Template:Infobox proto-language/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Infobox proto-language. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template uses Lua: Module:String (sandbox) Module:InfoboxImage (sandbox) Module:Check for unknown parameters (sandbox)

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This template is for use in articles about reconstructed proto-languages.

{{Infobox language family
| name        = name of the proto-language #REQUIRED
| altname     = alternative name(s) of the proto-language
| region      = geographic region from which the language family originated
| 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      = the group of languages of which this is the last common ancestor
| ancestor    = proto-language of the largest widely accepted enclosing family
| ancestor2   = (to ancestor5) proto-langues of intermediate groupings
| child1      = proto-language of a subgroup of languages
| child2      = another proto-language of a subgroup of languages
| ...
| child20     = another proto-language of a subgroup of languages
| children    = whatever you want to say
| listclass   = class for the list of children: plainlist (default), hlist (horizontal) or flatlist (bulleted)
| 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., "* [something here]" footnote
}}

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.

• Template:Infobox language
• Template:Infobox language family