Bangla has been ranked as the 7th most spoken language of the world. About 10% of languages are classified vulnerable, while another 10% are critically endangered. The most widely spoken and likely the fastest spreading world language today is english, with over 1. The ethnologue is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. Languages of the world with maps and indexes find, read and cite all the. Since 1951, ethnologue has been an active research project involving hundreds of linguists and other researchers around the world. Languages of the world lists every recognized language in. Languages of the world, 16th edition is the comprehensive reference volume that catalogs all the known living languages in the world today. Spanish is the primary language spoken at home by almost 37 million people in the u.
Languages of the world is a reference work cataloging all known languages of the presentday world. December 10, 2010 page 3 of 27 the colorado academic standards for world languages are based on these four assumptions. Languages of the world gerhard jager university of tubingen, october 19, 2010. Languages of the world department of computer science. When the script is nonroman or contains unusual characters, a romanization of the name is given in parentheses. Of these, 7,102 are listed as living and 367 are listed as extinct up until the 16th edition in 2009, the publication was a. Feb 23, 2020 the 22nd edition of the world language database ethnologue stated english at the top of the list with 1,2 million speakers. Other possible world languages include arabic, mandarin chinese, russian and portuguese. World is a webbased publication that contains statistics for 7, 472.
Ethnologue, languages of the world archived 15th edition. In ethnologue we have one, highly valuable, yet not produced by. Furthermore, the form given is a standard spelling using the writing system of the language. Languages of the world pdf free download the ethnologue. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. Lists language family, indigenous name, alternate names and dialect names. While nation states and other forms of nationalism have done much to spread particular languages, there is scarcely a country in the world citizens that speak a single language and most countries have tens and even. This web edition of the ethnologue may be cited as. In india, 5 languages have become extinct since 1950, while 42 are critically endangered. Sixteenth edition 2009 an encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world s 6,909 known living languages. Ethnologue languages ofla936002020 adobe acrobat reader dcdownload adobe acrobat.
Up until the 16th edition in 2009, the publication was a printed. Of the 430 million people worldwide who speak english, 56% are not native speakers. Languages of the world find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. This is the name of the language in the language itself. Now in its fifteenth edition 2005, the ethnologue identifies 6,912 living languages, both spoken and signed. Join this global effort to conserve linguistic diversity. In the intervening years, ethnologue has continued to collect and publish data on language vitality. Most notably, the egids level descriptions have been reworded to take into account signed languages. Megalanguages around the world list of chinese, english, spanish, arabic, portuguese, and french speaking countries. Ethnologue has more specific information about language populations, whereas the. Languages of the world, 15th edition is a comprehensive reference volume that catalogs all the known living languages in the world today. This is a rate of loss amounting to 6 languages per year.
For these assumptions to be successful, the target language must be used most of the time. Chines mandarin is at the second position with 1,117 million speakers. Mother language day, february 21, reminds the world of the importance of the lesserknown languages of the world. Ethnologue contains information on 7, 102 ecoturismo anp pdf known living languages. The endangered languages project is a collaborative online platform for sharing knowledge and resources for endangered languages.
That justification comes in the form of the ethnologue, a book which lists all the languages in the world. This web edition of the ethnologue contains all the content of the print edition and may be cited as. Netwhat is a adobe portable document format adobedownload what. A 20year update 3 krauss noted in his lsa presentation that statistics on language viability are very hard to come by krauss 1992. It was published for the first time in 1951 by the summer institute of linguistics sil and provides information for all known living languages and languages that have become extinct after 1951. Ethnologue languages of the world sixteenth edition pdf free download as pdf file. Lu does not have access to downloadable content, e. Includes estimate of number of speakers, writing scripts used, availability of literature. A figure of 7,000 languages does indeed sound unbelievable. Like the gids, the egids at its core measures the level of disruption of. Download free ethnologue languages of the world 16th edition pdf. The ethnologue name index lists over 39,000 language, dialect, and alternate names. Because knowledge about lesserknown languages has been a focus of the ethnologue since its inception in 1951, we are happy to be able to provide our most uptodate information about the languages of the world each year on this day. Languages around the world with international language codes languages of the world and where they are spoken, a list of language names in english and french with iso 6392 alpha3 as well as some of the alpha2 language.
