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{{redirect|WP:Language|text=You may be looking for [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Languages]] or [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Other languages]]}}
[[eo:Internacia Vikipedio]] [[de:Wikipedia:Liste der Wikipedias in anderen Sprachen]] [[nl:Wikipedia Statistieken]] [[fr:Wikipedia-Wikipedias Internationales]] [[sv:En wikipedia lista på andra språk]]
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'''We use [[Intlwiki-L]], to coordinate Wikipedia across different languages. Please take a look at the [[Wikipedia:Embassy|Wikipedia Embassy]] and join if you're interested in the coordination project.'''
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The Wikipedia community is committed to including any and all languages for which there are Wikipedians willing to do the work. We are aware that many of the [[Language families and languages|world's 6,500 languages]] are not well-represented on computers or the web, and we are committed to working with language speakers and computing organizations to support as many languages as possible. Currently, Wikipedia relies on the [[Unicode]] standards, and the available languages on Wikipedia are a subset of those made available via Unicode.
| ''This page is a short introduction to the Wikipedia's multilingual concepts.

*The main central place for the coordination of all the Wikimedia projects (in any language) is the [[Wikipedia:Meta-Wiki|Meta-Wiki]] (located at [[m:main page|meta.wikimedia.org]]).
#Encyclopedia projects
*The [[Wikipedia:Mailing lists|mailing list]] to coordinate Wikipedia across different languages is <code>Wikipedia-l</code>.
##Actives wikipedias
*See also the English Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Embassy|embassy]], a page for non-native speakers.
##Other encyclopedia projects
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#Starting a new language wikipedia
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#Statistics
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#Related projects
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#Policy issues
The [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia community|Wikipedia community]] is committed to including any and all languages for which there are [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedian]]s willing to do the work. We are aware that many of the [[Language family|world's 6,500 languages]] are not well-represented on computers or the web, and we are committed to working with language speakers and computing organizations to support as many languages as possible.

{{Translation department}}
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Each language in Wikipedia currently has a separate set of user accounts. Links between articles in different languages are called [[Help:interlanguage links|interlanguage links]] or [[Special:Interwiki|interwiki links]].


The URL of the Wikipedia for a given language is xx.wikipedia.org, where xx is the 2-letter language code as per [[ISO 639]]. For languages without an ISO 639 2-letter language code, the 3-letter language code is used, or if that also does not exist, a custom 3-letter language code is made. (On the mailing list and in discussion, people often write ''xx:'' to mean ''the xx-language Wikipedia'', as in ''I'm a regular on fr:''.) h


== Encyclopedia projects ==
== Encyclopedia projects ==
{{see also|Wikipedia:Multilingual statistics}}
There are currently 288 Wikipedias, counting the English Wikipedia.
{{Wikipedialang}}
See [[m:List of Wikipedias]] on [[Wikipedia:Meta|Meta]] for a full list.


''See [[meta:Language proposal policy]] for a tutorial on how to get a Wikipedia language edition started, and [[meta:Manual for small and new Wikipedias]] for the first steps''
=== Actives wikipedias ===

Wiki encyclopedias that are at least somewhat active have been started in various languages:

