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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AB%D9%86%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AC" title="إثنولوج – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="إثنولوج" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%97" title="এথনোলগ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="এথনোলগ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%97" title="एथनोलॉग – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="एथनोलॉग" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3_(%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5)" title="Етнолог (издание) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Етнолог (издание)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%DA%AF" title="اتنولوگ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اتنولوگ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue,_Languages_of_the_World" title="Ethnologue, Languages of the World – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ethnologue, Languages of the World" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%90%EC%8A%A4%EB%86%80%EB%A1%9C%EA%B7%B8" title="에스놀로그 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="에스놀로그" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%97" title="ऍथनोलॉग – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ऍथनोलॉग" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%92_(%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%92%D7%A8)" title="אתנולוג (מאגר) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אתנולוג (מאגר)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%97" title="एथ्नोलग – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="एथ्नोलग" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%83%8E%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0" title="エスノローグ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="エスノローグ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%90%E0%A8%A5%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%8C%E0%A8%97" title="ਐਥਨੋਲੌਗ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਐਥਨੋਲੌਗ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%DA%BE%D9%86%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%DA%AF" title="ایتھنولوگ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ایتھنولوگ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%90%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%DA%AB" title="اېتنولوګ – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="اېتنولوګ" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tpi mw-list-item"><a href="https://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Tok Pisin" lang="tpi" hreflang="tpi" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Tok Pisin" data-language-local-name="Tok Pisin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tok Pisin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etnolog" title="Etnolog – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Etnolog" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a 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interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Ethnologue" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a 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</div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Catalogue of the world's languages</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output 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typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ethnologue.com_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Ethnologue&#39;s logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Ethnologue.com_logo.svg/220px-Ethnologue.com_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Ethnologue.com_logo.svg/330px-Ethnologue.com_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Ethnologue.com_logo.svg/440px-Ethnologue.com_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="42" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Type of site</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Language database</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Available&#160;in</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1951</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline;" class="locality"><a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a></div>, <div style="display:inline;" class="country-name">United States</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/SIL_International" title="SIL International">SIL International</a>, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Organizational_founder" title="Organizational founder">Founder(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Richard S. Pittman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Editors</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>David M. Eberhard</li><li>Gary F. Simons</li><li>Charles D. Fennig</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ethnologue.com/">www<wbr />.ethnologue<wbr />.com</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14790#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commercial</th><td class="infobox-data">Yes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registration</th><td class="infobox-data">Required to access most content since 2019<sup id="cite_ref-ScienceOrg2020_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScienceOrg2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISSN" title="ISSN">ISSN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&amp;q=n2:1946-9675">1946-9675</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/OCLC" title="OCLC">OCLC</a>&#160;number</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43349556">43349556 </a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Ethnologue: Languages of the World</b></i> is an annual reference publication in print and online that provides statistics and other information on the <a href="/wiki/Living_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Living language">living languages</a> of the world. It is the world's most comprehensive catalogue of languages.