Template:Language: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 13:10, 8 February 2019

English name Native name
Spoken in:	(country)
Conworld:	(universe)
Total speakers:	(number of speakers)
Genealogical classification:	(Family) (Branch) (Subbranch) (Language)
Basic word order:
Morphological type:
Morphosyntactic alignment:
Writing system:
Created by:
author	date

Named parameters for this template

This template recognises the following named parameters:

Legend:

parameter name

[alternate parameter name]: explanation

Parameter names are lowercase by default, although English may be Uppercase

english

English: The English name of the language, e.g. Swedish.

native

The native name of the language, e.g. Svenska.

country

The name of the country where the language is spoken, e.g. Sweden.

native-country

nativecountry: The native name of the country (if different from country), e.g. Sverige.

universe

The name of the universe or timeline where the language is spoken, e.g. Real world.

speakers

The number of speakers of the language, e.g. 9 million.

family

The name of the language family the language belongs to, e.g. Indo-European.

branch

The name of the branch within its language family the language belongs to, e.g. Germanic.

subbranch

The name of the subbranch within its language family the language belongs to, e.g. North Germanic.

word-order

wordorder: The basic word order type of the language, e.g. SVO (although Swedish is rather V₂! ☺)

morphological-type

type: The basic morphological type of the language, e.g. inflecting.

morphosyntactic-alignment

alignment: The basic morphosyntactic alignment of the language, e.g. Nominative-Accusative.

writing-system

writing: The writing sytem used by the language.

author: The name of the author of the language (probably your name).
date: The date when the language was created (begun or completed), usually abbreviated to the year.

Optional data parameters

dialect native

the native name of the dialect, if the article is about a dialect rather than about a language.

dialect english

dialect English: the English name of the dialect if the article is about a dialect rather than about a language.

Optional formatting parameters

background-color

background: The background color of the table (default value: #f9f9f9).

heading-background

headingbg: The background color of the heading cells (default value: #CCCCCC).

width: The width of the table; defaults to 50% of window width, but can be defined in pixels (e.g. 300) or a percentage of the window width (e.g. 33%)

Example

(I choose a real-world example so that everyone will recognise everything!)

Use {{subst:Template:Language-new}}!

Swedish Svenska
Spoken in:	Sweden (Sverige)
Conworld:	Real world
Total speakers:	9 million
Genealogical classification:	Indo-European Germanic North Germanic Swedish
Basic word order:	SVO/V₂
Morphological type:	inflecting
Morphosyntactic alignment:	nominative-accusative
Writing system:	Latin alphabet
Created by:
unknown	1000 C.E.

{{Language|
| English = Swedish
| native = Svenska
| country = Sweden
| nativecountry = Sverige
| universe = Real world
| speakers = 9 million
| family = Indo-European
| branch = Germanic
| subbranch = North Germanic
| wordorder = SVO/V<sub>2</sub>
| type = inflecting
| alignment = nominative-accusative
| writing = Latin alphabet
| author = unknown
| date = 1000 C.E.
| background = white
| headingbg = coral
| width = 33%
}}

Example of a dialect

Gothenburgish Göteborgska
Spoken in:	Sweden (Sverige)
Conworld:	Real world
Total speakers:	9 million
Genealogical classification:	Indo-European Germanic North Germanic Swedish *Gothenburgish (Göteborgska)*
Basic word order:	SVO/V₂
Morphological type:	inflecting
Morphosyntactic alignment:	nominative-accusative
Writing system:	Latin alphabet
Created by:
unknown	1650 C.E.

{{Language|
| English = Swedish
| native = Svenska
| dialect native = Göteborgska
| dialect english = Gothenburgish
| country = Sweden
| nativecountry = Sverige
| universe = Real world
| speakers = 9 million
| family = Indo-European
| branch = Germanic
| subbranch = North Germanic
| wordorder = SVO/V<sub>2</sub>
| type = inflecting
| alignment = nominative-accusative
| writing = Latin alphabet
| author = unknown
| date = 1650 C.E.
| background = white
| headingbg = coral
| width = 33%
}}

