# Syntax for multi language site?

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/syntax-for-multi-language-site/10133>\
**Category:** Developer help\
**Created:** [November 9, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/syntax-for-multi-language-site/10133 "2019-11-09T13:34:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bussard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@Bussard](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Bussard)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/syntax-for-multi-language-site/10133/1 "2019-11-09T13:34:53Z")

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Not sure about the required syntax for the routes.yaml file for three or more languages. I understand that in the example on Gost docs, for the main language, the filter is “tag: -de”, and for the German section, the filter is 'tag: de". But how to indicate the main language in case there are 3 languages?

Is that “tag: -de -nl” or “tag: -[de nl]” or “tag: -de, -nl” ?

Thanks,  
Robert

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**Author:** ![GBJsolution](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/gbjsolution/32/4738_2.png) [@GBJsolution](https://forum.ghost.org/u/GBJsolution)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/syntax-for-multi-language-site/10133/2 "2019-11-11T14:40:54Z")

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I have not tested but you can try this

```auto
    filter: 'tag:-de+tag:-nl'

```

According to this

[https://ghost.org/docs/api/v2/javascript/filtering/](https://ghost.org/docs/api/v2/javascript/filtering/)