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was first issued in 1951, and is now published by <a href="/wiki/SIL_International" title="SIL International">SIL International</a>, an American <a href="/wiki/Evangelical" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical">evangelical</a> <a href="/wiki/Parachurch_organization" title="Parachurch organization">Christian non-profit organization</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview_and_content">Overview and content</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethnologue&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Overview and content"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Ethnologue</i> has been published by SIL Global (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics), a Christian <a href="/wiki/Linguistics" title="Linguistics">linguistic</a> service organization with an international office in <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, Texas. The organization studies numerous minority languages to facilitate language development, and to work with speakers of such language communities in translating portions of the Bible into their languages.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Despite the Christian orientation of its publisher, <i>Ethnologue</i> is not ideologically or theologically biased.<sup id="cite_ref-Collin2010_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collin2010-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Ethnologue</i> includes alternative names and <a href="/wiki/Exonym_and_endonym" class="mw-redirect" title="Exonym and endonym">autonyms</a>, the number of L1 and L2 speakers, <a href="/wiki/Prestige_(sociolinguistics)" title="Prestige (sociolinguistics)">language prestige</a>, domains of use, <a href="/wiki/Literacy" title="Literacy">literacy rates</a>, locations, dialects, <a href="/wiki/Language_classification" title="Language classification">language classification</a>, <a href="/wiki/Language_family" title="Language family">linguistic affiliations</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linguistic_typology" title="Linguistic typology">typology</a>, language maps, country maps, publication and use in media, availability of the <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a> in each language and dialect described, <a href="/wiki/Religious_denomination" title="Religious denomination">religious affiliations</a> of speakers, a cursory description of revitalization efforts where reported, <a href="/wiki/Mutual_intelligibility" title="Mutual intelligibility">intelligibility</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lexical_similarity" title="Lexical similarity">lexical similarity</a> with other dialects and languages, writing scripts, an estimate of language viability using the <a href="/wiki/Expanded_Graded_Intergenerational_Disruption_Scale" title="Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale">Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale</a> (EGIDS), and bibliographic resources.<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell&amp;Grondona_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell&amp;Grondona-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chelliah2021_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chelliah2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pricing_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pricing-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Coverage varies depending on languages.<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell&amp;Grondona_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell&amp;Grondona-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chelliah2021_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chelliah2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For instance, as of 2008, information on <a href="/wiki/Word_order" title="Word order">word order</a> was present for 15% of entries while religious affiliations were mentioned for 38% of languages.<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell&amp;Grondona_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell&amp;Grondona-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Lyle_Campbell" title="Lyle Campbell">Lyle Campbell</a> "language maps are highly valuable" and most country maps are of high quality and user-friendly.<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell&amp;Grondona_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell&amp;Grondona-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Ethnologue</i> gathers information from SIL's thousands of <a href="/wiki/Field_research" title="Field research">field linguists</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-ScienceOrg2020_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScienceOrg2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> surveys done by linguists and literacy specialists, observations of <a href="/wiki/Bible_translations" title="Bible translations">Bible translators</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Crowdsourcing" title="Crowdsourcing">crowdsourced</a> contributions.<sup id="cite_ref-Chelliah2021_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chelliah2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> SIL's field linguists use an online collaborative research system to review current data, update it, or request its removal.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> SIL has a team of editors by geographical area who prepare reports to Ethnologue's general editor. These reports combine opinions from SIL area experts and feedback solicited from non-SIL linguists. Editors have to find compromises when opinions differ.<sup id="cite_ref-Hammarström2005_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hammarström2005-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Most of SIL's linguists have taken three to four semesters of graduate linguistics courses, and half of them have a master's degree. They're trained by 300 PhD linguists in SIL.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The determination of what characteristics define a single language depends upon <a href="/wiki/Sociolinguistics" title="Sociolinguistics">sociolinguistic</a> evaluation by various scholars; as the preface to <i>Ethnologue</i> states, "Not all scholars share the same set of criteria for what constitutes a 'language' and what features define a '<a href="/wiki/Dialect" title="Dialect">dialect</a>'."<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell&amp;Grondona_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell&amp;Grondona-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The criteria used by <i>Ethnologue</i> are <a href="/wiki/Mutual_intelligibility" title="Mutual intelligibility">mutual intelligibility</a> and the existence or absence of a common literature or ethnolinguistic identity.