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StructureDataset glottolog/glottolog: Glottolog database 5.1 as CLDF

CLDF Metadata: cldf-metadata.json

Sources: sources.bib.zip

Comprehensive reference information for the world's languages, especially the lesser known languages

property	value
dc:bibliographicCitation	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)
dc:conformsTo	CLDF StructureDataset
dc:identifier	https://glottolog.org
dc:license	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dcat:accessURL	https://github.com/glottolog/glottolog-cldf
prov:wasDerivedFrom	glottolog/glottolog-cldf v5.0 Glottolog v5.1
prov:wasGeneratedBy	glottolog/pyglottolog 3.14.1.dev0 python: 3.12.3 python-packages: requirements.txt
rdf:ID	glottolog
rdf:type	http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#Distribution

Table values.csv

property	value
dc:conformsTo	CLDF ValueTable
dc:extent	134506

Columns

Name/Property	Datatype	Description
ID	string Regex: [a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+	Primary key
Language_ID	string	References languages.csv::ID
Parameter_ID	string	References parameters.csv::ID
Value	string
Code_ID	string	References codes.csv::ID
Comment	string
Source	list of string (separated by ;)	References sources.bib::BibTeX-key
codeReference	string

Table parameters.csv

This table lists parameters (or aspects) of languoids that Glottolog assigns values for, such as the languoid's position on the Glottolog classification or the descriptive status. Refer to the Description column in the table for details, and to the datatype columnn for information how values for the parameter should be interpreted.

property	value
dc:conformsTo	CLDF ParameterTable
dc:extent	7

Columns

Name/Property	Datatype	Description
ID	string Regex: [a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+	Primary key
Name	string
Description	string
ColumnSpec	json
type	string Valid choices: categorical sequential other	Describes the domain of the parameter
infoUrl	string	URL (relative to aboutUrl) of a web page with further information about the parameter
datatype	json	CSVW datatype description for values for this parameter. I.e. content of the Value column of associated rows in ValueTable should be interpreted/parsed accordingly
Source	list of string (separated by ;)	Source describing the parameter in detail References sources.bib::BibTeX-key

Table codes.csv

property	value
dc:conformsTo	CLDF CodeTable
dc:extent	29

Columns

Name/Property	Datatype	Description
ID	string Regex: [a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+	Primary key
Parameter_ID	string	The parameter or variable the code belongs to. References parameters.csv::ID
Name	string
Description	string
numerical_value	integer	Integer value associated with a code. Implements ordering for ordered parameter domains.

Table languages.csv

This table lists all Glottolog languoids, i.e. families, languages and dialects which are nodes in the Glottolog classification - including "non-genealogical" trees as described at https://glottolog.org/glottolog/glottologinformation . Thus, assumptions about the properties of a languoid listed here should be made after including associated information from ValueTable, in particular for languoid level and category. Locations (WGS 84 coordinates) for language groups, i.e. languoids of level "family are computed as recursive centroids as described at https://pyglottolog.readthedocs.io/en/latest/homelands.html#pyglottolog.homelands.recursive_centroids while locations for dialects are simply inherited from the associated languoids of level "language" in most cases.

property	value
dc:conformsTo	CLDF LanguageTable
dc:extent	26953

Columns

Name/Property	Datatype	Description
ID	string Regex: [a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+	Primary key
Name	string
Macroarea	list of string (separated by ;)
Latitude	decimal ≥ -90 ≤ 90
Longitude	decimal ≥ -180 ≤ 180
Glottocode	string Regex: [a-z0-9]{4}[1-9][0-9]{3}
ISO639P3code	string Regex: [a-z]{3}
Level	string Valid choices: language dialect family	Glottolog languoid level.
Countries	list of string (separated by ;)	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes for countries a language is spoken in.
Family_ID	string	Glottocode of the top-level genetic unit, the languoid belongs to References languages.csv::ID
Language_ID	string	Glottocode of the language-level languoid, the languoid belongs to (in case of dialects) References languages.csv::ID
Closest_ISO369P3code	string	ISO 639-3 code of the languoid or an ancestor if the languoid is a dialect. See also #13
First_Year_Of_Documentation	integer	The first year that an extinct languoid was documented (in the sense that there is data that pertains to it). Positive numbers are years AD, negative numbers are years BC.
Last_Year_Of_Documentation	integer	The last year that an extinct language was documented. (in the sense that there is data that pertains to it). Positive numbers are years AD, negative numbers are years BC.
Is_Isolate	boolean	Marks a language-level languoid as isolate, i.e. as language with no genetic relationship with other languages.

Table names.csv

Alternative names for Glottolog languoids from various sources.

property	value
dc:extent	120134

Columns

Name/Property	Datatype	Description
ID	string	Primary key
Language_ID	string	References languages.csv::ID
Name	string
Provider	string
lang	string

Table trees.csv

property	value
dc:conformsTo	CLDF TreeTable
dc:extent	247

Columns

Name/Property	Datatype	Description
ID	string Regex: [a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+	Primary key
Name	string	Name of tree as used in the tree file, i.e. the tree label in a Nexus file or the 1-based index of the tree in a newick file
Description	string	Describe the method that was used to create the tree, etc.
Tree_Is_Rooted	boolean Valid choices: Yes No	Whether the tree is rooted (Yes) or unrooted (No) (or no info is available (null))
Tree_Type	string Valid choices: summary sample	Whether the tree is a summary (or consensus) tree, i.e. can be analysed in isolation, or whether it is a sample, resulting from a method that creates multiple trees
Tree_Branch_Length_Unit	string Valid choices: change substitutions years centuries millennia	The unit used to measure evolutionary time in phylogenetic trees.
Media_ID	string	References a file containing a Newick representation of the tree, labeled with identifiers as described in the LanguageTable (the Media_Type column of this table should provide enough information to chose the appropriate tool to read the newick) References media.csv::ID
Source	list of string (separated by ;)	References sources.bib::BibTeX-key

Table media.csv

property	value
dc:conformsTo	CLDF MediaTable
dc:extent	1

Columns

Name/Property	Datatype	Description
ID	string Regex: [a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+	Primary key
Name	string
Description	string
Media_Type	string Regex: [^/]+/.+
Download_URL	anyURI
Path_In_Zip	string