Template:Infobox language

Language family	Default Infobox language

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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.

Usage

Syntax

{{{name}}}
{{{altname}}}
{{{nativename}}}
({{{acceptance}}})
[[File:{{{image}}}|200px|alt={{{imagealt}}}]] {{{imagecaption}}}
Pronunciation	{{{pronunciation}}}
Native to	{{{states}}}
Region	{{{region}}}
Ethnicity	{{{ethnicity}}}
Extinct	{{{extinct}}}{{{ref}}} {{{speakers2}}}
Revival[[Category:{{{revived-category}}}]]	{{{revived}}}
Language family	{{{family}}}
Early forms	{{{protoname}}} {{{ancestor2}}}
Standard forms	{{{standards}}}
Dialects	{{{dialects}}}
Writing system	{{{script}}}
Signed forms	{{{sign}}}
Sources	{{{posteriori}}}
Official status
Official language in	{{{nation}}}
Recognised minority language in	{{{minority}}}
Regulated by	{{{agency}}}
Development body	{{{development_body}}}
[[File:{{{map}}}|220px|alt={{{mapalt}}}]] {{{mapcaption}}}
[[File:{{{map2}}}|220px|alt={{{mapalt2}}}]] {{{mapcaption2}}}
{{{module}}}

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Language family

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References in infobox

Parameters

The required parameters are:

familycolor

appropriate language family or group. Possible values are listed in the colored chart to the right (or above, depending on your browser). Please do not use other names, because they will not be recognized, 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 group is a language family or the language belongs to that group. When these are used, the fam1 parameter must be set to the widely accepted language group.

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.

name

name of language

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}}

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 (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

...

dia40

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  .)

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 recognized/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

color of font against 'familycolor' ← the font color 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 (<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1"> </syntaxhighlight>) 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 ⟨e26⟩ is entered, this will automatically generate a reference to the Ethnologue 26 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=e26/>.

⟨e25⟩ and <ref name=e25/> or ⟨e24⟩ and <ref name=e24/> etc. can be used to reference earlier editions, for example for languages which are no longer supported by Ethnologue, or to give an idea of how old undated population figures are.

⟨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" or |speakers_label = Signers to change it to "Signers" for sign languages.

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; plain text only; do not include references in this field

lc2

ISO code of the second dialect

ld2

name of the second language dialect

...

lc40

ISO code of the 40–th dialect

ld40

name of the 40–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

The text for the link to Endangered Languages Project.

ELP2, ELP3, ELP4, ELP5, ELP6 + ELPname2, ELPname3, ELPname4, ELPname5, ELPname6

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).

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 colored bars of the infobox to <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">/**/#114057</syntaxhighlight> 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.

imagescale

override default size of image display (currently set to "upright=0.9", producing 200px display in a non-customized account). Use fractions or multiples: "2" for twice user-default, "0.5" for half. "1.45" will cause the image to fill the width of the infobox.

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.

mapscale

override default size of map display (currently set to "upright=1.45", producing 320px and filling the width of the infobox in a non-customized account). Use fractions or multiples: "2" for twice user-default, "0.5" for half. 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/
Region	(see below)
Native speakers	360 million (cited 2010) L2: 375 million and 750 million EFL
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Anglo–Frisian Anglic English
Writing system	English alphabet (Latin script)
Signed forms	Manually coded English
Official status
Official language in	54 countries 27 non-sovereign entities United Nations European Union Commonwealth of Nations Council of Europe IOC NATO NAFTA OAS OECD OIC PIF UKUSA Agreement
File:Anglospeak.svg   Countries where English is the native language of the majority of the population   Countries where English is an official but not primary language

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English
Pronunciation	/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Region	(see below)
Native speakers	360 million (cited 2010) L2: 375 million and 750 million EFL
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Anglo–Frisian Anglic English
Writing system	English alphabet (Latin script)
Signed forms	Manually coded English
Official status
Official language in	54 countries 27 non-sovereign entities United Nations European Union Commonwealth of Nations Council of Europe IOC NATO NAFTA OAS OECD OIC PIF UKUSA Agreement
File:Anglospeak.svg   Countries where English is the native language of the majority of the population   Countries where English is an official but not primary language

