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Skirgård, Hedvig ; Haynie, Hannah J. ; Blasi, Damián E. ; Hammarström, Harald ; Collins, Jeremy ; Latarche, Jay J. ; Lesage, Jakob ; Weber, Tobias ; Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena ; Passmore, Sam ; Chira, Angela ; Maurits, Luke ; Dinnage, Russell ; Dunn, Michael ; Reesink, Ger ; Singer, Ruth ; Bowern, Claire ; Epps, Patience ; Hill, Jane ; Vesakoski, Outi ; Robbeets, Martine ; Abbas, Noor Karolin ; Auer, Daniel ; Bakker, Nancy A. ; Barbos, Giulia ; Borges, Robert D. ; Danielsen, Swintha ; Dorenbusch, Luise ; Dorn, Ella ; Elliott, John ; Falcone, Giada ; Fischer, Jana ; Ghanggo Ate, Yustinus ; Gibson, Hannah ; Göbel, Hans-Philipp ; Goodall, Jemima A. ; Gruner, Victoria ; Harvey, Andrew ; Hayes, Rebekah ; Heer, Leonard ; Herrera Miranda, Roberto E. ; Hübler, Nataliia ; Huntington-Rainey, Biu ; Ivani, Jessica K. ; Johns, Marilen ; Just, Erika ; Kashima, Eri ; Kipf, Carolina ; Klingenberg, Janina V. ; König, Nikita ; Koti, Aikaterina ; Kowalik, Richard G. A. ; Krasnoukhova, Olga ; Lindvall, Nora L. M. ; Lorenzen, Mandy ; Lutzenberger, Hannah ; Martins, Tânia R. A. ; Mata German, Celia ; van der Meer, Suzanne ; Montoya Samamé, Jaime ; Müller, Michael ; Muradoglu, Saliha ; Neely, Kelsey ; Nickel, Johanna ; Norvik, Miina ; Oluoch, Cheryl Akinyi ; Peacock, Jesse ; Pearey, India O. C. ; Peck, Naomi ; Petit, Stephanie ; Pieper, Sören ; Poblete, Mariana ; Prestipino, Daniel ; Raabe, Linda ; Raja, Amna ; Reimringer, Janis ; Rey, Sydney C. ; Rizaew, Julia ; Ruppert, Eloisa ; Salmon, Kim K. ; Sammet, Jill ; Schembri, Rhiannon ; Schlabbach, Lars ; Schmidt, Frederick W. P. ; Skilton, Amalia ; Smith, Wikaliler Daniel ; de Sousa, Hilário ; Sverredal, Kristin ; Valle, Daniel ; Vera, Javier ; Voß, Judith ; Witte, Tim ; Wu, Henry ; Yam, Stephanie ; Ye, Jingting ; Yong, Maisie ; Yuditha, Tessa ; Zariquiey, Roberto ; Forkel, Robert ; Evans, Nicholas ; Levinson, Stephen C. ; Haspelmath, Martin ; Greenhill, Simon J. ; Atkinson, Quentin D. ; Gray, Russell D.:
Grambank reveals the importance of genealogical constraints on linguistic diversity and highlights the impact of language loss.
In: Science Advances.
Vol. 9
(2023)
Issue 16
.
- eadg6175.
ISSN 2375-2548
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adg6175
Abstract in another language
While global patterns of human genetic diversity are increasingly well characterized, the diversity of human languages remains less systematically described. Here, we outline the Grambank database. With over 400,000 data points and 2400 languages, Grambank is the largest comparative grammatical database available. The comprehensiveness of Grambank allows us to quantify the relative effects of genealogical inheritance and geographic proximity on the structural diversity of the world’s languages, evaluate constraints on linguistic diversity, and identify the world’s most unusual languages. An analysis of the consequences of language loss reveals that the reduction in diversity will be strikingly uneven across the major linguistic regions of the world. Without sustained efforts to document and revitalize endangered languages, our linguistic window into human history, cognition, and culture will be seriously fragmented.
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| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Languages and Literature > Junior Professor African Languages and the Construction of Knowledge > Junior Professor African Languages and the Construction of Knowledge - Juniorprof. Dr. Andrew Harvey |
| Result of work at the UBT: | No |
| DDC Subjects: | 400 Language > 410 Linguistics |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Dec 2023 09:49 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Dec 2023 09:49 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/88079 |