Template:Infobox language/doc

This template provides a common standard for displaying data about a language.

Usage

This template accepts the following parameters:

name

name of language, simplest romanization #REQUIRED

nativename

native, most-accurate romanization of the language's name

pronunciation

IPA pronunciation of the native name

ailname

romanization of the name recorded at the AIL

ailpron

IPA pronunciation of the AIL name

states

countries in which it is mainly spoken

state

alias for states

region

geographic region in which it is mainly spoken

ethnicity

people for whom this is the ethnically native language; races can be specified; this may change as I figure this out (or something)

familycolor

background color for main heading

bgcolor

background color for entire box

NOTE: The previous two will probably be changed after I decide on some language family color schemes (or something)

ancestor

ancestral or reconstructed forms

ancestorn

(n is a number between 2 and 5)

intermediate forms

protoname

alias for ancestor

dian

(n is a number between 1 and 20)

primary dialects

dialects

whatever you want to say

script

the writing system(s) used for the language by literate speakers

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

agency

regulatory body or language academy for the language

type

basic morphological type (agglutinative, fusional, isolating, polysynthetic)

order

typical sentence order (V=verb, S=subject, A=agent-like argument, P=patient-like argument)

Syntax

{{Infobox language
| name          =
| nativename    =
| pronunciation =
| ailname       =
| ailpron       =
| state(s)      =
| region        =
| ethnicity     =
| familycolor   =
| bgcolor       =
| ancestor      =
| ancestor2(-5) =
| dia1(-20)     =
| dialects      =
| script        =
| sign          =
| nation        =
| minority      =
| agency        =
| type          =
| order         =
}}

Example

Langlang
AIL Name	Langlang
Native to	The Land of Lang
Region	Langistan
Ethnicity	Langic
Early forms	Ancient Langlang
Writing system	Langlang alphabet
Official status
Official language in	Lang Kingdom
Recognised minority language in	Nextlang
Structural Information
Morphological Type	isolating
Word Order	VPA/VS

{{Infobox language
| name          = Langlang
| ailname       = Langlang
| states        = The Land of Lang
| region        = Langistan
| ethnicity     = Langic
| familycolor   = #fe9
| bgcolor       = #fffcf0
| ancestor      = Ancient Langlang
| script        = Langlang alphabet
| nation        = Lang Kingdom
| minority      = Nextlang
| type          = isolating
| order         = VPA/VS
}}

Placement

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:

{{Infobox language ← this calls the template

| name = name of language ← the name of the language needs to be given

}} ← this ends the template call

However, you will probably want to add more than just this. Other parameters are listed above, they can be incorporated anywhere between the first and last lines, and in any order.