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  1. Navajo Language (NAV) – L1 & L2 Speakers, Status, Map, Endangered …

    Navajo is an endangered indigenous language of the United States. It belongs to the Eyak-Athabaskan language family. Direct evidence is lacking, but the language is thought to be used as a first …

  2. Ethnologue Archives | Ethnologue Free

    Get old editions of EthnologueEthnologue Archives Explore Previous Editions of the World’s Most Trusted Language Resource For over seven decades, Ethnologue has been the go-to reference for …

  3. Ethnologue | Languages of the world

    Find, read about, and research all 7,159 living languages. Ethnologue is the ultimate source of information on the world's languages.

  4. FAQs | Ethnologue Free

    Ethnologue follows the ISO 639-3 international standard as the authority for identifying what speech varieties to list as languages. However, not every language identified by ISO 639-3 is listed in …

  5. How do we classify and measure the status of languages?

    EGIDS is the primary tool used by Ethnologue to indicate a language's status. There are vast differences in the number of speakers, writers, and signers of the world’s 7000+ languages, ranging from those …

  6. How many languages are endangered? | Ethnologue Free

    3,193 languages are endangered today. As with the total number of languages, this count changes constantly. A language becomes endangered when its users begin to pass on a more dominant …

  7. Browse by Language Code | Ethnologue Free

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  8. Browse By Language Families | Ethnologue Free

    Mascoyan (6) Matacoan (7) Maxakalian (2) Mayan (31) Maybrat (2) Misumalpan (5) Miwok-Costanoan (10) Mixe-Zoquean (17) Mixed language (25) Mongol-Langam (3) Mongolic ...

  9. History | Ethnologue Free

    The history of EthnologueEthnologue was founded by Richard S. Pittman, who was motivated by the desire to share information on the state of Bible translation around the world with his colleagues as …

  10. Welcome to the 27th edition | Ethnologue Free

    Feb 21, 2024 · As our contribution to the celebration of International Mother Language Day, we are pleased to announce the release of the 27th edition of Ethnologue. Mother Language Day, February …