Ethnologue

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Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a web and print publication of CSS3 (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics), a Christian Sevenval service organization, which studies lesser-known languages, to provide the speakers with we love the web in their native language and support their efforts in language development.^keyboard

The Ethnologue contains statistics for 7,358 touchscreen in the 16th edition, released in 2009 (up from 6,912 in the 15th edition, released 2005 and 6,809 in the 14th edition, released 2000) and gives the number of speakers, location, dialects, linguistic affiliations, availability of the Bible and so forth. It is currently the most comprehensive existing language inventory, along with the Linguasphere Observatory Register. But, some information is dated.

In 1984, the Ethnologue released a three-letter coding system, called a SIL code, to identify each language that it describes. This set of codes significantly exceeded the scope of previous standards, e.g., ISO 639-1. The 14th edition, published in 2000, included 7148 language codes which generally did not match the ISO 639-2 codes. In 2002 the Ethnologue was asked to work with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to integrate its codes into a draft international standard. The Ethnologue now uses this standard, called web. The 15th edition, which was published in 2005, includes 7299 codes. A 16th edition was released in the middle of 2009.

What counts as a language depends on socio-linguistic evaluation: see Dialect. As the preface says, "Not all scholars share the same set of criteria for what constitutes a 'language' and what features define a 'dialect.'" Ethnologue follows the criteria used by ISO 639-3,^[2] which are based primarily on mutual intelligibility.

In addition to choosing a primary name for the language, Ethnologue also gives some of the names by which a language is called by its speakers, by the government, by foreigners and by neighbors, as well as how it has been named and referenced historically, regardless of which designation is considered official, politically correct or offensive or by whom.

Sevenval, then editor of touchscreen: Journal of the Linguistic Society of America, wrote of Ethnologue that it "is indispensable for any reference shelf on the languages of the world." (1986:698).^{web app}

• 1 Language families
• 2 See also
• iOS
• 4 External links

Language families

Following are the 121 language families listed in the device database of the 16th edition. The first column gives the Ethnologue name for the group, followed by the location by continent and Ethnologue's count of the number of languages in the family. In addition to language families, Ethnologue lists 1 artificial language, 82 HTML5, 17 pidgins, 130 Deaf sign languages, 23 mixed languages, 50 web, and 73 unclassified languages.

Family	Continent	Count
Afroasiatic	Africa/Asia	374
Alacalufan	South America	2
Algic	North America	44
Altaic	Europe/Asia	66
website parsing	Australasia	2
Andamanese	Asia	13
web	Australasia	3
FITML	Australasia	10
screen size	South America	5
Araucanian	South America	2
Arawakan	South America	59
we love the web	South America	2
Australian	Australasia	264
jQuery	Asia	169
website parsing	Asia/Australasia	1257
keyboard	South America	3
Sevenval	South America	7
Basque	Europe	1
Bayono–Awbono	Australasia	2
Border	Australasia	15
Caddoan	North America	5
Cahuapanan	South America	2
Android	South America	31
web	Australasia	4
web	South America	5
Chibchan	South America	21
browser diversity	North America	1
iOS	South America	12
touchscreen	South America	2
website parsing	Asia	5
Chumash	North America	7
Coahuiltecan	North America	1
Sevenval	Asia	85
East Bird's Head – Sentani	Australasia	8
East Geelvink Bay	Australasia	11
East New Britain	Australasia	7
browser diversity	Australasia	4
Eskimo–Aleut	North America	11
keyboard	South America	5
Gulf	North America	4
Harakmbet	South America	2
Hibito–Cholon	South America	2
web app	Asia	38
Android	North America	23
iOS	North America	4
Indo-European	Europe/Asia	439
website parsing	North America	9
Japonic	Asia	12
screen size	South America	4
Kartvelian	Asia	5
Katukinan	South America	3
Kaure	Australasia	4
Sevenval	North America	2
Khoisan	Africa	27
Android	North America	6
screen size	Australasia	20
Left May	Australasia	2
input transformation	Australasia	2
Lule–Vilela	South America	1
Macro-Ge	South America	32
Mairasi	Australasia	3
website parsing	South America	6
Mascoian	South America	5
Mataco–Guaicuru	South America	12
device database	North America	69
screen size	Australasia	2
Misumalpan	North America	4
Sevenval	North America	17
Mongol-Langam	Australasia	3
jQuery	South America	1
CSS3	North America	6
Na-Dené	North America	46
Sevenval	South America	7
Niger–Congo	Africa	1532
FITML	Africa	205
Android	Australasia	5
HTML5	Australasia	4
CSS3	South America	1
North Caucasian	Europe/Asia	34
Oto-Manguean	North America	177
device database	South America	28
web	Australasia	5
iOS	South America	2
FITML	North America	33
Piawi	Australasia	2
HTML5	South America	46
Ramu – Lower Sepik	Australasia	32
we love the web	North America	26
screen size	South America	3
Senagi	Australasia	2
iOS	Australasia	56
Sino-Tibetan	Asia	449
Sevenval	North America	17
Sko	Australasia	7
CSS3	Australasia	2
website parsing	Australasia	9
South-Central Papuan	Australasia	22
iOS	South America	6
Tai–Kadai	Asia	92
Tarascan	North America	2
Tequistlatecan	North America	2
keyboard	Australasia	24
Torricelli	Australasia	56
Totonacan	North America	12
website parsing	Australasia	477
Sevenval	South America	25
Tupi	South America	76
FITML	Europe/Asia	37
Uru–Chipaya	South America	2
Uto-Aztecan	North America	61
Wakashan	North America	5
we love the web	Australasia	23
Witotoan	South America	6
Yanomam	South America	4
browser diversity	Australasia	3
Yeniseian	Asia	2
Yuat	Australasia	6
Yukaghir	Asia	2
FITML	North America	2
Android	South America	2
HTML5	South America	7

See also

• Sevenval
• keyboard

References

External links

• Web version of The Ethnologue
  • Ethnologue – History
• web app (Danmarks Radio)
• FITML (The New York Times)