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-{|border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;
+{|border=1 cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width={{{width|50%}}} class="bordertable" style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: {{{background-color|{{{background|#f9f9f9}}}}}}; font-size: 95%; float: right;"
-|colspan="2" bgcolor="#0000CC" color="#FFFFFF" align="center" |<font color="#FFFFFF"><big>'''Language'''</big></font>
+|colspan="2" bgcolor="{{{heading-background|{{{headingbg|#CCCCCC}}}}}}" align="center" |{{#if: {{{dialect english|}}} | '''{{{dialect english|}}}''' | {{#if: {{{dialect English|}}} | '''{{{dialect English|}}}''' }} }} {{#if: {{{dialect native|}}} | {{#if: {{{dialect english|}}} | <br> | {{#if: {{{dialect English|}}} | <br> }} }} '''''{{{dialect native|}}}'''''  }} {{#if: {{{dialect native|}}} || {{#if: {{{dialect english|}}} || {{#if: {{{dialect English|}}} || {{ #if: {{{English|}}} | '''{{{English|}}}''' | {{ #if: {{{english|}}} | '''{{{english|}}}''' | {{ #if: {{{native|}}} | | '''English name''' }} }} }} {{ #if: {{{native|}}} | {{ #if: {{{English|}}} | <br>'''''{{{native|}}}''''' | {{ #if: {{{english|}}} | <br> '''''{{{native|}}}'''''| '''''{{{native|}}}''''' |}} }} |{{ #if: {{{English|}}} | | {{ #if: {{{english|}}} | | <br>'''''Native name'''''}} }} }} }} }} }}
 |-
 |valign="top"|Spoken in:
-||(country)
+||{{{country|(country)}}} {{ #if: {{{native-country|}}} | ({{{native-country|}}}) | {{ #if: {{{nativecountry|}}} | ({{{nativecountry|}}}) }} }}
 |-
-|valign="top"|Timeline/Universe:
+|valign="top"|[[Conworld]]:
-||(universe)
+||{{{universe|(universe)}}}
 |-
 |valign="top"|Total speakers:
-||(number of speakers)
+||{{{speakers|(number of speakers)}}}
 |-
 |valign="top"|Genealogical classification:
-||Family<br>
+||{{{family|(Family)}}}
-&nbsp;Branch<br>
+:{{{branch|(Branch)}}}
-&nbsp;&nbsp;Subbranch<br>
+::{{{subbranch|(Subbranch)}}}
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Language'''
+:::{{#if: {{{dialect native|}}} ||{{#if: dialect english ||{{#if: dialect English ||'''}}}} }}{{{english|{{{English|{{{native|(Language)}}}}}}}}}{{#if: {{{dialect native|}}} ||{{#if: dialect english ||{{#if: dialect English ||'''}}}} }}
-|}
+{{#if: {{{dialect native|}}} |::::''' {{{dialect english|{{{dialect English|}}}}}} (''{{{dialect native|}}}'')''' | {{#if: {{{dialect english|}}} | '''{{{dialect english|}}}''' | {{#if: {{{dialect English|}}} | '''{{{dialect English|}}}''' | }} }} }}
+|-
+|valign="top"|[[Basic word order]]:
+||{{{word-order|{{{wordorder|}}}}}}
+|-
+|valign="top"|[[Morphological type]]:
+||{{{morphological-type|{{{type|}}} }}}
+|-
+|valign="top"|[[Morphosyntactic alignment]]:
+||{{{morphosyntactic-alignment|{{{alignment|}}} }}}
+|-
+|valign="top"|[[Writing system]]:
+||{{{writing-system|{{{writing|}}} }}}
+|-
+|colspan="2" bgcolor="{{{heading-background|{{{headingbg|#CCCCCC}}}}}}" align="center" |'''Created by:'''
+|-
+||{{{author|author}}} ||{{{date|date}}}
+|}<noinclude>
+== Named parameters for this template ==
+This template recognises the following named parameters:
+<div style="width: 250px; border: 1px solid; padding: 6px; float: none;">
+'''''Legend:'''''
+;parameter name
+:;[alternate parameter name] :explanation
+</div>
+Parameter names are lowercase by default, although '''English''' may be Uppercase
+;english
+:;English :The English name of the language, e.g. ''Swedish''.
+;native :The native name of the language, e.g. ''Svenska''.
+;country :The name of the country where the language is spoken, e.g. ''Sweden''.
+;native-country
+:;nativecountry : The native name of the country (if different from '''country'''), e.g. ''Sverige''.
+;universe : The name of the universe or timeline where the language is spoken, e.g. ''Real world''.
+;speakers :The number of speakers of the language, e.g. ''9 million''.