<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell&amp;Grondona_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell&amp;Grondona-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hammarström2005_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hammarström2005-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The number of languages identified has been steadily increasing, from 5,445 in the 10th edition (in 1984) to 6,909 in the 16th (in 2009), partly due to governments according designation as languages to mutually intelligible varieties and partly due to SIL establishing new Bible translation teams.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i>Ethnologue</i> codes were used as the base to create the new <a href="/wiki/ISO_639-3" title="ISO 639-3">ISO 639-3</a> international standard. Since 2007, <i>Ethnologue</i> relies only on this standard, <a href="/wiki/Registration_authority" title="Registration authority">administered</a> by SIL International,<sup id="cite_ref-iso_sil_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iso_sil-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> to determine what is listed as a language.<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell&amp;Grondona_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell&amp;Grondona-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to choosing a primary name for a language, <i>Ethnologue</i> provides listings of other name(s) for the language and any dialects that are used by its speakers, government, foreigners and neighbors. Also included are any names that have been commonly referenced historically, regardless of whether a name is considered official, politically correct or offensive; this allows more complete historic research to be done. These lists of names are not necessarily complete. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethnologue&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Ethnologue</i> was founded in 1951 by Richard S. Pittman and was initially focused on minority languages, to share information on Bible translation needs.<sup id="cite_ref-ELL_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ELL-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-history_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The first edition included information on 46 languages.<sup id="cite_ref-history_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ELL_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ELL-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Hand-drawn maps were introduced in the fourth edition (1953).<sup id="cite_ref-history_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The seventh edition (1969) listed 4,493 languages.<sup id="cite_ref-history_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ELL_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ELL-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1971, <i>Ethnologue</i> expanded its coverage to all known languages of the world.<sup id="cite_ref-history_18-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ELL_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ELL-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Ethnologue</i> database was created in 1971 at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oklahoma" title="University of Oklahoma">University of Oklahoma</a> under a grant from the <a href="/wiki/National_Science_Foundation" title="National Science Foundation">National Science Foundation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-history_18-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1974 the database was moved to <a href="/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University">Cornell University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-history_18-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ELL_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ELL-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Since 2000, the database has been maintained by SIL International in their Dallas headquarters.<sup id="cite_ref-history_18-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ELL_17-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ELL-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1997 (13th edition), the website became the primary means of access.<sup id="cite_ref-history_18-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ELL_17-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ELL-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1984, <i>Ethnologue</i> released a three-letter coding system, called an 'SIL code', to identify each language that it described. This set of codes significantly exceeded the scope of other existing standards, e.g. <a href="/wiki/ISO_639-1" title="ISO 639-1">ISO 639-1</a> and <a href="/wiki/ISO_639-2" title="ISO 639-2">ISO 639-2</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEveraertMusgraveDimitriadis2009204_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEveraertMusgraveDimitriadis2009204-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-history_18-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ELL_17-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ELL-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 14th edition, published in 2000, included 7,148 language codes. In 2002, <i>Ethnologue</i> was asked to work with the <a href="/wiki/International_Organization_for_Standardization" title="International Organization for Standardization">International Organization for Standardization</a> (ISO) to integrate its codes into a draft international standard. <i>Ethnologue</i> codes have then been adopted by ISO as the international standard, <a href="/wiki/ISO_639-3" title="ISO 639-3">ISO 639-3</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hammarström2005_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hammarström2005-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Campbell&amp;Grondona_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell&amp;Grondona-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The 15th edition of <i>Ethnologue</i> was the first edition to use this standard. This standard is now administered separately from Ethnologue. SIL International is the <a href="/wiki/Registration_authority" title="Registration authority">registration authority</a> for languages names and codes,<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell&amp;Grondona_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell&amp;Grondona-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> according to rules established by ISO.