Template:Infobox writing system
| name | |
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.svg) caption | |
| Script type | type
typedesc |
| Creator | creator |
| Created | date |
| Published | published
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Period | time |
| Status | status |
Print basis | |
| Languages | languages |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | family
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Child systems | children |
Sister systems | sisters |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | iso15924 note |
| Unicode | |
| unicode | |
footnotes | |
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Syntax
{{Infobox writing system
| name =
| altname = <!-- 2ary name -->
| type = <!-- see options below -->
| qid =
<!-- The following three fields, prefixed SH (ShortHand), are used only if the type parameter is set as "shorthand" or "stenography": -->
| SHline = <!-- "light" or "heavy" - heavy-line shorthands distinguish thick and thin strokes -->
| SHtype = <!-- see options below -->
| SHform = <!-- see options below -->
| typedesc = <!-- additional info after the general type -->
| typedesc-prefix = <!-- additional info, such as an adjective, before the general type -->
| creator = <!-- use instead of |jfamN= for artificially created writing systems -->
| date = <!-- date created -->
| published = <!-- date published for shorthands and script reforms -->
| time = <!-- time period in use -->
| official script =
| languages = <!-- major languages using the writing system -->
| fam1 = <!-- use |famN= to specify parent writing systems -->
| fam2 = <!-- up to 15 parent writing systems can be listed, fam1 being the oldest -->
| fam15 =
| print = <!-- the print basis/model of a braille script -->
| sisters = <!-- sister writing systems with common ancestors -->
| children = <!-- child systems -->
| sample = <!-- sample image without Image: prefix -->
| imagesize = <!-- size of sample image -->
| caption = <!-- description of sample image -->
| direction = <!-- writing direction, will be read from Wikidata when empty -->
| direction comment =
| unicode = <!-- Unicode range -->
| iso15924 = <!-- either the ISO 15924 four-letter code or number; will automatically display both -->
| iso15924 note = <!-- more text on the ISO 15924 four-letter codes, e.g. variants, aliases -->
| module = <!-- other templates can be embedded here -->
| footnotes = <!-- some information about the writing system -->
| ipa-note = <!-- set to `none` to cancel IPA warning -->
}}
While it is probably important to always list at least the immediate 'parent' of any writing system, it isn't always practical if this number is too large.
`type` parameter
Select color coding with |type= according to the type of writing system:
| Abjad | Alphabet | Abugida | Syllabary | Semisyllabary |
| Manual | Pictographic | Ideographic | Logographic | |
| Stenography | Shorthand | Undeciphered | Alternative | (default) |
Shorthand `SHform`, `SHtype`
SHform, SHtype parameter options
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Parameter `direction`
|direction= can be used to enter the directionality. When left unused, 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 (no alt name) | |
|---|---|
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| Script type | Impure abjad
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Period | 2nd–1st century BCE to present[1] |
| Direction | Right-to-left |
| Languages | Hebrew, Yiddish |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | |
Child systems | Yiddish alphabet |
Sister systems | |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Hebr (125), Hebrew |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Hebrew |
| |
{{Infobox writing system
| name = Hebrew alphabet
| qid = Q33513
| altname = (alt name here, expected in script)
| sample = Alefbet ivri.svg
| imagesize = 220px
| type = Impure [[abjad]]
| languages = [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Yiddish]]
| time = 2nd–1st century BCE to present<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hebrew-alphabet Hebrew alphabet]</ref>
| fam1 = [[Egyptian hieroglyphs]]
| fam2 = [[Proto-Sinaitic script]]
| fam3 = [[Phoenician alphabet]]
| fam4 = [[Aramaic alphabet]]
| sisters = {{Plainlist|
* [[Arabic alphabet|Arabic]]
* [[Nabataean alphabet|Nabataean]]
* [[Syriac alphabet|Syriac]]
}}
| children = [[Yiddish alphabet]]
| direction = right-to-left
| unicode = {{Plainlist|
* [https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0590.pdf U+0590 to U+05FF]<br />Hebrew,
* [https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/UFB00.pdf U+FB1D to U+FB4F]<br />Alphabetic Presentation Forms
}}
| iso15924 = Hebr
| iso15924 note =
| footnotes =
| ipa-note =
}}
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Template Data
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