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This template is for use in articles about '''[[languages]] or [[dialects]]'''. It provides a common standard for displaying data about a language.
This template is for use in articles about '''[[language]]s or [[dialect]]s'''. It provides a common standard for displaying data about a language.


== Usage ==
== Usage ==
=== Syntax ===
=== Syntax ===
{{Parameter names example | familycolor=unclassified | name | altname | nativename | acceptance | image | imagesize | imagealt | imagecaption | pronunciation | states | region | coordinates | ethnicity | extinct | era | speakers | date | dateprefix | ref | refname | speakers2 | revived | revived-category | family | fam1 | fam2 | protoname | ancestor | ancestor2 | standards | stand1 | stand2 | dialects | dia1 | dia2 | script | sign | posteriori | nation | minority | agency | iso1 | iso1comment | iso2 | iso2comment | iso3 | iso3comment | lc1 | ld1 | lc2 | ld2 | iso6 | linglist | lingname | linglist2 | lingname2 | glotto | glottoname | glottofoot | glottorefname | glotto2 | glottoname2 | glottorefname2 | aiatsis | aiatsisname | aiatsis2 | aiatsisname2 | guthrie | lingua | lingua_ref | ietf | map | mapsize | mapalt | mapcaption | map2 | mapalt2 | mapcaption2 | module | notice=IPA }}
{{Parameter names example | familycolor=unclassified | name | altname | nativename | acceptance | image | imagesize | imagealt | imagecaption | pronunciation | states | region | ethnicity | extinct | era | speakers | date | dateprefix | ref | refname | speakers2 | revived | revived-category | family | fam1 | fam2 | protoname | ancestor | ancestor2 | standards | stand1 | stand2 | dialects | dia1 | dia2 | script | sign | posteriori | nation | minority | agency | development_body | iso1 | iso1comment | iso2 | iso2comment | iso3 | iso3comment | lc1 | ld1 | lc2 | ld2 | iso6 | linglist | lingname | linglist2 | lingname2 | glotto | glottorefname | glotto2 | glottorefname2 | aiatsis | aiatsisname | aiatsis2 | aiatsisname2 | ELP | guthrie | glottopedia | lingua | lingua_ref | ietf | map | mapsize | mapalt | mapcaption | map2 | mapalt2 | mapcaption2 | coordinates | module | notice=IPA }}


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{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
| name =
| name =
| altname =
| altname =
| nativename =
| nativename =
| acceptance =
| acceptance =
| image =
| image =
| imagesize = <!-- or image_size -->
| imagesize = <!-- or image_size -->
| imagealt =
| imagealt =
| imagecaption =
| imagecaption =
| pronunciation =
| pronunciation =
| states = <!-- or state -->
| states = <!-- or state -->
| region =
| region =
| creator =
| creator =
| created =
| created =
| setting =
| setting =
| coordinates = <!-- use {{Coord}} -->
| ethnicity =
| ethnicity =
| extinct =
| extinct =
| era =
| era =
| speakers =
| speakers =
| date =
| date =
| dateprefix =
| ref = <!-- up to e21 (or current edition) if ref is ''Ethnologue'' -->
| dateprefix =
| ref =
| refname =
| refname =
| speakers2 =
| speakers2 =
| revived =
| revived =
| revived-category = <!-- or revived-cat -->
| revived-category = <!-- or revived-cat -->
| familycolor =
| familycolor =
| family =
| family =
| fam1 =
| fam1 =
| fam2 =
| fam2 =
| fam3 = <!-- up to fam15 -->
| fam3 = <!-- up to fam15 -->
| protoname =
| protoname =
| ancestor =
| ancestor =
| ancestor2 = <!-- up to ancestor5 -->
| ancestor2 = <!-- up to ancestor8 -->
| standards =
| standards =
| stand1 =
| stand1 =
| stand2 = <!-- up to stand6 -->
| stand2 = <!-- up to stand6 -->
| dialects =
| dialects =
| listclass =
| listclass =
| dia1 =
| dia1 =
| dia2 = <!-- up to dia20 -->
| dia2 = <!-- up to dia20 -->
| script =
| script =
| sign =
| sign =
| posteriori =
| posteriori =
| nation =
| nation =
| minority =
| minority =
| agency =
| agency =
| development_body =
| iso1 =
| iso1comment =
| iso1 =
| iso2 =
| iso1comment =
| iso2b =
| iso2 =
| iso2t =
| iso2b =
| iso2comment =
| iso2t =
| iso3 =
| iso2comment =
| iso3comment =
| iso3 =
| lc1 =
| iso3comment =
| ld1 =
| lc1 =
| ld1 =
| lc2 = <!-- up to lc30 -->
| lc2 = <!-- up to lc30 -->
| ld2 = <!-- up to ld30 -->
| ld2 = <!-- up to ld30 -->
| iso6 =
| iso6 =
| isoexception =
| isoexception =
| linglist =
| linglist =
| lingname =
| lingname =
| linglist2 = <!-- up to linglist6 -->
| linglist2 = <!-- up to linglist6 -->
| lingname2 = <!-- up to lingname6 -->
| lingname2 = <!-- up to lingname6 -->
| glotto =
| glotto =
| glottoname =
| glottorefname =
| glottofoot =
| glottorefname =
| glotto2 = <!-- up to glotto5 -->
| glotto2 = <!-- up to glotto5 -->
| glottoname2 = <!-- up to glottoname5 -->
| glottorefname2 = <!-- up to glottorefname5 -->
| aiatsis =
| glottorefname2 = <!-- up to glottorefname5 -->
| aiatsis =
| aiatsisname =
| aiatsisname =
| aiatsis2 = <!-- up to aiatsis6 -->
| aiatsis2 = <!-- up to aiatsis6 -->
| aiatsisname2 = <!-- up to aiatsisname6 -->
| aiatsisname2 = <!-- up to aiatsisname6 -->
| guthrie =
| guthrie =
| lingua =
| ELP =
| lingua_ref =
| ELPname =
| ietf =
| ELP2 = <!-- up to ELP6 -->
| map =
| ELPname2 = <!-- up to ELPname6 -->
| mapsize =
| glottopedia =
| mapalt =
| lingua =
| mapcaption =
| lingua_ref =
| map2 =
| ietf =
| mapalt2 =
| map =
| mapcaption2 =
| mapsize =
| wikibook = <!-- an e-book in Wikibooks -->
| mapalt =
| module =
| mapcaption =
| map2 =
| mapalt2 =
| mapcaption2 =
| pushpin_map =
| pushpin_image =
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption =
| pushpin_mapsize =
| pushpin_label =
| pushpin_label_position =
| coordinates = <!-- use {{Coord}} -->
| module =
| notice = IPA
| notice = IPA
}}
}}
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=== Placement ===
== Parameters ==
{{Infobox language/quilt|right}}
{|
The required parameters are:
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
; name : name of language
| The template should placed at the very top of the wikitext of the article, before any text. The absolute basic syntax is as shown below:
; familycolor : appropriate language family. Possible values are listed in the coloured chart to the right (or above, depending on your browser). Please do not use other names, because they will not be recognised, and the table will be colored grey.
: '''<nowiki>{{Infobox language</nowiki>''' ← this calls the template
: In most cases, 'familycolor' will trigger a default entry for the 'fam1' field, so that field is not necessary (you can continue with 'fam2'), but you can override this by entering something under 'fam1'.
: '''| name =''' name of language ← the name of the language needs to be given
: Areal colors (American, Khoisan, Altaic, etc.) represent areal codings, and are *not* claims that the language belongs to that family. When these are used, the '''fam1''' parameter must be set to the widely accepted language family.
: '''| familycolor =''' appropriate language family ← refer to the coloured chart to the right (or above, depending on your browser), and type the name shown there; this will add the appropriate family color to the template top.8 Using "Altaic" or "Caucasian" etc. does *not* result in a claim that the language belongs to that family: think of them as areal codings.
: If 'isolate' or 'unclassified' is used, the fam1–xx tree will not display. In order to allow levels of classification, as with dialects of a language isolate, enter "grey"/"gray" instead.
: '''<nowiki>}}</nowiki>''' ← this ends the template call


Other parameters are listed below, they can be incorporated anywhere between the first and last lines, and in any order.
<nowiki>*</nowiki>If you enter "isolate", you will be restricted to a single line for the family. In order to allow levels of classification, as with dialects of a language isolate, enter "grey"/"gray" instead.


; altname : additional name of the language [not every one, but one a reader would be likely to look for]
However, you will probably want to add more than just this. Other parameters are listed below, they can be incorporated anywhere between the first and last lines, and in any order.
; nativename : native name, or a second alternative name [most cases as of 2012 not actually the native name] (if nativename is to be used, and altname parameter MUST be defined)
| {{Infobox language/quilt|right}}
; pronunciation : pronunciation of the native name of the language in [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] → remember to enclose the transcription in an IPA template such as {{tl|IPA-all}}
|}

== Parameters ==
This template accepts the following parameters:
; name : name of language #REQUIRED
; altname : additional name of the language
; nativename : native or a second additional name (if nativename is to be used, and altname parameter MUST be defined)
; acceptance : questionable acceptance/status of the language: unattested, spurious, etc.
; acceptance : questionable acceptance/status of the language: unattested, spurious, etc.
; states : countries in which it is mainly spoken. You do not have to define both this and '''region'''. Do not use flag icons except for national or official status ([[WP:INFOBOXFLAG]]). Direct links to country articles are generally not useful, and distract from useful links. Consider 'Languages of [country]' or '[ethnicity] in [country]' links instead.
; pronunciation : IPA pronunciation of the native name
; states : countries in which it is mainly spoken
; state : alias for '''states'''
; state : alias for '''states'''
; region : geographic region in which it is mainly spoken. You do not have to define both this and '''states'''; use this parameter for a single statement about geographic distribution. It is not for the broader region where the states are located, but rather the regions within the country, or across countries, where it is spoken. (That is, do not add SE Asia if we state it's in Laos, or West Africa if we state it's in Mali.)
; region : geographic region in which it is mainly spoken
; coordinates : latitude and longitude; use {{tl|coord}}
; ethnicity : people for whom this is the ethnically native language; also good for the ethnic population if different from the number of speakers (although the names chosen for the articles on the people and on the language will generally be the same, it may be appropriate to pipe in the native name of the people here)
; ethnicity : people for whom this is the ethnically native language; also good for the ethnic population if different from the number of speakers (although the names chosen for the articles on the people and on the language will generally be the same, it may be appropriate to pipe in the native name of the people here)
; speakers : {{tlx|sigfig|number of native speakers/signers|2}}
; date : date of estimate of number of speakers/signers (must start with a 4-digit year: see next)
; dateprefix : any text wanted inside the parentheses before the date; a space ({{code|&nbsp;}}) must be explicitly included at the end
; era : era of use of a historical language, such as one that developed into something else; 'speakers' will not display
; era : era of use of a historical language, such as one that developed into something else; 'speakers' will not display
; extinct : date of extinction, or information about extinction; 'speakers' will not display
; extinct : date of extinction, or information about extinction; 'speakers' will not display
; revived : Date and/or population of attempted revival of extinct language
; revived : Date and/or population of attempted revival of extinct language
; revived-category : optional name (without "Category:") of appropriate subcategory of [[:Category:Language revival]] (which is used by default if {{para|revived}} has a value); or <code>nocat</code> to suppress categorization
; revived-category : (or '''revived-cat''') optional name (without "Category:") of appropriate subcategory of [[:Category:Language revival]] (which is used by default if {{para|revived}} has a value); can be given as {{para|revived-category|nocat}} to suppress the categorization entirely, when the language has a separate article about its revival that is already in the category (e.g. [[Cornish revival]] is in [[:Category:Celtic language revival]], so {{para|revived-cat=nocat}} is used in the infobox at [[Cornish language]]).
; dia1 :
; ref : A reference for the number of speakers, placed after the date, if any. This can be any [[WP:CITEFOOT|inline citation]] or a predefined code such as e19, linglist, ne2010, etc. For more details, see the documentation at [[Template:Infobox language/ref]].
; refname : Name used in reference generated by certain 'ref' parameter values such as e19. It defaults to the value of the 'name' parameter or PAGENAME.
; speakers2 : 2nd line (2nd estimate, 2nd country, L2 speakers, etc.)
; familycolor : appropriate language family #REQUIRED
: See table below for list of options. Please do not use other names, because they will not be recognised, and the table will be colored grey.
: In most cases, 'familycolor' will trigger a default entry for the 'fam1' field, so that field is not necessary (you can continue will 'fam2'), but you can override this by entering something under 'fam1'. For areal colors (American, Khoisan, Paleosiberian, etc.), you will be prompted for a 'fam1' entry if you do not provide one. If 'isolate' or 'unclassified' is used, the fam1–xx tree will not display.
; fam1 : the broadest possible widely accepted [[language family]] of which the language is a part
; fam2 : a more specific sub-family
; ...
; fam15 : most specific sub group
; family : whatever you want to say; fam1–xx will not display
; ancestor : ancestral or reconstructed forms
; ancestor2
; ...
; ancestor5 : intermediate forms
; protoname : alias for ancestor
; creator : name of language creator
; created : year of first creation
; setting : the use or setting for a created language
; posteriori : natural-language sources of a created language
; dia1 :
; ...
; ...
; dia20 : primary dialects
; dia20 : primary dialects
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; stand6 : sixth standardized register
; stand6 : sixth standardized register
; standards : whatever you want to say
; standards : whatever you want to say
; script : the writing system(s) used for the language by literate speakers
; script : writing system(s) used for the language by literate speakers, in the form ''script (instantiation)'', such as "[[Latin script|Latin]] ([[English alphabet]])"<br />(Common variants of "Latin (alphabet)" redirect to [[Latin script]]. For the [[Latin alphabet]] itself, add an element such as <code>&amp;nbsp;</code>.)
; sign : signed forms (manually coded language)
; sign : signed forms (manually coded language)
; nation : list of countries in which it is an official language
; nation : list of countries in which it is an official language
; minority : list of countries in which it is a recognised/protected minority language
; minority : list of countries in which it is a recognised/protected minority language. This is intended for legal protection and similar ''de jure'' recognition, not simply being listed on a census and other ''de facto'' recognition.
; agency : regulatory body or language academy for the language
; agency : regulatory body or language academy for the language
; iso1 : the ISO 639-1 code for the language
; development_body : development body for the language
; boxsize : overrides default width of infobox, currently set at 22em. Format must include units ("12em" or "123px").
: Useful when an article has various infoboxes aligned in a column. (Box will automatically expand to fix map wider than default box width.)
; fontcolor : colour of font against 'familycolor' ← the font colour is usually black, use this to change it if it is difficult to read
; module : Used for embedding other infoboxes into this one.

