Template:Infobox language family

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Geographic distribution	—
Linguistic classification	Default {{{name}}}
Language codes
ELP

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The language family template is for use in articles about language families and groupings. It provides a common standard for displaying data about the family, and for navigating to larger or smaller groups.

Usage

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Language codes
ELP

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Background colors by family

The familycolor parameter should always be set, and determines the color of template headings indicating the broad group of languages to which the family belongs. Some of these groups (e.g. Altaic, Caucasian) are areal groups rather than accepted language families. When these values are used, the parameter fam1 should be set to the broadest widely accepted language family containing this one, if any.

Tracking categories

• Category:Pages using infobox language family with unknown parameters (0)
• Category:Articles with unnamed Glottolog code (0)
• Category:Families missing Glottolog code (0)
• Category:Families not evaluated by Glottolog (0)
• Category:Families rejected by Glottolog (0)
• Category:Languages without family color codes (3)

See also

• Template:Infobox language
• Template:Infobox proto-language

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Infobox language family

Display data about a language in a standard format

Template parameters

This template has custom formatting.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	name	The English name of the language family	String	required
Alternative name	altname	An alternative or additional English name of the language family Example Romantic	String	optional
Acceptance	acceptance	The date of the language family's acceptance or other information about acceptance	String	optional
Pronunciation	pronunciation	How the language native name is pronounced in IPA	String	suggested
Geographic distribution	region	The geographic region(s) in which the language is mainly spoken	String	suggested
Ethnicities	ethnicity	The ethnic groups whose native languages are members of this family Example [[Italic peoples#Rise of the Romance languages|Romance peoples]] (adopted speakers)	String	optional
Extinction	extinct	The date of the language family's extinction or other information about extinction	String	optional
Speakers	speakers	Population estimate for the language family	String	optional
Date	date	The date of the reference of a population estimate	String	optional
Reference	ref	Reference for the date of the language family's extinction or population estimate	String	optional
Speakers2	speakers2	More information about the speaker population	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
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 Example Niger-Congo	String	required
Language Family	fam1	The broadest accepted language family this language family belongs to Example [[Southern Bantoid]]	String	optional
Language Family 2	fam2	A more specific sub-language family that the language family belongs to Example [[Atlantic–Congo]]	String	optional
Language Family 3	fam3	A more specific sub-language family that the language family belongs to Example [[Benue–Congo]]	String	optional
Language Family 4	fam4	A more specific sub-language family that the language family belongs to Example [[Southern Bantoid]]	String	optional
Language family 5	fam5	A more specific sub-language family that the language family belongs to Example [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] ([[Guthrie classification of Bantu languages#Zone M|Zone M.60]])	String	optional
Language family 6	fam6	A more specific sub-language family that the language family belongs to	String	optional
Language Family 7	fam7	A more specific sub-language family that the language family belongs to	String	optional
Language Family 8	fam8	A more specific sub-language family that the language family belongs to	String	optional
Language Family 9	fam9	A more specific sub-language family that the language family belongs to	String	optional
Language Family 10	fam10	A more specific sub-language family that the language family belongs to	String	optional
Language Family 11	fam11	A more specific sub-language family that the language family belongs to	String	optional
Language Family 12	fam12	A more specific sub-language family that the language family belongs to	String	optional
Language Family 13	fam13	A more specific sub-language family that the language family belongs to	String	optional
Language Family 14	fam14	A more specific sub-language family that the language family belongs to	String	optional
Language Family 15	fam15	A more specific sub-language family that the language family belongs to	String	optional
Family	family	Overrides all other family parameters; displays whatever you want	Content	optional
Ancestor	ancestor	Oldest attested ancestral or reconstructed form of the language family Example [[Vulgar Latin|Vulgar]] [[Latin language|Latin]]	String	suggested
Ancestor 2	ancestor2	An ancestral or reconstructed form of the language family	String	optional
Ancestor 3	ancestor3	An ancestral or reconstructed form of the language family	String	optional
Ancestor 4	ancestor4	An ancestral or reconstructed form of the language family	String	optional
Ancestor 5	ancestor5	The most recent ancestral or reconstructed form of the language family	String	optional
Child 1	child1	A language or branch of this language family Example [[Western Romance languages]]	String	optional
Child 2	child2	A language or branch of this language family Example [[Eastern Romance languages]]	String	optional
