[lg policy] Ethnologue 18th edition released

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*Ethnologue 18th edition released on International Mother Language Day*

In commemoration of International Mother Language Day (February 21), SIL
International released the 18th edition of the Ethnologue (
www.ethnologue.com). This edition is the result of more than 12,000
individual changes to the Ethnologue database affecting 4,447 of the
languages listed.  The tally of living languages has gone down slightly to
7,102 reflecting changes in the ISO 639-3
<http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/default.asp> inventory which have been made
since our last edition.



In addition to the pages on the web, Ethnologue offers individual country
reports which can be purchased and downloaded from the website. Country
reports are self-contained PDF documents that include all of the data from
the website about the languages of a country (including the language maps),
plus additional statistics, summary views, and indexes not found online.
You can see a sample report at:
http://www.ethnologue.com/sample-country-report. The full listing of
country reports is at: http://www.ethnologue.com/browse/products



Another product that is of particular use to researchers is the Ethnologue
Global Dataset. It consists of the “actionable” information from the
Ethnologue database made available in a tab-delimited format that can be
loaded into a spreadsheet or database or statistics program.  The purpose
of the Global Dataset is to allow researchers to use Ethnologue data in
their own analyses of the world language situation or of how language
relates to other phenomena. The dataset can be licensed and downloaded from
the Ethnologue website. See:
http://www.ethnologue.com/product/ethnologue-global-dataset



A new feature of the Ethnologue website is a mechanism for public feedback.
Every country and language page has a Feedback tab on which registered
users may post their updates or corrections. The comments are forwarded to
all users who have subscribed to that country or language, and those users
are then able to join the conversation. Each feedback thread is closed when
the editors post a comment reporting on how the feedback will be
incorporated into the next edition. The Ethnologue invites users to
register, create a user profile, subscribe to alerts for languages or
countries about which they are knowledgeable, and begin providing feedback.


 M. Paul Lewis

General Editor, Ethnologue: Languages of the World
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