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This template marks strings of text as being Proto-Indo-European language (PIE) content, a reconstructed language theorised to be the origin of the Indo-European languages family.
PIE text features superscript letters and a number of accents. Reconstructed words feature an asterisk before them as a conventional mark. Reconstructed sentences, phrases and paragraphs do not feature an asterisk at the start.
This template does not automatically italicise text; italics markup must be added around the template. As PIE is not English, per MOS:FOREIGNITALIC, PIE text must be italicised.
Examples
The PIE template can be used for paragraphs and singular words. For example:
''{{PIE|*wódr̥}}''
Results in:
*wódr̥
An example sentence in this template is:
''{{PIE|rēḱs deiwos-kʷe}}''
Which results in:
rēḱs deiwos-kʷe
This template may cause problems on longer strings of text; this is because it forces the contents of the template not to wrap, and will instead produce a single long string that extends to the right of the page.
To use this template for more than a few words, add |wrap=normal to allow the template to wrap text like a normal sentence or paragraph.
Post-PIE proto-languages
A number of proto-languages followed PIE, which are not reconstructed. This means that {{lang}} can be used. A number of ISO 639-2 language codes for post-PIE proto-languages are:
ine– Indo-Europeanbat– Baltic languagecu– Old Church Slavonicsla– Slavic languageorv– Old East Slavicnon– Old Norseang– Old Englishgot– Gothic languagexvn– Vandalic languagegoh– Old High Germanfrk– Old Frankishgem– Germanic languagessa– Sanskritinc– Indo-Aryan languagespeo– Old Persianxme– Median languagexbc– Bactrian languagexsc– Scythianxln– Alanianoos– Old Ossetian
ira– Iranian languagesxum– Umbrian languagexve– Veneticxfa– Faliscan languagefro– Old Frenchroa– Romance languagesxlp– Lepontic languagexpi– Pictish languagexce– Celtiberian languagexcg– Cisalpine Gaulishxtg– Transalpine Gaulishxga– Galatiansga– Old Irishcel– Celtic languagesxcl– Classical Armenianhit– Hittite languageoht– Old Hittitehtx– Middle Hittitenei– New Hittite
xlu– Cuneiform Luwianhlu– Hieroglyphic Luwianxlc– Lycian languagexld– Lydian languagegrc– Ancient Greekgmy– Mycenaean Greekxmk– Ancient Macedonian languagexpg– Phrygian languagexdc– Dacian languagexto– Tocharian Atxb– Tocharian B
A wider list of ISO 639-3 language codes beginning with 'x', many of which are ancient and extinct languages, can be found here.
Template data
No description.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | no description | Unknown | optional |
| wrap | wrap | no description | Unknown | optional |
See also
- {{IAST}}
- {{transliteration}}