all the pages and page names that employ it may be changed immediately simply by editing this one specific template. However, be warned that changing template-based Roinn-seòrsa\Category names is tricky as they need substantially more preparatory work before their names can be modified. See the Troubleshooting section below for more information on changing Roinn-seòrsa\Category names.
This template can either:
- Return the Scottish Gaelic language name, i.e., the nominative singular = "{{{{{1}}}}}" ("{{{{{1}}}|3}}")
- Return the Scottish Gaelic genitive noun phrase for {{{{{1}}}}}, which is "{{{{{1}}}|g}}" ("{{{{{1}}}|4}}")
- Return the Scottish Gaelic language family name for {{{{{1}}}}}, which is "{{{{{1}}}|1}}" ("{{{{{1}}}|5}}")
- Return an ordered, hierarchical List of ISO 639-5 language codes which represent the parent family language lineage for {{{{{1}}}}}, "{{{{{1}}}|2}}", which converts to "{{{{{1}}}|7}}" or "{{{{{1}}}|6}}" For more information about this, see:
- List_of_ISO_639-2_codes - language codes; includes ISO 639-3 codes (i.e., 3 character codes)
- List_of_ISO_639-5_codes - language family codes
- Return the preceding terms in English for documentation purposes.
This template always
- Adds itself to Roinn-seòrsa:Teamplaidean Cànain, aka "Category:Languages templates".