</syntaxhighlight>

References in infobox

Example 2

Persian
Fārsi
فارسی
File:Farsi.svg Fārsi written in Persian (Nastaʿlīq script)
Pronunciation	[fyɒːɾˈsiː]
Native to	Iran Afghanistan (as Dari) Tajikistan (as Tajik) Uzbekistan (as Tajik) Iraq Russia
Native speakers	45 million (2007) – 60 million (2009) (110 million total speakers)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Southwestern Iranian Persian
Early forms	Old Persian Middle Persian
Standard forms	Western Persian Dari Tajik
Dialects	Western Persian Dari Central Asian Persian (Tajik) Bukhori Pahlavani Hazaragi Aimaq Judeo-Persian Dehwari Judeo-Tat Caucasian Tat Armeno-Tat
Writing system	Persian alphabet (Iran and Afghanistan) Tajik alphabet (Tajikistan) Hebrew Persian Braille
Official status
Official language in	Iran (as Persian) Afghanistan (as Dari) Tajikistan (as Tajik)
Regulated by	Academy of Persian Language and Literature (Iran)
File:Persian Language Location Map.svg Areas with significant numbers of Persian speakers (including dialects)
File:Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.svg   Countries where Persian is an official language

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Persian
Fārsi
فارسی
File:Farsi.svg Fārsi written in Persian (Nastaʿlīq script)
Pronunciation	[fyɒːɾˈsiː]
Native to	Iran Afghanistan (as Dari) Tajikistan (as Tajik) Uzbekistan (as Tajik) Iraq Russia
Native speakers	45 million (2007) – 60 million (2009) (110 million total speakers)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Southwestern Iranian Persian
Early forms	Old Persian Middle Persian
Standard forms	Western Persian Dari Tajik
Dialects	Western Persian Dari Central Asian Persian (Tajik) Bukhori Pahlavani Hazaragi Aimaq Judeo-Persian Dehwari Judeo-Tat Caucasian Tat Armeno-Tat
Writing system	Persian alphabet (Iran and Afghanistan) Tajik alphabet (Tajikistan) Hebrew Persian Braille
Official status
Official language in	Iran (as Persian) Afghanistan (as Dari) Tajikistan (as Tajik)
Regulated by	Academy of Persian Language and Literature (Iran)
File:Persian Language Location Map.svg Areas with significant numbers of Persian speakers (including dialects)
File:Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.svg   Countries where Persian is an official language

</syntaxhighlight>

References in infobox

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

• Category:Languages without ISO 639-3 code (0) – [iso3=] is set to 'none', as it is not (yet) included in ISO. May have other codes.
  • Category:Conlangs without ISO 639-3 code (0) – subcat: most conlangs do not qualify for ISO
  • Category:Nonexistent E17 links (0) – setting [iso3=none] and [ref=e17] generates an invalid reference
• Category:Language articles without language codes (0) – no language code listed, but not specifically excluded from ISO with [iso3=none]
  • Category:Languages without ISO 639-3 code but with Linguist List code (0)
    • subcat Category:Dialects with Linguist List code (0) – LingList codes some dialects with sub-ISO codes as "xxx-yyy"
  • Category:Languages without ISO 639-3 code but with Linguasphere code (0)
  • Category:Languages without ISO 639-3 code but with AIATSIS code (0)
  • Category:Languages without ISO 639-3 code but with Guthrie code (0)
  • Category:Dialects of languages with ISO 639-3 code (0) – a normal exception, triggered by isoexception=dialect
  • Category:Historical forms of languages with ISO codes (0) – a normal exception, triggered by isoexception=historical
  • Category:Protolanguages without ISO codes (0) – a normal exception, triggered by isoexception=protolanguage
• Category:Languages which need ISO 639-3 comment (0) – 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:Languages with ISO 639-2 code (0) – sometimes the 639-3 code is mistakenly copied into the iso2 field
• Category:Languages with ISO 639-1 code (0)