* [http://af.wikipedia.com/ Afrikaans]
* [http://ar.wikipedia.com/ Arabic (Araby)]
* [http://eu.wikipedia.com/ Basque (Euskara)]
* [http://bs.wikipedia.org/ Bosnian] - started on [[December 12|12 December]] [[2002]]
* [http://ca.wikipedia.com/ Catalan (Català)]
* [http://zh.wikipedia.org/ Chinese (Hanyu)]
* [http://cs.wikipedia.org/ Czech (&#268;esky´)] - started on [[May 3|3 May]] [[2002]]
* [http://da.wikipedia.org/ Danish (Dansk)] - started on [[February 1|1 February]] [[2002]]
* [http://nl.wikipedia.org/ Dutch (Nederlands)] - started on [[August 31|31 August]], [[2001]]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org/ English] - started on January 2001
* [http://eo.wikipedia.org/ Esperanto] - started on [[November 15|15 November]] [[2001]]
* [http://et.wikipedia.com/ Estonian (Eesti)] - started on [[August 24|24 August]] [[2002]]
* [http://fi.wikipedia.com/ Finnish (Suomi)]
* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/ French (Français)]
* [http://fy.wikipedia.com/ Frisian (Frysk)] - started on [[September 2]], [[2002]]
* [http://www.wikipedia.de/ German (Deutsch)]
* [http://ia.wikipedia.com/ Interlingua] - started on [[April 29|29 April]] 2002
* [http://it.wikipedia.com/ Italian (Italiano)]
* [http://ja.wikipedia.org/ Japanese (Nihongo)]
* [http://la.wikipedia.com/ Latin (Latina)] - started on [[May 22|22 May]] 2002
* [http://no.wikipedia.com/ Norwegian (Norsk)]
* [http://pl.wikipedia.org/ Polish (Polska)] - started on [[September 26|26 September]] 2001
* [http://pt.wikipedia.com/ Portuguese (Português)]
* [http://ru.wikipedia.org/ Russian (&#1056;&#1091;&#1089;&#1089;&#1082;&#1080;&#1081;)]
* [http://sh.wikipedia.com/ Serbocroatian (Srpskohrvatska)] (if someone wants to look after this and/or [http://sr.wikipedia.com/ Serbian] and [http://hr.wikipedia.com/ Croatian] and sort out what's what, that'd be great)
* [http://simple.wikipedia.com/ Simple English]
* [http://sl.wikipedia.com/ Slovene (Slovensko)] - started on [[March 8|8 March]] 2002
* [http://es.wikipedia.org/ Spanish (Castellano)]
* [http://sv.wikipedia.org/ Swedish (Svenska)]
* [http://tr.wikipedia.org/ Turkish (Turkiye)]

'''See also''' :
* [[Wikipedia:Complete list of language wikis available]]


=== Other projects ===

:These are other, non-Bomis, free Wiki-based encyclopedia projects independent of Wikipedia

* [http://enciclopedia.us.es/ Spanish (Castellano)]
* [http://susning.nu/ Swedish (Svenska)]

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== Starting a new language wikipedia ==

See [[Wikipedia:Create a new language in Wikipedia]] for a tutorial how to get a Wikipedia in your language running.

A certain amount of "critical mass" is necessary in order for a wiki to "take off". Without 5-10 people eagerly writing and arguing and playing with each other, it wouldn't be as much fun. So we encourage anyone who wants to build a wiki in their own language to also go out and announce/recruit for it. :-)

We would like to solicit your help.

On some of our International Wikipedia wikis, we have not yet translated the copyright warning into the target languages.<br>
Please check with each wikipedia before starting any translation.

Here is the text of the warning:

''Please notice that all contributions to Wikipedia are considered to be released under the GNU Free Documentation License. If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then don't hit submit. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain resource. DO NOT USE COPYRIGHTED WORK WITHOUT PERMISSION!''

Here are the languages we might need this in:
:http://af.wikipedia.com/ Afrikaans
:http://ar.wikipedia.com/ Arabic (Araby)
:http://ca.wikipedia.com/ Catalan (Català)
:http://zh.wikipedia.org/ Chinese (Hanyu)
:http://fi.wikipedia.com/ Finnish (Suomi)
:http://he.wikipedia.com/ Hebrew (Ivrit)
:http://hu.wikipedia.com/ Hungarian (Magyar)
:http://it.wikipedia.com/ Italian (Italiano)
:http://ja.wikipedia.org/ Japanese (Nihongo)
:http://pt.wikipedia.com/ Portuguese (Português)
:http://ru.wikipedia.org/ Russian (&#1056;&#1091;&#1089;&#1089;&#1082;&#1080;&#1081;)
:http://sl.wikipedia.com/ Slovene (Slovensko)
:http://sv.wikipedia.org/ Swedish (Svensk)
:http://sh.wikipedia.com/ Serbocroatian (Srpskohrvatska)
:http://tr.wikipedia.org/ Turkish ()

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== Some statistics ==

For each date, the number of articles are counted. Only articles which contain at least one comma (,) are counted. This is done by doing a search for "," in each non-English Wikipedia. This method excludes some very short articles and articles which are simply redirects.

Stats for the Arabic, Chinese and Japanese Wikipedias since March 11, 2002 have used all articles instead of comma ones only,
because they don't use the comma character, at least not the same way as Westerners. The same will go for the Hebrew Wikipedia.

Wikipedias that have changed over to the [[Wikipedia:PHP script|Phase III]] software can no longer be counted using the comma method. The number generated by the Special:Statistics page of each of them is used instead and the first sample taken after the change-over is marked by a light blue background. Note that this method is more accurate and may initially result in a smaller number of pages than the comma method.

