Information about the languages in WALS.

Format

A data frame of 2679 rows (one row per language) with the following 12 variables:

language_ID

Language's WALS ID (or 'WALS code')

iso_code

Language's ISO code

glottocode

Language's Glottolog code

language

Language's name

family

Language's family

genus

Language's genus

macroarea

Language's macroarea

countrycodes

Country codes associated with language

latitude

Language's latitude in degrees

longitude

Language's longitude in degrees

in_WALS_100

Boolean: TRUE if language belongs to the WALS 100-language sample

in_WALS_200

Boolean: TRUE if language belongs to the WALS 200-language sample

Source

http://wals.info

Examples

# The number of WALS genera: length(unique(WALS_languages$genus))
#> [1] 544
# Frequency table of languages per family: table(WALS_languages$family)
#> #> Afro-Asiatic Aikaná #> 145 1 #> Ainu Alacalufan #> 1 1 #> Algic Altaic #> 31 65 #> Andoke Anêm #> 1 1 #> Anson Bay Arauan #> 2 6 #> Araucanian Arawakan #> 1 28 #> Atakapa Austro-Asiatic #> 1 49 #> Austronesian Awin-Pare #> 325 1 #> Aymaran Baining-Taulil #> 2 3 #> Bangime Barbacoan #> 1 4 #> Basque Beothuk #> 12 1 #> Berta Betoi #> 1 1 #> Border Bororoan #> 5 1 #> Bosavi Bulaka River #> 2 2 #> Bunuban Burushaski #> 2 1 #> Cacua-Nukak Caddoan #> 2 5 #> Cahuapanan Camsá #> 2 1 #> Candoshi Cariban #> 1 20 #> Cayuvava Central Sudanic #> 1 26 #> Chapacura-Wanham Chibchan #> 1 16 #> Chimakuan Chimúan #> 2 1 #> Chiquito Chitimacha #> 1 1 #> Choco Cholon #> 5 1 #> Chon Chukotko-Kamchatkan #> 3 5 #> Chumash Coahuiltecan #> 2 1 #> Cofán Comecrudan #> 1 1 #> Cuitlatec Dagan #> 1 1 #> Darwin Region Dogon #> 2 4 #> Dravidian East Bird's Head #> 23 2 #> East Bougainville East Geelvink Bay #> 3 1 #> East Strickland Eastern Daly #> 1 2 #> Eastern Sudanic Eleman #> 47 3 #> Eskimo-Aleut Esselen #> 18 1 #> Fur Gaagudju #> 1 1 #> Gapun Garrwan #> 1 1 #> Gogodala-Suki Great Andamanese #> 2 5 #> Guahiban Guaicuruan #> 6 5 #> Guató Gumuz #> 1 1 #> Gunwinyguan Hadza #> 9 1 #> Haida Harakmbet #> 2 1 #> Hmong-Mien Hokan #> 5 21 #> Huarpe Huavean #> 1 1 #> Huitotoan Ijoid #> 7 2 #> Indo-European Iranxe #> 176 1 #> Iroquoian Itonama #> 8 1 #> Iwaidjan Jabutí #> 2 1 #> Japanese Jarrakan #> 2 2 #> Jirajaran Jivaroan #> 1 4 #> Kadu Kalapuyan #> 3 1 #> Kapixana Karankawa #> 1 1 #> Kariri Karkar-Yuri #> 1 1 #> Karok Kartvelian #> 1 4 #> Katukinan Kaure #> 1 1 #> Kayagar Keresan #> 1 2 #> Khoe-Kwadi Kiowa-Tanoan #> 6 7 #> Kiwaian Kolopom #> 1 2 #> Koman Kordofanian #> 1 9 #> Korean Kunama #> 1 1 #> Kunza Kuot #> 1 1 #> Kusunda Kutenai #> 1 1 #> Kwaza Kwerba #> 1 2 #> Kwomtari-Baibai Kxa #> 3 3 #> Laal Lakes Plain #> 1 5 #> Left May Leko #> 2 1 #> Lower Sepik-Ramu Lule #> 9 1 #> Maban Macro-Ge #> 3 14 #> Máku Mande #> 1 29 #> Mangarrayi-Maran Mangrida #> 4 4 #> Marind Mascoian #> 6 2 #> Matacoan Mayan #> 4 35 #> Mirndi Misumalpan #> 3 2 #> Mixe-Zoque Mombum #> 12 1 #> Monumbo Moraori #> 1 1 #> Morehead and Upper Maro Rivers Morwap #> 3 1 #> Mosetenan Movima #> 1 1 #> Mura Muskogean #> 1 7 #> Na-Dene Nadahup #> 24 3 #> Nahali Nakh-Daghestanian #> 1 28 #> Nambikuaran Natchez #> 1 1 #> Niger-Congo Nimboran #> 327 2 #> Nivkh Northern Daly #> 2 2 #> Northwest Caucasian Nyulnyulan #> 7 5 #> Oksapmin Oregon Coast #> 1 3 #> other Oto-Manguean #> 72 56 #> Páezan Pama-Nyungan #> 1 122 #> Panoan Peba-Yaguan #> 11 1 #> Penutian Piawi #> 26 1 #> Puinave Puquina #> 1 1 #> Quechuan Saharan #> 11 4 #> Sáliban Salinan #> 2 1 #> Salishan Sandawe #> 26 1 #> Senagi Sentani #> 3 2 #> Sepik Shabo #> 16 1 #> Shompen Sino-Tibetan #> 1 149 #> Siouan Skou #> 13 6 #> Solomons East Papuan Songhay #> 3 3 #> South Andamanese Southern Daly #> 2 3 #> Sulka Sulung #> 1 1 #> Tacame Tacanan #> 1 4 #> Tai-Kadai Takelma #> 18 1 #> Tangkic Tarascan #> 3 1 #> Tasmanian Taushiro #> 2 1 #> Teberan-Pawaian Tequistlatecan #> 3 2 #> Ticuna Timor-Alor-Pantar #> 1 7 #> Timote-Cuica Timucua #> 1 1 #> Tiwian Tol #> 1 1 #> Tonkawa Tor-Orya #> 1 2 #> Torricelli Totonacan #> 13 6 #> Trans-New Guinea Trumai #> 88 1 #> Tu Tucanoan #> 2 18 #> Tunica Tupian #> 1 23 #> Turama-Kikorian Uralic #> 1 27 #> Urarina Uru-Chipaya #> 1 2 #> Uto-Aztecan Wagiman #> 44 1 #> Wakashan Waorani #> 7 1 #> Wappo-Yukian Warao #> 2 1 #> Washo West Bomberai #> 1 2 #> West Bougainville West Papuan #> 2 13 #> Western Daly Western Fly #> 4 1 #> Worrorran Yale #> 3 1 #> Yámana Yangmanic #> 1 1 #> Yanomam Yareban #> 3 1 #> Yaruro Yatê #> 1 1 #> Yawa Yele #> 1 1 #> Yeniseian Yuchi #> 3 1 #> Yukaghir Yuracare #> 2 1 #> Yurimangí Zamucoan #> 1 1 #> Zaparoan Zuni #> 3 1