Credits

Acknowledgments

The compilation of a body of information as large as 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 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 trio of research assistants who have contributed greatly through their data gathering efforts: Beth Brye, Kiersten Henkel, and Ali Robinson.

The language maps have been produced under the direction of SIL’s Lead Cartographer, Matt Benjamin, by Joe Armfield, Mark Cline, Marcus Love, Esther Morrow, and Mitchell Wimbush with additional research by John Amdahl and Irene Tucker, and with quality assurance from Beth Brye and technical assistance from David Hildebrand and Stephen Tucker. Significant help in updating the maps for this edition has been received through personal communications from the following: Ishmael Abrams, Bong-sok Aem, Mureen Aguilar, Karl Anderbeck, Cam Anderson, James Ashley, Keith Barkman, Greg Blok, Taryn Boullear, Naaman Brignall, Mike Bryant, Nate Cheeseman, Dennis Coyle, Dolores Daniels, Hubert Devonish, Gloria Duarte, Elvis Francis, Michael E. Frechette, Adrian Gomes, Vercida Gomes, Sandra Harold, Romario Hastings, Octavio Henricks, Paulus Kieviet, Jared Killey, Monalisa Marks, Arman Martirosyan, James Miguel, Dora Milton, Vanda Milton, Katharine Mort, John Muniru, Christina Natasha, Devin O'Bannon, Jones Richards, Roybert Salty, Rachel Shipp, Hanif Sikumbang, Maribeth Singh, Paul Solomiac, Rehanna Thomas, Trond Trosterud, Matt Tyler, Adam Warzecha, Kristy Wedel, Charlene Wilkinson, Ovid Williams, Philip Williams.

Ethnologue benefits greatly from the close cooperation of Janell Nordmoe, 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 323 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 42 people contributed more than 30 updates to this edition: Abdalla Asossa, Margaret Belinga, Douglas W. Boone, Andrea Bryant, Mike Bryant, Denise Bryce, Moses Charki, Nate Cheeseman, Bronwen Cleaver, Ken Decker, Terry Dehart, Matthew Edelen, Dwayne Emberson, Aleksandr Ermanov, Rynj Gonzales, Carlos González Mireles, Cameron Hamm, Paul Hattaway, Nicholas Haydock, Bob Johnson, Linda Jordan, Wira Kafryawan, Savannah Kulig, Khan Lann, Wayne Lunsford, Jackie Marshall-Ringer, Paing Nan, Devin O’Bannon, Shane O’Nan, Ruth Raimin, David Roberts, Jim Roberts, Bruce Rossington, Hanif Sikumbang, Paul Solomiac, Alan Starr, Carey Statezni, Nathan Statezni, Suleman A.D. Sukukum, Yin Hooi Tan, Ho̍k Chû Tiuⁿ, and Ian Tupper.

The list of contributors continues with the following 109 who contributed 5 or more updates: Amir Aharoni, Yousuf B. AlBader, Upi Anak Mula, Matheus Andrade Rodrigues, Stan Anonby, Frank Asi Talatini, Russell Barlow, Michael Belekum, Ariel Belleza Jr., Nancy Bishop, Mikael Bister, Florian Breit, Suzie Burgess, Marie Grace Sabbaluca Cabansag, Micah Clark, Matt Connor, Jim Courson, Harold S. dela Cruz, Pierpaolo Di Carlo, Anna Dreba, Daniel Eberle, Juan Alvaro Echeverri, Katelem Edeh, Dia Gloria Ekklesia, Jacquelyne Ekot, Jennifer Jensen Felix, Elvis Francis, Naiomi Francis, Michael E. Frechette, Carol Genetti, Stephanie Gourley, Fernando Gusmao, Charlie Hanawalt, Garrett Harrison, Richard Havinga, Russ Hersman, Thomas Hong, Jan Huls, Stalin Johneny, Nidhin Joseph, Florence Kayad, Angela Kluge, Erwin Komen, Heidrun Kröger, Divine Grace Leparto, Marcus Love, Margie Lumawan, Viola Magana, Magomed Magomedov, Etete Gregory Mbey, Zeckqualine Melai, David Miller, Kirk Miller, Bernadette Mitterhofer, Tshidiso Jeremia Moletsane, Pam Morris, Bill Morrison, Riziki Mtweve, Pam Munro, Hoipo Konyak Myers, Paul Nelson, Deborah Ngerong, Aaron Ogburn, Diborrah Ombuna, Jean Pacquement, Lynanne Palmer, Simpson Pasan, Bwe Paw, Mike Payne, Trisia Penik, Myint Myint Phyu, Adam Pike, Ruth Raharimanantsoa, Marylinda Ramos, Rodrigo W. Randig, Ethan Jon Reichenbach, Gabriel Sakiting, Nelson Samuvel, Eduard Schroeder, Graham Scott, Mark Shockley, Scott Smith, Susanna Sorila, Oliver Stegen, Ahmed Subhan, Janel Swenson, Nur Hanis Syazwani, Henry Tayaban, Methiam Thangjiu, Matthew Thompson, Su-Hie Ting, Sophia To, Katharina Tupper, Matthew Tyler, Jimmy Umpatang, Eden Usat Emang, Joe Valentin, Corina van Willingen, Craig Volker, Adam Warzecha, Ross Webb, Kristy Wedel, David Wierda, Charlene Wilkinson, Angi Williams-Ngumbu, Yancey Yarick, Grover Yip, Bella Yodyod, and Nurul Diyanah Zahirah.

And the list could continue with 172 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.