<sup id="cite_ref-iso_sil_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iso_sil-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Since then <i>Ethnologue</i> relies on the standard to determine what is listed as a language.<sup id="cite_ref-ELL_17-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ELL-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In only one case, <i>Ethnologue</i> and the ISO standards treat languages slightly differently. ISO 639-3 considers <a href="/wiki/Akan_language" title="Akan language">Akan</a> to be a <a href="/wiki/ISO_639_macrolanguage" title="ISO 639 macrolanguage">macrolanguage</a> consisting of two distinct languages, <a href="/wiki/Twi" title="Twi">Twi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fante_dialect" title="Fante dialect">Fante</a>, whereas <i>Ethnologue</i> considers Twi and Fante to be dialects of a single language (Akan), since they are mutually intelligible. This anomaly resulted because the ISO 639-2 standard has separate codes for Twi and Fante, which have separate literary traditions, and all 639-2 codes for individual languages are automatically part of 639-3, even though 639-3 would not normally assign them separate codes. </p><p>In 2014, with the 17th edition, <i>Ethnologue</i> introduced a numerical code for language status using a framework called <a href="/wiki/Expanded_Graded_Intergenerational_Disruption_Scale_(EGIDS)" class="mw-redirect" title="Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale (EGIDS)">EGIDS (Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale)</a>, an elaboration of <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Fishman" title="Joshua Fishman">Fishman's</a> GIDS (<a href="/wiki/Graded_Intergenerational_Disruption_Scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale">Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale</a>). It ranks a language from 0 for an <a href="/wiki/World_language" title="World language">international language</a> to 10 for an <a href="/wiki/Extinct_language" title="Extinct language">extinct language</a>, i.e. a language with which no-one retains a sense of ethnic identity.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, SIL's funds decreased and in December 2015, <i>Ethnologue</i> launched a metered <a href="/wiki/Paywall" title="Paywall">paywall</a> to cover its cost, as it is financially self-sustaining.<sup id="cite_ref-ScienceOrg2020_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScienceOrg2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Users in <a href="/wiki/World_Bank_high-income_economy" title="World Bank high-income economy">high-income countries</a> who wanted to refer to more than seven pages of data per month had to buy a <a href="/wiki/Paid_subscription" class="mw-redirect" title="Paid subscription">paid subscription</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ScienceOrg2020_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScienceOrg2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The 18th edition released that year included a new section on <a href="/wiki/Language_policy" title="Language policy">language policy</a> country by country.<sup id="cite_ref-2015work_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015work-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-welcome18_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-welcome18-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, <i>Ethnologue</i> added date about <a href="/wiki/Language_planning" title="Language planning">language planning</a> agencies to the 19th edition.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2017, <i>Ethnologue</i>'s 20th edition described 237 <a href="/wiki/Language_families" class="mw-redirect" title="Language families">language families</a> including 86 <a href="/wiki/Language_isolates" class="mw-redirect" title="Language isolates">language isolates</a> and six typological categories, namely <a href="/wiki/Sign_language" title="Sign language">sign languages</a>, <a href="/wiki/Creole_language" title="Creole language">creoles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pidgin" title="Pidgin">pidgins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mixed_language" title="Mixed language">mixed languages</a>, <a href="/wiki/Constructed_language" title="Constructed language">constructed languages</a>, and as yet <a href="/wiki/Unclassified_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Unclassified languages">unclassified languages</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EthnologueList_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EthnologueList-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The early focus of the Ethnologue was on native use (L1) but was gradually expanded to cover L2 use as well.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, <i>Ethnologue</i> disabled trial views and introduced a <a href="/wiki/Paywall#&quot;Hard&quot;_paywalls" title="Paywall">hard paywall</a> to cover its nearly $1 million in annual operating costs (website maintenance, security, researchers, and SIL's 5,000 field linguists).<sup id="cite_ref-ScienceOrg2020_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScienceOrg2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2019_changes_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2019_changes-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Subscriptions start at $480 per person per year,<sup id="cite_ref-ScienceOrg2020_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScienceOrg2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> while full access costs $2,400 per person per year.<sup id="cite_ref-pricing_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pricing-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Users in <a href="/wiki/Low_and_middle-income_countries" class="mw-redirect" title="Low and middle-income countries">low and middle-income countries</a> as defined by the <a href="/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a> are eligible for free access and there are discounts for libraries and independent researchers.