Template:Infobox sprachbund
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The sprachbund template is for use in articles about sprachbunds. It provides a common standard for displaying data for navigating to sprachbunds.
Usage
{{Infobox sprachbund
| name = name of sprachbund #REQUIRED
| altname = alternative name(s) of the sprachbund
| acceptance = acceptance status of the languages as a valid sprachbund
| ethnicity = people(s) who speak the languages as a sprachbund
| region = geographic region in which its languages are mainly spoken
| extinct = date sprachbund went extinct
| familycolor = appropriate sprachbund #REQUIRED
| child1 = a language or group of languages belonging to this sprachbund
| child2 = another language or group of languages belonging to this sprachbund
| ...
| child20 = another language or group of languages belonging to this sprachbund
| 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.)
| 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
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| See also | Wikipedia:WikiProject Languages |
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The familycolor parameter should always be set, and determines the color of template headings indicating the broad group of languages to which the sprachbund belongs.