Last modified: 2014-09-25 15:44:37 UTC
Currently we can use {{#language:xx}} to insert the language name in pages, and {{#language:xx|en}} to show language xx in English. Please make such also available for countries, like {{#country:XX}} and {{#country:XX|yy}} with XX replaced by the ISO 3166-1 code of the country and yy the language it should be shown in. The data is already present in CLDR.
And with {{#country:XX}} or unknown code at $2 then English as fallback
Have you considered using Wikidata data for this? It probably has better coverage.
Yes considered, found ways to do so: no. Main issue: titles of articles are not the same as the to be used text. I noticed that this data is already available in MediaWiki, as it is used in the CentralNotice system for example.
