Modul:families/data/doc

This module contains definitions for all language family codes on Wiktionary. The entries are listed by their family code, which is usually an ISO-639 code, but there are also some exceptional codes. These are listed on Wiktionary:Families; that page also explains how to create new exceptional codes.

This module must not be imported using require. Instead, it is imported like this:

local families = mw.loadData("Module:families")

This ensures that the data is only loaded once per page, rather than once for every module invocation like normal.

The following errors were detected by Module:data consistency check:

• ausztroázsiai family (aav) has a canonical name that is not unique; it is also used by the code mkh.
• Kiwaian family (paa-kiw) has no child families or languages.
• Buyang family (qfa-buy) has no child families or languages.
• Gelao family (qfa-gel) has no child families or languages.
• Bari family (sdv-bri) has no child families or languages.
• Dinka-Nuer family (sdv-dnu) has no child families or languages.
• Lotuko-Maa family (sdv-lma) has no child families or languages.
• Northern Luo family (sdv-lon) has no child families or languages.
• Southern Luo family (sdv-los) has no child families or languages.
• Nandi-Markweta family (sdv-nma) has no child families or languages.
• Teso-Turkana family (sdv-ttu) has no child families or languages.
• Lalo family (tbq-lal) has no child families or languages.

• occidental, the canonical name for ie, is repeated in the table of aliases.

• toki pona language (art-top) has a canonical name that is not unique; it is also used by the code tok.

Every entry in the table must contain the following properties:

canonicalName

The "canonical" name of the family. This is the name that is used in Wiktionary entries and category names.

aliases

A list of aliases/synonyms for the family, other than the canonical name.

varieties

A table of family varieties that are subsumed under the family. This should not include those varieties for which separate family codes have been assigned. If a given variety has several names, they can all be listed by including a sublist in the overall list, where the first element is the canonical name that you want the variety to be known by, and the remainder are aliases. This facility is more commonly used for individual languages than families, but the facility is also provided for families. See Template:language data documentation for an example.

otherNames (deprecated)

A table of all non-canonical names that this family is known by, including both synonyms and varieties. This should not be used in new families, and existing families should have the entries in this list moved into either aliases or varieties.

protoLanguage

The language code for the proto-language of the family; that is, the common ancestor of all languages in the family. If this is not specified, Module:families will attempt to create the proto-language code by adding -pro to the family code — for instance, ine (Indo-European languages) → ine-pro (Proto-Indo-European language) — and then use Module:languages to check if the code is valid.

family

The superfamily that the language family belongs to, if any.

wikidata_item

The Wikidata item id for the language family.