=== Number of speakers ===

; speakers : the number of native speakers of the language. If unknown, enter {{angle bracket|?}} and do not enter NA for the date (this causes the article to be listed in the [[:Category:Language articles with speakers set to 'unknown']], a hidden [[WP:PROJCATS|maintenance category]]). If no native speakers, enter {{angle bracket|none}}. Otherwise, if no date is supplied, ''missing date'' will be displayed. Use <code><nowiki>{{sigfig|...|2}}</nowiki></code> to round to 2 [[significant figures]] while retaining the exact figure from the reference.
; date : the date of publication of the estimate of the number of speakers.
: Used for calculations for obsolete data, so needs to start with a 4-digit year (see next parameter). Exception: If {{angle bracket|NA}} is entered, nothing will display. If {{angle bracket|no date}} is entered, "no date" will display. Do not enter a date parameter at all if speakers is set to {{angle bracket|none}}.
: Articles with old dates (currently ≥ 30 years) appear in [[:Category:Language articles with old speaker data]].
; dateprefix : any text wanted inside the parentheses before the date; a space ({{code|&nbsp;}}) must be explicitly included at the end
; ref : reference for the speaker data, , placed after the date, if any. This can be any [[WP:CITEFOOT|inline citation]] or a predefined code such as e19, linglist, ne2010, etc. For more details, see the documentation at [[Template:Infobox language/ref]].
: If {{angle bracket|e17}} is entered, this will automatically generate a reference to the ''Ethnologue'' 17 article that bears the ISO 639-3 code entered at 'iso3'.
: To link to the auto-generated reference from elsewhere in the article, use <code><nowiki><ref name=e17/></nowiki></code>.
: {{angle bracket|e16}} and <code><nowiki><ref name=e16/></nowiki></code> or {{angle bracket|e15}} and <code><nowiki><ref name=e15/></nowiki></code> can be used to ref the 16th or 15th edition, for example for extinct languages which are no longer supported.
: {{angle bracket|linglist}} and <code><nowiki><ref name=linglist/></nowiki></code> can be used to ref the ''MultiTree'' entry at the Linguist List.
: {{angle bracket|ne2007/ne2010}} and <code><nowiki><ref name=NE100/></nowiki></code> can be used to ref the Swedish national encyclopedia, which we use for many of the world's top 100 languages
: {{angle bracket|inali}} and <code><nowiki><ref name=INALI/></nowiki></code> can be used to ref Mexico's [[Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas]]
: Similarly, aiatsis can be used to link to the <code><nowiki><ref name=AIATSIS/></nowiki></code> ref generated by the infobox for the AIATSIS entry for Australian languages. (For Maho's edition of the Guthrie list for Bantu languages, <code><nowiki><ref name=Guthrie/></nowiki></code> needs to be added manually, as they do not provide population data.)
; refname : Name used in reference generated by certain 'ref' parameter values such as e19. It defaults to the value of the 'name' parameter or PAGENAME.
; speakers2 : a 2nd line for speaker data, such as 2nd estimate, 2nd country, L2 speakers, etc, appearing after the date.
: If this is a second line of L1 speakers, it should be arranged so that, if there are two dates cited, the oldest appears in the date parameter, for automated update calculations. Data from different countries should not be added together if they are not comparable: say if one is from 1973 and another from 2006, or if one is rounded to the nearest million and another is on the order of 10,000.
; speakers_label : The infobox label for the number of speakers is "Native speakers" by default. Set this parameter to <code>|speakers_label = Speakers</code> to change it to "Speakers".

=== Genetic classification ===

You can use the language template to show the [[language family|genetic classification]] of a language as a descending staircase of language families, from the broadest to the most specific.
; fam1 : the broadest possible widely accepted [[language family]] of which the language is a part. If this would be exactly the same as you have defined for '''familycolor''', it may be omitted.
; fam2 : a more specific sub-family
; ...
; fam15 : most specific sub group

If you would prefer to enter some other information in this box (for example, ''disputed''), use this parameter instead:
; family : whatever you want to say; fam1–xx will not display. This can be set to "na" to avoid specifying a family relationship at all, an for a geographical group that has no single origin.

The template can also display a staircase of ancestral forms:
; ancestor : ancestral or reconstructed form, if it has an article or has been assigned an ISO code
; ancestor2
; ...
; ancestor8 : intermediate ancestral forms
; protoname : alias for '''ancestor'''

=== ISO language codes ===

; iso1 : the [[ISO 639-1]] code for the language
; iso1comment : for comments to not interfere with the link
; iso1comment : for comments to not interfere with the link
; iso2 : the ISO 639-2 code for the language (not for its family)
; iso2 : the [[ISO 639-2]] code for the language (not for its family); creates a link to the ISO page. If a language has two ISO 639-2 codes, use the following two separate fields instead.
; iso2b : the ISO 639-2 bibliographic code
; iso2b : the [[ISO 639-2]] bibliographic code (for languages with two ISO 639-2 codes)
; iso2t : the ISO 639-2 terminological code
; iso2t : the [[ISO 639-2]] terminological code (for languages with two ISO 639-2 codes)
; iso2comment : for comments to not interfere with the link(s)
; iso2comment : for comments to not interfere with the link(s)
; iso3 : the ISO 639-3 code for the language.
; iso3 : the [[ISO 639-3]] code for the language; creates a link to the ISO page. See below for the situation where multiple ISO 639-3 codes apply.
: Field will display even if left empty, unless 'lc1' etc. is used.
: Field will display even if left empty, unless 'lc1' etc. is used.
: Use 'none' if the language (not dialect) has no iso3 code, and the article will be added to [[:Category:Languages without iso3 codes]].
: If there is no ISO 639-3 code, set {{para|iso3|none}} to return the text ''none'' and add the article to [[:Category:Languages without iso3 codes]] (if '''iso3comment''' is also used, that will display in place of ''none'')
: Leave empty for a dialect that has no iso3 code, but the language it belongs to does; in this case, also use |isoexception=dialect.
: Leave empty for a dialect that has no iso3 code, but the language it belongs to does; in this case, also use {{para|isoexception|dialect}}.
: Leave empty for a historical variety that has no iso3 code, but its modern version does; in this case, also use |isoexception=historical.
: Leave empty for a historical variety that has no iso3 code, but its modern version does; in this case, also use {{para|isoexception|historical}}.
: Leave blank for a protolanguage, and use |isoexception=protolanguage.
: Leave blank for a protolanguage, and use {{para|isoexception|protolanguage}}.
: Use 'linglist' if it has an iso3 code, but this is maintained at Linguist List instead of at SIL. Add the code itself under |linglist=. (This is not necessary if the SIL page provides its own link to the Linguist List page.)
: Use 'linglist' if the language has an iso3 code, but this is maintained at Linguist List instead of at SIL. Add the code itself under |linglist=. (This is not necessary if the SIL page provides its own link to the Linguist List page.)
; iso3comment : for comments to not interfere with the link
; iso3comment : allows a comment in the ISO field that will not interfere with the link
; {{vanchor|isoexception}} : a maintenance field to organize cleanup categories.
; isoexception : a maintenance field to organize cleanup categories for missing ISO codes. Excludes article from the [[:Category:Language articles without language codes]] if set to any of the following values:
: Excludes article from the [[:Category:Language articles without language codes]] if set to any of the following values:
:: '''dialect''' (used for a dialect that does not itself have an ISO code, although the language it belongs to does; adds article to the [[:Category:Dialects of languages with ISO 639-3 code]])
:: '''dialect''' (used for a dialect that does not itself have an ISO code, although the language it belongs to does; adds article to the [[:Category:Dialects of languages with ISO 639-3 code]])
:: '''historical''' (used for a historical language that does not itself have an ISO code, although its modern version does; adds article to the [[:Category:Historical forms of languages with ISO codes]])
:: '''historical''' (used for a historical language that does not itself have an ISO code, although its modern version does; adds article to the [[:Category:Historical forms of languages with ISO codes]])
:: '''protolanguage''' (used for protolanguages without ISO codes; adds article to the [[:Category:Protolanguages without ISO codes]])
:: '''protolanguage''' (used for protolanguages without ISO codes; adds article to the [[:Category:Protolanguages without ISO codes]])
:: '''talkpage''' (used on talk pages and in archives so that they don't show up in tracking categories)
:: '''talkpage''' (used on talk pages and in archives so that they don't show up in tracking categories)

Some languages have a number of [[ISO 639-3]] codes, one for each dialect of that language. If you try putting all of these codes in the usual '''iso3 =''' parameter, it will get quite messy. Instead, use the following parameters:
; lc1 : ISO code of the first dialect (the 'iso3' field will not display if empty and this is included)
; lc1 : ISO code of the first dialect (the 'iso3' field will not display if empty and this is included)
; ld1 : name of the first language dialect
; ld1 : name of the first language dialect
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; ld30 : name of the 30–th dialect
; ld30 : name of the 30–th dialect
; iso6 : the ISO 639-6 code for the language.
; iso6 : the ISO 639-6 code for the language.

; linglist : a private or local Linguist List ISO 639-3 code or substitute for an ISO code; use xxx-xxx format for dialects.
Lc entries will be automatically linked to the ''Ethnologue'' site. Wikipedia articles on the dialects may be linked from the ld entries.
: Use for code range qaa–qtz or those involving numerals only; enter other codes under 'iso3' and the reader will be redirected from Ethnologue.

; lingname : comment on the Linguist List code or support
For languages with an [[ISO 639-3 macrolanguage]] code and several individual codes, use '''iso3''' for the macrolanguage and '''lc''n''''', '''ld''n''''' for the individual codes.
; linglist2

; linglist3 : additional Linguist List codes
=== Other language codes ===
; lingname2

; lingname3 : additional comments. (If Linguist List has redundant codes, write to them, and they will likely retire them.)
; linglist : this parameter is deprecated due to unreliable data, with the exception of some long-extinct languages. For ISO 639-3 codes of extinct languages whose descriptions are maintained at [[Linguist List]], enter the code under 'iso3' and the reader will be redirected from the ISO page.
; lingua : the Linguasphere code for the language
; lingua : the [[Linguasphere]] code for the language
; glotto
; glotto2
; glotto2
; ...
; ...
; glotto5 : the Glottolog code(s) for the language
; glotto5 : the [[Glottolog]] code for the language. Enter "none" if Glottolog does not have a code for the language, "spurious" if Glottolog uses that term. [future: also "unattested"]
; glottorefname
; glottoname2
; ...
; glottoname5 : the Glottolog name(s) for the language; appears in both the info box and the footnote
; glottorefname2
; glottorefname2
; ...
; ...
; glottorefname5 : the Glottolog name(s) for the language; appears only in the footnote
; glottorefname5 : the Glottolog name(s) for the language (optional). Substitute '''glottoname''' etc. if the name needs to be displayed in the info box.
; guthrie : the [[Guthrie classification of Bantu languages|Guthrie]] code for Bantu languages. Generates a reference which can be accessed via name="Guthrie".
; glottofoot : set to "no" to hide the Glottolog footnotes
; aiatsis : the [[AIATSIS]] code for Australian languages. Generates a reference which can be accessed via name="AIATSIS". Site includes population data we can use.
; guthrie : the Guthrie code for Bantu languages
; aiatsis : the AIATSIS code for Australian languages (linked)
; aiatsis2
; aiatsis2
; ...
; ...
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; aiatsisname2
; aiatsisname2
; ...
; ...
; aiatsisname6 : name of code, if not that of the info box, or note to appear after code
; aiatsisname6 : the AIATSIS name, if different from the entry at |name=, or note to appear after code
; ELP : URL suffix of the language article on the [[Endangered Languages Project]] site. Manual override of a default module linking to the ELP article per WikiData settings. Either way generates a reference that can be accessed via name="ELP". Entering "none" prevents the default link (e.g. when there is more than one info box in the WP article). The ELP site includes population data we can use.
; ELPname : name that will display for the ELP link and ref.
; ...
; ELP4 : additional ELP links, or manual addition (rather than replacement) to the automated module link. Useful when changing WikiData might corrupt articles on other-language wikis (e.g. when the two wikis don't define the language with the same scope).
; ELPname4
; glottopedia : [[Glottopedia]]. Generates a reference which can be accessed via name="Glottopedia".
; ietf : [[IETF language tag]]
; ietf : [[IETF language tag]]
; image : image at top of info box. Use format "image name.png", without "file/image" or brackets.
; imagesize : override default image size (currently 200px). Use units ("123px", "12em")
; imagealt : alt text for the image
; imagecaption : caption to appear under image
; imageheader : brief header for image (appears in the left-hand column)
; map : image at bottom of info box. Use format "image name.png", without "file/image" or brackets.
; mapsize : override default map size (currently 220px). Use units ("123px", "12em"). Affects both maps.
; mapalt : alt text for the map
; mapcaption : caption to appear under map
; map2 : a second map
; mapalt2 : alt text for the second map
; mapcaption2 : caption to appear under both maps
; boxsize : overrides default width of infobox, currently set at 22em. Format must include units ("12em" or "123px").
: Useful when an article has various infoboxes aligned in a column. (Box will automatically expand to fix map wider than default box width.)
; notice : IPA/ipa [adds notice for IPA notation]
; module : Used for embedding other infoboxes into this one.