Speaker and date issues

• Category:Language articles without speaker estimate (0) – no entry under [speakers=], and not extinct, a sign language, or a conlang
• Category:Language articles with invalid population dates (0) – entry error at [date=] (anything other than a 4-digit number at start)
• Category:Language articles with speaker number undated (0) – no entry at [date=]
  • Category:Language articles with 'no date' set (0) – [date=no date], used when the source lacks a date
  • Category:Language articles with NA population dates (0) – [date=NA], used when a date does not apply
• Category:Language articles with old speaker data (0) – currently set to > 25 years
• Category:Language articles without reference field (0)

Classification

• Category:Language articles with spurious family (0) – generally because [fam1=] is autofilled from [familycolor] to 'American', 'Australian', 'Papuan', 'Khoisan', 'Caucasian', 'Andamanese', or 'Paleosiberian'
• Category:Languages without family color codes (3) – no or invalid familycolor
• Category:Languages without classification (0) – family displayed as 'unknown' (sometimes triggered by SLs or conlangs)

Other

• Category:Language articles needing infoboxes (0) – manual cat: switch off (to "no") if you judge the article does not need one
• Category:Ill-formatted infobox-language images (0) – images need to be stripped of external file formatting
• Category:Pages using infobox language with unknown parameters (0) – detects any parameter not in the list, incl. for now anything over dia40
• Category:Articles citing AIATSIS (0)
• Category:Articles citing INALI (0)
• Category:Articles citing Linguist List (0)
• Category:Articles citing Maho/Guthrie (0) – category exists in template but has not been created
• Category:Articles citing Nationalencyklopedin (0)
• Category:Articles opting out of population reference (0)
• Category:Articles with unnamed Glottolog code (0)
• Category:Dialect articles with speakers set to 'unknown' (0)
• Category:Extinct ISO language articles citing sources other than Ethnologue (0)
• Category:ISO language articles citing sources other than Ethnologue (0)
• Category:Language articles missing Glottolog code (0)
• Category:Language articles with IETF language tag (0)
• Category:Language articles with old Ethnologue 18 speaker data (0)
• Category:Language articles with speakers set to 'none' (0)
• Category:Language articles with speakers set to 'unknown' (0)
• Category:Language articles with unknown extinction date (0)
• Category:Language articles with unknown population not citing Ethnologue 18 (0)
• Category:Language articles with unreferenced extinction date (0)
• Category:Languages rejected by Glottolog (0)
• Category:Languages with neither ISO nor Glottolog code (0)
• Category:Languages without Glottolog code (0)
• Category:Languages without ISO 639-3 code but with Glottolog code (0)
• Category:Nonexistent E18 links (0)

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

• Template:Infobox proto-language
• Template:Infobox language family
• Template:Infobox writing system

TemplateData

TemplateData documentation used by VisualEditor and other tools

See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox language in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Infobox language

