Template:Infobox language

Language family	Default Infobox language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
ELP

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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}}}|frameless|alt={{{imagealt}}}|upright={{{imagescale}}}]] {{{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}}}
Language codes
ISO 639-1	{{{iso1}}} {{{iso1comment}}}
ISO 639-2	{{{iso2}}} {{{iso2comment}}}
ISO 639-3	{{{iso3}}} – inclusive code {{{iso3comment}}} Individual codes: [[iso639-3:{{{lc1}}}|{{{lc1}}}]] – {{{ld1}}} [[iso639-3:{{{lc2}}}|{{{lc2}}}]] – {{{ld2}}}
ISO 639-6	{{{iso6}}}
Linguist List	{{{linglist}}} {{{lingname}}}
	{{{linglist2}}} {{{lingname2}}}
Glottolog	{{{glotto}}} {{{glotto2}}}
AIATSIS<ref name="AIATSIS">{{{aiatsis}}} {{{aiatsisname}}} at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)</ref>	{{{aiatsis}}} {{{aiatsisname}}}, {{{aiatsis2}}} {{{aiatsisname2}}}
Guthrie code	{{{guthrie}}}<ref name="Guthrie">Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online</ref>
ELP
Glottopedia	{{{glottopedia}}}<ref name="Glottopedia">Glottopedia article on Infobox language.</ref>
Linguasphere	{{{lingua}}}{{{lingua_ref}}}
IETF	{{{ietf}}}
[[File:{{{map}}}|frameless|alt={{{mapalt}}}|upright={{{mapscale}}}]] {{{mapcaption}}}
[[File:{{{map2}}}|frameless|alt={{{mapalt2}}}|upright={{{mapscale}}}]] {{{mapcaption2}}}
Coordinates: {{{coordinates}}}
{{{module}}}

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Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
ELP

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References in infobox

Parameters

The required parameters are:

name

name of language

familycolor

appropriate language family. 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 language belongs to that family. When these are used, the fam1 parameter must be set to the widely accepted language family.

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.

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

...

dia20

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="" id="" 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

...

lc30

ISO code of the 30–th dialect

ld30

name of the 30–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

name that will display for the ELP link and ref.

...

ELP4

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).

ELPname4

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="" id="" 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/<ref>English Adjective – Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary – Oxford University Press ©2010.</ref>
Region	(see below)
Native speakers	360 million (cited 2010)<ref name=NE>Nationalencyklopedin "Världens 100 största språk 2010" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2010</ref> L2: 375 million and 750 million EFL<ref name=BritishCouncilEnglish>"Future of English" (PDF). The British Council. Retrieved 24 August 2011. (page 10)</ref>
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
Language codes
ISO 639-1	en
ISO 639-2	eng
ISO 639-3	eng
Glottolog	stan1293
ELP
Linguasphere	52-ABA
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/<ref>English Adjective – Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary – Oxford University Press ©2010.</ref>
Region	(see below)
Native speakers	360 million (cited 2010)<ref name=NE>Nationalencyklopedin "Världens 100 största språk 2010" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2010</ref> L2: 375 million and 750 million EFL<ref name=BritishCouncilEnglish>"Future of English" (PDF). The British Council. Retrieved 24 August 2011. (page 10)</ref>
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
Language codes
ISO 639-1	en
ISO 639-2	eng
ISO 639-3	eng
Glottolog	stan1293
ELP
Linguasphere	52-ABA
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)
Language codes
ISO 639-1	fa
ISO 639-2	per (B) fas (T)
ISO 639-3	fas – inclusive code Individual codes: pes – Western Persian prs – Dari language (Afghan Persian) tgk – Tajiki aiq – Aimaq dialect bhh – Bukhori dialect haz – Hazaragi dialect jpr – Judeo-Persian phv – Pahlavani deh – Dehwari jdt – Judeo-Tat ttt – Caucasian Tat
Glottolog	fars1254  Farsic – Caucasian Tat
ELP
Linguasphere	58-AAC (Wider Persian)  > 58-AAC-c (Central Persian)
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)
Language codes
ISO 639-1	fa
ISO 639-2	per (B) fas (T)
ISO 639-3	fas – inclusive code Individual codes: pes – Western Persian prs – Dari language (Afghan Persian) tgk – Tajiki aiq – Aimaq dialect bhh – Bukhori dialect haz – Hazaragi dialect jpr – Judeo-Persian phv – Pahlavani deh – Dehwari jdt – Judeo-Tat ttt – Caucasian Tat
Glottolog	fars1254  Farsic – Caucasian Tat
ELP
Linguasphere	58-AAC (Wider Persian)  > 58-AAC-c (Central Persian)
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 (0) – 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:Language articles with unsupported infobox fields (0) – detects any parameter not in the list, incl. for now anything over dia20
• 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

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 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 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 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 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 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 ISO 639-6 iso6 The ISO 639-6 code for the language 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 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 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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