=== Additional parameters ===

There are several more parameters that can be defined between the opening and closing lines. These are:
: '''| altname =''' additional name of the language [not every one, but one a reader would be likely to look for]
: '''| nativename =''' native name, or a second alternative name [most cases as of 2012 not actually the native name]
: '''| states =''' countries in which it is mainly spoken (multigenerational communities) ← you do not have to define both this and '''region'''. Do not use flag icons except for national or official status ([[WP:INFOBOXFLAG]]).
: '''| region =''' geographic region in which it is mainly spoken ← you do not have to define both this and '''states'''; use this parameter for a single statement about geographic distribution. It is not for the broader region where the states are located, but rather the regions within the country, or across countries, where it is spoken. (That is, do not add SE Asia if we state it's in Laos, or West Africa if we state it's in Mali.)
: '''| speakers =''' the number of native speakers of the language. If unknown, enter {{angle bracket|?}} and do not enter NA for the date (this causes the article to be listed in the [[:Category:Language articles with speakers set to 'unknown']], a hidden [[WP:PROJCATS|maintenance category]]). If no native speakers, enter {{angle bracket|none}}. Otherwise, if no date is supplied, ''missing date'' will be displayed. Use <code><nowiki>{{sigfig|...|2}}</nowiki></code> to round to 2 [[significant figures]] while retaining the exact figure from the reference.
: '''| date =''' the date of publication of the estimate of the number of speakers.
:: Used for calculations for obsolete data, so needs to start with a 4-digit year. Exception: If {{angle bracket|NA}} is entered, nothing will display. If {{angle bracket|no date}} is entered, "no date" will display. Do not enter a date parameter at all if speakers is set to {{angle bracket|none}}.
:: Articles with old dates (currently ≥ 30 years) appear in [[:Category:Language articles with old speaker data]].
: '''| ref =''' reference for the speaker data.
:: If {{angle bracket|e17}} is entered, this will automatically generate a reference to the ''Ethnologue'' 17 article that bears the ISO 639-3 code entered at 'iso3'.
:: To link to the auto-generated reference from elsewhere in the article, use <code><nowiki><ref name=e17/></nowiki></code>.
:: {{angle bracket|e16}} and <code><nowiki><ref name=e16/></nowiki></code> or {{angle bracket|e15}} and <code><nowiki><ref name=e15/></nowiki></code> can be used to ref the 16th or 15th edition, for example for extinct languages which are no longer supported.
:: {{angle bracket|linglist}} and <code><nowiki><ref name=linglist/></nowiki></code> can be used to ref the ''MultiTree'' entry at the Linguist List.
:: {{angle bracket|ne2007/ne2010}} and <code><nowiki><ref name=NE100/></nowiki></code> can be used to ref the Swedish national encyclopedia, which we use for many of the world's top 100 languages
:: {{angle bracket|inali}} and <code><nowiki><ref name=INALI/></nowiki></code> can be used to ref Mexico's [[Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas]]
:: Similarly, aiatsis can be used to link to the <code><nowiki><ref name=AIATSIS/></nowiki></code> ref generated by the info box for the AIATSIS entry for Australian languages. (For Glottolog and Maho's edition of the Guthrie list for Bantu languages, <code><nowiki><ref name=Glottolog(2–5)/></nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki><ref name=Guthrie/></nowiki></code> needs to be added manually, as they do not provide population data.)
: '''| speakers2 =''' a 2nd line for speaker data, such as L2 speakers, appearing after the date.
:: If this is a second line of L1 speakers, it should be arranged so that, if there are two dates cited, the oldest appears in the date parameter, for automated update calculations. Data from different countries should not be added together if they are not comparable: say if one is from 1973 and another from 2006, or if one is rounded to the nearest million and another is on the order of 10,000.
: '''| iso1 =''' the [[ISO 639-1]] code for the language
: '''| iso2 =''' the [[ISO 639-2]] code for the language; creates a link to the ISO page ← see just hereafter for the situation where a language has two ISO 639-2 codes
: '''| iso3 =''' the [[ISO 639-3]] code for the language; creates a link to the ISO page ← see [[#Language with more than one ISO 639-3 code|below]] for the situation where multiple ISO 639-3 codes apply; if there is no ISO 639-3 code, set '''iso3=none''' to return the text ''none'' and add the article to a list of uncoded languages (if '''iso3comment''' is also used, that will display in place of ''none'')
:: Only iso3 will appear (with a dash) if the code is omitted. If a language has two [[ISO 639-2]] codes, one will be defined as the ''bibliographic'' code, and the other ''terminological''. These can be added in separate fields using the following parameters:
: '''| iso2b =''' the [[ISO 639-2]] bibliographic code
: '''| iso2t =''' the [[ISO 639-2]] terminological code
: '''| lingua =''' the [[Linguasphere]] code for the language
: '''| linglist(2,3) =''' the [[Linguist List]] code(s) for the language. May be a proper ISO code maintained at Linguist List, or a local non-ISO code; creates a link to the Linguist List page.
: '''| lingname(2,3) =''' the Linguist List name for the language, or other comment
: '''| glotto(2–5) =''' the [[Glottolog]] code for the language. Generates a reference which can be accessed via name="Glottolog(2–5)". Enter "none" if Glottolog does not have a code for the language, "spurious" if Glottolog uses that term. [future: also "unattested"]
: '''| glottoname(2–5) =''' the names to be used for the Glottolog reference(s). If there is more than one box on a page, then you need a different-numbered parameter for each, in order to generate separate footnotes.
: '''| guthrie =''' the [[Guthrie classification of Bantu languages|Guthrie]] code for Bantu languages. Generates a reference which can be accessed via name="Guthrie".
: '''| aiatsis(2,3) =''' the [[AIATSIS]] code(s) for Australian languages. Generates a reference which can be accessed via name="AIATSIS".
: '''| aiatsis(2,3)name =''' the AIATSIS name, if different from the entry at |name=.
: '''| iso3comment =''' allows a comment in the ISO field that will not interfere with the link
: '''| isoexception =''' handles exceptions to the handling of missing ISO codes; see details [[#isoexception|above]].
: '''| ietf =''' [[IETF language tag]]
: '''| wikibook =''' [[Wikibooks]] e-book on this language
: '''| module =''' Used for embedding other infoboxes into this one.

=== Genetic classification ===

You can use the language template to show the [[language family|genetic classification]] of a language at a glance. This classification is displayed as a descending staircase of language families, from the broadest to the most specific. To add the genetic classification use the following:
: '''| fam1 =''' the broadest possible widely accepted [[language family]] of which the language is a part ← if this would be exactly the same as you have defined for '''familycolor''', it may be omitted
: '''| fam2 =''' a more specific sub-family
: '''| fam3 =''' a more specific group

You can keep adding parameters in like fashion until you have completed the classification. If you would prefer to enter some other information in this box (for example, ''disputed''), use this parameter instead:
: '''| family =''' whatever you want to say (sequesters the repetition of the name of the language)
This can be set to "na" to avoid specifying a family relationship at all, an for a geographical group that has no single origin.

Ancestral forms may be useful when we have an article on them, or when they have been assigned ISO codes:
: '''| ancestor =''' an ancestral form, such as Old English or Proto-Basque
: '''| ancestor2/3 =''' intermediate ancestral forms, such as Middle English or Aquitanian

=== Optional parameters ===

Some parts of the template remain invisible unless they are specifically called. Only use these parameters if they are required.
: '''| fontcolor =''' colour of font against 'familycolor' ← the font colour is usually black, use this to change it if it is difficult to read
: '''| pronunciation =''' pronunciation of the native name of the language in [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] → remember to enclose the transcription in an IPA template such as {{tl|IPA-all}}
: '''| nation =''' list of countries in which it is an official language
: '''| minority =''' list of countries in which it is a recognised minority language. This is intended for legal protection and similar ''de jure'' recognition, not simply being listed on a census and other ''de facto'' recognition.
: '''| agency =''' regulatory body or language academy for the language
: '''| extinct =''' date of extinction, or information about extinction ← this replaces '''speakers'''
: '''| revived = ''' date and/or population of attempted revival of extinct language
: '''| revived-category = ''' (or '''| revived-cat = ''') optional name (without "Category:") of appropriate subcategory of [[:Category:Language revival]] (which is used by default if {{para|revived}} has a value); can be given as '''| revived-category = nocat ''' to suppress the categorization entirely, when the language has a separate article about its revival that is already in the category (e.g. [[Cornish revival]] is in [[:Category:Celtic language revival]], so {{para|revived-cat=nocat}} is used in the infobox at [[Cornish language]]).
: '''| era =''' era of use of an ancestral form of a language ← this replaces '''speakers'''
: '''| script =''' writing system(s) used to represent the language ← in the form ''script (instantiation)'', such as "[[Latin script|Latin]] ([[English alphabet]])"<br />(Common variants of "Latin (alphabet)" redirect to [[Latin script]]. For the [[Latin alphabet]] itself, add an element such as <code>&amp;nbsp;</code>.)

=== Language with more than one ISO 639-3 code ===

Some languages have a number of [[ISO 639-3]] codes, one for each dialect of that language. If you try putting all of these codes in the usual '''iso3 =''' parameter, it will get quite messy. Instead, use the following parameters:
: '''| lc1 =''' language code of the first dialect
: '''| ld1 =''' name of the first language dialect

For subsequent dialects, use '''lc2''' and so forth. Lc entries will be automatically linked to the ''Ethnologue'' site. Wikipedia articles on the dialects may be linked from the ld entries..

For languages with an [[ISO 639-3 macrolanguage]] code and several individual codes, use '''iso3''' for the macrolanguage and '''lc''n''''', '''ld''n''''' for the individual codes.


=== Constructed languages ===
=== Constructed languages ===


This template is appropriate to use for [[constructed languages]]. The following parameters can be used:
This template is appropriate to use for [[constructed language]]s. The following parameters can be used:
: '''| creator =''' name of language creator
; creator : name of language creator
: '''| created =''' year of first creation
; created : year of first creation
: '''| setting =''' the use or setting for the language
; setting : the use or setting for the language
: '''| posteriori =''' natural-language sources
; posteriori : natural-language sources


Using these parameters, or setting '''familycolor=Conlang''', automatically sets the coloured bars of the infobox to {{code|{{Infobox language/family-color|Conlang}}}} background with white fonts, and removes the '''states''' and '''region''' parameters from use ('''nation''' is also disabled). If the '''iso2''' parameter is left undefined, it is treated as being '''iso2=art'''. For conlangs, the '''family''' or '''fam''n''''' parameters are used to describe the hierarchy of purpose of the language, whereas '''posteriori''' is used to describe the ''a posteriori'' sources on which the conlang draws.
Using these parameters, or setting '''familycolor=Conlang''', automatically sets the coloured bars of the infobox to {{code|{{Infobox language/family-color|Conlang}}}} background with white fonts, and removes the '''states''' and '''region''' parameters from use ('''nation''' is also disabled). If the '''iso2''' parameter is left undefined, it is treated as being '''iso2=art'''. For conlangs, the '''family''' or '''fam''n''''' parameters are used to describe the hierarchy of purpose of the language, whereas '''posteriori''' is used to describe the ''a posteriori'' sources on which the conlang draws.


=== Images in the template ===
=== Maps and images ===
{{anchor|Images in the template}}

You should not put large images at the top of the language template: they just make it very messy. You can place a small image at the top of the template using the following parameters:
You should not put large images at the top of the language template: they just make it very messy. You can place a small image at the top of the template using the following parameters:
: '''| image =''' image name.png
; image : image at top of info box. Use format "image name.png", without "File:/Image:" or brackets.
; imagesize : override default image size (currently 200px). Use units ("123px", "12em")
: '''| imagesize =''' 100px ← overrides the default image size
: '''| imagealt =''' alt text
; imagealt : alt text for the image
: '''| imagecaption =''' caption
; imagecaption : caption to appear under the image
: '''| imageheader =''' very simple description of image ('logo', 'map', 'script', etc.) ← this is placed in the left-hand column, and so needs to be short
; imageheader : brief header for the image ('logo', 'map', 'script', etc). This is placed in the left-hand column, and so needs to be short.


If you have a larger image or two, such as a map, you can place them at the bottom of the template, spanning both columns, with the following parameter:
If you have a larger image or two, such as a map, you can place them at the bottom of the template, spanning both columns, with the following parameter:
; map : image at bottom of info box. Use format "image name.png", without "File:/Image:" or brackets.
: '''| map(2) =''' image name.png
; mapsize : override default map size (currently 220px). Use units ("123px", "12em"). Affects both maps.
: '''| mapsize =''' 300px ← overrides the default image size
: '''| mapalt(2) =''' alt text
; mapalt : alt text for the map
: '''| mapcaption(2) =''' caption
; mapcaption : caption to appear under map
; map2 : a second map
; mapalt2 : alt text for the second map
; mapcaption2 : caption to appear under both maps


The [[WP:EIS|usual image markup]] applies for both images. [[Alt text]] is for visually impaired readers, and the [[WP:CAPTION|caption]] is for all readers; typically they should have little in common (see [[WP:ALT]]).
The [[WP:EIS|usual image markup]] applies for both images. [[Alt text]] is for visually impaired readers, and the [[WP:CAPTION|caption]] is for all readers; typically they should have little in common (see [[WP:ALT]]).

