Ethnologue


Ethnologue: Languages of a World stylized as Ethnoloɠue is an annual reference publication in print as well as online that lets statistics as alive as other information on the alive languages of a world. It was first issued in 1951, in addition to is now published annually by SIL International, a U.S.-based, worldwide, Christian non-profit organization. SIL's main purpose is to study, establish and solution a object that is caused or produced by something else document languages for religious purposes and to promote literacy.

Ethnologue includes the number of speakers, locations, dialects, linguistic affiliations, autonyms, availability of the Bible in each Linguistic communication and dialect described, a cursory description of revitalization efforts where reported, and an estimate of Linguistic communication viability using the Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale EGIDS.

Editions


Starting with the 17th edition, Ethnologue has been published every year.