Credits

The compilation of a body of information as large as the Ethnologue over the last seven decades is the result of the cooperation and participation of a multitude of contributors. Lamentably, space does not permit a comprehensive listing of every contributor since Ethnologue came into existence. This edition has benefited particularly from the contributions of researchers, language fieldworkers, and users of the languages who have freely given their time and expertise to improve the accuracy and quality of the data. We are especially grateful to those who have joined our team of Field Contributors, as well as to a growing number of online registered users who contribute valuable input through the Contribute tabs on the website.

Gary F. Simons, as Executive Editor, has provided the oversight and coordination for the task of bringing this new edition into existence, as well as guiding the process of change as we seek to keep improving the content and coverage of Ethnologue . David M. Eberhard, as General Editor, has provided overall direction for the editorial staff and for the data gathering activities of the Ethnologue. Charles D. Fennig, Managing Editor, has supervised the data entry process, tracked changes, dealt with thousands of electronic and hard copy communications, and has done a great deal of in-depth research in response to communications from users. M. Paul Lewis, having stepped down after 12 years in the role of General Editor, has continued to provide us with valuable assistance as an Editorial Consultant. The editorial team is augmented by the work of Colleen Ahland and Michael Ahland as Language Classification Editors, Albert Bickford as Sign Languages Editor, Lorna Priest Evans as Script and Writing Systems Editor, and Linda Simons as Bibliographer. Rounding out the editorial staff is a team of research assistants who have contributed greatly through their data gathering efforts: Beth Brye, Stephen Graham, Trina Graham, and Kiersten Henkel.

Technical support for the Ethnologue database and the systems that allow us to edit the information and produce publications from it has been provided by Chad White, webmaster and lead developer. Dwayne Emberson has provided additional database support.

The language maps have been produced under the direction of SIL’s Lead Cartographer, Matt Benjamin, by John Amdahl, Joe Bryant, David Hildebrand, Marcus Love, Esther Morrow, and Irene Tucker with additional research by Colin Davis and Eva Horton, and with quality assurance from Beth Brye and technical assistance from Shauna Hassa and Stephen Tucker. Significant help in updating the maps for this edition has been received through personal communications from the following: Laura Arnold, Albert Bickford, Douglas Boone, Leoni Bouwer, Antoine Dusséaux, David Gardner, Sari Gardner, Linda Jordan, Paulus Kieviet, Heidrun Kroeger, Joe Lehman, Bernadette Mitterhofer, Tim Montler, Elena Mosolova, John Muniru, Kenneth Nsah, Devin O’Bannon, Shinu PR, Rich Rudowskem Nori Sumegi, Katharina Tyran, Alan Vogel, Cristóbal Wallis, and Daniil Zaitsev.

The Ethnologue benefits greatly from the close cooperation of Melinda Lyons, ISO 639-3 Registrar, who has assisted us in keeping our database aligned with the ISO 639-3 inventory of identified languages.

The updated information reported in this edition reflects the cooperation and communications over the last year from hundreds of researchers in the field as well as members of language communities who have made contact with us to contribute updated information. The change records in our database show that 321 additional people beyond the project staff named above have contributed at least one update to the database since the previous edition was published one year ago.

We want to give special recognition to our most prolific contributors. Each of the following 23 people contributed more than 30 updates to this edition: Nate Cheeseman, Nayeli Diaz, Antoine Dusséaux, Dwayne Emberson, Aleksandr Ermanov, Cameron Hamm, Steve Impey, Magomed Magomedov, Justin Mbaihondoum, Devin O’Bannon, Jean Pacquement, Héctor Ramírez-Cruz, Ali Robinson, Iris Sacson, Scott Smith, Tanya Spronk, Allan Starling, Maria Stolen, Christina Thornell, Katharina Tupper, Theresa Wilson, Nat Wong, and Grover Yip.

The list of contributors continues with the following 107 who contributed 5 or more updates: Stan Anonby, Mark Bean, Justin Beckham, Raymond Seka Bigwa, Douglas W. Boone, Ginger Boyd, Bethann Carlson, Sandro Caruana, Aniket Chauhan, Heidi Cobbey, Ndokobai Dadak, Terry Dehart, Clare Orr Diédhiou, Pam Echerd, Godwin Elaunire Ogbada, Enene Enene, Andrew Fedorov, Mikhailo Feisa, Carole Fennig, Chana Franchy, Michael E. Frechette, Rynj Gonzales, Barbara D. Grimes, Evgeniya Gutova, Talat Habib, Marian Hagg, Bill Hall, Charlie Hanawalt, Rob Hess, Dan Hintz, Darja Hoenigman, Tara Huberty, Linda Jordan, Mari-Sisko Khadgi, Lindita Komani, Joe Leman, Steve Leveen, Nahum Lider, John Livingstone, Arjen Lock, Joseph Lovestrand, Megan Lukaniec, Wayne Lunsford, Melinda Lyons, Josefina Mäki, Juan Pablo Martínez, Tim Matzke, Beth Merrill, David Miller, Emily Miller, Kirk Miller, Bernadette Mitterhofer, Timothy Montler, Bill Morrison, Esther Morrow, Samuel Munana, Shuichiro Nakao, Pit Song Ng, Angi Williams Ngumbu, Gédéon Noussi, Sachie Panawala, Gökçe Yükselen Peler, David Pickens, Ruth Raharimanantsoa, JeDene Reeder, Christina Riepe, Annie Risler, Sandra Rodas, Jennifer Runner, Moaaz Saad, Scott Saboy, Hashem Salimi, Nelson Samuvel, Renhard Saupia, Jim Schmidt, PR Shinu, Krystina Shveda, Ralph Siebert, Brianne Smith, Sean Smith, Shakeel Sohil, Glenna Sollenberger, Joan Spanne, Troy E. Spier, Nathan Statezni, Clay Strom, Adam Szegi, Eyasu Tamene, Rodrigo Tinoco, Matthew Toulmin, Nelson C. Tschonghongei, Kevin Tuite, Houcemeddine Turki, Joe Valentin, Seino van Breugel, Valentin Vydrin, Cristóbal Wallis, Eberhard Werner, John Williams, Matthew Windsor, Mary Ruth Wise, May Wong, James “Woody” Woodward, Apoi Yarapea, Catherine Young, Samuel Yu-Hsiang Pan, and Daniil Zaitsev.

And the list could continue with 191 more names of those who made at least one contribution, each of which was significant because it allowed us to publish better information. To all of our contributors we are deeply grateful for we recognize that the success of our efforts depends on their generosity.