For languages spoken in smaller areas, where the location of the language can be reasonably approximated by a point on the map, then a pushpin map can be added:
; coordinates : latitude and longitude; use {{tl|coord}}
; pushpin_map : The name of a location map as per [[Template:Location map]] (e.g. ''Indonesia'' or ''Russia''). The coordinate fields (from {{para|coordinates}}) position a pushpin coordinate marker and label on the map '''automatically'''. To show multiple pushpin maps, provide a list of maps separated by #, e.g., ''California#USA''
; pushpin_image : (optional) Allows the use of an alternative map; the image must have the same edge coordinates as the location map template.<br/>''Equivalent to <code>AlternativeMap</code> parameter in [[Template:Location map]].''
; pushpin_mapsize : (optional) Must be entered as only a number—'''do not use px'''. The default value is 250. ''Equivalent to <code>width</code> parameter in [[Template:Location map]].''
; pushpin_map_alt : (optional) Alt text for pushpin map; used by [[screen reader]]s, see [[WP:ALT]]. ''Equivalent to <code>alt</code> parameter in [[Template:Location map]].''
; pushpin_map_caption : (optional) Fill out if a different caption from ''map_caption'' is desired. ''Equivalent to <code>caption</code> parameter in [[Template:Location map]].''
; pushpin_label : (optional) The text of the label to display next to the identifying mark; a [[Wiki markup|wikilink]] can be used. If not specified, the label will be the text assigned to the ''name'' parameter, and if the ''name'' parameter is not specified, the article title. (if {{para|pushpin_label_position|none}}, no label is displayed).<br/>''Equivalent to <code>label</code> parameter in [[Template:Location map]].''
; pushpin_label_position : (optional) The position of the label on the pushpin map relative to the pushpin coordinate marker. Valid options are {left, right, top, bottom, none}. If this field is not specified, the default value is ''right''.<br/>''Equivalent to <code>position</code> parameter in [[Template:Location map]].''


=== Footer notice ===
=== Footer notice ===
A notice or notices may be placed at the bottom of the infobox:
A notice or notices may be placed at the bottom of the infobox:
: '''| notice=ipa''' places a notice about the [[Unicode]] fonts used for displaying [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]
; notice=ipa : places a notice about the [[Unicode]] fonts used for displaying [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]


== Examples ==
== Examples ==
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{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
| name = English
| name = English
| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɪ|ŋ|ɡ|l|ɪ|ʃ}}<ref>[http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/english_2 English Adjective] – Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary – Oxford University Press ©2010.</ref>
| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɪ|ŋ|ɡ|l|ɪ|ʃ}}<ref>[http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/english_2 English Adjective] – Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary – Oxford University Press ©2010.</ref>
| region = (see [[#Geographical distribution|below]])
| region = (see [[#Geographical distribution|below]])
| speakers = 360&nbsp;million
| speakers = 360&nbsp;million
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| fam3 = [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]]
| fam3 = [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]]
| fam4 = [[Anglo-Frisian languages|Anglo–Frisian]]
| fam4 = [[Anglo-Frisian languages|Anglo–Frisian]]
| fam5 = [[English languages|Anglic]]
| fam5 = [[Anglic languages|Anglic]]
| script = [[English alphabet]] ([[Latin script]])
| script = [[English alphabet]] ([[Latin script]])
| sign = [[Manually coded English]]
| sign = [[Manually coded English]]
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| iso2 = eng
| iso2 = eng
| iso3 = eng
| iso3 = eng
| glotto = stan1293
| lingua = 52-ABA
| lingua = 52-ABA
| map = Anglospeak.svg
| map = Anglospeak.svg
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| fam3 = [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]]
| fam3 = [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]]
| fam4 = [[Anglo-Frisian languages|Anglo–Frisian]]
| fam4 = [[Anglo-Frisian languages|Anglo–Frisian]]
| fam5 = [[English languages|Anglic]]
| fam5 = [[Anglic languages|Anglic]]
| script = [[English alphabet]] ([[Latin script]])
| script = [[English alphabet]] ([[Latin script]])
| sign = [[Manually coded English]]
| sign = [[Manually coded English]]
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| iso2 = eng
| iso2 = eng
| iso3 = eng
| iso3 = eng
| glotto = stan1293
| lingua = 52-ABA
| lingua = 52-ABA
| map = Anglospeak.svg
| map = Anglospeak.svg
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| pronunciation = {{IPA-fa|fyɒːɾˈsiː|}}
| pronunciation = {{IPA-fa|fyɒːɾˈsiː|}}
| states = {{hlist|style=line-height:1.3em;
| states = {{hlist|style=line-height:1.3em;
| [[Iran]]
| [[Languages of Iran|Iran]]
| [[Afghanistan]]&nbsp;(as [[Dari language|Dari]])
| [[Languages of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]]&nbsp;(as [[Dari language|Dari]])
| [[Tajikistan]]&nbsp;(as [[Tajik language|Tajik]])
| [[Languages of Tajikistan|Tajikistan]]&nbsp;(as [[Tajik language|Tajik]])
| [[Uzbekistan]] (as Tajik)
| [[Languages of Uzbekistan|Uzbekistan]] (as Tajik)
| [[Iraq]]
| [[Languages of Iraq|Iraq]]
| [[Russia]]
| [[Languages of Russia|Russia]]
}}
}}
| speakers = 45 million (2007) – 60 million
| speakers = 45 million (2007) – 60 million
| date = 2009
| date = 2009
| ref =
| ref =
| speakers2 = (110 million total speakers)
| speakers2 = (110 million total speakers)
| familycolor = Indo-European
| familycolor = Indo-European
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| ld12 = [[Tat language (Caucasus)|Caucasian Tat]]
| ld12 = [[Tat language (Caucasus)|Caucasian Tat]]
| glotto = fars1254
| glotto = fars1254
| glottorefname = Farsic – Caucasian Tat
| glottoname = Farsic – Caucasian Tat
| lingua = {{longitem|58-AAC (Wider Persian)<br />{{nowrap|&nbsp;> 58-AAC-c (Central Persian)}}}}
| lingua = {{longitem|58-AAC (Wider Persian)<br />{{nowrap|&nbsp;> 58-AAC-c (Central Persian)}}}}
| map = Persian Language Location Map1.png{{!}}border
| map = Persian Language Location Map.svg{{!}}border
| mapcaption = Areas with significant numbers of Persian speakers (including dialects)
| mapcaption = Areas with significant numbers of Persian speakers (including dialects)
| map2 = Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.svg{{!}}border
| map2 = Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.svg{{!}}border
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| pronunciation = {{IPA-fa|fyɒːɾˈsiː|}}
| pronunciation = {{IPA-fa|fyɒːɾˈsiː|}}
| states = {{hlist|style=line-height:1.3em;
| states = {{hlist|style=line-height:1.3em;
| [[Iran]]
| [[Languages of Iran|Iran]]
| [[Afghanistan]]&nbsp;(as [[Dari language|Dari]])
| [[Languages of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]]&nbsp;(as [[Dari language|Dari]])
| [[Tajikistan]]&nbsp;(as [[Tajik language|Tajik]])
| [[Languages of Tajikistan|Tajikistan]]&nbsp;(as [[Tajik language|Tajik]])
| [[Uzbekistan]] (as Tajik)
| [[Languages of Uzbekistan|Uzbekistan]] (as Tajik)
| [[Iraq]]
| [[Languages of Iraq|Iraq]]
| [[Russia]]
| [[Languages of Russia|Russia]]
}}
}}
| speakers = 45 million (2007) – 60 million
| speakers = 45 million (2007) – 60 million
| date = 2009
| date = 2009
| ref =
| ref =
| speakers2 = (110 million total speakers)
| speakers2 = (110 million total speakers)
| familycolor = Indo-European
| familycolor = Indo-European
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| ld12 = [[Tat language (Caucasus)|Caucasian Tat]]
| ld12 = [[Tat language (Caucasus)|Caucasian Tat]]
| glotto = fars1254
| glotto = fars1254
| glottorefname = Farsic – Caucasian Tat
| glottoname = Farsic – Caucasian Tat
| lingua = {{longitem|58-AAC (Wider Persian)<br />{{nowrap|&nbsp;> 58-AAC-c (Central Persian)}}}}
| lingua = {{longitem|58-AAC (Wider Persian)<br />{{nowrap|&nbsp;> 58-AAC-c (Central Persian)}}}}
| map = Persian Language Location Map1.png{{!}}border
| map = Persian Language Location Map.svg{{!}}border
| mapcaption = Areas with significant numbers of Persian speakers (including dialects)
| mapcaption = Areas with significant numbers of Persian speakers (including dialects)
| map2 = Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.svg{{!}}border
| map2 = Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.svg{{!}}border
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; ISO support
; ISO support
* {{clc|Languages without ISO 639-3 code}} – [iso3=] is set to 'none', as it is not (yet) included in ISO. May have other codes.
* {{Category link with count|Languages without ISO 639-3 code}} – [iso3=] is set to 'none', as it is not (yet) included in ISO. May have other codes.
** {{clc|Conlangs without ISO 639-3 code}} – subcat: most conlangs do not qualify for ISO
** {{Category link with count|Conlangs without ISO 639-3 code}} – subcat: most conlangs do not qualify for ISO
** {{clc|Nonexistent E17 links}} – setting [iso3=none] and [ref=e17] generates an invalid reference
** {{Category link with count|Nonexistent E17 links}} – setting [iso3=none] and [ref=e17] generates an invalid reference
* {{clc|Language articles without language codes}} – no language code listed, but not specifically excluded from ISO with [iso3=none]
* {{Category link with count|Language articles without language codes}} – no language code listed, but not specifically excluded from ISO with [iso3=none]
** {{clc|Languages without ISO 639-3 code but with Linguist List code}}
** {{Category link with count|Languages without ISO 639-3 code but with Linguist List code}}
*** subcat {{clc|Dialects with Linguist List code}} – LingList codes some dialects with sub-ISO codes as "xxx-yyy"
*** subcat {{Category link with count|Dialects with Linguist List code}} – LingList codes some dialects with sub-ISO codes as "xxx-yyy"
** {{clc|Languages without ISO 639-3 code but with Linguasphere code}}
** {{Category link with count|Languages without ISO 639-3 code but with Linguasphere code}}
** {{clc|Languages without ISO 639-3 code but with AIATSIS code}}
** {{Category link with count|Languages without ISO 639-3 code but with AIATSIS code}}
** {{clc|Languages without ISO 639-3 code but with Guthrie code}}
** {{Category link with count|Languages without ISO 639-3 code but with Guthrie code}}
** {{clc|Dialects of languages with ISO 639-3 code}} – a normal exception, triggered by isoexception=dialect
** {{Category link with count|Dialects of languages with ISO 639-3 code}} – a normal exception, triggered by isoexception=dialect
** {{clc|Historical forms of languages with ISO codes}} – a normal exception, triggered by isoexception=historical
** {{Category link with count|Historical forms of languages with ISO codes}} – a normal exception, triggered by isoexception=historical
** {{clc|Protolanguages without ISO codes}} – a normal exception, triggered by isoexception=protolanguage
** {{Category link with count|Protolanguages without ISO codes}} – a normal exception, triggered by isoexception=protolanguage
* {{clc|Languages which need ISO 639-3 comment}} – triggered by [lc1=] without [lc2=] (once used as a way to provide comments; occasionally still appropriate with [iso3=] when a second but redundant ISO code is included)
* {{Category link with count|Languages which need ISO 639-3 comment}} – triggered by [lc1=] without [lc2=] (once used as a way to provide comments; occasionally still appropriate with [iso3=] when a second but redundant ISO code is included)
* {{clc|Languages with ISO 639-2 code}} – sometimes the 639-3 code is mistakenly copied into the <code>iso2</code> field
* {{Category link with count|Languages with ISO 639-2 code}} – sometimes the 639-3 code is mistakenly copied into the <code>iso2</code> field
* {{clc|Languages with ISO 639-1 code}}
* {{Category link with count|Languages with ISO 639-1 code}}


; Speaker and date issues
; Speaker and date issues
* {{clc|Language articles without speaker estimate}} – no entry under [speakers=], and not extinct, a sign language, or a conlang
* {{Category link with count|Language articles without speaker estimate}} – no entry under [speakers=], and not extinct, a sign language, or a conlang
* {{clc|Language articles with invalid population dates}} – entry error at [date=] (anything other than a 4-digit number at start)
* {{Category link with count|Language articles with invalid population dates}} – entry error at [date=] (anything other than a 4-digit number at start)
* {{clc|Language articles with speaker number undated}} – no entry at [date=]
* {{Category link with count|Language articles with speaker number undated}} – no entry at [date=]
** {{clc|Language articles with 'no date' set}} – [date=no date], used when the source lacks a date
** {{Category link with count|Language articles with 'no date' set}} – [date=no date], used when the source lacks a date
** {{clc|Language articles with NA population dates}} – [date=NA], used when a date does not apply
** {{Category link with count|Language articles with NA population dates}} – [date=NA], used when a date does not apply
* {{clc|Language articles with old speaker data}} – currently set to > 25 years
* {{Category link with count|Language articles with old speaker data}} – currently set to > 25 years
* {{clc|Language articles without reference field}}
* {{Category link with count|Language articles without reference field}}


