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glottolog/glottolog: Glottolog database 5.1 as CLDF
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- the original source
Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2024. Glottolog 5.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)
- the derived dataset using the DOI of the particular released version you were using
Description
Comprehensive reference information for the world's languages, especially the lesser known languages
This dataset is licensed under a CC-BY-4.0 license
Available online at https://glottolog.org
Parameters
In addition to the langoid metadata in the LanguageTable this dataset contains values for the following parameters.
| ID | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| level | Level | Languoid level information needs to be interpreted in the context of the languoid's category. For languoids in 'non-genealogical trees' as described in https://glottolog.org/glottolog/glottologinformation the principles for determining language level languoids (see https://glottolog.org/glottolog/glottologinformation#principles) do not hold. Instead, in these cases, 'family' just means 'group of languoids', 'language' means 'languoid with extended metadata such as coordinates', and 'dialect' mean any type of 'sub-lect'. |
| category | Category | specifies a) if a family-level languoid represents a pseudo-family or not; b) for language-level languoids if it belongs to a pseudo-family or is a spoken, L1 language and c) for dialect-level languoids just mirrors the level. See CodeTable for a list of all assigned categories. |
| classification | Classification | Path from root of family to the languoid as slash-separated list of Glottocodes. A NULL value for classification means the languoid is a top-level genealogical unit, i.e. an isolate or a top-level family. |
| subclassification | Subclassification | Newick-formatted (sub)tree of descendants of the languoid, labeled by Glottocode |
| med | Most Extensive Description | The Most Extensive Description known for a given language. See CodeTable for a description of the valid values. |
| medovertime | Most Extensive Description over time | The Most Extensive Description for a given language over time. |
| aes | Agglomerated Endangerment Status | Language endangerment status compiled from various sources. See CodeTable for a description of the valid values. |
CLDF Datasets
The following CLDF datasets are available in cldf: