Datatypes

Glottocode (Glottolog language identifier)

ID glottocode

DatatypeNot PIIidentifierDraft

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Identifier of a language, dialect or language family in the Glottolog catalogue. It has four lowercase letters or digits, usually taken from the name, and four digits. Unlike ISO 639-3 (iso639_3) it also covers families and dialects.

Categories
Common, Scientific
Countries
Global (not tied to a country)
Languages
Common to most languages
Wikidata
P1394
Quality
90/100 · missing: detector coverage
Metacrafter rules
no detection rule yet
Supported by tools
no tool record lists this type yet

Regular expression

^[a-z0-9]{4}\d{4}$

Python re syntax.

Examples

ValueDescription
stan1293English
russ1263Russian
sign1238Pseudo-family of sign languages
stan129 invalidThree digits

Translations

LanguageNameDescription
RussianКод языка Glottolog (глоттокод)

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