<sup id="cite_ref-pricing_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pricing-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Subscribers are mostly institutions: 40% of the world's top 50 universities subscribe to <i>Ethnologue</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Chelliah2021_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chelliah2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and it is also sold to business intelligence firms and Fortune 500 companies.<sup id="cite_ref-ScienceOrg2020_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScienceOrg2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The introduction of the paywall was harshly criticized by the community of linguists who rely on <i>Ethnologue</i> to do their work and cannot afford the subscription<sup id="cite_ref-ScienceOrg2020_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScienceOrg2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The same year, <i>Ethnologue</i> launched its contributor program to fill gaps and improve accuracy,<sup id="cite_ref-Updates_and_Corrections_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Updates_and_Corrections-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2019_changes_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2019_changes-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> allowing contributors to submit corrections and additions and to get a complimentary access to the website.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i>Ethnologue</i>'s editors gradually review crowdsourced contributions before publication.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chelliah2021_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chelliah2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As 2019 was the <a href="/wiki/International_Year_of_Indigenous_Languages" title="International Year of Indigenous Languages">International Year of Indigenous Languages</a>, this edition focused on <a href="/wiki/Language_loss" class="mw-redirect" title="Language loss">language loss</a>: it added the date when last fluent speaker of the language died, standardized the age range of language users, and improved the <a href="/wiki/EGIDS" class="mw-redirect" title="EGIDS">EGIDS</a> estimates.<sup id="cite_ref-welcome22_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-welcome22-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, the 23rd edition listed 7,117 living languages, an increase of 6 living languages from the 22nd edition. In this edition, <i>Ethnologue</i> expanded its coverage of <a href="/wiki/Immigrant_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Immigrant language">immigrant languages</a>: previous editions only had full entries for languages considered to be "established" within a country. From this edition, <i>Ethnologue</i> includes data about first and second languages of <a href="/wiki/Refugee" title="Refugee">refugees</a>, temporary <a href="/wiki/Foreign_workers" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign workers">foreign workers</a> and immigrants.<sup id="cite_ref-welcome23_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-welcome23-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chelliah2021_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chelliah2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, the 24th edition had 7,139 modern languages, an increase of 22 living languages from the 23rd edition. Editors especially improved data about <a href="/wiki/Language_shift" title="Language shift">language shift</a> in this edition.<sup id="cite_ref-welcome24_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-welcome24-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, the 25th edition listed a total of 7,151 living languages, an increase of 12 living languages from the 24th edition. This edition specifically improved the <a href="/wiki/Medium_of_instruction" title="Medium of instruction">use of languages in education</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-welcome25_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-welcome25-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023, the 26th edition listed a total of 7,168 living languages, an increase of 17 living languages from the 25th edition. </p><p>In 2024, the 27th edition listed a total of 7,164 living languages, a decrease of 4 living languages from the 26th edition.<sup id="cite_ref-welcome27_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-welcome27-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception,_reliability,_and_use"><span id="Reception.2C_reliability.2C_and_use"></span>Reception, reliability, and use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethnologue&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Reception, reliability, and use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1986, <a href="/wiki/William_Bright" class="mw-redirect" title="William Bright">William Bright</a>, then editor of the journal <i><a href="/wiki/Language_(journal)" title="Language (journal)">Language</a></i>, wrote of <i>Ethnologue</i> that it "is indispensable for any reference shelf on the languages of the world".<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The 2003 <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=International_Encyclopedia_of_Linguistics&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="International Encyclopedia of Linguistics (page does not exist)">International Encyclopedia of Linguistics</a></i> described <i>Ethnologue</i> as "a comprehensive listing of the world's languages, with genetic classification",<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and follows Ethnologue's classification.<sup id="cite_ref-Hammarström2005_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hammarström2005-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2005, linguists <a href="/wiki/Lindsay_J._Whaley" title="Lindsay J. Whaley">Lindsay J. Whaley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lenore_Grenoble" title="Lenore Grenoble">Lenore Grenoble</a> considered that <i>Ethnologue</i> "continues to provide the most comprehensive and reliable count of numbers of speakers of the world's languages", still they recognize that "individual language surveys may have far more accurate counts for a specific language, but <i>The Ethnologue</i> is unique in bringing together speaker statistics on a global scale".