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=== Genetic classification ===

You can use the language template to show the [[language family|genetic classification]] of a language as a descending staircase of language families, from the broadest to the most specific.
; fam1 : the broadest possible widely accepted [[language family]] of which the language is a part. If this would be exactly the same as you have defined for '''familycolor''', it may be omitted.
; fam2 : a more specific sub-family
; ...
; fam15 : most specific sub group

If you would prefer to enter some other information in this box (for example, ''disputed''), use this parameter instead:
; family : whatever you want to say; fam1–xx will not display. This can be set to "na" to avoid specifying a family relationship at all, an for a geographical group that has no single origin.

The template can also display a staircase of ancestral forms:
; ancestor : ancestral or reconstructed form, if it has an article or has been assigned an ISO code
; ancestor2
; ...
; ancestor8 : intermediate ancestral forms
; protoname : alias for '''ancestor'''