Source Information

• Language data source information

  Primary source:

  Wolfram|Alpha Knowledgebase, 2024.

  Background sources and references:

  • Includes translation files under license from Electronic Dictionaries Research Group. edrdg.org.
  • Ager, S. Omniglot.
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  • Government of Western Australia. "WA diversity and statistics."
  • Hotz, R. L. "Field Researchers Discover a Language New to Science." The Wall Street Journal. »
  • Miniwatts Marketing Group. Internet World Stats.
  • Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Census of India.
  • Rosenfelder, M. "Numbers from 1 to 10 in over 5000 Languages." Zompist.com.
  • Sacks, D. Language Visible: Unraveling the Mystery of the Alphabet from A to Z. Broadway, 2003.
  • Statistics Canada. "Population by mother tongue and geography, 1951 to 2021."
  • United States Census Bureau. Statistical Abstracts of the United States.
  • United States Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook.
  • The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Wikipedia.

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