Data source: Gina A. Zurlo and Todd M. Johnson, eds., World Christian Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2024).
| Table | Field | Description |
|---|---|---|
| wlc_language | indent Reference name | The autoglossonym of a language or dialect, or a cover name for groups of languages. Languages are indented 2 spaces; dialects are indented 4 spaces. |
| wlc_language | Language Cluster | Also termed outer language, a grouping of languages which shares 80% or more lexical similarity (shared words, the basic vocabulary of human experience). |
| wlc_language | Language code | Three letter ISO 639-3 language code. A single code usually means 'this WLC dialect is included as part of this ISO language'. Multiple codes indicate either that 'this WLC cluster of languages {includes} these ISO languages', or that 'there is no match to the ISO (yet), but as a guide these {near} ISO codes occur elsewhere in the cluster. |
| wlc_language | Language level | The level that this language code occupies in the World Language Classification hierarchy. Languages and dialects are spoken and other levels describe groups of languages of variable inter-intelligibility. |
| wlc_language | Language level number | Number of the level that this language code occupies in the World Language Classification hierachy. Languages and dialects are spoken and other levels describe groups of languages of variable inter-intelligibility. |
| wlc_language | Language net | A grouping of languages sharing 70% or more common vocabulary. |
| wlc_language | Language population | Mother tongue speakers. |
| wlc_language | Language population 2025 | Mother tongue speakers 2025. |
| wlc_language | Note | {b}bilingual: notes on bilingual communities {c}communities: notes on speech communities {e}epicentre: notes on locations or epicentres {l}language: notes on languages {r}relationships: notes on contacts and relationships among languages {w}written: notes on scripts or written models #nomenclature: notes on nomenclature. |
| wlc_language | People count | The number of people groups with this language code. |
| wlc_language | People with gospel access % | The percentage of this language's mother-tongue speakers with access to the gospel. |
| wlc_language | Reference name | The autoglossonym (as used by its own speakers) of a language or dialect, or the cover name for groups of languages. |
| wlc_language | WLC Language code | World Language Classification language code. |
| wlc_language | WLC Language ID | World Language Classification ID number. |
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