; Classification
; Classification
* {{clc|Language articles with spurious family}} – generally because [fam1=] is autofilled from [familycolor] to 'American', 'Australian', 'Papuan', 'Khoisan', 'Caucasian', 'Andamanese', or 'Paleosiberian'
* {{Category link with count|Language articles with spurious family}} – generally because [fam1=] is autofilled from [familycolor] to 'American', 'Australian', 'Papuan', 'Khoisan', 'Caucasian', 'Andamanese', or 'Paleosiberian'
* {{clc|Languages without family color codes}} – no or invalid familycolor
* {{Category link with count|Languages without family color codes}} – no or invalid familycolor
* {{clc|Languages without classification}} – family displayed as 'unknown' (sometimes triggered by SLs or conlangs)
* {{Category link with count|Languages without classification}} – family displayed as 'unknown' (sometimes triggered by SLs or conlangs)


; Other
; Other
* {{clc|Language articles needing infoboxes}} – manual cat: switch off (to "no") if you judge the article does not need one
* {{Category link with count|Language articles needing infoboxes}} – manual cat: switch off (to "no") if you judge the article does not need one
* {{clc|Ill-formatted infobox-language images}} – images need to be stripped of external file formatting
* {{Category link with count|Ill-formatted infobox-language images}} – images need to be stripped of external file formatting
* {{clc|Language articles with unsupported infobox fields}} – detects any parameter not in the list, incl. for now anything over dia20
* {{Category link with count|Language articles with unsupported infobox fields}} – detects any parameter not in the list, incl. for now anything over dia20
* {{clc|Articles citing AIATSIS}}
* {{Category link with count|Articles citing AIATSIS}}
* {{clc|Articles citing INALI}}
* {{Category link with count|Articles citing INALI}}
* {{clc|Articles citing Linguist List}}
* {{Category link with count|Articles citing Linguist List}}
* {{clc|Articles citing Maho/Guthrie}} – category exists in template but has not been created
* {{Category link with count|Articles citing Maho/Guthrie}} – category exists in template but has not been created
* {{clc|Articles citing Nationalencyklopedin}}
* {{Category link with count|Articles citing Nationalencyklopedin}}
* {{clc|Articles opting out of population reference}}
* {{Category link with count|Articles opting out of population reference}}
* {{clc|Articles with unnamed Glottolog code}}
* {{Category link with count|Articles with unnamed Glottolog code}}
* {{clc|Dialect articles with speakers set to 'unknown'}}
* {{Category link with count|Dialect articles with speakers set to 'unknown'}}
* {{clc|Extinct ISO language articles citing sources other than Ethnologue}}
* {{Category link with count|Extinct ISO language articles citing sources other than Ethnologue}}
* {{clc|ISO language articles citing sources other than Ethnologue}}
* {{Category link with count|ISO language articles citing sources other than Ethnologue}}
* {{clc|Language articles missing Glottolog code}}
* {{Category link with count|Language articles missing Glottolog code}}
* {{clc|Language articles with IETF language tag}}
* {{Category link with count|Language articles with IETF language tag}}
* {{clc|Language articles with old Ethnologue 18 speaker data}}
* {{Category link with count|Language articles with old Ethnologue 18 speaker data}}
* {{clc|Language articles with speakers set to 'none'}}
* {{Category link with count|Language articles with speakers set to 'none'}}
* {{clc|Language articles with speakers set to 'unknown'}}
* {{Category link with count|Language articles with speakers set to 'unknown'}}
* {{clc|Language articles with unknown extinction date}}
* {{Category link with count|Language articles with unknown extinction date}}
* {{clc|Language articles with unknown population not citing Ethnologue 18}}
* {{Category link with count|Language articles with unknown population not citing Ethnologue 18}}
* {{clc|Language articles with unreferenced extinction date}}
* {{Category link with count|Language articles with unreferenced extinction date}}
* {{clc|Languages rejected by Glottolog}}
* {{Category link with count|Languages rejected by Glottolog}}
* {{clc|Languages with neither ISO nor Glottolog code}}
* {{Category link with count|Languages with neither ISO nor Glottolog code}}
* {{clc|Languages without Glottolog code}}
* {{Category link with count|Languages without Glottolog code}}
* {{clc|Languages without ISO 639-3 code but with Glottolog code}}
* {{Category link with count|Languages without ISO 639-3 code but with Glottolog code}}
* {{clc|Nonexistent E18 links}}
* {{Category link with count|Nonexistent E18 links}}


== Sub-templates ==
== Sub-templates ==
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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[:Template:Infobox proto-language]]
* [[:Template:Infobox language family]]
* [[:Template:Infobox language family]]


== TemplateData ==
== TemplateData ==
{{collapse top|TemplateData}}
{{collapse top|[[Wikipedia:TemplateData|TemplateData]] documentation used by [[Wikipedia:VisualEditor|VisualEditor]] and other tools}}
{{TemplateData header}}
{{TemplateData header|noheader=1}}
<templatedata>
<templatedata>
{
{
"description": "Display data about a language in a standard format",
"description": "Display data about a language in a standard format",
"format": "{{_\n| ________________ = _\n}}\n",
"params": {
"params": {
"name": {
"name": {
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"label": "Speakers 2",
"label": "Speakers 2",
"description": "A second line giving more information about the number of speakers, such as a second estimate",
"description": "A second line giving more information about the number of speakers, such as a second estimate",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"speakers_label": {
"label": "Label for the 'speakers' field",
"description": "A label which can overwrite the 'Native speakers' label",
"type": "string",
"type": "string",
"required": false
"required": false
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"type": "string",
"type": "string",
"required": false
"required": false
},
"pushpin_map": {
"label": "Pushpin map",
"description": "The name of a location map (e.g. 'Indonesia' or 'Russia'). The coordinates information (from the coordinates parameter) position a pushpin coordinate marker and label on the map 'automatically'. Example see: Padang, Indonesia",
"type": "string",
"example": "Indonesia"
},
"pushpin_image": {
"label": "Pushpin image",
"type": "wiki-file-name",
"description": "Image to use for the pushpin map"
},
"pushpin_mapsize": {
"label": "Pushpin map size",
"description": "Must be entered as only a number—do not use px. The default value is 250.",
"type": "number",
"example": "200"
},
"pushpin_map_alt": {
"label": "Pushpin map alt text",
"description": "Alt (hover) text for the pushpin map",
"type": "string"
},
"pushpin_map_caption": {
"label": "Pushpin map caption",
"description": "Fill out if a different caption from ''map_caption'' is desired.",
"type": "string",
"example": "Map showing the location of Biak language in Indonesia"
},
"pushpin_label": {
"label": "Pushpin label",
"type": "line",
"description": "Label of the pushpin"
},
"pushpin_label_position": {
"label": "Pushpin label position",
"description": "The position of the label on the pushpin map relative to the pushpin coordinate marker. Valid options are {left, right, top, bottom, none}. If this field is not specified, the default value is ''right''.",
"type": "string",
"example": "left",
"default": "right"
},
"coordinates": {
"label": "Coordinates",
"description": "Latitude and longitude. Use {{Coord}}. See the documentation for {{Coord}} for more details on usage.",
"type": "wiki-template-name",
"example": "{{coord|41|50|15|N|87|40|55|W}}"
},
},
"boxsize": {
"boxsize": {
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"type": "string",
"type": "string",
"required": false
"required": false
},
"sign": {
"label": "Signed form",
"description": "The name of the sign language used for this language",
"example": "Signed Arabic (national forms)",
"type": "string"
},
"protoname": {
"label": "Protolanguage name",
"description": "Name of the proto-language of the language",
"example": "[[Proto-Arabic language]]",
"type": "line"
}
}
},
}
"format": "block"
}
}
</templatedata>
</templatedata>
{{collapse bottom}}
{{collapse bottom}}


<includeonly>{{#ifeq:{{SUBPAGENAME}}|sandbox | |
<includeonly>{{Sandbox other||
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[[Category:Language infobox templates|Language]]
[[Category:Language infobox templates|Language]]
[[Category:Templates that add a tracking category]]
[[Category:Templates that add a tracking category]]
[[Category:Templates that generate named references]]
[[Category:Templates that generate named references]]
[[Category:Infobox templates using Wikidata|Language]]
[[Category:Infobox templates with module parameter|Language]]
[[Category:Infobox templates with module parameter|Language]]
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Revision as of 07:22, 12 November 2021

This template is for use in articles about languages or dialects. It provides a common standard for displaying data about a language.

Usage

Syntax

{{{name}}}
{{{altname}}}
{{{nativename}}}
({{{acceptance}}})
[[File:{{{image}}}|{{{imagesize}}}|alt={{{imagealt}}}]]
{{{imagecaption}}}
Pronunciation {{{pronunciation}}}
Native to {{{states}}}
Region {{{region}}}
Coordinates {{{coordinates}}}
Ethnicity {{{ethnicity}}}
Extinct {{{extinct}}}{{{ref}}}
{{{speakers2}}}
Revival[[Category:{{{revived-category}}}]] {{{revived}}}
{{{family}}}
Early forms
{{{protoname}}}
  • {{{ancestor2}}}
Standard forms
{{{standards}}}
Dialects {{{dialects}}}
{{{script}}}
{{{sign}}}
Sources {{{posteriori}}}
Official status
Official language in
{{{nation}}}
Recognised minority
language in
{{{minority}}}
Regulated by {{{agency}}}
Language codes
ISO 639-1 {{{iso1}}}
ISO 639-2 [[Wikipedia:ISO639-3:{{{iso2}}}|{{{iso2}}}]] {{{iso2comment}}}
ISO 639-3 [[Wikipedia:ISO639-3:{{{iso3}}}|{{{iso3}}}]]inclusive code {{{iso3comment}}}
Individual codes:
[[iso639-3:{{{lc1}}}|{{{lc1}}}]] – {{{ld1}}}
[[iso639-3:{{{lc2}}}|{{{lc2}}}]] – {{{ld2}}}
ISO 639-6 {{{iso6}}}
Linguist list
{{{linglist}}} {{{lingname}}}
  {{{linglist2}}} {{{lingname2}}}
Glottolog {{{glotto}}}[1]
{{{glotto2}}}[2]
AIATSIS[3] {{{aiatsis}}} {{{aiatsisname}}}, {{{aiatsis2}}} {{{aiatsisname2}}}
{{{guthrie}}}[4]
Linguasphere {{{lingua}}}{{{lingua_ref}}}
IETF {{{ietf}}}
[[File:{{{map}}}|{{{mapsize}}}|alt={{{mapalt}}}]]
{{{mapcaption}}}
[[File:{{{map2}}}|{{{mapsize}}}|alt={{{mapalt2}}}]]
{{{mapcaption2}}}
{{{module}}}
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters.
{{Infobox language
| name             =
| altname          =
| nativename       =
| acceptance       =
| image            =
| imagesize        = <!-- or image_size -->
| imagealt         =
| imagecaption     =
| pronunciation    =
| states           = <!-- or state -->
| region           =
| creator          =
| created          =
| setting          =
| ethnicity        =
| extinct          =
| era              =
| speakers         =
| date             =
| dateprefix       =
| ref              = <!-- up to e21 (or current edition) if ref is ''Ethnologue'' -->
| refname          =
| speakers2        =
| revived          =
| revived-category = <!-- or revived-cat -->
| familycolor      =
| family           =
| fam1             =
| fam2             =
| fam3             = <!-- up to fam15 -->
| protoname        =
| ancestor         =
| ancestor2        = <!-- up to ancestor8 -->
| standards        =
| stand1           =
| stand2           = <!-- up to stand6 -->
| dialects         =
| listclass        =
| dia1             =
| dia2             = <!-- up to dia20 -->
| script           =
| sign             =
| posteriori       =
| nation           =
| minority         =
| agency           =
| development_body =
| iso1             =
| iso1comment      =
| iso2             =
| iso2b            =
| iso2t            =
| iso2comment      =
| iso3             =
| iso3comment      =
| lc1              =
| ld1              =
| lc2              = <!-- up to lc30 -->
| ld2              = <!-- up to ld30 -->
| iso6             =
| isoexception     =
| linglist         =
| lingname         =
| linglist2        = <!-- up to linglist6 -->
| lingname2        = <!-- up to lingname6 -->
| glotto           =
| glottorefname       =
| glotto2          = <!-- up to glotto5 -->
| glottorefname2      = <!-- up to glottorefname5 -->
| aiatsis          =
| aiatsisname      =
| aiatsis2         = <!-- up to aiatsis6 -->
| aiatsisname2     = <!-- up to aiatsisname6 -->
| guthrie          =
| ELP              =
| ELPname          =
| ELP2             = <!-- up to ELP6 -->
| ELPname2         = <!-- up to ELPname6 -->
| glottopedia      =
| lingua           =
| lingua_ref       =
| ietf             =
| map              =
| mapsize          =
| mapalt           =
| mapcaption       =
| map2             =
| mapalt2          =
| mapcaption2      =
| pushpin_map      =
| pushpin_image    =
| pushpin_map_alt  =
| pushpin_map_caption =
| pushpin_mapsize  =
| pushpin_label           =
| pushpin_label_position  =
| coordinates      = <!-- use {{Coord}} -->
| module           =
| notice           = IPA
}}

References in infobox

  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1 at line 1520: attempt to call field 'has_accept_as_written' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1 at line 1520: attempt to call field 'has_accept_as_written' (a nil value).
  3. ^ Template:AIATSIS
  4. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

Parameters

The required parameters are:

name
name of language
familycolor
appropriate language family. Possible values are listed in the coloured chart to the right (or above, depending on your browser). Please do not use other names, because they will not be recognised, and the table will be colored grey.
In most cases, 'familycolor' will trigger a default entry for the 'fam1' field, so that field is not necessary (you can continue with 'fam2'), but you can override this by entering something under 'fam1'.
Areal colors (American, Khoisan, Altaic, etc.) represent areal codings, and are *not* claims that the language belongs to that family. When these are used, the fam1 parameter must be set to the widely accepted language family.
If 'isolate' or 'unclassified' is used, the fam1–xx tree will not display. In order to allow levels of classification, as with dialects of a language isolate, enter "grey"/"gray" instead.