<table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style="font-size:10pt">
<tr>
<th style="background:#efefef;">Date</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://af.wikipedia.com/ af]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://ar.wikipedia.com/ ar]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://ca.wikipedia.com/ ca]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://cs.wikipedia.org/ cs]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://da.wikipedia.org/ da]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://www.wikipedia.de/ de]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://eo.wikipedia.org/ eo]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://es.wikipedia.org/ es]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://et.wikipedia.com/ et]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://eu.wikipedia.com/ eu]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://fr.wikipedia.org/ fr]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://fy.wikipedia.com/ fy]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://ia.wikipedia.com/ ia]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://it.wikipedia.com/ it]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://ja.wikipedia.org/ ja]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://la.wikipedia.com/ la]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://nl.wikipedia.org/ nl]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://no.wikipedia.com/ no]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://pl.wikipedia.org/ pl]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://pt.wikipedia.com/ pt]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://ru.wikipedia.org/ ru]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://sh.wikipedia.com/ sh]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://sl.wikipedia.com/ sl]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://sv.wikipedia.org/ sv]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://tr.wikipedia.org/ tr]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://zh.wikipedia.org/ zh]</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dec 27 2001</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>42</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>1209</td>
<td>216</td>
<td>318</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>55</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>287</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>564</td>
<td>197</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>99</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jan 12 2002</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>57</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>1227</td>
<td>271</td>
<td>609</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>60</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>374</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>815</td>
<td>201</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>100</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jan 30 2002</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>59</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>1269</td>
<td>373</td>
<td>869</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>88</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>423</td>
<td>33</td>
<td>997</td>
<td>209</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>105</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>102</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Feb 9 2002</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>59</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1300</td>
<td>428</td>
<td>1355</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>98</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>462</td>
<td>48</td>
<td>1083</td>
<td>211</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>107</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>102</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Feb 27 2002</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>101</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>1367</td>
<td>572</td>
<td>1686</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>264</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>545</td>
<td>129</td>
<td>1298</td>
<td>213</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>107</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>102</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mar 11 2002</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>126</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>1419</td>
<td>811</td>
<td>1708</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>319</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>605</td>
<td>242</td>
<td>1465</td>
<td>223</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>107</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>103</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mar 20 2002</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>127</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>1447</td>
<td>1100</td>
<td>1731</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>406</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>653</td>
<td>322</td>
<td>1639</td>
<td>226</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>107</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>103</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Apr 2 2002</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>127</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>1509</td>
<td>1228</td>
<td>1755</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>479</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>26</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>818</td>
<td>359</td>
<td>1790</td>
<td>227</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>107</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>106</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>May 1 2002</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>132</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>1860</td>
<td>1789</td>
<td>1803</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>576</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>40</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>988</td>
<td>364</td>
<td>2199</td>
<td>232</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>107</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>106</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>May 10 2002</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>132</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>1933</td>
<td>2047</td>
<td>1847</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>604</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>40</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>1006</td>
<td>364</td>
<td>2624</td>
<td>233</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>107</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>106</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>May 27 2002</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>131</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>26</td>
<td>2417</td>
<td>2484</td>
<td>1975</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>691</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>41</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>1033</td>
<td>368</td>
<td>2738</td>
<td>235</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>109</td>
<td>25</td>
<td>108</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jun 13 2002</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>131</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>2778</td>
<td>2675</td>
<td>2009</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>862</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>77</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>1069</td>
<td>370</td>
<td>2923</td>
<td>266</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>110</td>
<td>66</td>
<td>111</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jul 1 2002</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>132</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>31</td>
<td>2945</td>
<td>2828</td>
<td>2022</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>943</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>100</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>1100</td>
<td>373</td>
<td>3108</td>
<td>272</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>110</td>
<td>86</td>