Display data about a language in a standard format

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template has custom formatting.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	name	The English name of the language	String	required
Alternative name	altname	An alternative or additional English name of the language	String	optional
Native name	nativename	The native name of the language	String	optional
Acceptance	acceptance	The acceptance of the language among linguists	String	optional
Image	image	The image to display at the top of the infobox, in the format 'image name.png' without 'File:' or brackets	String	optional
Image Size	imagesize	Overrides the default image size, using units of 'px' or 'em'	String	optional
Image Alt Text	imagealt	The alt (hover) text for the image	String	optional
Image Caption	imagecaption	A caption to display under the image	String	optional
Image Header	imageheader	A brief header for the image to display in the left hand column	String	optional
Pronunciation	pronunciation	The IPA pronunciation of the native name of the language	String	optional
States	states state	States or countries in which the language is mainly spoken	String	optional
Region	region	The geographic region(s) in which the language is mainly spoken	String	optional
Ethnicity	ethnicity	The ethnic group(s) whose native language this is	String	optional
Speakers	speakers	The number of native speakers/signers of the language (will be rounded to 2 significant figures)	Number	optional
Extinction	extinct	The date of the language's extinction or other information about extinction	String	optional
Revival	revived	Date and/or population of attempted revival of extinct language	String	optional
revived-category	revived-category	optional name 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	String	optional
Era	era	The era of a historical language's use	String	optional
Date	date	The date of the stated estimate of the number of speakers, starting with a 4-digit year	String	optional
Date prefix	dateprefix	Additional information about the date of estimation of the number of speakers, placed in parentheses before the date	String	optional
Reference	ref	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.	String	optional
Reference name	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.	String	optional
Speakers 2	speakers2	A second line giving more information about the number of speakers, such as a second estimate	String	optional
Label for the 'speakers' field	speakers_label	A label which can overwrite the 'Native speakers' label	String	optional
Language Family Color	familycolor	The appropriate language family for the purposes of determining the background color, chosen from a fixed set given in the documentation	String	required
Language Family	fam1	The broadest accepted language family the language belongs to	String	optional
Language Family 2	fam2	A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to	String	optional
Language Family 3	fam3	A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to	String	optional
Language Family 4	fam4	A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to	String	optional
Language Family 5	fam5	A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to	String	optional
Language Family 6	fam6	A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to	String	optional
Language Family 7	fam7	A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to	String	optional
Language Family 8	fam8	A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to	String	optional
Language Family 9	fam9	A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to	String	optional
Language Family 10	fam10	A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to	String	optional
Language Family 11	fam11	A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to	String	optional
Language Family 12	fam12	A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to	String	optional
Language Family 13	fam13	A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to	String	optional
Language Family 14	fam14	A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to	String	optional
Language Family 15	fam15	A more specific sub-language family that the language belongs to	String	optional
Family	family	Overrides all other family parameters, displays whatever you want	String	optional
Ancestor	ancestor	An ancestral or reconstructed form of the language	String	optional
Ancestor 2	ancestor2	An ancestral or reconstructed form of the language	String	optional
Ancestor 3	ancestor3	An ancestral or reconstructed form of the language	String	optional
Creator	creator	For constructed languages, the name of the creator	String	optional
Creation date	created	Creation date for constructed languages	String	optional
Setting	setting	The fictional setting or other usage of a constructed language	String	optional
Posteriori	posteriori	Natural languages used as sources for a constructed language	String	optional
Dialect	dia1	A primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 2	dia2	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 3	dia3	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 4	dia4	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 5	dia5	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 6	dia6	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 7	dia7	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 8	dia8	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 9	dia9	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 10	dia10	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 11	dia11	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 12	dia12	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 13	dia13	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 14	dia14	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 15	dia15	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 16	dia16	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 17	dia17	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 18	dia18	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 19	dia19	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 20	dia20	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 21	dia21	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 22	dia22	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 23	dia23	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 24	dia24	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 25	dia25	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 26	dia26	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 27	dia27	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 28	dia28	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 29	dia29	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 30	dia30	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 31	dia31	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 32	dia32	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 33	dia33	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 34	dia34	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 35	dia35	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 36	dia36	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 37	dia37	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 38	dia38	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 39	dia39	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialect 40	dia40	Another primary dialect of the language	String	optional