Other parameters are listed below, they can be incorporated anywhere between the first and last lines, and in any order.

altname
additional name of the language [not every one, but one a reader would be likely to look for]
nativename
native name, or a second alternative name [most cases as of 2012 not actually the native name] (if nativename is to be used, and altname parameter MUST be defined)
pronunciation
pronunciation of the native name of the language in IPA → remember to enclose the transcription in an IPA template such as {{IPA-all}}
acceptance
questionable acceptance/status of the language: unattested, spurious, etc.
states
countries in which it is mainly spoken. You do not have to define both this and region. Do not use flag icons except for national or official status (WP:INFOBOXFLAG). Direct links to country articles are generally not useful, and distract from useful links. Consider 'Languages of [country]' or '[ethnicity] in [country]' links instead.
state
alias for states
region
geographic region in which it is mainly spoken. You do not have to define both this and states; use this parameter for a single statement about geographic distribution. It is not for the broader region where the states are located, but rather the regions within the country, or across countries, where it is spoken. (That is, do not add SE Asia if we state it's in Laos, or West Africa if we state it's in Mali.)
ethnicity
people for whom this is the ethnically native language; also good for the ethnic population if different from the number of speakers (although the names chosen for the articles on the people and on the language will generally be the same, it may be appropriate to pipe in the native name of the people here)
era
era of use of a historical language, such as one that developed into something else; 'speakers' will not display
extinct
date of extinction, or information about extinction; 'speakers' will not display
revived
Date and/or population of attempted revival of extinct language
revived-category
(or revived-cat) optional name (without "Category:") of appropriate subcategory of Category:Language revival (which is used by default if |revived= has a value); can be given as |revived-category=nocat to suppress the categorization entirely, when the language has a separate article about its revival that is already in the category (e.g. Cornish revival is in Category:Celtic language revival, so | is used in the infobox at Cornish language).
dia1
...
dia20
primary dialects
dialects
whatever you want to say; dia1–xx will not display
listclass
class for the dia1–xx list: plainlist (default), hlist (horizontal) or flatlist (bulleted)
stand1
a standardized register
stand2
a second standardized register
...
stand6
sixth standardized register
standards
whatever you want to say
script
writing system(s) used for the language by literate speakers, in the form script (instantiation), such as "Latin (English alphabet)"
(Common variants of "Latin (alphabet)" redirect to Latin script. For the Latin alphabet itself, add an element such as &nbsp;.)
sign
signed forms (manually coded language)
nation
list of countries in which it is an official language
minority
list of countries in which it is a recognised/protected minority language. This is intended for legal protection and similar de jure recognition, not simply being listed on a census and other de facto recognition.
agency
regulatory body or language academy for the language
development_body
development body for the language
boxsize
overrides default width of infobox, currently set at 22em. Format must include units ("12em" or "123px").
Useful when an article has various infoboxes aligned in a column. (Box will automatically expand to fix map wider than default box width.)
fontcolor
colour of font against 'familycolor' ← the font colour is usually black, use this to change it if it is difficult to read
module
Used for embedding other infoboxes into this one.

Number of speakers

speakers
the number of native speakers of the language. If unknown, enter ⟨?⟩ and do not enter NA for the date (this causes the article to be listed in the Category:Language articles with speakers set to 'unknown', a hidden maintenance category). If no native speakers, enter ⟨none⟩. Otherwise, if no date is supplied, missing date will be displayed. Use {{sigfig|...|2}} to round to 2 significant figures while retaining the exact figure from the reference.
date
the date of publication of the estimate of the number of speakers.
Used for calculations for obsolete data, so needs to start with a 4-digit year (see next parameter). Exception: If ⟨NA⟩ is entered, nothing will display. If ⟨no date⟩ is entered, "no date" will display. Do not enter a date parameter at all if speakers is set to ⟨none⟩.
Articles with old dates (currently ≥ 30 years) appear in Category:Language articles with old speaker data.
dateprefix
any text wanted inside the parentheses before the date; a space (&nbsp;) must be explicitly included at the end
ref
reference for the speaker data, , placed after the date, if any. This can be any inline citation or a predefined code such as e19, linglist, ne2010, etc. For more details, see the documentation at Template:Infobox language/ref.
If ⟨e17⟩ is entered, this will automatically generate a reference to the Ethnologue 17 article that bears the ISO 639-3 code entered at 'iso3'.
To link to the auto-generated reference from elsewhere in the article, use <ref name=e17/>.
⟨e16⟩ and <ref name=e16/> or ⟨e15⟩ and <ref name=e15/> can be used to ref the 16th or 15th edition, for example for extinct languages which are no longer supported.
⟨linglist⟩ and <ref name=linglist/> can be used to ref the MultiTree entry at the Linguist List.
⟨ne2007/ne2010⟩ and <ref name=NE100/> can be used to ref the Swedish national encyclopedia, which we use for many of the world's top 100 languages
⟨inali⟩ and <ref name=INALI/> can be used to ref Mexico's Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas
Similarly, aiatsis can be used to link to the <ref name=AIATSIS/> ref generated by the infobox for the AIATSIS entry for Australian languages. (For Maho's edition of the Guthrie list for Bantu languages, <ref name=Guthrie/> needs to be added manually, as they do not provide population data.)
refname
Name used in reference generated by certain 'ref' parameter values such as e19. It defaults to the value of the 'name' parameter or PAGENAME.
speakers2
a 2nd line for speaker data, such as 2nd estimate, 2nd country, L2 speakers, etc, appearing after the date.
If this is a second line of L1 speakers, it should be arranged so that, if there are two dates cited, the oldest appears in the date parameter, for automated update calculations. Data from different countries should not be added together if they are not comparable: say if one is from 1973 and another from 2006, or if one is rounded to the nearest million and another is on the order of 10,000.
speakers_label
The infobox label for the number of speakers is "Native speakers" by default. Set this parameter to |speakers_label = Speakers to change it to "Speakers".

Genetic classification

You can use the language template to show the genetic classification of a language as a descending staircase of language families, from the broadest to the most specific.

fam1
the broadest possible widely accepted language family of which the language is a part. If this would be exactly the same as you have defined for familycolor, it may be omitted.
fam2
a more specific sub-family
...
fam15
most specific sub group

If you would prefer to enter some other information in this box (for example, disputed), use this parameter instead:

family
whatever you want to say; fam1–xx will not display. This can be set to "na" to avoid specifying a family relationship at all, an for a geographical group that has no single origin.

The template can also display a staircase of ancestral forms:

ancestor
ancestral or reconstructed form, if it has an article or has been assigned an ISO code
ancestor2
...
ancestor8
intermediate ancestral forms
protoname
alias for ancestor

ISO language codes

iso1
the ISO 639-1 code for the language
iso1comment
for comments to not interfere with the link
iso2
the ISO 639-2 code for the language (not for its family); creates a link to the ISO page. If a language has two ISO 639-2 codes, use the following two separate fields instead.
iso2b
the ISO 639-2 bibliographic code (for languages with two ISO 639-2 codes)
iso2t
the ISO 639-2 terminological code (for languages with two ISO 639-2 codes)
iso2comment
for comments to not interfere with the link(s)
iso3
the ISO 639-3 code for the language; creates a link to the ISO page. See below for the situation where multiple ISO 639-3 codes apply.
Field will display even if left empty, unless 'lc1' etc. is used.
If there is no ISO 639-3 code, set |iso3=none to return the text none and add the article to Category:Languages without iso3 codes (if iso3comment is also used, that will display in place of none)
Leave empty for a dialect that has no iso3 code, but the language it belongs to does; in this case, also use |isoexception=dialect.
Leave empty for a historical variety that has no iso3 code, but its modern version does; in this case, also use |isoexception=historical.
Leave blank for a protolanguage, and use |isoexception=protolanguage.
Use 'linglist' if the language has an iso3 code, but this is maintained at Linguist List instead of at SIL. Add the code itself under |linglist=. (This is not necessary if the SIL page provides its own link to the Linguist List page.)
iso3comment
allows a comment in the ISO field that will not interfere with the link
isoexception
a maintenance field to organize cleanup categories for missing ISO codes. Excludes article from the Category:Language articles without language codes if set to any of the following values:
dialect (used for a dialect that does not itself have an ISO code, although the language it belongs to does; adds article to the Category:Dialects of languages with ISO 639-3 code)
historical (used for a historical language that does not itself have an ISO code, although its modern version does; adds article to the Category:Historical forms of languages with ISO codes)
protolanguage (used for protolanguages without ISO codes; adds article to the Category:Protolanguages without ISO codes)
talkpage (used on talk pages and in archives so that they don't show up in tracking categories)

Some languages have a number of ISO 639-3 codes, one for each dialect of that language. If you try putting all of these codes in the usual iso3 = parameter, it will get quite messy. Instead, use the following parameters:

lc1
ISO code of the first dialect (the 'iso3' field will not display if empty and this is included)
ld1
name of the first language dialect
lc2
ISO code of the second dialect
ld2
name of the second language dialect
...
lc30
ISO code of the 30–th dialect
ld30
name of the 30–th dialect
iso6
the ISO 639-6 code for the language.

Lc entries will be automatically linked to the Ethnologue site. Wikipedia articles on the dialects may be linked from the ld entries.

For languages with an ISO 639-3 macrolanguage code and several individual codes, use iso3 for the macrolanguage and lcn, ldn for the individual codes.

Other language codes

linglist
this parameter is deprecated due to unreliable data, with the exception of some long-extinct languages. For ISO 639-3 codes of extinct languages whose descriptions are maintained at Linguist List, enter the code under 'iso3' and the reader will be redirected from the ISO page.
lingua
the Linguasphere code for the language
glotto
glotto2
...
glotto5
the Glottolog code for the language. Enter "none" if Glottolog does not have a code for the language, "spurious" if Glottolog uses that term. [future: also "unattested"]
glottorefname
glottorefname2
...
glottorefname5
the Glottolog name(s) for the language (optional). Substitute glottoname etc. if the name needs to be displayed in the info box.
guthrie
the Guthrie code for Bantu languages. Generates a reference which can be accessed via name="Guthrie".
aiatsis
the AIATSIS code for Australian languages. Generates a reference which can be accessed via name="AIATSIS". Site includes population data we can use.
aiatsis2
...
aiatsis6
additional AIATSIS codes
aiatsisname2
...
aiatsisname6
the AIATSIS name, if different from the entry at |name=, or note to appear after code
ELP
URL suffix of the language article on the Endangered Languages Project site. Manual override of a default module linking to the ELP article per WikiData settings. Either way generates a reference that can be accessed via name="ELP". Entering "none" prevents the default link (e.g. when there is more than one info box in the WP article). The ELP site includes population data we can use.
ELPname
name that will display for the ELP link and ref.
...
ELP4
additional ELP links, or manual addition (rather than replacement) to the automated module link. Useful when changing WikiData might corrupt articles on other-language wikis (e.g. when the two wikis don't define the language with the same scope).
ELPname4
glottopedia
Glottopedia. Generates a reference which can be accessed via name="Glottopedia".
ietf
IETF language tag

Constructed languages

This template is appropriate to use for constructed languages. The following parameters can be used:

creator
name of language creator
created
year of first creation
setting
the use or setting for the language
posteriori
natural-language sources

Using these parameters, or setting familycolor=Conlang, automatically sets the coloured bars of the infobox to black background with white fonts, and removes the states and region parameters from use (nation is also disabled). If the iso2 parameter is left undefined, it is treated as being iso2=art. For conlangs, the family or famn parameters are used to describe the hierarchy of purpose of the language, whereas posteriori is used to describe the a posteriori sources on which the conlang draws.

Maps and images

You should not put large images at the top of the language template: they just make it very messy. You can place a small image at the top of the template using the following parameters:

image
image at top of info box. Use format "image name.png", without "File:/Image:" or brackets.
imagesize
override default image size (currently 200px). Use units ("123px", "12em")
imagealt
alt text for the image
imagecaption
caption to appear under the image
imageheader
brief header for the image ('logo', 'map', 'script', etc). This is placed in the left-hand column, and so needs to be short.

If you have a larger image or two, such as a map, you can place them at the bottom of the template, spanning both columns, with the following parameter:

map
image at bottom of info box. Use format "image name.png", without "File:/Image:" or brackets.
mapsize
override default map size (currently 220px). Use units ("123px", "12em"). Affects both maps.
mapalt
alt text for the map
mapcaption
caption to appear under map
map2
a second map
mapalt2
alt text for the second map
mapcaption2
caption to appear under both maps

The usual image markup applies for both images. Alt text is for visually impaired readers, and the caption is for all readers; typically they should have little in common (see WP:ALT).

