The package manages culturally-determined typographical (and other) rules, and hyphenation patterns for a wide range of languages. A document may select a single language to be supported, or it may select several, in which case the document may switch from one language to another in a variety of ways.
Note that the package has contributions for several languages that remain to be incorporated. Examples are:
Users of XeTeX are advised to use polyglossia rather than Babel.
If possible, get this package from your distribution using its installation manager. (For installation help, click on your distribution's name.)
| Distribution | Package name |
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| MiKTeX | babel |
| TeX Live | babel |
You can also visit babel's CTAN directory to browse the source or download the material for installation by hand.
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| Documentation off CTAN | -none known- | |||
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| Version | 3.8m | |||
| License | LaTeX Project Public License | |||
| Related packages | -none recorded- | |||
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