Dialects	dialects	Overrides all other dialect parameters, just displays the argument	String	optional
Standardized Register	stand1	A standardized register of the language	String	optional
Standardized Register 2	stand2	Another standardized register of the language	String	optional
Standardized Register 3	stand3	Another standardized register of the language	String	optional
Standardized Register 4	stand4	Another standardized register of the language	String	optional
Standardized Register 5	stand5	Another standardized register of the language	String	optional
Standardized Register 6	stand6	Another standardized register of the language	String	optional
Standardized Registers	standards	Overrides all other standardized register parameters, displays the argument	String	optional
Script	script	The writing system(s) that literate speakers use for the language	String	optional
Nations	nation	A list of countries in which it is an official language	String	optional
Minority Status	minority	A list of countries in which it is a recognized minority language	String	optional
Agency	agency	The regulatory body or language academy for the language	String	optional
ISO 639-1	iso1	The ISO 639-1 code for the language	String	optional
ISO 639-1 Comment	iso1comment	Any comments about the ISO 639-1 code, so as not to interfere with the link	String	optional
ISO 639-2	iso2	The ISO 639-2 code for the language (but not the language family)	String	optional
ISO 639-2 Bibliographic	iso2b	The ISO 639-2 bibliographic code for the language	String	optional
ISO 639-2 Terminological	iso2t	The ISO 639-2 terminological code for the language	String	optional
ISO 639-2 Comment	iso2comment	Any comments about the ISO 639-2 code(s), so as not to interfere with the link(s)	String	optional
ISO 639-3	iso3	The ISO 639-3 code for the language, can be 'none' or 'linglist'	String	suggested
ISO 639-3 Comment	iso3comment	Any comments about the ISO 639-3 code, so as not to interfere with the link	String	optional
ISO Exception	isoexception	Used for cleanup categories, excludes from the general 'missing language code' category if set to 'dialect', 'historical', 'protolanguage', or 'talkpage'	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639	lc1	The ISO 639 code of the first dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name	ld1	The name of the first dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 2	lc2	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 2	ld2	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 3	lc3	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 3	ld3	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 4	lc4	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 4	ld4	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 5	lc5	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 5	ld5	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 6	lc6	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 6	ld6	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 7	lc7	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 7	ld7	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 8	lc8	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 8	ld8	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 9	lc9	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 9	ld9	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 10	lc10	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 10	ld10	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 11	lc11	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 11	ld11	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 12	lc12	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 12	ld12	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 13	lc13	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 13	ld13	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 14	lc14	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 14	ld14	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 15	lc15	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 15	ld15	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 16	lc16	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 16	ld16	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 17	lc17	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 17	ld17	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 18	lc18	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 18	ld18	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 19	lc19	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 19	ld19	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 20	lc20	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 20	ld20	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 21	lc21	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 21	ld21	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 22	lc22	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 22	ld22	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 23	lc23	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 23	ld23	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 24	lc24	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 24	ld24	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 25	lc25	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 25	ld25	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 26	lc26	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 26	ld26	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 27	lc27	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 27	ld27	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 28	lc28	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 28	ld28	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 29	lc29	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 29	ld29	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 30	lc30	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 30	ld30	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 31	lc31	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 31	ld31	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 32	lc32	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 32	ld32	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 33	lc33	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 33	ld33	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 34	lc34	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 34	ld34	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 35	lc35	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 35	ld35	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 36	lc36	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 36	ld36	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 37	lc37	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 37	ld37	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 38	lc38	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 38	ld38	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 39	lc39	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 39	ld39	The name of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect ISO 639 40	lc40	The ISO 639 code of another dialect	String	optional
