How many languages are there in the world?
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | How many languages are there in the world? - The Five-Minute Linguist |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | M. Paul Lewis |
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| 6. | Description | Abstract | It is not easy to define what is or is not a language, and counting is a matter of definitions. How many languages there are also depends on when you count them. Languages, like people, are born, they change and grow and sometimes have ofspring, and they eventually die. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| 8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Apr-2012 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/20736 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.20736 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; The Five-Minute Linguist |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) | |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |