Wikipedia:WikiProject Languages/Template


An overview, for example:

XXX (native name [pronunciation in IPA]) is a language from the ABC language family spoken in Country1 and Country2 by the XYZ people. It is spoken by XX million speakers.

Language
Alternative name
Native name
Pronunciationpronunciation in IPA
Native toCountry1, Country2
RegionRegion(s) within the above country(s)
Ethnicityethnicity defined by the language
Native speakers
XX million (2000 – date of reference or census)[reference]
Standard forms
Dialects
Official status
Official language in
CountryA, CountryB
Regulated byLanguage Academy
Language codes
ISO 639-3xyz (default ref)
xyz (if support was moved there)
Glottologxyz123  default 2nd ref
AIATSIS[1]xyz (for Australian languages)
(for Bantu languages)[2]
  1. ^ xyz (for Australian languages) at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online