Template:Infobox Language

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Spoken in:	—
Region:	—
Total speakers:	—
Language family:	—
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	`—`
ISO 639-3:	—
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key.

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This template is for use in articles about languages or dialects. It provides a common standard for displaying data about a language.

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{{Infobox Language
 |name          = name of language #REQUIRED
 |nativename    = native name of the language
 |pronunciation = IPA pronunciation of the native name
 |states        = countries in which it is mainly spoken
 |region        = geographic region in which it is mainly spoken
 |speakers      = the number of speakers of the language
 |iso1          = the ISO 639-1 code for the language
 |iso2          = the ISO 639-2 code for the language
 |iso2b         = the ISO 639-2 bibliographic code
 |iso2t         =  the ISO 639-2 terminological code
 |iso3          = the ISO 639-3 code for the language
 |familycolor   = appropriate language family #REQUIRED
 |fam1          = the broadest possible widely accepted [[language family]] of which the language is a part.
 |fam2          = a more specific sub-family
 |...
 |fam15         = most specific sub group
 |family        = whatever you want to say
 |script        = the writing system(s) used to represent the language
 |rank          = language's ranking in the 'list of languages by number of native speakers'
 |nation        = list of countries in which it is an official language
 |agency        = regulatory body or language academy for the language
 |extinct       = date of extinction, or information about extinction
 |lc1           = language code of the first dialect
 |ld1           = name of the first language dialect
 |ll1           = link to the Wikipedia article on that dialect
 |signers       = number of people who sign that language
 |creator       = name of language creator
 |date          = year of first creation
 |setting       = the use or setting for the language
 |posteriori    = natural-language sources
 |caption       = very simple description of image
 |image         = [[image:image name.png|center|200px|Description of the image.]]
 |map           = [[image:image name.png|center|thumb|300px|Description of the image.]]
 |notice        = Indic
 |notice        = nonotice
}}