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.
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)
SHform SHform should only be included if "type" = stenography or shorthand. Select text color coding according to the shorthand letterforms:
Cursive
Printed
Stenographic
Geometric
Script
Semi-Script
Elliptical
Script-Geometric
(default)
SHtype SHtype should only be included if "type" = stenography or shorthand. Select background color coding according to the type of writing system:
Abjadi
Consonantal
Alphabetic
Abugida
Syllabic
Semisyllabic
Mixed
Undeciphered
Alternative
(default)
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)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) {{ 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 =
}}
Tracking categories
Template Data
Template parameters[ Edit template data ]
This template has custom formatting.
Parameter Description Type Status bodystyle bodystyleno description
Unknown optional type typeno description
Suggested values Abjad, Alphabet, Abugida, Syllabary, Semisyllabary, Manual, Pictographic, Ideographic, Logographic, Stenography, Shorthand, Undeciphered, Alternative, (default) String optional SHtype SHtypeno description
Unknown optional SHform SHformno description
Unknown optional mode modeno description
Unknown optional name nameno description
Unknown optional altname altnameSecondary name
String optional native_name native_nameName in the system itself
Unknown optional imagestyle imagestyleno description
Unknown optional sample sampleSample image, WITHOUT "Image:" prefix
File optional image size image sizeSample image's size
Unknown optional imagesize imagesizeno description
Unknown optional alt altText substituting the image
Example Character sample String optional captionstyle captionstyleno description
Unknown optional caption captionText displayed under the sample image
Example From ''Description of the New Alphabet'', 1999 String optional SHline SHlineno description
Unknown optional typedesc typedescFor providing additional info after a general type
String optional languages languagesMajor languages using the writing system
String optional creator creatorUse instead of jfamN for artificially created writing systems
String optional date dateDate created
Unknown optional SHdates SHdatesno description
Unknown optional published publishedDate published - for shorthands and script reforms
Example 1999 String optional time timeTime period during which system was in use
Example 20th century String optional status statusno description
Unknown optional fam1 fam1Use famN to specify parent writing system/s.
String optional family familyno description
Unknown optional fam2 fam2Up to 15 parent writing systems can be listed, fam1 being the oldest.
String optional fam3 fam3Up to 15 parent writing systems can be listed, fam1 being the oldest.
String optional fam4 fam4Up to 15 parent writing systems can be listed, fam1 being the oldest.
String optional fam5 fam5Up to 15 parent writing systems can be listed, fam1 being the oldest.
String optional fam6 fam6Up to 15 parent writing systems can be listed, fam1 being the oldest.
String optional fam7 fam7Up to 15 parent writing systems can be listed, fam1 being the oldest.
String optional fam8 fam8no description
Unknown optional fam9 fam9no description
Unknown optional fam10 fam10no description
Unknown optional fam11 fam11no description
Unknown optional fam12 fam12no description
Unknown optional fam13 fam13no description
Unknown optional fam14 fam14no description
Unknown optional fam15 fam15no description
Unknown optional print printno description
Unknown optional children childrenno description
Unknown optional sisters sistersno description
Unknown optional iso15924 iso15924no description
Unknown optional iso15924 note iso15924 noteno description
Unknown optional unicode unicodeno description
Unknown optional footnotes footnotesno description
Unknown optional note noteno description
Unknown optional qid qidno description
Unknown optional direction directionno description
Unknown optional direction comment direction commentno description
Unknown optional ipa-note ipa-noteno description
Unknown optional official script official scriptno description
Unknown optional region regionno description
Unknown optional engvar engvarno description
Unknown optional romanised_from romanised_fromno description
Unknown optional romanized_from romanized_fromno description
Unknown optional language languageno description
Unknown optional