<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2006, <a href="/wiki/Computational_linguistics" title="Computational linguistics">computational linguists</a> John C. Paolillo and Anupam Das conducted a systematic evaluation of available information on language populations for the <a href="/wiki/UNESCO_Institute_for_Statistics" title="UNESCO Institute for Statistics">UNESCO Institute for Statistics</a>. They reported that <i>Ethnologue</i> and <a href="/wiki/Linguasphere_Observatory" title="Linguasphere Observatory">Linguasphere</a> were the only comprehensive sources of information about language populations and that <i>Ethnologue</i> had more specific information. They concluded that: "the language statistics available today in the form of the <i>Ethnologue</i> population counts are already good enough to be useful"<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to linguist <a href="/wiki/William_Poser" title="William Poser">William Poser</a>, <i>Ethnologue</i> was, as of 2006, the "best single source of information" on language classification.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2008 linguists <a href="/wiki/Lyle_Campbell" title="Lyle Campbell">Lyle Campbell</a> and Verónica Grondona highly commended <i>Ethnologue</i> in <i>Language</i>. They described it as a highly valuable catalogue of the world's languages that "has become the standard reference" and whose "usefulness is hard to overestimate". They concluded that <i>Ethnologue</i> was "truly excellent, highly valuable, and the very best book of its sort available."<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell&amp;Grondona_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell&amp;Grondona-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a review of <i>Ethnologue</i>'s 2009 edition in <i><a href="/wiki/Ethnopolitics" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnopolitics">Ethnopolitics</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_O._Collin" title="Richard O. Collin">Richard O. Collin</a>, professor of politics, noted that "<i>Ethnologue</i> has become a standard resource for scholars in the other social sciences: anthropologists, economists, sociologists and, obviously, sociolinguists". According to Collin, <i>Ethnologue</i> is "stronger in languages spoken by indigenous peoples in economically less-developed portions of the world" and "when recent in-depth country-studies have been conducted, information can be very good; unfortunately [...] data are sometimes old".<sup id="cite_ref-Collin2010_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collin2010-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, linguist <a href="/wiki/Asya_Pereltsvaig" title="Asya Pereltsvaig">Asya Pereltsvaig</a> described <i>Ethnologue</i> as "a reasonably good source of thorough and reliable geographical and demographic information about the world's languages".<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> She added in 2021 that its maps "are generally fairly accurate although they often depict the linguistic situation as it once was or as someone might imagine it to be but not as it actually is".<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Linguist George Tucker Childs wrote in 2012 that: "<i>Ethnologue</i> is the most widely referenced source for information on languages of the world", but he added that regarding African languages, "when evaluated against recent field experience [Ethnologue] seems at least out of date".<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2014, <i>Ethnologue</i> admitted that some of its data was out-of-date and switched from a four-year publication cycle (in print and online) to yearly online updates.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Phillipson" title="Robert Phillipson">Robert Phillipson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tove_Skutnabb-Kangas" title="Tove Skutnabb-Kangas">Tove Skutnabb-Kangas</a> described <i>Ethnologue</i> as "the most comprehensive global source list for (mostly oral) languages".<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to the 2018 <i>Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics</i>, <i>Ethnologue</i> is a "comprehensive, frequently updated [database] on languages and language families'.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Quantitative_linguist" class="mw-redirect" title="Quantitative linguist">quantitative linguists</a> <a href="/wiki/Simon_Greenhill" title="Simon Greenhill">Simon Greenhill</a>, <i>Ethnologue</i> offers, as of 2018, "sufficiently accurate reflections of speaker population size".<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Linguists Lyle Campbell and Kenneth Lee Rehg wrote in 2018 that <i>Ethnologue</i> was "the best source that list the non-endangered languages of the world".<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Lyle Campbell and Russell Barlow also noted that the 2017 edition of <i>Ethnologue</i> "improved [its] classification markedly". They note that <i>Ethnologue</i>'s genealogy is similar to that of the <a href="/wiki/World_Atlas_of_Language_Structures" title="World Atlas of Language Structures">World Atlas of Language Structures</a> (WALS) but different from that of the <a href="/wiki/Catalogue_of_Endangered_Languages" title="Catalogue of Endangered Languages">Catalogue of Endangered Languages</a> (ELCat) and Glottolog.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Linguist <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Matthewson" title="Lisa Matthewson">Lisa Matthewson</a> commented in 2020 that <i>Ethnologue</i> offers "accurate information about speaker numbers".<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In a 2021 review of <i>Ethnologue</i> and Glottolog, linguist <a href="/wiki/Shobhana_Chelliah" title="Shobhana Chelliah">Shobhana Chelliah</a> noted that "For better or worse, the impact of the site is indeed considerable. [...] Clearly, the site has influence on the field of linguistics and beyond." She added that she, among other linguists, integrated <i>Ethnologue</i> in her linguistics classes."<sup id="cite_ref-Chelliah2021_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chelliah2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclopedia_of_Language_and_Linguistics" title="Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics">Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics</a></i> uses <i>Ethnologue</i> as its primary source for the list of languages and language maps.