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Purpose and function

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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

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Syntax:

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

"lang"

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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"

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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"

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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"

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The pronunciation of the word in English. Use {{IPAc-en}}.

"indicipa"

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

"indicaudio"

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

"showlang"

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Values: true/false Default: true

Indicates whether to show the language name.

Examples

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

Punjabiਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ, gurduārā

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

Punjabiਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ, gurduārā

{{indic|lang=pa|indic=ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ|trans=gurduārā|indic2=ਗੁਰਦਵਾਰਾ|trans2=gurdvārā|indic3=ਗੁਰਦ੍ਵਾਰਾ|trans3=gurdvārā}}

Punjabiਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ, gurduārāਗੁਰਦਵਾਰਾ, gurdvārāਗੁਰਦ੍ਵਾਰਾ, gurdvārā

{{indic|lang=sa|indic=भारत गणराज्य|trans=bhārata gaṇarājya}}

Sanskritभारत गणराज्य, bhārata gaṇarājya

TemplateData

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No description.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Language codelang

no description

Linesuggested
Indicindic

The text in the Indic script

Example
पालक पनीर
Linerequired
Transliterationtrans

no description

Example
paalak panīr
Linerequired
Indic 2indic2

Second text in the Indic script

Lineoptional
Transliteration 2trans2

Transliteration of the second text

Lineoptional
Indic 3indic3

Third text in the Indic script

Lineoptional
Transliteration 3trans3

Transliteration of the third text

Lineoptional
Default IPA (English)defaultipa

The pronunciation of the word in English. Use {{IPAc-en}}

Linesuggested
Indic IPAindicipa

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

Lineoptional
Indic audioindicaudio

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

Fileoptional
Show languageshowlang

Indicates whether to show the language name. The value "false" hides the name, every other value or omission of this parameter shows it.

Example
false
Booleansuggested
Show helpshowhelp

Indicates whether to show the help icon. The value "false" hides the name, every other value or omission of this parameter shows it.

Example
false
Booleanoptional