# Glottolog counts (glottolog-5.3)

Generated by code/glottolog-counts.ts.

- Languoids:  27177
- Language-level languoids (all categories):  8618
  - Spoken_L1_Language:  7674
  - Bookkeeping:  380
  - Sign_Language:  227
  - Unclassifiable:  128
  - Pidgin:  87
  - Unattested:  68
  - Artificial_Language:  31
  - Speech_Register:  19
  - Mixed_Language:  4
- Top-level genealogical families:  238 (238 with 2+ languages, 0 with 1, 0 with 0)
- Isolates (top-level spoken L1 languages):  183 (Is_Isolate flag true:  183)
- Genealogical units (families 2+ plus isolates):  421
- Spoken L1 languages:  7674, of which in families:  7491
- Extinct spoken L1 languages:  981;  families with no living member:  27;  extinct isolates:  80;  genealogical units with a living member:  314
- Share of family languages in largest 5 families:  55.7%;  largest 10:  69.0%

## Pseudo-families

| Pseudo-family | Languages |
|---|---|
| Bookkeeping | 380 |
| Sign Language | 227 |
| Unclassifiable | 128 |
| Pidgin | 87 |
| Unattested | 68 |
| Artificial Language | 31 |
| Speech Register | 19 |
| Mixed Language | 4 |

## By macroarea

| Macroarea | Families (2+) | Isolates | Units | Spoken L1 langs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 36 | 15 | 51 | 2212 |
| Australia | 23 | 9 | 32 | 355 |
| Eurasia | 23 | 12 | 35 | 1740 |
| North America | 40 | 31 | 71 | 671 |
| Papunesia | 72 | 52 | 124 | 2124 |
| South America | 44 | 64 | 108 | 572 |

## Family size distribution (2+ languages)

| Languages | Families |
|---|---|
| 2 | 61 |
| 3-5 | 74 |
| 6-10 | 39 |
| 11-50 | 46 |
| 51-100 | 9 |
| 101-500 | 5 |
| >500 | 4 |

## Largest 25 families

| Family | Macroarea | Languages |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic-Congo | Africa | 1408 |
| Austronesian | Papunesia | 1276 |
| Indo-European | Eurasia | 586 |
| Sino-Tibetan | Eurasia | 519 |
| Afro-Asiatic | Africa | 381 |
| Nuclear Trans New Guinea | Papunesia | 317 |
| Pama-Nyungan | Australia | 250 |
| Otomanguean | North America | 181 |
| Austroasiatic | Eurasia | 158 |
| Tai-Kadai | Eurasia | 95 |
| Dravidian | Eurasia | 82 |
| Arawakan | South America | 77 |
| Mande | Africa | 75 |
| Tupian | South America | 70 |
| Uto-Aztecan | North America | 69 |
| Central Sudanic | Africa | 63 |
| Nilotic | Africa | 56 |
| Nuclear Torricelli | Papunesia | 55 |
| Uralic | Eurasia | 49 |
| Algic | North America | 47 |
| Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit | North America | 46 |
| Pano-Tacanan | South America | 45 |
| Hmong-Mien | Eurasia | 44 |
| Turkic | Eurasia | 43 |
| Quechuan | South America | 43 |

## Families spanning more than one macroarea

- Atlantic-Congo (1408):  Africa, North America
- Austronesian (1276):  Africa, Eurasia, Papunesia, South America
- Indo-European (586):  Africa, Australia, Eurasia, North America, Papunesia, South America
- Afro-Asiatic (381):  Africa, Eurasia
- Pama-Nyungan (250):  Australia, Papunesia
- Arawakan (77):  North America, South America
- Chibchan (27):  North America, South America
- Japonic (17):  Eurasia, Papunesia
- Eskimo-Aleut (13):  Eurasia, North America