Template:Infobox language family/doc

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

This template employs intricate features of template syntax.

You are encouraged to familiarise yourself with its setup and parser functions before editing the template. If your edit causes unexpected problems, please undo it quickly, as this template may appear on a large number of pages.
Remember that you can conduct experiments, and should test all improvements, in either the general Template sandbox or your user space before changing anything here.

The language family template is for use in articles about language families and groupings. It provides a common standard for displaying data about the family, and for navigating to larger or smaller groups.

Usage

{{Infobox language family
| name        = name of language family#REQUIRED
| altname     = alternative name(s) of the language family
| region      = geographic region in which its languages are mainly spoken
| 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      = whatever you want to say
| child1      = a language or group of languages belonging to this family
| child2      = another language or group of languages belonging to this family
| ...
| child20     = another language or group of languages belonging to this family
| children    = whatever you want to say
| map         = a map of the region where the language family is spoken
| map_caption = caption underneath the map. See {{tl|legend}} as a helpful tool.
| iso2        = ISO 639-2 language code for macrolanguages
| iso5        = ISO 639-5 language family code
}}