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Ethnologue - Explore the Languages of the World
- shervinafshar 11y agoYes. It's a good source of information about languages of the world and SIL (the organization behind it) is the authority for ISO 639-3 language codes[1]. Some experts criticize[2] their approaches on what should be classified as a language and what should not (and should remain in the realm of dialects) as well as religious missionary background of the organization. [1]: http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/ http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/ [2]: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/19/science/how-linguists-and-missionaries-share-a-bible-of-6912-languages.html http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/19/science/how-linguists-and-... Edit: Correct footnote numbering.