Ethnologuelanguagesofla936002020 adobe acrobat reader. Languages of the world, fifteenth edition published 2005 table of contents. Download free ethnologue languages of the world 16th edition. This statistic shows the most spoken languages in the world. Hindi is the 3rd most spoken language of the world in 2019 with 615 million speakers. Request pdf on sep 1, 2001, alexandra filhon and others published ethnologue. Ethnologue languages of the world pdf information science. An encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world s known living languages. Languages of the world is a webbased publication that contains statistics for 7,457 languages in its 19th. About 12% of the worlds population speaks mandarin, one of hundreds of different chinese dialects. This includes languages that are either indigenous to the country or which immigrated in the past resulting in wellestablished multigenerational speaker communities. The 22nd edition of the world language database ethnologue stated english at the top of the list with 1,2 million speakers.
Languages of the world is a webbased publication that contains statistics for 7,469 languages and dialects in its 18th edition, which was released in 2015. This element is therefore never reported for an unwritten language. Of these, 7,102 are listed as living and 367 are listed as extinct up until the 16th edition in 2009, the publication was a printed volume. Languages of the world is a web and print publication of sil international formerly known as the summer institute of linguistics, a christian linguistic service organization which studies lesserknown languages primarily to provide the speakers with bible s in their native language. Languages of the world, the educational encyclopedia.
Ethnologue, languages of the world university of michigan. Thousands of linguists and other researchers all over the world rely on and have contributed to the ethnologue. These are distinct languages that have living mothertongue speakers. It is widely regarded as the most comprehensive source of information of its kind. Summer institute of linguistics an encyclopedic reference volume that catalogs all the known living languages in the world today. Request pdf on feb 21, 2019, david eberhard and others published ethnologue.
On similar grounds, french and spanish are also commonly categorized as world languages. Languages of africa and europe, 17th edition ethnologue. The ethnologue language family index organizes languages according to language families. The purpose of the ethnologue comes closer to a catalog than an encyclopedia. Around a quarter of the worlds languages have fewer than a thousand remaining speakers, and linguists generally agree in estimating that the extinction within the next century of at least 3,000 of the 6,909 languages listed by ethnologue, or nearly half, is virtually guaranteed under present circumstances. Ethnologue languages of the world sixteenth edition pdf. Now in its 22nd edition, the ethnologue has been an active research project since 1951. The alphabetical listing of languages page 11 provides detailed information on the 24 languages listed in the ethnologue for the country of ecuador. A country report is a pdf document that collates all the information from. This 15th edition raises the bar to 7,299 known languages, and supercedes the 14th edition of 2000 with over 50,000 updates and corrections, including 103 previously unidentified languages. Pdf what could be more natural for the linguistics profession than a catalogue of the worlds languages. Reviewed by lyle campbell, university of utah, and veronica grondona, eastern michigan university what could be more natural for the linguistics profession than a catalogue of the worlds languages.
The threat of extinction thus affects a vastly greater proportion of the worlds languages than its biological species. We report 367 such languages in the current edition. Encyclopedia of language and linguistics pdf 4 2nd ed. The ethnologue is a comprehensive language catalogue which is used as a reference work by linguists all over the world. Hindi is one of 461 languages currently spoken in india. Ethnologue academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. Links to each archived edition are below, alongside that editions original publication year. Languages of the world is a comprehensive reference work that provides information and statistics for all of the worlds known living languages. It was first issued in 1951, and is now published annually by sil international, a u. The editors are to be commended for making this service available at no cost to the public.
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