Template:Language: Difference between revisions

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Infobox for languages.

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Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	`name`	Name of the language (defaults to page name if omitted).	String	optional
Image	`image`	Representative image (file name without File:).	File	optional
Image caption	`caption-image`	Caption describing the image.	String	optional
Native to	`native_to`	People or nation where the language originated.	String	optional
Region	`region`	Geographic distribution.	String	optional
Language family	`language_family`	Language family classification.	String	optional
Earlier forms	`earlier_forms`	Ancestor languages or earlier stages.	String	optional
Writing system	`writing_system`	Script or writing system used.	String	optional
Official language in	`official_language_in`	Countries or regions where it is official.	String	optional

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 <infobox type="Language" theme-source="nation">
    <title source="name"><default>{{PAGENAME}}</default></title>
-   <image source="image"> <caption source="caption-image"/> </image>
+   <image source="image">
+    <caption source="caption-image"/>
+  </image>
    <group>
      <header source="general_information">General information</header>
      <data source="native_to">
        <label>Native to</label>
      </data>
      <data source="region">
        <label>Region</label>
      </data>
      <data source="language_family">
        <label>Language family</label>
      </data>
      <data source="earlier_forms">
        <label>Earlier forms</label>
      </data>
      <data source="writing_system">
        <label>Writing system</label>
      </data>
      <data source="official_language_in">
        <label>Official language in</label>
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 </infobox>
 </includeonly>
 <noinclude>
+<templatedata>
+{
+  "description": "Infobox for languages.",
+  "params": {
+    "name": {
+      "label": "Name",
+      "description": "Name of the language (defaults to page name if omitted).",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "image": {
+      "label": "Image",
+      "description": "Representative image (file name without File:).",
+      "type": "wiki-file-name"
+    },
+    "caption-image": {
+      "label": "Image caption",
+      "description": "Caption describing the image.",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "native_to": {
+      "label": "Native to",
+      "description": "People or nation where the language originated.",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "region": {
+      "label": "Region",
+      "description": "Geographic distribution.",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "language_family": {
+      "label": "Language family",
+      "description": "Language family classification.",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "earlier_forms": {
+      "label": "Earlier forms",
+      "description": "Ancestor languages or earlier stages.",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "writing_system": {
+      "label": "Writing system",
+      "description": "Script or writing system used.",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "official_language_in": {
+      "label": "Official language in",
+      "description": "Countries or regions where it is official.",
+      "type": "string"
+    }
+  },
+  "paramOrder": [
+    "name",
+    "image",
+    "caption-image",
+    "native_to",
+    "region",
+    "language_family",
+    "earlier_forms",
+    "writing_system",
+    "official_language_in"
+  ]
+}
+</templatedata>
 {{documentation}}
 </noinclude>