Template:Infobox writing system

Infobox writing system

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name
File:Dax sample.png caption
Script type	type typedesc
Creator	creator
Created	date
Published	published
Time period	time
Status	status
Print basis	print
Languages	languages
Related scripts
Parent systems	family name
Child systems	children
Sister systems	sisters
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	iso15924 note
Unicode
Unicode range	unicode
footnotes

Syntax

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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)

Shorthand SHform, SHtype

SHform, SHtype parameter options

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). 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)
File:Alefbet ivri.svg
Script type	Impure abjad
Time period	2nd–1st century BCE to present
Direction	right-to-left
Languages	Hebrew, Yiddish
Related scripts
Parent systems	Egyptian hieroglyphs Proto-Sinaitic script Phoenician alphabet Aramaic alphabet Hebrew alphabet
Child systems	Yiddish alphabet
Sister systems	Arabic Nabataean Syriac
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Hebr (125), ​Hebrew
Unicode
Unicode alias	Hebrew
Unicode range	U+0590 to U+05FF Hebrew, U+FB1D to U+FB4F Alphabetic Presentation Forms

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">

Hebrew alphabet (alt name here, expected in script)
File:Alefbet ivri.svg
Script type	Impure abjad
Time period	2nd–1st century BCE to present
Direction	right-to-left
Languages	Hebrew, Yiddish
Related scripts
Parent systems	Egyptian hieroglyphs Proto-Sinaitic script Phoenician alphabet Aramaic alphabet Hebrew alphabet
Child systems	Yiddish alphabet
Sister systems	Arabic Nabataean Syriac
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Hebr (125), ​Hebrew
Unicode
Unicode alias	Hebrew
Unicode range	U+0590 to U+05FF Hebrew, U+FB1D to U+FB4F Alphabetic Presentation Forms

</syntaxhighlight>

Template Data

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Template Data

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