The language family template is for use in articles about language families and groupings. It provides a common standard for displaying data about the family, and for navigating to larger or smaller groups.
{{Infobox language family
| name = name of language family #REQUIRED
| altname = alternative name(s) of the language family
| acceptance = acceptance status of the languages as a valid genetic group
| ethnicity = people(s) who speak the languages as a group
| region = geographic region in which its languages are mainly spoken
| extinct = date family went extinct
| familycolor = appropriate language family #REQUIRED
| fam1 = the broadest possible widely accepted [[language family]] of which this language family is a part
| fam2 = a more specific sub-family of which this family is a part
| ...
| fam15 = most specific sub-group of which this family is a part
| family = whatever you want to say
| ancestor = oldest attested ancestral form
| ancestor2 = (to ancestor5) more recent attested ancestors of the family
| protoname = proto-language, if one has been reconstructed
| child1 = a language or group of languages belonging to this family
| child2 = another language or group of languages belonging to this family
| ...
| child20 = another language or group of languages belonging to this family
| children = whatever you want to say
| liststyle = style for the list of children: plainlist (default), hlist (horizontal) or flatlist (bulleted)
| map = a map of the region where it is spoken. Format must be "name of map.extension" (without 'file/image' or the square brackets)
| mapalt = caption for the blind
| mapcaption = printed caption underneath the map. See "Template:legend" as a helpful tool.
| map2 = a second map (or any image)
| mapalt2 = caption for the blind
| mapcaption2 = caption underneath second map
| mapsize = overrides the default map size, which is currently 350px. Format must include units ("123px" or "12em"). Affects both maps.
| boxsize = overrides default width of infobox, currently set at 22em. Format must include units ("12em" or "123px").
Useful when an article has various infoboxes aligned in a column. (Box will automatically expand to fix map wider than default box width.)
| iso2, iso3 = ISO 639-2 or -3 language code (such as for 'macrolanguages')
| iso5 = ISO 639-5 language family code
| iso6 = ISO 639-6 code
| lingua = the Linguasphere code for the family
| glotto(2–5) = the Glottolog code(s) for the family. Set glotto to "none" if Glottolog does not list the family because it is undemonstrated (branches can still be listed under glotto2–5); set to "NA" if Glottolog does not cover more than one language or branch and so has not evaluated the family.
| glottoname(2–5) = the names to be used in the Glottolog reference (can be cross-ref'd as name=Glottolog etc.)
| glottofoot = set to "no" to hide the Glottolog footnotes
| module = used for embedding other infoboxes into this one
}}
