Ethnologue, Languages of the World

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Ethnologue: Languages of the World
An encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world’s 6,912 known living languages

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This web edition of the Ethnologue contains all the content of the print edition and may be cited as:
Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/.

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