Template:PIE/doc

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-European
• bat – Baltic language
• cu  – Old Church Slavonic
• sla – Slavic language
• orv – Old East Slavic
• non – Old Norse
• ang – Old English
• got – Gothic language
• xvn – Vandalic language
• goh – Old High German
• frk – Old Frankish
• gem – Germanic languages
• sa  – Sanskrit
• inc – Indo-Aryan languages
• peo – Old Persian
• xme – Median language
• xbc – Bactrian language
• xsc – Scythian
  • xln – Alanian
  • oos – Old Ossetian
• ira – Iranian languages
• xum – Umbrian language
• xve – Venetic
• xfa – Faliscan language
• fro – Old French
• roa – Romance languages
• xlp – Lepontic language
• xpi – Pictish language
• xce – Celtiberian language
• xcg – Cisalpine Gaulish
• xtg – Transalpine Gaulish
• xga – Galatian
• sga – Old Irish
• cel – Celtic languages
• xcl – Classical Armenian
• hit – Hittite language
  • oht – Old Hittite
  • htx – Middle Hittite
  • nei – New Hittite
• xlu – Cuneiform Luwian
• hlu – Hieroglyphic Luwian
• xlc – Lycian language
• xld – Lydian language
• grc – Ancient Greek
• gmy – Mycenaean Greek
• xmk – Ancient Macedonian language
• xpg – Phrygian language
• xdc – Dacian language
• xto – Tocharian A
• txb – 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

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:PIE in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for PIE

No description.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
1	1	no description	Unknown	optional
wrap	wrap	no description	Unknown	optional

See also

• {{IAST}}
• {{transliteration}}