Template:Infobox writing system/doc
| name | |
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 caption | |
| Type | type typedesc |
| Spoken languages | languages |
| Created by | creator date |
| Time period | time |
| Status | status |
| Parent systems |
family
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| Child systems | children |
| Sister systems | sisters |
| Unicode range | unicode |
footnotes | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | |
Syntax
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. |
</syntaxhighlight>
While it is probably important to always list at least the immediate 'parent' of any writing system, it isn't always practic if this number is too large.
Parameter type
Select color coding according to the type of writing system:
| Abjad | Alphabet | Abugida | Syllabary | Semisyllabary |
| Manual | Pictographic | Ideographic | Logographic | |
| Stenography | Shorthand | Undeciphered | Alternative | (default) |
Shorthand SHform, SHtype
Extended content
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{{{1}}}
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- SHform
SHform should only be included if "type" = stenography or shorthand. Select text color coding according to the shorthand letterforms:
| Cursive | Printed | Stenographic | Geometric | Script |
| Semi-Script | Elliptical | Script-Geometric | (default) |
- SHtype
SHtype should only be included if "type" = stenography or shorthand. Select background color coding according to the type of writing system:
| Abjadi | Consonantal | Alphabetic | Abugida | Syllabic |
| Semisyllabic | Mixed | Undeciphered | Alternative | (default) |
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Parameter direction
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Wikidata has a property, P1406, related to Infobox writing system/doc (see uses) |
|direction= can be used to enter the directionality. When this parameter not used, the template reads this value from Wikidata.
Parameter note
As a bottom there can be shown this note:
This page contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.
Setting |note=none will hide this text.
Example
- From Hebrew alphabet (simplified for demo purposes)
| Hebrew alphabet | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Impure abjad |
| Spoken languages | Hebrew, Yiddish |
| Time period | 2nd–1st century BCE to present[1] |
| Parent systems | |
| Child systems | Yiddish alphabet |
| Sister systems | |
| Unicode range |
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| ISO 15924 | Hebr |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | |
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
| Hebrew alphabet | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Impure abjad |
| Spoken languages | Hebrew, Yiddish |
| Time period | 2nd–1st century BCE to present[2] |
| Parent systems | |
| Child systems | Yiddish alphabet |
| Sister systems | |
| Unicode range |
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| ISO 15924 | Hebr |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | |
</syntaxhighlight>
Template Data
TemplateData for Infobox writing system
Extended content
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{{{1}}}
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<templatedata> { "format": "Template:\n\n", "params": { "bodystyle": {}, "type": { "type": "string", "suggestedvalues": [ "Abjad, Alphabet, Abugida, Syllabary, Semisyllabary, Manual, Pictographic, Ideographic, Logographic, Stenography, Shorthand, Undeciphered, Alternative, (default) " ] }, "SHtype": {}, "SHform": {}, "mode": {}, "name": {}, "altname": { "description": "Secondary name", "type": "string" }, "native_name": { "description": "Name in the system itself" }, "imagestyle": {}, "sample": { "description": "Sample image, WITHOUT \"Image:\" prefix", "type": "wiki-file-name" }, "image size": { "description": "Sample image's size" }, "imagesize": {}, "alt": { "description": "Text substituting the image", "example": "Character sample", "type": "string" }, "captionstyle": {}, "caption": { "description": "Text displayed under the sample image", "example": "From Description of the New Alphabet, 1999", "type": "string" }, "SHline": {}, "typedesc": { "description": "For providing additional info after a general type", "type": "string" }, "languages": { "description": "Major languages using the writing system", "type": "string" }, "creator": { "description": "Use instead of jfamN for artificially created writing systems", "type": "string" }, "date": { "description": "Date created" }, "SHdates": {}, "published": { "description": "Date published - for shorthands and script reforms", "example": "1999", "type": "string" }, "time": { "description": "Time period during which system was in use", "example": "20th century", "type": "string" }, "status": {}, "fam1": { "description": "Use famN to specify parent writing system/s.", "type": "string" }, "family": {}, "fam2": { "description": "Up to 15 parent writing systems can be listed, fam1 being the oldest.", "type": "string" }, "fam3": { "description": "Up to 15 parent writing systems can be listed, fam1 being the oldest.", "type": "string" }, "fam4": { "description": "Up to 15 parent writing systems can be listed, fam1 being the oldest.", "type": "string" }, "fam5": { "description": "Up to 15 parent writing systems can be listed, fam1 being the oldest.", "type": "string" }, "fam6": { "description": "Up to 15 parent writing systems can be listed, fam1 being the oldest.", "type": "string" }, "fam7": { "description": "Up to 15 parent writing systems can be listed, fam1 being the oldest.", "type": "string" }, "fam8": {}, "fam9": {}, "fam10": {}, "fam11": {}, "fam12": {}, "fam13": {}, "fam14": {}, "fam15": {}, "print": {}, "children": {}, "sisters": {}, "iso15924": {}, "iso15924 note": {}, "unicode": {}, "footnotes": {}, "note": {}, "direction": {}, "qid": {}, "ipa-note": {}, "direction comment": {}, "official script": {}, "region": {}, "engvar": {}, "romanised_from": {}, "romanized_from": {}, "language": {} }, "paramOrder": [ "bodystyle", "type", "SHtype", "SHform", "mode", "name", "altname", "native_name", "imagestyle", "sample", "image size", "imagesize", "alt", "captionstyle", "caption", "SHline", "typedesc", "languages", "creator", "date", "SHdates", "published", "time", "status", "fam1", "family", "fam2", "fam3", "fam4", "fam5", "fam6", "fam7", "fam8", "fam9", "fam10", "fam11", "fam12", "fam13", "fam14", "fam15", "print", "children", "sisters", "iso15924", "iso15924 note", "unicode", "footnotes", "note", "qid", "direction", "direction comment", "ipa-note", "official script", "region", "engvar", "romanised_from", "romanized_from", "language" ], "description": "Information box about a writing system" } </templatedata>
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