Template:Infobox language family

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Geographic distribution	—
Linguistic classification	Default {{{name}}}

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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

{{Infobox language family
| name        = name of language family #REQUIRED
| altname     = alternative name(s) of the language family
| acceptance  = acceptance status of the languages as a valid genetic group
| ethnicity   = people(s) who speak the languages as a group
| region      = geographic region in which its languages are mainly spoken
| extinct     = date family went extinct
| familycolor = appropriate language family #REQUIRED
| fam1        = the broadest possible widely accepted [[language family]] of which this language family is a part
| fam2        = a more specific sub-family of which this family is a part
| ...
| fam15       = most specific sub-group of which this family is a part
| family      = whatever you want to say
| ancestor    = oldest attested ancestral form
| ancestor2   = (to ancestor5) more recent attested ancestors of the family
| protoname   = proto-language, if one has been reconstructed
| child1      = a language or group of languages belonging to this family
| child2      = another language or group of languages belonging to this family
| ...
| child20     = another language or group of languages belonging to this family
| children    = whatever you want to say
| listclass   = class for the list of children: plainlist (default), hlist (horizontal) or flatlist (bulleted)
| map         = a map of the region where it is spoken. Format must be "name of map.extension" (without 'file/image' or the square brackets)
| mapalt      = caption for the blind
| mapcaption  = printed caption underneath the map. See "Template:legend" as a helpful tool.
| map2        = a second map (or any image)
| mapalt2     = caption for the blind
| mapcaption2 = caption underneath second map
| mapsize     = overrides the default map size, which is currently 350px. Format must include units ("123px" or "12em"). Affects 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.)
| iso2, iso3  = ISO 639-2 or -3 language code (such as for 'macrolanguages')
| iso5        = ISO 639-5 language family code
| iso6        = ISO 639-6 code
| lingua      = the Linguasphere code for the family
| glotto(2–5) = the Glottolog code(s) for the family.  Set glotto 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.
| glottoname(2–5) = the names to be used in the Glottolog reference (can be cross-ref'd as name=Glottolog etc.)
| glottofoot  = set to "no" to hide the Glottolog footnotes
| module      = used for embedding other infoboxes into this one
| notes       = A space for notes, e.g., "† indicates a dead language", or any "* [something here]" footnote
}}

Background colors by family

Tracking categories

• Category:Language articles with unsupported infobox fields (29)
• Category:Articles with unnamed Glottolog code (2)
• 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 (72)

See also

• Template:Infobox language

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