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Dear all,<br>
it is my pleasure to announce the release of Glottolog/Langdoc.
Glottolog/Langdoc is a knowledge base of 94k languoids (dialects,
languages, families) interlinked with 175k references of mostly
descriptive nature. References are
annotated for type (grammar, dictionary, text, etc) and languages
covered. You can browse languoids, browse references, formulate complex
queries, and draw stratified samples. All references can be downloaded
with Zotero or as bibtex.<br>
<br>
Queries can take into account a variety of parameters. For instance,
one can search for "any grammar or grammar sketch of a Semitic language
spoken in Africa published before 1998 where the author is 'ali'"<br>
<br>
search languages<br>
<a href="http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/">http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/</a><br>
example<br>
<a href="http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/turk1304.xhtml">http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/turk1304.xhtml</a><br>
<br>
search references<br>
<a href="http://www.glottolog.org/langdoc/">http://www.glottolog.org/langdoc/</a><br>
example<br>
<a
href="http://www.glottolog.org/langdoc/bibliographicalquery?Author=sapir&Year=&After=&Before=1910&Title=&Editor=&Journal=&Address=&Publisher=&Limit=50">http://www.glottolog.org/langdoc/bibliographicalquery?Author=sapir&Year=&After=&Before=1910&Title=&Editor=&Journal=&Address=&Publisher=&Limit=50<br>
</a><br>
combined search<br>
<a href="http://www.glottolog.org/langdoc/complexquery">http://www.glottolog.org/langdoc/complexquery</a><br>
example:<br>
- Choose 'Afro-Asiatic', 'Africa', 'Grammar' and enter 'Ali' in the
author field. Click 'get references'.<br>
* The following references will be included in the page<br>
* <a
href="http://www.glottolog.org/resource/displaycollection?Lects=24745&Types=grammar&Area=africa&Author=ali&Limit=50">http://www.glottolog.org/resource/displaycollection?Lects=24745&Types=grammar&Area=africa&Author=ali&Limit=50</a><br>
- Remove 'ali' and try 'dual' in the 'contains' field<br>
* <a
href="http://www.glottolog.org/resource/displaycollection?Lects=24745&Types=grammar&Area=africa&Contains=dual&Limit=50">http://www.glottolog.org/resource/displaycollection?Lects=24745&Types=grammar&Area=africa&Contains=dual&Limit=50</a><br>
<br>
draw sample (takes some time, please do not try to draw very large
samples)<br>
<a href="http://www.glottolog.org/langdoc/drawsample">http://www.glottolog.org/langdoc/drawsample</a><br>
example<br>
<a
href="http://www.glottolog.org/resource/displaysample?size=20&classification=Glottolog+2012¯oarea=North+America¯oarea=Africa¯oarea=Eurasia¯oarea=South+America¯oarea=Australia¯oarea=Pacific&includeunclearinlg=1&after=1800">http://www.glottolog.org/resource/displaysample?size=20&classification=Glottolog+2012¯oarea=North+America¯oarea=Africa¯oarea=Eurasia¯oarea=South+America¯oarea=Australia¯oarea=Pacific&includeunclearinlg=1&after=1800</a><br>
<br>
Glottolog/Langdoc is part of the <a
href="http://linguistics.okfn.org/resources/llod/">Linguistic Linked
Open Data Cloud</a>. For information about the Semantic Web aspects of
Glottolog/Langdoc, see <a
href="http://www.glottolog.org/meta/downloads">this page </a><br>
<br>
For a list of resources combined in Glottolog/Langdoc, see <a
href="http://www.glottolog.org/meta/credits">the credits page</a><br>
<br>
Glottolog/Langdoc is far from complete and will be continuously
updated. If you have a bibliography for a particular area of the world
sitting in your drawer, we are happy to receive it and add it to the
knowledge base. <br>
We are also happy about error reports, which will be treated in a
timely manner. <br>
<br>
Feedback is welcome<br>
Best wishes<br>
<br>
Sebastian Nordhoff (+Harald Hammarström, +Martin Haspelmath)<br>
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