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This template is designed for use in the reference section of a language article. It links to the appropriate article at the relevant edition of the Ethnologue. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Language code 1 The ISO 639-3 code for the language. String suggested Link text 2 The link text to be displayed. This may be useful if the Ethnologue name ...
This is the 2021 edition of Ethnologue. Old references should generally be updated to a reference to a later Ethnologue. When there are problems with the data in the 24th edition, references to older editions may be retained. (See the parent category to this page.)
From this edition, Ethnologue includes data about first and second languages of refugees, temporary foreign workers and immigrants. [32] [6] In 2021, the 24th edition had 7,139 modern languages, an increase of 22 living languages from the 23rd edition. Editors especially improved data about language shift in this edition. [33]
According to Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024), [1] ... [24] On social media [46] and when texting, they use their native variety, either in the Arabic script or Arabizi.
Languages which became extinct before 1950 are the purview of Linguist List and are being gradually removed from Ethnologue; they are listed as an addendum to this page. There are 48 unclassified languages in the 25th edition of Ethnologue published in 2022.
This may be done, for example, with undated citations, or where an old edition shows the date or range of estimates of the source, and that info has been lost from recent editions, or where a new source in the latest edition of Ethnologue just cites an old edition of Ethnologue, so we should cite the old edition ourselves.
Most spoken languages, Ethnologue, 2024 [4] Language Family Branch First-language (L1) speakers Second-language (L2) speakers Total speakers (L1+L2) English (excl. creole languages) Indo-European: Germanic: 380 million 1.135 billion 1.515 billion Mandarin Chinese (incl. Standard Chinese, but excl. other varieties) Sino-Tibetan: Sinitic: 941 ...
This template is designed for use in the reference section of a language article. It links to the appropriate article at the relevant edition of the Ethnologue. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Language code 1 The ISO 639-3 code for the language. String suggested Link text 2 The link text to be displayed. This may be useful if the Ethnologue name ...