Dialect Name 40	ld40	The name of another dialect	String	optional
ISO 639-6	iso6	The ISO 639-6 code for the language	String	optional
Glottolog	glotto	The Glottolog code for the language	String	suggested
Glottolog name	glottoname	The name to be used in the Glottolog reference (can be cross-ref'd as name=Glottolog etc.) Example Romance	String	optional
Glottolog reference name	glottorefname	The reference used by Glottolog Example Indo-European	String	optional
Glottolog code 2	glotto2	A Glottolog code for a branch of the language family. Example sout3147	String	optional
Glottolog name 2	glottoname2	The name to be used in the 2nd Glottolog reference	String	optional
Glottolog reference name 2	glottorefname2	The second reference used by Glottolog Example Indo-European	String	optional
Glottolog code 3	glotto3	A Glottolog code for a branch of the language family. Example bwil1246	String	optional
Glottolog name 3	glottoname3	The name to be used in the third Glottolog reference	String	optional
Glottolog reference name 3	glottorefname3	The third reference used by Glottolog Example Indo-European	String	optional
Glottolog code 4	glotto4	A Glottolog code for a branch of the language family. Example bota1239	String	optional
Glottolog name 4	glottoname4	The name to be used in the fourth Glottolog reference	String	optional
Glottolog reference name 4	glottorefname4	The fourth reference used by Glottolog Example Indo-European	String	optional
Glottolog code 5	glotto5	A Glottolog code for a branch of the language family. Example sabi1248	String	optional
Glottolog name 5	glottoname5	The name to be used in the fifth Glottolog reference	String	optional
Glottolog reference name 5	glottorefname5	The fifth reference used by Glottolog Example Indo-European	String	optional
Linguist List	linglist	The Linguist List ISO 639-3 private or local code or other substitute, range qaa-qtz or numerals only	String	optional
Linguist List Comment	lingname	Any comments on the Linguist List code	String	optional
Linguist List 2	linglist2	An additional Linguist List code	String	optional
Linguist List Comment 2	lingname2	An additional comment on the Linguist List code	String	optional
Linguist List 3	linglist3	An additional Linguist List code	String	optional
Linguist List Comment 3	lingname3	An additional comment on the Linguist List code	String	optional
Linguasphere	lingua	The Linguasphere code for the language	String	optional
Guthrie	guthrie	The Guthrie code for Bantu languages	String	optional
AIATSIS	aiatsis	The AIATSIS code for Australian languages	String	optional
AIATSIS Comment	aiatsisname	Any comments on the AIATSIS code	String	optional
AIATSIS 2	aiatsis2	An additional AIATSIS code	String	optional
AIATSIS Comment 2	aiatsisname2	An additional comment on the AIATSIS code	String	optional
AIATSIS 3	aiatsis3	An additional AIATSIS code	String	optional
AIATSIS Comment 3	aiatsisname3	An additional comment on the AIATSIS code	String	optional
AIATSIS 4	aiatsis4	An additional AIATSIS code	String	optional
AIATSIS Comment 4	aiatsisname4	An additional comment on the AIATSIS code	String	optional
AIATSIS 5	aiatsis5	An additional AIATSIS code	String	optional
AIATSIS Comment 5	aiatsisname5	An additional comment on the AIATSIS code	String	optional
AIATSIS 6	aiatsis6	An additional AIATSIS code	String	optional
AIATSIS Comment 6	aiatsisname6	An additional comment on the AIATSIS code	String	optional
IETF	ietf	IETF language tag	String	optional
ELP	ELP	The Endangered Languages Project code for the language	String	optional
ELP name	ELPname	The name that will display for the ELP link and ref	String	optional
Map	map	The image to display at the bottom of the infobox, in the format 'image name.png' without 'File:' or brackets	String	optional
Map Size	mapsize	Overrides the default image size for the map, using units of 'px' or 'em'	String	optional
Map Alt Text	mapalt	The alt (hover) text for the map	String	optional
Map Caption	mapcaption	A caption to display under the map	String	optional
Map 2	map2	A second map to display at the bottom of the infobox, in the format 'image name.png' without 'File:' or brackets	String	optional
Map Alt Text 2	mapalt2	The alt (hover) text the second map	String	optional
Map Caption 2	mapcaption2	A caption to display under both maps	String	optional
Pushpin map	pushpin_map	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 Example Indonesia	String	optional
Pushpin image	pushpin_image	Image to use for the pushpin map	File	optional
Pushpin map size	pushpin_mapsize	Must be entered as only a number—do not use px. The default value is 250. Example 200	Number	optional
Pushpin map alt text	pushpin_map_alt	Alt (hover) text for the pushpin map	String	optional
Pushpin map caption	pushpin_map_caption	Fill out if a different caption from ''map_caption'' is desired. Example Map showing the location of Biak language in Indonesia	String	optional
Pushpin label	pushpin_label	Label of the pushpin	Line	optional
Pushpin label position	pushpin_label_position	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''. Default right Example left	String	optional
Coordinates	coordinates	Latitude and longitude. Use {{Coord}}. See the documentation for {{Coord}} for more details on usage. Example {{coord|41|50|15|N|87|40|55|W}}	Template	optional
Infobox Size	boxsize	Overrides the default width of the infobox, using units of 'px' or 'em' (it automatically expands to fit images wider than the default width)	String	optional
IPA Notice	notice	Set to 'IPA' or 'ipa' to display a notice that the article contains special IPA phonetic symbols	String	optional
Signed form	sign	The name of the sign language used for this language Example Signed Arabic (national forms)	String	optional
Protolanguage name	protoname	Name of the proto-language of the language Example [[Proto-Arabic language]]	Line	optional

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