For languages spoken in smaller areas, where the location of the language can be reasonably approximated by a point on the map, then a pushpin map can be added:

coordinates
latitude and longitude; use {{coord}}
pushpin_map
The name of a location map as per Template:Location map (e.g. Indonesia or Russia). The coordinate fields (from |coordinates=) position a pushpin coordinate marker and label on the map automatically. To show multiple pushpin maps, provide a list of maps separated by #, e.g., California#USA
pushpin_image
(optional) Allows the use of an alternative map; the image must have the same edge coordinates as the location map template.
Equivalent to AlternativeMap parameter in Template:Location map.
pushpin_mapsize
(optional) Must be entered as only a number—do not use px. The default value is 250. Equivalent to width parameter in Template:Location map.
pushpin_map_alt
(optional) Alt text for pushpin map; used by screen readers, see WP:ALT. Equivalent to alt parameter in Template:Location map.
pushpin_map_caption
(optional) Fill out if a different caption from map_caption is desired. Equivalent to caption parameter in Template:Location map.
pushpin_label
(optional) The text of the label to display next to the identifying mark; a wikilink can be used. If not specified, the label will be the text assigned to the name parameter, and if the name parameter is not specified, the article title. (if |pushpin_label_position=none, no label is displayed).
Equivalent to label parameter in Template:Location map.
pushpin_label_position
(optional) The position of the label on the pushpin map relative to the pushpin coordinate marker. Valid options are {left, right, top, bottom, none}. If this field is not specified, the default value is right.
Equivalent to position parameter in Template:Location map.

Footer notice

A notice or notices may be placed at the bottom of the infobox:

notice=ipa
places a notice about the Unicode fonts used for displaying IPA

Examples

Example 1

English
Pronunciation /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/[1]
Region (see below)
Native speakers
360 million (cited 2010)[2]
L2: 375 million and 750 million EFL[3]
English alphabet (Latin script)
Manually coded English
Official status
Official language in
Language codes
ISO 639-1 en
ISO 639-2 eng
ISO 639-3 eng
Glottolog stan1293[4]
Linguasphere 52-ABA
  Countries where English is the native language of the majority of the population
  Countries where English is an official but not primary language
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters.
{{Infobox language
| name = English
| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɪ|ŋ|ɡ|l|ɪ|ʃ}}<ref>[http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/english_2 English Adjective] – Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary – Oxford University Press ©2010.</ref>
| region = (see [[#Geographical distribution|below]])
| speakers = 360 million
| date = 2010
| dateprefix = cited 
| ref = <ref name=NE>[[Nationalencyklopedin]] "Världens 100 största språk 2010" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2010</ref>
| speakers2 = [[Second language|L2]]: 375 million and 750 million [[English as a foreign or second language|EFL]]<ref name=BritishCouncilEnglish>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-elt-future.pdf |title=Future of English|accessdate=24 August 2011 |publisher=The British Council}} (page 10)</ref>
| familycolor = Indo-European
| fam2 = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]]
| fam3 = [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]]
| fam4 = [[Anglo-Frisian languages|Anglo–Frisian]]
| fam5 = [[Anglic languages|Anglic]]
| script = [[English alphabet]] ([[Latin script]])
| sign = [[Manually coded English]]
| nation = {{plainlist|
* [[List of countries where English is an official language#Sovereign states|54 countries]]
* [[List of countries where English is an official language#Non-sovereign entities|27 non-sovereign entities]]
* [[United Nations]]
* [[European Union]]
* [[Commonwealth of Nations]]
* [[Council of Europe]]
* [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]]
* [[NATO]]
* [[North American Free Trade Agreement|NAFTA]]
* [[Organization of American States|OAS]]
* [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|OECD]]
* [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation|OIC]]
* [[Pacific Islands Forum|PIF]]
* [[UKUSA Agreement]]}}
| iso1 = en
| iso2 = eng
| iso3 = eng
| glotto = stan1293
| lingua = 52-ABA
| map = Anglospeak.svg
| mapcaption = {{legend|#0000ff|Countries where English is the native language of the majority of the population}} {{legend|#8ddada|Countries where English is an official but not primary language}}
| notice = IPA
}}

References in infobox

  1. ^ English Adjective – Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary – Oxford University Press ©2010.
  2. ^ Nationalencyklopedin "Världens 100 största språk 2010" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2010
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1 at line 2593: attempt to call field 'has_accept_as_written' (a nil value). (page 10)
  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1 at line 1520: attempt to call field 'has_accept_as_written' (a nil value).

Example 2

Persian
Fārsi
فارسی
Fārsi written in Persian (Nastaʿlīq script)
Pronunciation Template:IPA-fa
Native to
Native speakers
45 million (2007) – 60 million (2009)
(110 million total speakers)
Early forms
Standard forms
Dialects

Template:Startplainlist

Official status
Official language in
Template:IRN (as Persian)
Template:AFG (as Dari)
Template:TJK (as Tajik)
Regulated by
Language codes
ISO 639-1 fa
ISO 639-2 per (B)
fas (T)
ISO 639-3 fasinclusive code
Individual codes:
pes – Western Persian
prs – Dari language (Afghan Persian)
tgk – Tajiki
aiq – Aimaq dialect
bhh – Bukhori dialect
haz – Hazaragi dialect
jpr – Judeo-Persian
phv – Pahlavani
deh – Dehwari
jdt – Judeo-Tat
ttt – Caucasian Tat
Glottolog fars1254  (Farsic – Caucasian Tat)[1]
Linguasphere
58-AAC (Wider Persian)
 > 58-AAC-c (Central Persian)
Areas with significant numbers of Persian speakers (including dialects)
  Countries where Persian is an official language
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters.
{{Infobox language
| name             = Persian
| altname          = Fārsi
| nativename       = {{lang|fa|فارسی}}
| image            = Farsi.svg
| imagesize        = 100px
| imagecaption     = ''Fārsi'' written in Persian ([[Nastaʿlīq script]])
| pronunciation    = {{IPA-fa|fyɒːɾˈsiː|}}
| states           = {{hlist|style=line-height:1.3em;
 | [[Languages of Iran|Iran]]
 | [[Languages of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] (as [[Dari language|Dari]])
 | [[Languages of Tajikistan|Tajikistan]] (as [[Tajik language|Tajik]])
 | [[Languages of Uzbekistan|Uzbekistan]] (as Tajik)
 | [[Languages of Iraq|Iraq]]
 | [[Languages of Russia|Russia]]
 }}
| speakers         = 45 million (2007) – 60 million
| date             = 2009
| ref              =
| speakers2        = (110 million total speakers)
| familycolor      = Indo-European
| fam2             = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]
| fam3             = [[Iranian languages|Iranian]]
| fam4             = [[Western Iranian languages|Western Iranian]]
| fam5             = Southwestern Iranian
| ancestor         = [[Old Persian]]
| ancestor2        = [[Middle Persian]]
| stand1           = [[Western Persian]]
| stand2           = [[Dari language|Dari]]
| stand3           = [[Tajik language|Tajik]]
| listclass        = hlist
| dia1             = [[Western Persian]]
| dia2             = [[Dari language|Dari]]
| dia3             = [[Tajik language|Central Asian Persian (Tajik)]]
| dia4             = [[Bukhori dialect|Bukhori]]
| dia5             = [[Pahlavani dialect|Pahlavani]]
| dia6             = [[Hazaragi dialect|Hazaragi]]
| dia7             = [[Aimaq dialect|Aimaq]]
| dia8             = [[Judeo-Persian]]
| dia9             = [[Dehwari dialect|Dehwari]]
| dia10            = [[Judeo-Tat]]
| dia11            = [[Tat language (Caucasus)|Caucasian Tat]]
| dia12            = [[Armeno-Tat]]
| script           = {{startplainlist|class=nowrap}}
* [[Persian alphabet]] ([[Iran]] and [[Afghanistan]])
* [[Tajik alphabet]] ([[Tajikistan]])
* {{hlist |[[Hebrew alphabet|Hebrew]] | [[Persian Braille]]}}
{{endplainlist}}
| nation           = {{IRN}} (as Persian)<br />{{AFG}} (as [[Dari language|Dari]])<br />{{TJK}} (as [[Tajik language|Tajik]])
| agency           = {{longlink|[[Academy of Persian Language and Literature]] ([[Iran]])}}
| iso1             = fa
| iso2b            = per
| iso2t            = fas
| iso3             = fas
| lc1              = pes
| ld1              = [[Western Persian]]
| lc2              = prs
| ld2              = [[Dari language]] (Afghan Persian)
| lc3              = tgk
| ld3              = [[Tajik language|Tajiki]]<!--This and the following codes aren't part of the macrolanguage per SIL-->
| lc4              = aiq
| ld4              = [[Aimaq dialect]]
| lc5              = bhh
| ld5              = [[Bukhori dialect]]
| lc7              = haz
| ld7              = [[Hazaragi dialect]]
| lc8              = jpr
| ld8              = [[Judeo-Persian]]
| lc9              = phv
| ld9              = [[Pahlavani language|Pahlavani]]
| lc10             = deh
| ld10             = [[Dehwari language|Dehwari]]
| lc11             = jdt
| ld11             = [[Judeo-Tat]]
| lc12             = ttt
| ld12             = [[Tat language (Caucasus)|Caucasian Tat]]
| glotto           = fars1254
| glottoname       = Farsic – Caucasian Tat
| lingua           = {{longitem|58-AAC (Wider Persian)<br />{{nowrap| > 58-AAC-c (Central Persian)}}}}
| map              = Persian Language Location Map.svg{{!}}border
| mapcaption       = Areas with significant numbers of Persian speakers (including dialects)
| map2             = Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.svg{{!}}border
| mapcaption2      = {{legend|red|Countries where Persian is an official language}}
| notice           = IPA
}}

References in infobox

  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1 at line 1520: attempt to call field 'has_accept_as_written' (a nil value).

Error-tracking categories

With 8,000 articles, manual review is insufficient. The following automating tracking categories should catch some of the more common errors. They also produce lists of articles that should be reviewed occasionally, because they lack population data or the data is dated.

ISO support
Speaker and date issues
Classification
Other

Sub-templates

  1. Template:Infobox language/codelist
  2. Template:Infobox language/family-color
  3. Template:Infobox language/genetic
  4. Template:Infobox language/linguistlist
  5. Template:Infobox language/ref
  6. Template:Infobox language/quilt

See also

TemplateData

TemplateData documentation used by VisualEditor and other tools
See the monthly error report for this template.