<td>136</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jul 13 2002</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>133</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>3264</td>
<td>2902</td>
<td>2024</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>1076</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>101</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>1127</td>
<td>374</td>
<td>3242</td>
<td>273</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>110</td>
<td>86</td>
<td>140</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Aug 4 2002</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>133</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>3932</td>
<td>3226</td>
<td>2033</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>1491</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>121</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>1220</td>
<td>376</td>
<td>3704</td>
<td>306</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>110</td>
<td>87</td>
<td>183</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Aug 31 2002</td>
<td>33</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>134</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>112</td>
<td bgcolor="lightblue">4324</td>
<td>3497</td>
<td>2066</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>2045</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>128</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>1400</td>
<td>377</td>
<td>4039</td>
<td>326</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>110</td>
<td>88</td>
<td>211</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>14</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sep 13 2002</td>
<td>36</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>135</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>153</td>
<td>4827</td>
<td>3604</td>
<td>2068</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>2245</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>128</td>
<td bgcolor="lightblue">5</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>1502</td>
<td>376</td>
<td>4427</td>
<td>343</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>110</td>
<td>89</td>
<td>218</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>15</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Oct 3 2002</td>
<td>37</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>136</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>197</td>
<td>5604</td>
<td>3718</td>
<td>2142</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>2500</td>
<td>24</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>132</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>1670</td>
<td>377</td>
<td>5045</td>
<td>355</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>110</td>
<td>94</td>
<td>255</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>15</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Oct 26 2002</td>
<td>42</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>144</td>
<td>2</td>
<td bgcolor="lightblue">237</td>
<td>6229</td>
<td>3971</td>
<td bgcolor="lightblue">2181</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>2763</td>
<td>24</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>132</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>15</td>
<td bgcolor="lightblue">1812</td>
<td>378</td>
<td>5490</td>
<td>370</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>110</td>
<td>111</td>
<td>259</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>21</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nov 10 2002</td>
<td>42</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>147</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>269</td>
<td>6701</td>
<td>4033</td>
<td>2367</td>
<td>52</td>
<td>20</td>
<td bgcolor="lightblue">2718</td>
<td>30</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>159</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>2150</td>
<td>379</td>
<td>5678</td>
<td>383</td>
<td bgcolor="lightblue">1</td>
<td>111</td>
<td>111</td>
<td>265</td>
<td>-</td>
<td bgcolor="lightblue">??</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nov 21 2002</td>
<td>45</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>148</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>305</td>
<td>7116</td>
<td bgcolor="lightblue">4089</td>
<td>2484</td>
<td>70</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>3099</td>
<td>31</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>211</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>2432</td>
<td>385</td>
<td>5816</td>
<td>386</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>111</td>
<td>111</td>
<td>523</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>??</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nov 26 2002</td>
<td>45</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>148</td>
<td bgcolor="lightblue">11</td>
<td>308</td>
<td>7323</td>
<td>4120</td>
<td>2506</td>
<td>70</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>3156</td>
<td>31</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>243</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>2503</td>
<td>385</td>
<td bgcolor="lightblue">5569</td>
<td>403</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>111</td>
<td>111</td>
<td>1116</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>46</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dec 6 2002</td>
<td>47</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>150</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>331</td>
<td>7804</td>
<td>4223</td>
<td>2592</td>
<td>95</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>3344</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>487</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>2649</td>
<td>387</td>
<td>5685</td>
<td>419</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>113</td>
<td>114</td>
<td bgcolor="lightblue">2027</td>
<td bgcolor="lightblue">1</td>
<td>49</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dec 11 2002</td>
<td>47</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>150</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>337</td>
<td>7940</td>
<td>4247</td>
<td>2610</td>
<td>125</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>3406</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>534</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>2732</td>
<td>387</td>
<td>5770</td>
<td>420</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>113</td>
<td>114</td>
<td>2762</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>51</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th style="background:#efefef;">Date</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://af.wikipedia.com/ af]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://ar.wikipedia.com/ ar]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://ca.wikipedia.com/ ca]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://cs.wikipedia.org/ cs]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://da.wikipedia.org/ da]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://www.wikipedia.de/ de]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://eo.wikipedia.org/ eo]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://es.wikipedia.org/ es]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://et.wikipedia.com/ et]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://eu.wikipedia.com/ eu]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://fr.wikipedia.org/ fr]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://fy.wikipedia.com/ fy]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://ia.wikipedia.com/ ia]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://it.wikipedia.com/ it]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://ja.wikipedia.org/ ja]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://la.wikipedia.com/ la]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://nl.wikipedia.org/ nl]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://no.wikipedia.com/ no]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://pl.wikipedia.org/ pl]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://pt.wikipedia.com/ pt]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://ru.wikipedia.org/ ru]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://sh.wikipedia.com/ sh]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://sl.wikipedia.com/ sl]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://sv.wikipedia.org/ sv]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://tr.wikipedia.org/ tr]</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">[http://zh.wikipedia.org/ zh]</th>
</tr>

