Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a comprehensive reference work that provides information and statistics for all of the world鈥檚 known living languages. Since 1951,聽Ethnologue has been an active research project involving hundreds of linguists and other researchers around the world. It is widely regarded as the most comprehensive source of information of its kind.
Language descriptions in聽Ethnologue are聽organized by world area, UN region and country. Entries include:
The region(s) of use within the countries where the language is spokenAlternate names for the languageDialects of the languageThe three-letter code that identifies the language according to the ISO 639-3 standardEstimated population of speakersGenetic classification of the languageDomains of language use and viabilityLanguage vitality rating according to EGIDSIdentification of scripts used to write the languageCitations of literature and other products of language development聽Other key features of the site:
Statistical summaries by world area, language size, language status, language family and countryExtensive bibliography of references citedOver 200 color maps illustrating data>