infobox Writing System
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.
| Infobox writing system | |
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Template documentation| name | |
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 caption | |
| Script type | type typedesc |
| Creator | creator |
| Created | date |
| Published | published |
Time 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 | |
Syntax
{{Infobox writing system | name = | altname = | type = | qid = | SHline = | SHtype = | SHform = | typedesc = | typedesc-prefix = | creator = | date = | published = | time = | official script = | languages = | fam1 = | fam2 = | fam15 = | print = | sisters = | children = | sample = | imagesize = | caption = | direction = | direction comment = | unicode = | iso15924 = | iso15924 note = | footnotes = | ipa-note = }} 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
SHform, SHtype parameter options | |||||||||||||||||||
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SHform should only be included if "type" = stenography or shorthand. Select text color coding according to the shorthand letterforms:
SHtype should only be included if "type" = stenography or shorthand. Select background color coding according to the type of writing system:
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Parameter direction
|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 (no alt name) | |
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| Script type | Impure abjad |
Time period | 2nd–1st century BCE to present |
| 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 |
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{{Infobox writing system | name = Hebrew alphabet | qid = Q33513 | altname = (alt name here, expected in script) | sample = Alefbet ivri.svg | imagesize = 300px | 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 = }} Tracking categories
Template Data
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