</table>

The 10 largest non-English wikipedias (Dec 11, 2002):

# [http://de.wikipedia.org/ German] (7940)
# [http://pl.wikipedia.org/ Polish] (5770)
# [http://eo.wikipedia.org/ Esperanto] (4247)
# [http://fr.wikipedia.org/ French] (3406)
# [http://sv.wikipedia.org/ Swedish] (2762)
# [http://nl.wikipedia.org/ Dutch] (2732)
# [http://es.wikipedia.org/ Spanish] (2610)
# [http://it.wikipedia.com/ Italian] (534)
# [http://pt.wikipedia.com/ Portuguese] (420)
# [http://no.wikipedia.com/ Norwegian] (387)

For an overview of the world's biggest wiki websites (Wikipedia or not), see http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?BiggestWiki

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== Related projects ==

*[http://meta.wikipedia.com/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia+Machine+Translation+Project Wikipedia Machine Translation Project]

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== Policy issues ==

=== Some questions you might ask ===


==Interlanguage linking==
what can I do to help ?
{{main|Help:Interlanguage links}}
* please consult [[Wikipedia:Embassy|Wikipedia Embassy]]
* consider joining [[Intlwiki-L]], the international mailing list
* just jump through interlanguage links


==Translation==
I have just noticed the fact that the top and bottom bars are in English. Can something be done about that?
{{main|Wikipedia:Translation}}
*Those lines come from a configuration file that the public can't access (I believe). Please see the [[Wikipedia:Embassy|embassy]] for the ongoing effort to translate Wikipedia into different languages.
{{main|Wikipedia:Translate us}}


==Help with English Wikipedia, for non-English speakers==
{{main|Wikipedia:Local Embassy}}


==Unified login==
Here are some "international Wikipedia" policy questions. To a certain extent, these questions will resolve themselves, though.
{{main|Wikipedia:Unified login}}
* How are the various Wikipedias going to be coordinated, if at all? Will we have several quite different articles in different languages? Will English be a ''lingua franca''?
**In the [[Wikipedia:Embassy|embassy]] we are coordinating efforts between languages.
* What are some suggestions about what can be put on new language Wikipedia home pages?
**See [[Non-English_Wikipedias/Homepages|/Homepages]] to discuss.
* What are some suggestions about how to use "international Wikipedias" for purposes of [[Nupedia]] article translation projects?
**See [[Non-English_Wikipedias/Nupedia Translation|Nupedia Translation]] to discuss.


[[Category:Multilingual statistics archive| ]]
* Is there going to be an easy way to link from one language to another?
[[Category:Wikipedia multilingual coordination|Multilingual coordination]]
**Yes, [[Wikipedia:Interlanguage links|Interlanguage links]] are now available for all wikis that are upgraded to our [[Wikipedia:Software Phase III|Phase III software]].
<!-- Manually refined interwiki for "Wikipedia:Multilingual coordination" -->
* Anything else?

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"WP:Language" redirects here. You may be looking for Wikipedia:WikiProject Languages or Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Other languages.
This page is a short introduction to the Wikipedia's multilingual concepts.
  • The main central place for the coordination of all the Wikimedia projects (in any language) is the Meta-Wiki (located at meta.wikimedia.org).
  • The mailing list to coordinate Wikipedia across different languages is Wikipedia-l.
  • See also the English Wikipedia's embassy, a page for non-native speakers.

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The URL of the Wikipedia for a given language is xx.wikipedia.org, where xx is the 2-letter language code as per ISO 639. For languages without an ISO 639 2-letter language code, the 3-letter language code is used, or if that also does not exist, a custom 3-letter language code is made. (On the mailing list and in discussion, people often write xx: to mean the xx-language Wikipedia, as in I'm a regular on fr:.) h

Encyclopedia projects

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See also: Wikipedia:Multilingual statistics

There are currently 288 Wikipedias, counting the English Wikipedia.

This Wikipedia is written in English. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.

See m:List of Wikipedias on Meta for a full list.

See meta:Language proposal policy for a tutorial on how to get a Wikipedia language edition started, and meta:Manual for small and new Wikipedias for the first steps

Interlanguage linking

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Main page: Help:Interlanguage links

Translation

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Main page: Wikipedia:Translation
Main page: Wikipedia:Translate us

Help with English Wikipedia, for non-English speakers

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Main page: Wikipedia:Local Embassy

Unified login

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Main page: Wikipedia:Unified login
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