Child 3	child3	A language or branch of this language family Example [[Sardinian language]]	String	optional
Child 4	child4	A language or branch of this language family Example [[African Romance|African Romance language]]	String	optional
Child 5	child5	A language or branch of this language family Example [[Sardinian language]]	String	optional
Child 6	child6	A language or branch of this language family Example [[Hindi language]]	String	optional
Child 7	child7	A language or branch of this language family Example [[Urdu language]]	String	optional
Child 8	child8	A language or branch of this language family Example [[Marathi language]]	String	optional
Child 9	child9	A language or branch of this language family Example [[Punjabi language]]	String	optional
Child 10	child10	A language or branch of this language family Example [[Oghur languages|Oghur]]	String	optional
Child 11	child11	A language or branch of this language family Example [[Common Turkic languages|Common Turkic]]	String	optional
Child 12	child12	A language or branch of this language family Example [[Karluk languages]]	String	optional
Child 13	child13	A language or branch of this language family Example [[Oghur languages]]	String	optional
Child 14	child14	A language or branch of this language family Example [[Kipchak languages]]	String	optional
Child 15	child15	A language or branch of this language family	String	optional
Child 16	child16	A language or branch of this language family	String	optional
Child 17	child17	A language or branch of this language family	String	optional
Child 18	child18	A language or branch of this language family	String	optional
Child 19	child19	A language or branch of this language family	String	optional
Child 20	child20	A language or branch of this language family	String	optional
Children	children	Overrides all other child language parameters; displays whatever you want	Content	optional
Scripts	script	The writing systems that literate speakers use for the language family Example [[Latin alphabet]]; sometimes [[Cyrillic alphabet]]	String	optional
Nations	nation	A list of countries in which members are an official language	String	optional
Minority Status	minority	A list of countries in which members are recognized minority languages	String	optional
ISO 639-2	iso2	The ISO 639-2 code for the language family	String	optional
ISO 639-2 Bibliographic	iso2b	The ISO 639-2 bibliographic code for the language family	String	optional
ISO 639-2 Terminological	iso2t	The ISO 639-2 terminological code for the language family, (such as for "macrolanguages")	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 639-2 terminological code for the language family, (such as for "macrolanguages"). Can be 'none' or 'linglist'	String	optional
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
ISO 639-5	iso5	The ISO 639-5 code for the language family Example trk	String	optional
ISO 639-6	iso6	The ISO 639-6 code for the language family, if considered as macrolanguage Example zls	String	optional
Glottolog code	glotto	The Glottolog code for the language family. Set to "none" if Glottolog does not list the family because it is undemonstrated (branches can still be listed under glotto2–5). Set to "NA" if Glottolog does not cover more than one language or branch and so has not evaluated the family. Example 'roma1334' (Romance); 'none' (see description)	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	suggested
Glottolog reference name	glottorefname	The reference used by Glottolog Example Indo-European	String	suggested
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 code	lingua	The Linguasphere code for the language family	String	optional
Guthrie classification	guthrie	The Guthrie code for Bantu languages	String	optional
Image	image	The image to display at the top of the infobox, in the format 'image name.png' without 'File:' or brackets	File	optional
Image size	imagesize	Overrides the default image size, using units of 'px' or 'em' Example 250px	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
Map	map	The image to display at the bottom of the infobox, in the format 'image name.png' without 'File:' or brackets Example Bantu zones.png	File	optional
Map size	mapsize	Overrides the default image size for the map, using units of 'px' or 'em' Example 250px	String	optional
Map alt-text	mapalt	The alt (hover) text for the map Example World map showing countries where a Romance language is the primary or official language	String	optional
Map caption	mapcaption	A caption to display under the map Example The approximate locations of the sixteen Guthrie Bantu zones, including the addition of a zone J	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 Example Romance languages.png	File	optional
Map alt-text 2	mapalt2	The alt (hover) text the second map Example European Romance languages	String	optional
Map caption 2	mapcaption2	A caption to display under both maps	String	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.) Example 300px	String	optional
IPA Notice	notice	Set to 'IPA' or 'ipa' to display a notice that the article contains special IPA phonetic symbols	String	optional
Notes	notes	A space for notes, such as "† indicates a dead language", or any "* [something here]" footnote	Content	suggested
Protolanguage name	protoname	Name of the proto-language of the language family Example [[Proto-Arabic language]]	Line	optional
List CSS class	listclass	class for the child list: 'plainlist' (default), 'hlist' (horizontal) or 'flatlist' (bulleted) Default plainlist Example hlist	String	optional
ISO 639-1	iso1	The ISO 639-1 code for the language family Example ar	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

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