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meta=languageinfo

(li)

(main | query | languageinfo)

Return information about available languages.

Continuation may be applied if retrieving the information takes too long for one request.

Specific parameters:

Other general parameters are available.

liprop

Which information to get for each language.

code: The language code. (This code is MediaWiki-specific, though there are overlaps with other standards.)

name: The name of the language in the language specified by the uselang parameter, with language fallbacks applied if necessary.

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).

Values (separate with | or alternative): autonym, bcp47, code, dir, fallbacks, name, 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.

Examples:

Get the language codes of all supported languages.: api.php?action=query&meta=languageinfo
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Get the autonyms and German names of all supported languages.: api.php?action=query&meta=languageinfo&liprop=autonym|name&uselang=de
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Get the fallback languages and variants of Occitan.: api.php?action=query&meta=languageinfo&liprop=fallbacks|variants&licode=oc
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Get the BCP-47 language code and direction of all supported languages.: api.php?action=query&meta=languageinfo&liprop=bcp47|dir
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