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== What is it for? ==

This template helps you make a table showing the vowels of your language.

In order the template uses [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Template#Parameters named parameters]; this means more typing, but with 38 parameters which all should be optional it is the only way to make the template manageable &mdash; and easier than coding the whole table yourself each time.

== How does it work? ==

In order to get this:

{{Voweltable| caption = Swedish dialect vowel spellings | i = i | y = y | I = î ''or'' ê | e = e | 2 = ö | 8\ =  &mdash; u | u\ = (u) | 8 = û | E = ä | & = (â) | a = â | &\ = (ô) | 3\ = ô | u = o | o = å | Q = a | A = (a) | @ = (e)}}

you enter this:

 <nowiki>{{Voweltable| caption = Swedish dialect vowel spellings | i = i | y = y | I = î ''or'' ê | e = e | 2 = ö | 8\ =  &mdash; u | u\ = (u) | 8 = û | E = ä | & = (â) | a = â | &\ = (ô) | 3\ = ô | u = o | o = å | Q = a | A = (a) | @ = (e)}}</nowiki>

Where each <code>|</code> marks the beginning of a parameter definition of the form <code>''parameter name'' = ''parameter value''</code>.

In order to make the template call clearer you can format it for example like this:

 <nowiki>{{Voweltable| caption = Swedish dialect vowel spellings |= 
 | i = i | y = y   | I = î ''or'' ê | e = e |= 
 | 2 = ö | 8\ =  &mdash; u | u\ = (u) | 8 = û |= 
 | E = ä | & = (â) | a = â | &\ = (ô) | 3\ = ô |=
 | u = o |  o = å  | Q = a | A = (a)  | @ = (e)}}</nowiki>

Everything from a <code>|=</code> up to the next <code>|</code> is 'invisible' to the wiki engine{{ref|invisible}}, so you can put newlines, comments etc. there.

You may also put any amount of optional whitespace on either side of a <code>|</code> or <code>=</code>.

A parameter value may not contain any <code>|</code> (use {{code|&amp;#124;}} in the value instead! {{-)}}){{ref|equalsign}}

All parameters are optional <!-- in the sense that -->

== Parameter names key ==
{{Voweltable|=
 | width = 100%  |=
 | caption = 
   '''<tt>Template:Voweltable</tt> Parameter names '''
   '''and their corresponding IPA values''' <br>
   (NB: Parameter names are CXS values! {{-)}})  |=
 | i    = <tt>i</tt>    &#61; {{BIGIPA|i}}  |=
 | y    = <tt>y</tt>    &#61; {{BIGIPA|y}}  |=
 | i\   = <tt>i\</tt>   &#61; {{BIGIPA|ɨ}}  |=
 | u\   = <tt>u\</tt>   &#61; {{BIGIPA|ʉ}}  |=
 | M    = <tt>M</tt>    &#61; {{BIGIPA|ɯ}}  |=
 | u    = <tt>u</tt>    &#61; {{BIGIPA|u}}  |=
 | I    = <tt>I</tt>    &#61; {{BIGIPA|ɪ}}  |=
 | Y    = <tt>Y</tt>    &#61; {{BIGIPA|ʏ}}  |=
 | I\   = <tt>I\</tt>   &#61; {{BIGIPA|ɪ̵}} |=
 | U\   = <tt>U\</tt>   &#61; {{BIGIPA|ʊ̶}} |=
 | M_o  = <tt>M_o</tt>  &#61; {{BIGIPA|ɯ̞}} |=
 | U    = <tt>U</tt>    &#61; {{BIGIPA|ʊ}}  |=
 | e    = <tt>e</tt>    &#61; {{BIGIPA|e}}  |=
 | 2    = <tt>2</tt>    &#61; {{BIGIPA|ø}}  |=
 | 8\   = &nbsp; <tt>8\</tt> &#61; {{BIGIPA|ɵ̟ʷ}}|=
 | @\   = <tt>@\</tt>   &#61; {{BIGIPA|ɘ}}  |=
 | @    = <tt>@</tt>    &#61; {{BIGIPA|ə}}  |=
 | 8    = <tt>8</tt>    &#61; {{BIGIPA|ɵ}}  |=
 | 7    = <tt>7</tt>    &#61; {{BIGIPA|ɤ}}  |=
 | o    = <tt>o</tt>    &#61; {{BIGIPA|o}}  |=
 | E    = <tt>E</tt>    &#61; {{BIGIPA|ɛ}}  |=
 | 9    = <tt>9</tt>    &#61; {{BIGIPA|œ}}  |=
 | 3    = <tt>3</tt>    &#61; {{BIGIPA|ɜ}}  |=
 | 3\   = <tt>3\</tt>   &#61; {{BIGIPA|ɞ}}  |=
 | V    = <tt>V</tt>    &#61; {{BIGIPA|ʌ}}  |=
 | O    = <tt>O</tt>    &#61; {{BIGIPA|ɔ}}  |=
 | &    = <tt>&</tt>    &#61; {{BIGIPA|æ}}  |=
 | &\   = <tt>&\</tt>   &#61; {{BIGIPA|ɶ}}  |=
 | 6    = <tt>6</tt>    &#61; {{BIGIPA|ɐ}}  |=
 | 3\_o = <tt>3\_o</tt> &#61; {{BIGIPA|ɞ̞}} |=
 | V_o  = <tt>V_o</tt>  &#61; {{BIGIPA|ʌ̞}} |=
 | O_o  = <tt>O_o</tt>  &#61; {{BIGIPA|ɔ̞}} |=
 | a    = <tt>a</tt>    &#61; {{BIGIPA|a}}  |=
 | &\_o = <tt>&\_o</tt> &#61; {{BIGIPA|ɶ̞}} |=
 | a_x  = <tt>a_x</tt>  &#61; {{BIGIPA|a̽}} |=
 | Q_x  = <tt>Q_x</tt>  &#61; {{BIGIPA|ɒ̽}} |=
 | A    = <tt>A</tt>    &#61; {{BIGIPA|ɑ}}  |=
 | Q    = <tt>Q</tt>    &#61; {{BIGIPA|ɒ}}  |=
}}

== Notes ==
# {{Note|invisible}} Actually a definition a 'nameless named variable' which doesn't get used in the template.
# {{Note|equalsign}} And a parameter name may not contain any <code>=</code>. Not a problem to us as long as we use a [[CXS]] syllabic consonant  transcription as a parameter name! {{-)}}