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to linguist <a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Romaine" title="Suzanne Romaine">Suzanne Romaine</a>, <i>Ethnologue</i> is also the leading source for research on <a href="/wiki/Language_diversity" class="mw-redirect" title="Language diversity">language diversity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to <i>The Oxford Handbook of Language and Society</i>, <i>Ethnologue</i> is "the standard reference source for the listing and enumeration of Endangered Languages, and for all known and "living" languages of the world"."<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Similarly, linguist <a href="/wiki/David_Bradley_(linguist)" title="David Bradley (linguist)">David Bradley</a> describes <i>Ethnologue</i> as "the most comprehensive effort to document the level of endangerment in languages around the world."<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The US <a href="/wiki/National_Science_Foundation" title="National Science Foundation">National Science Foundation</a> uses <i>Ethnologue</i> to determine which languages are endangered.<sup id="cite_ref-Chelliah2021_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chelliah2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to Hammarström et al., <i>Ethnologue</i> is, as of 2022, one of the three global databases documenting language endangerment with the <i><a href="/wiki/Atlas_of_the_World%27s_Languages_in_Danger" title="Atlas of the World&#39;s Languages in Danger">Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger</a></i> and the Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ELCat).<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The University of Hawaii <a href="/wiki/Kaipuleohone" title="Kaipuleohone">Kaipuleohone</a> language archive uses <i>Ethnologue</i>'s metadata as well.<sup id="cite_ref-Chelliah2021_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chelliah2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/World_Atlas_of_Language_Structures" title="World Atlas of Language Structures">World Atlas of Language Structures</a></i> uses <i>Ethnologue</i>'s genealogical classification.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Rosetta_Project" title="Rosetta Project">Rosetta Project</a> uses <i>Ethnologue</i>'s language metadata.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005, linguist <a href="/wiki/Harald_Hammarstr%C3%B6m" title="Harald Hammarström">Harald Hammarström</a> wrote that <i>Ethnologue</i> was consistent with specialist views most of the time and was a catalog "of very high absolute value and by far the best of its kind".<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hammarström2005_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hammarström2005-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2011, Hammarström created <a href="/wiki/Glottolog" title="Glottolog">Glottolog</a> in response to the lack of a comprehensive language bibliography, especially in <i>Ethnologue</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2015, Hammarström reviewed the 16th, 17th, and 18th editions of <i>Ethnologue</i> and described the frequent lack of citations as its only "serious fault" from a scientific perspective. He concluded: "<i>Ethnologue</i> is at present still better than any other nonderivative work of the same scope. [It] is an impressively comprehensive catalogue of world languages, and it is far superior to anything else produced prior to 2009. In particular, it is superior by virtue of being explicit."<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to Hammarström, as of 2016, <i>Ethnologue</i> and Glottolog are the only global-scale continually maintained inventories of the world's languages. The main difference is that <i>Ethnologue</i> includes additional information (such as speaker numbers or vitality) but lacks systematic sources for the information given. In contrast, Glottolog provides no language context information but points to primary sources for further data.<sup id="cite_ref-Hammarström2016_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hammarström2016-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Contrary to <i>Ethnologue</i>, Glottolog does not run its own surveys,<sup id="cite_ref-ScienceOrg2020_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScienceOrg2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but it uses <i>Ethnologue</i> as one of its primary sources.<sup id="cite_ref-ScienceOrg2020_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScienceOrg2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of 2019, Hammarström uses <i>Ethnologue</i> in his articles, noting that it "has (unsourced, but) detailed information associated with each speech variety, such as speaker numbers and map location".<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In response to feedback about the lack of references, <i>Ethnologue</i> added in 2013 a link on each language to language resources from the <a href="/wiki/Open_Language_Archives_Community" class="mw-redirect" title="Open Language Archives Community">Open Language Archives Community</a> (OLAC)<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i>Ethnologue</i> acknowledges that it rarely quotes any source verbatim but cites sources wherever specific statements are directly attributed to them, and corrects missing attributions upon notification.<sup id="cite_ref-Ethnologue_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ethnologue-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The website provides a list of all of the references cited.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In her 2021 review, Shobhana Chelliah noted that Glottolog aims to be better than <i>Ethnologue</i> in language classification and genetic and areal relationships by using linguists' original sources.