TemplateData for Infobox language

<templatedata> { "description": "Display data about a language in a standard format", "format": "Template:\n\n", "params": { "name": { "label": "Name", "description": "The English name of the language", "type": "string", "required": true }, "altname": { "label": "Alternative name", "description": "An alternative or additional English name of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "nativename": { "label": "Native name", "description": "The native name of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "pronunciation": { "label": "Pronunciation", "description": "The IPA pronunciation of the native name of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "states": { "label": "States", "description": "States or countries in which the language is mainly spoken", "type": "string", "required": false, "aliases": [ "state" ] }, "region": { "label": "Region", "description": "The geographic region(s) in which the language is mainly spoken", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ethnicity": { "label": "Ethnicity", "description": "The ethnic group(s) whose native language this is", "type": "string", "required": false }, "speakers": { "label": "Speakers", "description": "The number of native speakers/signers of the language (will be rounded to 2 significant figures)", "type": "number", "required": false }, "extinct": { "label": "Extinction", "description": "The date of the language's extinction or other information about extinction", "type": "string", "required": false }, "revived": { "label": "Revival", "description": "Date and/or population of attempted revival of extinct language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "revived-category": { "description": "optional name of appropriate subcategory of Category:Language revival (which is used by default if |revived= has a value); or nocat to suppress categorization", "type": "string", "required": false }, "era": { "label": "Era", "description": "The era of a historical language's use", "type": "string", "required": false }, "date": { "label": "Date", "description": "The date of the stated estimate of the number of speakers, starting with a 4-digit year", "type": "string", "required": false }, "dateprefix": { "label": "Date prefix", "description": "Additional information about the date of estimation of the number of speakers, placed in parentheses before the date", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ref": { "label": "Reference", "description": "A reference for the number of speakers, placed after the date, if any. This can be any inline citation or a predefined code such as e19, linglist, ne2010, etc. For more details, see the documentation at Template:Infobox language/ref.", "type": "string", "required": false }, "refname": { "label": "Reference name", "description": "Name used in reference generated by certain 'ref' parameter values such as e19. It defaults to the value of the 'name' parameter or PAGENAME.", "type": "string", "required": false }, "speakers2": { "label": "Speakers 2", "description": "A second line giving more information about the number of speakers, such as a second estimate", "type": "string", "required": false }, "speakers_label": { "label": "Label for the 'speakers' field", "description": "A label which can overwrite the 'Native speakers' label", "type": "string", "required": false }, "familycolor": { "label": "Language Family Color", "description": "The appropriate language family for the purposes of determining the background color, chosen from a fixed set given in the documentation", "type": "string", "required": true }, "fam1": { "label": "Language Family", "description": "The broadest accepted language family the language belongs to", "type": "string", "required": false }, "fam2": { "label": "Language Family 2", "description": "A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to", "type": "string", "required": false }, "fam3": { "label": "Language Family 3", "description": "A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to", "type": "string", "required": false }, "fam4": { "label": "Language Family 4", "description": "A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to", "type": "string", "required": false }, "fam5": { "label": "Language Family 5", "description": "A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to", "type": "string", "required": false }, "fam6": { "label": "Language Family 6", "description": "A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to", "type": "string", "required": false }, "fam7": { "label": "Language Family 7", "description": "A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to", "type": "string", "required": false }, "fam8": { "label": "Language Family 8", "description": "A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to", "type": "string", "required": false }, "fam9": { "label": "Language Family 9", "description": "A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to", "type": "string", "required": false }, "fam10": { "label": "Language Family 10", "description": "A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to", "type": "string", "required": false }, "fam11": { "label": "Language Family 11", "description": "A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to", "type": "string", "required": false }, "fam12": { "label": "Language Family 12", "description": "A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to", "type": "string", "required": false }, "fam13": { "label": "Language Family 13", "description": "A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to", "type": "string", "required": false }, "fam14": { "label": "Language Family 14", "description": "A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to", "type": "string", "required": false }, "fam15": { "label": "Language Family 15", "description": "A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to", "type": "string", "required": false }, "family": { "label": "Family", "description": "Overrides all other family parameters, displays whatever you want", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ancestor": { "label": "Ancestor", "description": "An ancestral or reconstructed form of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ancestor2": { "label": "Ancestor 2", "description": "An ancestral or reconstructed form of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ancestor3": { "label": "Ancestor 3", "description": "An ancestral or reconstructed form of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "creator": { "label": "Creator", "description": "For constructed languages, the name of the creator", "type": "string", "required": false }, "created": { "label": "Creation date", "description": "Creation date for constructed languages", "type": "string", "required": false }, "setting": { "label": "Setting", "description": "The fictional setting or other usage of a constructed language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "posteriori": { "label": "Posteriori", "description": "Natural languages used as sources for a constructed language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "dia1": { "label": "Dialect", "description": "A primary dialect of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "dia2": { "label": "Dialect 2", "description": "Another primary dialect of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "dia3": { "label": "Dialect 3", "description": "Another primary dialect of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "dia4": { "label": "Dialect 4", "description": "Another primary dialect of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "dia5": { "label": "Dialect 5", "description": "Another primary dialect of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "dia6": { "label": "Dialect 6", "description": "Another primary dialect of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "dia7": { "label": "Dialect 7", "description": "Another primary dialect of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "dia8": { "label": "Dialect 8", "description": "Another primary dialect of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "dia9": { "label": "Dialect 9", "description": "Another primary dialect of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "dia10": { "label": "Dialect 10", "description": "Another primary dialect of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "dia11": { "label": "Dialect 11", "description": "Another primary dialect of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "dia12": { "label": "Dialect 12", "description": "Another primary dialect of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "dia13": { "label": "Dialect 13", "description": "Another primary dialect of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "dia14": { "label": "Dialect 14", "description": "Another primary dialect of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "dia15": { "label": "Dialect 15", "description": "Another primary dialect of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "dia16": { "label": "Dialect 16", "description": "Another primary dialect of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "dia17": { "label": "Dialect 17", "description": "Another primary dialect of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "dia18": { "label": "Dialect 18", "description": "Another primary dialect of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "dia19": { "label": "Dialect 19", "description": "Another primary dialect of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "dia20": { "label": "Dialect 20", "description": "Another primary dialect of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "dialects": { "label": "Dialects", "description": "Overrides all other dialect parameters, just displays the argument", "type": "string", "required": false }, "stand1": { "label": "Standardized Register", "description": "A standardized register of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "stand2": { "label": "Standardized Register 2", "description": "Another standardized register of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "stand3": { "label": "Standardized Register 3", "description": "Another standardized register of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "stand4": { "label": "Standardized Register 4", "description": "Another standardized register of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "stand5": { "label": "Standardized Register 5", "description": "Another standardized register of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "stand6": { "label": "Standardized Register 6", "description": "Another standardized register of the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "standards": { "label": "Standardized Registers", "description": "Overrides all other standardized register parameters, displays the argument", "type": "string", "required": false }, "script": { "label": "Script", "description": "The writing system(s) that literate speakers use for the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "nation": { "label": "Nations", "description": "A list of countries in which it is an official language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "minority": { "label": "Minority Status", "description": "A list of countries in which it is a recognized minority language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "agency": { "label": "Agency", "description": "The regulatory body or language academy for the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "iso1": { "label": "ISO 639-1", "description": "The ISO 639-1 code for the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "iso1comment": { "label": "ISO 639-1 Comment", "description": "Any comments about the ISO 639-1 code, so as not to interfere with the link", "type": "string", "required": false }, "iso2": { "label": "ISO 639-2", "description": "The ISO 639-2 code for the language (but not the language family)", "type": "string", "required": false }, "iso2b": { "label": "ISO 639-2 Bibliographic", "description": "The ISO 639-2 bibliographic code for the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "iso2t": { "label": "ISO 639-2 Terminological", "description": "The ISO 639-2 terminological code for the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "iso2comment": { "label": "ISO 639-2 Comment", "description": "Any comments about the ISO 639-2 code(s), so as not to interfere with the link(s)", "type": "string", "required": false }, "iso3": { "label": "ISO 639-3", "description": "The ISO 639-3 code for the language, can be 'none' or 'linglist'", "type": "string", "required": false }, "iso3comment": { "label": "ISO 639-3 Comment", "description": "Any comments about the ISO 639-3 code, so as not to interfere with the link", "type": "string", "required": false }, "isoexception": { "label": "ISO Exception", "description": "Used for cleanup categories, excludes from the general 'missing language code' category if set to 'dialect', 'historical', 'protolanguage', or 'talkpage'", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc1": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639", "description": "The ISO 639 code of the first dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld1": { "label": "Dialect Name", "description": "The name of the first dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc2": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 2", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld2": { "label": "Dialect Name 2", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc3": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 3", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld3": { "label": "Dialect Name 3", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc4": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 4", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld4": { "label": "Dialect Name 4", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc5": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 5", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld5": { "label": "Dialect Name 5", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc6": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 6", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld6": { "label": "Dialect Name 6", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc7": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 7", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld7": { "label": "Dialect Name 7", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc8": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 8", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld8": { "label": "Dialect Name 8", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc9": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 9", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld9": { "label": "Dialect Name 9", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc10": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 10", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld10": { "label": "Dialect Name 10", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc11": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 11", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld11": { "label": "Dialect Name 11", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc12": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 12", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld12": { "label": "Dialect Name 12", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc13": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 13", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld13": { "label": "Dialect Name 13", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc14": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 14", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld14": { "label": "Dialect Name 14", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc15": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 15", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld15": { "label": "Dialect Name 15", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc16": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 16", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld16": { "label": "Dialect Name 16", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc17": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 17", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld17": { "label": "Dialect Name 17", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc18": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 18", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld18": { "label": "Dialect Name 18", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc19": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 19", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld19": { "label": "Dialect Name 19", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc20": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 20", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld20": { "label": "Dialect Name 20", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc21": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 21", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld21": { "label": "Dialect Name 21", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc22": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 22", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld22": { "label": "Dialect Name 22", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc23": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 23", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld23": { "label": "Dialect Name 23", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc24": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 24", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld24": { "label": "Dialect Name 24", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc25": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 25", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld25": { "label": "Dialect Name 25", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc26": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 26", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld26": { "label": "Dialect Name 26", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc27": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 27", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld27": { "label": "Dialect Name 27", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc28": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 28", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld28": { "label": "Dialect Name 28", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc29": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 29", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld29": { "label": "Dialect Name 29", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lc30": { "label": "Dialect ISO 639 30", "description": "The ISO 639 code of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ld30": { "label": "Dialect Name 30", "description": "The name of another dialect", "type": "string", "required": false }, "iso6": { "label": "ISO 639-6", "description": "The ISO 639-6 code for the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "linglist": { "label": "Linguist List", "description": "The Linguist List ISO 639-3 private or local code or other substitute, range qaa-qtz or numerals only", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lingname": { "label": "Linguist List Comment", "description": "Any comments on the Linguist List code", "type": "string", "required": false }, "linglist2": { "label": "Linguist List 2", "description": "An additional Linguist List code", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lingname2": { "label": "Linguist List Comment 2", "description": "An additional comment on the Linguist List code", "type": "string", "required": false }, "linglist3": { "label": "Linguist List 3", "description": "An additional Linguist List code", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lingname3": { "label": "Linguist List Comment 3", "description": "An additional comment on the Linguist List code", "type": "string", "required": false }, "lingua": { "label": "Linguasphere", "description": "The Linguasphere code for the language", "type": "string", "required": false }, "guthrie": { "label": "Guthrie", "description": "The Guthrie code for Bantu languages", "type": "string", "required": false }, "aiatsis": { "label": "AIATSIS", "description": "The AIATSIS code for Australian languages", "type": "string", "required": false }, "aiatsisname": { "label": "AIATSIS Comment", "description": "Any comments on the AIATSIS code", "type": "string", "required": false }, "aiatsis2": { "label": "AIATSIS 2", "description": "An additional AIATSIS code", "type": "string", "required": false }, "aiatsisname2": { "label": "AIATSIS Comment 2", "description": "An additional comment on the AIATSIS code", "type": "string", "required": false }, "aiatsis3": { "label": "AIATSIS 3", "description": "An additional AIATSIS code", "type": "string", "required": false }, "aiatsisname3": { "label": "AIATSIS Comment 3", "description": "An additional comment on the AIATSIS code", "type": "string", "required": false }, "aiatsis4": { "label": "AIATSIS 4", "description": "An additional AIATSIS code", "type": "string", "required": false }, "aiatsisname4": { "label": "AIATSIS Comment 4", "description": "An additional comment on the AIATSIS code", "type": "string", "required": false }, "aiatsis5": { "label": "AIATSIS 5", "description": "An additional AIATSIS code", "type": "string", "required": false }, "aiatsisname5": { "label": "AIATSIS Comment 5", "description": "An additional comment on the AIATSIS code", "type": "string", "required": false }, "aiatsis6": { "label": "AIATSIS 6", "description": "An additional AIATSIS code", "type": "string", "required": false }, "aiatsisname6": { "label": "AIATSIS Comment 6", "description": "An additional comment on the AIATSIS code", "type": "string", "required": false }, "ietf": { "label": "IETF", "description": "IETF language tag", "type": "string", "required": false }, "image": { "label": "Image", "description": "The image to display at the top of the infobox, in the format 'image name.png' without 'File:' or brackets", "type": "string", "required": false }, "imagesize": { "label": "Image Size", "description": "Overrides the default image size, using units of 'px' or 'em'", "type": "string", "required": false }, "imagealt": { "label": "Image Alt Text", "description": "The alt (hover) text for the image", "type": "string", "required": false }, "imagecaption": { "label": "Image Caption", "description": "A caption to display under the image", "type": "string", "required": false }, "imageheader": { "label": "Image Header", "description": "A brief header for the image to display in the left hand column", "type": "string", "required": false }, "map": { "label": "Map", "description": "The image to display at the bottom of the infobox, in the format 'image name.png' without 'File:' or brackets", "type": "string", "required": false }, "mapsize": { "label": "Map Size", "description": "Overrides the default image size for the map, using units of 'px' or 'em'", "type": "string", "required": false }, "mapalt": { "label": "Map Alt Text", "description": "The alt (hover) text for the map", "type": "string", "required": false }, "mapcaption": { "label": "Map Caption", "description": "A caption to display under the map", "type": "string", "required": false }, "map2": { "label": "Map 2", "description": "A second map to display at the bottom of the infobox, in the format 'image name.png' without 'File:' or brackets", "type": "string", "required": false }, "mapalt2": { "label": "Map Alt Text 2", "description": "The alt (hover) text the second map", "type": "string", "required": false }, "mapcaption2": { "label": "Map Caption 2", "description": "A caption to display under both maps", "type": "string", "required": false },

       "pushpin_map": {

"label": "Pushpin map", "description": "The name of a location map (e.g. 'Indonesia' or 'Russia'). The coordinates information (from the coordinates parameter) position a pushpin coordinate marker and label on the map 'automatically'. Example see: Padang, Indonesia", "type": "string", "example": "Indonesia" }, "pushpin_image": { "label": "Pushpin image", "type": "wiki-file-name", "description": "Image to use for the pushpin map" }, "pushpin_mapsize": { "label": "Pushpin map size", "description": "Must be entered as only a number—do not use px. The default value is 250.", "type": "number", "example": "200" }, "pushpin_map_alt": { "label": "Pushpin map alt text", "description": "Alt (hover) text for the pushpin map", "type": "string" }, "pushpin_map_caption": { "label": "Pushpin map caption", "description": "Fill out if a different caption from map_caption is desired.", "type": "string", "example": "Map showing the location of Biak language in Indonesia" }, "pushpin_label": { "label": "Pushpin label", "type": "line", "description": "Label of the pushpin" }, "pushpin_label_position": { "label": "Pushpin label position", "description": "The position of the label on the pushpin map relative to the pushpin coordinate marker. Valid options are {left, right, top, bottom, none}. If this field is not specified, the default value is right.", "type": "string", "example": "left", "default": "right" },

       "coordinates": {

"label": "Coordinates", "description": "Latitude and longitude. Use . See the documentation for for more details on usage.", "type": "wiki-template-name", "example": "41°50′15″N 87°40′55″W" }, "boxsize": { "label": "Infobox Size", "description": "Overrides the default width of the infobox, using units of 'px' or 'em' (it automatically expands to fit images wider than the default width)", "type": "string", "required": false }, "notice": { "label": "IPA Notice", "description": "Set to 'IPA' or 'ipa' to display a notice that the article contains special IPA phonetic symbols", "type": "string", "required": false }, "sign": { "label": "Signed form", "description": "The name of the sign language used for this language", "example": "Signed Arabic (national forms)", "type": "string" }, "protoname": { "label": "Protolanguage name", "description": "Name of the proto-language of the language", "example": "Proto-Arabic language", "type": "line" } } } </templatedata>