Grambank reveals the importance of genealogical constraints on linguistic diversity and highlights the impact of language loss

Skirgård, Hedvig; J. Haynie, Hannah; E. Blasí, Damián; Hammarström, Harald; Collins, Jeremy; J. Latarche, Jay; Lesage, Jakob; Weber, Tobias; Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena; Passmore, Sam; M. Chira, Angela; Maurits, Luke; Dinnage, Russell; Dunn, Michael; P. Reesink, Ger; Singer, Ruth; Bowern, Claire; Epps, Patience; H. Hill, Jane; Vesakoski, Outi; Robbeets, Martine; Karolin Abbas, Noor; Auer, Daniel; A. Bakker, Nancy; Barbos, Giulia; Borges, Robert; Danielsen, Swintha; Dorenbusch, Luise; Dorn, Ella; P. Elliott, John; Falcone, Giada; Fischer, Jana; Ghanggo Ate, Yustinus; Gibson, Hannah; Göbel, Hans-Philipp; A. Goodall, Jemima; Gruner, Victoria; Harvey, Andrew; Hayes, Rebekah; Heer, Leonard; E. Herrera Miranda, Roberto; Hübler, Nataliia; Huntington-Rainey, Biu; K. Ivani, Jessica; Johns, Marilen; Just, Erika; Kashima, Eri; Kipf, Carolina; V. Klingenberg, Janina; König, Nikita; Koti, Aikaterina; Kowalik, Richard; Krasnoukhova, Olga; L. M. Lindvall, Nora; Lorenzen, Mandy; Lutzenberger, Hannah; R. A. Martins, Tânia; Mata German, Celia; Van Der Meer, Suzanne; Montoya Samamé, Jaime; Müller, Michael; Muradoğlu, Saliha; Neely, Kelsey; Nickel, Johanna; Norvik, Miina; Akinyi Oluoch, Cheryl; Peacock, Jesse; O.C. Pearey, India; Peck, Naomi; Petit, Stéphanie; Pieper, Sören; Poblete, Mariana; Prestipino, Daniel; Raabe, Linda; Raja, Amna; Reimringer, Janis; C. Rey, Sydney; Rizaew, Julia; Ruppert, Eloisa; K. Salmon, Kim; Sammet, Jill; Schembri, Rhiannon; Schlabbach, Lars; W. P. Schmidt, Frederick; Skilton, Amalia; Daniel Smith, Wikaliler; 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; C. Levinson, Stephen; Haspelmath, Martín; J. Greenhill, Simon; D. Atkinson, Quentin; D. Gray, Russell

doi:10.1126/sciadv.adg6175

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Grambank reveals the importance of genealogical constraints on linguistic diversity and highlights the impact of language loss

Published in Science Advances • Apr 19, 2023

Authors:

Hedvig Skirgård

Hannah J. Haynie

Damián E. Blasí

Abstract

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 data...

Subject

Diversity (politics)

Linguistic diversity

Linguistics

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