<sup id="cite_ref-Chelliah2021_6-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chelliah2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Editions">Editions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethnologue&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Editions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Starting with the 17th edition, <i>Ethnologue</i> has been published every year,<sup id="cite_ref-welcome18_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-welcome18-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> on <a href="/wiki/February_21" title="February 21">February 21</a>, which is <a href="/wiki/International_Mother_Language_Day" title="International Mother Language Day">International Mother Language Day</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-welcome23_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-welcome23-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Edition</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Editor</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>1951</td> <td>Richard S. Pittman</td> <td>10 mimeographed pages; 40 languages<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>1951</td> <td>Pittman</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>1952</td> <td>Pittman</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>1953</td> <td>Pittman</td> <td>first to include maps<sup id="cite_ref-ESRI_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESRI-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>1958</td> <td>Pittman</td> <td>first edition in book format </td></tr> <tr> <td>6<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>1965</td> <td>Pittman</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>1969</td> <td>Pittman</td> <td>4,493 languages </td></tr> <tr> <td>8<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>1974</td> <td>Barbara Grimes</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>1978</td> <td>Grimes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>1984</td> <td>Grimes</td> <td>SIL codes first included </td></tr> <tr> <td>11<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>1988</td> <td>Grimes</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Languages/Primary_language_names_in_Ethnologue_11" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Languages/Primary language names in Ethnologue 11">6,253 languages</a><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>1992</td> <td>Grimes</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Languages/Primary_language_names_in_Ethnologue_12" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Languages/Primary language names in Ethnologue 12">6,662 languages</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>1996</td> <td>Grimes</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Languages/Primary_language_names_in_Ethnologue_13" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Languages/Primary language names in Ethnologue 13">6,883 languages</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>2000</td> <td>Grimes</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Languages/Primary_language_names_in_Ethnologue_14_and_15" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Languages/Primary language names in Ethnologue 14 and 15">6,809 languages</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>2005</td> <td>Raymond G. Gordon Jr.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEveraertMusgraveDimitriadis200961_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEveraertMusgraveDimitriadis200961-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Languages/Primary_language_names_in_Ethnologue_14_and_15" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Languages/Primary language names in Ethnologue 14 and 15">6,912 languages</a>; draft ISO standard; first edition to provide color maps<sup id="cite_ref-ESRI_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESRI-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>2009</td> <td>M. Paul Lewis</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Languages/Primary_language_names_in_Ethnologue_16_by_ISO_code" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Languages/Primary language names in Ethnologue 16 by ISO code">6,909 languages</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>2013, updated 2014<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>M. Paul Lewis, Gary F. Simons and Charles D. Fennig</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Languages/Primary_language_names_in_Ethnologue_17_by_ISO_code" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Languages/Primary language names in Ethnologue 17 by ISO code">7,106 living languages</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>2015</td> <td>Lewis, Simons &amp; Fennig</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Languages/Primary_language_names_in_Ethnologue_18" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Languages/Primary language names in Ethnologue 18">7,102 living languages; 7,472 total</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>2016</td> <td>Lewis, Simons &amp; Fennig</td> <td>7,097 living languages </td></tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>2017</td> <td>Simons &amp; Fennig</td> <td>7,099 living languages </td></tr> <tr> <td>21<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>2018</td> <td>Simons &amp; Fennig</td> <td>7,097 living languages </td></tr> <tr> <td>22<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>2019</td> <td>Eberhard, David M., Simons &amp; Fennig</td> <td>7,111 living languages </td></tr> <tr> <td>23<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2020 </td> <td>Eberhard, Simons &amp; Fennig </td> <td>7,117 living languages </td></tr> <tr> <td>24<sup id="cite_ref-welcome24_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-welcome24-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2021 </td> <td>Eberhard, Simons &amp; Fennig </td> <td>7,139 living languages </td></tr> <tr> <td>25<sup id="cite_ref-welcome25_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-welcome25-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2022 </td> <td>Eberhard, Simons &amp; Fennig </td> <td>7,151 living languages </td></tr> <tr> <td>26<sup id="cite_ref-welcome26_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-welcome26-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2023 </td> <td>Eberhard, Simons &amp; Fennig </td> <td>7,168 living languages </td></tr> <tr> <td>27<sup id="cite_ref-welcome27_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-welcome27-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2024 </td> <td>Eberhard, Simons &amp; Fennig </td> <td>7,164 living languages </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethnologue&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: 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