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Ethnologue

Ethnologue: Languages of the World (stylized as Ethnoloɠue) is an annual reference publication in print and online that provides statistics and other information on the living languages of the world. It is the world's most comprehensive catalogue of languages. It was first issued in 1951 and is now published by SIL Global, an American evangelical…

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Founded
1951
Owner
SIL Global
Headquarters
Dallas, United States
Available in
English
Commercial
Yes
Editors
David M. Eberhard · Gary F. Simons · Charles D. Fennig

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Ethnologue

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Triples75
Avg. degree1.98
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Ethnologue

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related to Reception, reliability, and use · 25
Ethnologue → According, Anupam Das, Collin, Ethnologue's, Ethnopolitics, In, International Encyclopedia, John, Language, Lenore Grenoble, Lindsay, Linguasphere, Linguistics, Lyle Campbell, Paolillo, Richard, Statistics, The, The Ethnologue, They
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Ethnologue → According, Bible, Christian, Coverage, Dallas, Despite, EGIDS, Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption, For, L1, L2, Linguistics, Lyle Campbell, Scale, SIL Global, Summer Institute, Texas, The
related to history · 14
Ethnologue → Bible, Cornell University, Dallas, Hand-drawn, In, National Science Foundation, Oklahoma, Pittman, Richard, SIL International, Since, The, The Ethnologue, University
Editors · 3
Ethnologue → Charles D. Fennig, David M. Eberhard, Gary F. Simons
related to Editions · 3
Ethnologue → February, International Mother Language Day, Starting
Available in · 1
Ethnologue → English
Commercial · 1
Ethnologue → Yes
Founded · 1
Ethnologue → 1951
Founder · 1
Ethnologue → Richard S. Pittman
Headquarters · 1
Ethnologue → Dallas, United States

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
EthnologueAvailable inEnglish1.00infobox
EthnologueCommercialYes1.00infobox
EthnologueEditorsDavid M. Eberhard1.00infobox
EthnologueEditorsGary F. Simons1.00infobox
EthnologueEditorsCharles D. Fennig1.00infobox
EthnologueFounded19511.00infobox
EthnologueFounderRichard S. Pittman1.00infobox
EthnologueHeadquartersDallas, United States1.00infobox
EthnologueISSN1946-96751.00infobox
EthnologueOCLC number433495561.00infobox
EthnologueOwnerSIL Global1.00infobox
EthnologueRegistrationRequired to access most content since 20191.00infobox
EthnologueType of siteLanguage database1.00infobox
EthnologueURLwww.ethnologue.com1.00infobox
Ethnologueis amost widely referenced source for information on languages of the world0.90text

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