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Babel

Multilingual support for LaTeX, LuaLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and Plain TeX

Babel is the multilingual environment for LaTeX (tailored for LuaTeX, pdfTeX and XeTeX), and sometimes Plain. Its aim is to provide a comprehensive localization framework for different languages, scripts and cultures based on the latest advances on international standards (Unicode, W3C, OpenType). It supports about 300 languages (with various levels of coverage) across about 45 scripts, including complex (like CJK, Indic) and RTL ones.

Besides the traditional .ldf files, there are many locales built on a modern core that utilizes descriptive .ini files, with tools providing precise control over hyphenation and line breaking, captions, date formats (across various calendars), spacing, transliteration, numbering and other locale-specific typographical rules.

Sources	`/macros/latex/required/babel/base`
Documentation	README.md Code documentation Documentation for plain TeX User guide
Home page	https://latex3.github.io/babel/
Bug tracker	https://github.com/latex3/babel/issues
Repository	https://github.com/latex3/babel
Version	26.16 2026-11-10
Licenses	The LaTeX Project Public License 1.3
Copyright	1989–2012 Johannes Braams et al. 2012–2026 Javier Bezos and Johannes L. Braams
Maintainer	Javier Bezos López Johannes L. Braams (inactive)
TDS archive	`babel-base.tds.zip`
Contained in	TeX Live as babel MiKTeX as babel
Topics	Multi-lingual
See also	polyglossia

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