Template:Indic/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Indic.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template employs intricate features of template syntax.

You are encouraged to familiarise yourself with its setup and parser functions before editing the template. If your edit causes unexpected problems, please undo it quickly, as this template may appear on a large number of pages.
You can conduct experiments, and should test all major changes, in either , the general template sandbox, or your user space before changing anything here.

Purpose and function

This template is designed to unify the various transliteration schemes and styles employed for Indic scripts. It aims to provide a standard way of representing transliterations.

See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Indic) for full guidelines for when to use this template.

Usage

Syntax:

{{indic
   | lang=
   | indic=
   | trans=
   | indic2=
   | trans2=
   | indic3=
   | trans3=
   | defaultipa=
   | defaultaudio=
   | indicipa=
   | indicaudio=
   | showlang=
   | showhelp=
}}

"lang"

The two letter language code (or three letters if the two letter one does not exist) indicating the language of the text. The following languages are recognised by this template:

Code	Language
as	Assamese
bn	Bengali
my	Burmese
dz	Dzongkha
gu	Gujarati
hi	Hindi
kn	Kannada
ks	Kashmiri
km	Khmer
kon	Konkani (Goan)
gom	Konkani (Goan)
lo	Lao
ml	Malayalam
mr	Marathi
mn	Mongolian
ne	Nepali
or	Oriya
pi	Pali
pa	Punjabi
sa	Sanskrit
sd	Sindhi
ta	Tamil
tcy	Tulu
te	Telugu
th	Thai
bo	Tibetan
ur	Urdu

The language code for Konkani (Goan) is gom. Do not use kon, which would mean Kongo.

"indic"

The Indic script version of the text. You may use indic2 and indic3 for alternative spellings in the same language (although they can be different scripts). If you need to show a different language, use another instance of this template separated by a semi-colon ';'.

"trans"

The transliteration of the source script. You may use indic2 and indic3 for alternative spellings in the same language (although they can be different scripts). If you need to show a different language, use another instance of this template separated by a semi-colon ';'.

"defaultipa"

The IPA text of the pronunciation of the word in English.

"defaultaudio"

An audio file indicating the pronunciation of the word in English.

"indicipa"

The IPA text of the pronunciation of the word in the source language.

"indicaudio"

An audio file indicating the pronunciation of the word in the source language.

"showlang"

Values: true/false Default: true

Indicates whether to show the language name.

"showhelp"

Values: true/false Default: true

Indicates whether to show the help icon.

Examples

{{indic|lang=pa|indic=ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ|trans=gurduārā}}

Punjabi: ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ, gurduārā ^?

{{indic|options=noname|lang=pa|indic=ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ|trans=gurduārā}}