+;family :The name of the language family the language belongs to, e.g. ''Indo-European''.
+;branch :The name of the branch within its language family the language belongs to, e.g. ''Germanic''.
+;subbranch :The name of the subbranch within its language family the language belongs to, e.g. ''North Germanic''.
+;word-order
+:;wordorder :The basic word order type of the language, e.g. ''SVO'' (although Swedish is rather ''V<sub>2</sub>''! {{-)}})
+;morphological-type
+:;type :The basic morphological type of the language, e.g. ''inflecting''.
+;morphosyntactic-alignment
+:;alignment :The basic morphosyntactic alignment of the language, e.g. ''Nominative-Accusative''.
+;writing-system
+:;writing :The writing sytem used by the language.
+;author :The name of the author of the language (probably your name).
+;date :The date when the language was created (begun or completed), usually abbreviated to the year.
+=== Optional data parameters ===
+;dialect native : the native name of the dialect, if the article is about a dialect rather than about a language.
+;dialect english
+:;dialect English : the English name of the dialect if the article is about a dialect rather than about a language.
+=== Optional formatting parameters ===
+;background-color
+:;background :The background color of the table (default value: #f9f9f9).
+;heading-background
+:;headingbg :The background color of the heading cells (default value: #CCCCCC).
+;width :The width of the table; defaults to 50% of window width, but can be defined in pixels (e.g. ''300'') or a percentage of the window width (e.g. ''33%'')
+== Example ==
+(I choose a real-world example so that everyone will recognise everything!)
+Use <nowiki>{{subst:</nowiki>[[:Template:Language-new]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>!
+{{Language|
+| English = Swedish
+| native = Svenska
+| country = Sweden
+| nativecountry = Sverige
+| universe = Real world
+| speakers = 9 million
+| family = Indo-European
+| branch = Germanic
+| subbranch = North Germanic
+| wordorder = SVO/V<sub>2</sub>
+| type = inflecting
+| alignment = nominative-accusative
+| writing = Latin alphabet
+| author = unknown
+| date = 1000 C.E.
+| background = white
+| headingbg = coral
+| width = 50%
+}}
+<pre><nowiki>{{Language|
+| English = Swedish
+| native = Svenska
+| country = Sweden
+| nativecountry = Sverige
+| universe = Real world
+| speakers = 9 million
+| family = Indo-European
+| branch = Germanic
+| subbranch = North Germanic
+| wordorder = SVO/V<sub>2</sub>
+| type = inflecting
+| alignment = nominative-accusative
+| writing = Latin alphabet
+| author = unknown
+| date = 1000 C.E.
+| background = white
+| headingbg = coral
+| width = 33%
+}}</nowiki></pre>
+=== Example of a dialect ===
+{{Language|
+| English = Swedish
+| native = Svenska
+| dialect native = Göteborgska
+| dialect english = Gothenburgish
+| country = Sweden
+| nativecountry = Sverige
+| universe = Real world
+| speakers = 9 million
+| family = Indo-European
+| branch = Germanic
+| subbranch = North Germanic
+| wordorder = SVO/V<sub>2</sub>
+| type = inflecting
+| alignment = nominative-accusative
+| writing = Latin alphabet
+| author = unknown
+| date = 1650 C.E.
+| background = white
+| headingbg = coral
+| width = 50%
+}}
-Describe your language here
+<pre><nowiki>{{Language|
+| English = Swedish
+| native = Svenska
+| dialect native = Göteborgska
+| dialect english = Gothenburgish
+| country = Sweden
+| nativecountry = Sverige
+| universe = Real world
+| speakers = 9 million
+| family = Indo-European
+| branch = Germanic
+| subbranch = North Germanic
+| wordorder = SVO/V<sub>2</sub>
+| type = inflecting
+| alignment = nominative-accusative
+| writing = Latin alphabet
+| author = unknown
+| date = 1650 C.E.
+| background = white
+| headingbg = coral
+| width = 33%
+}}</nowiki></pre>
+[[Category:Templates]]
+</noinclude>

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