Proto-Northern-Romance (MGR)

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Proto-Northern-Romance
Lingua Rustica Romana Germaniarum
Spoken in: northwestern Europe
Conworld:
Total speakers: (number of speakers)
Genealogical classification: Indo-European
Romance
Proto-Northern-Romance
Basic word order: SVO
Morphological type: inflecting
Morphosyntactic alignment: nominative-accusative
Writing system:
Created by:
P Collier, BP Jonsson 2007

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.
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:
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
| 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:
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
| author = unknown
| date = 1650 C.E.
| background = white
| headingbg = coral
| width = 33%
}}