Languages of the World
- Language Families of the WorldMaps indicating language families.
- CIA World FactbookOverviews of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, transnational issues, and military of countries of the world.
- Endangered Languages ProjectOverview of endangered languages worldwide and related language resources.
- The Global Lexicostatistical DatabaseThe Global Lexicostatistical Database (GLD) is an ongoing Swadesh List linguistic project, initiated by the Moscow school of comparative linguistics and carried out with the support of the Evolution of Human Language (EHL) program at the Santa Fe Institute and the Tower of Babel program, launched in 1998 by Sergei Starostin.
Ethnologue
Ethnologue is the comprehensive reference work that catalogs all the known living languages in the world today. Contains overview of primary names, alternate names, dialect names, country overviews, number of speakers, and maps. The library does not have a digital subscription to this resource, however there are non-circulating print copies available at the YRL Reading Reference Room.
Ethnologue: Languages of the Americas and the Pacific by Call Number: YRL Ref. P376.E846Date: 2022-01-01
Need a Grammar?
If you need a reference grammar of a specific language from the library, search for the following subject terms in the UCLA Library Catalog:
XXXX language grammar
E.g. Kannada language grammar; Igbo language grammar; Tagalog language grammar; etc. The search will lead to books with that subject heading.
Need a Dictionary?
If you need a dictionary of a specific language from the library, search for the following subject terms in the UCLA library catalog:
XXXX dictionaries (e.g. Tajik dictionaries; Hungarian dictionaries)
XXXX XXXX dictionaries (e.g. Tajik English dictionaries; Hungarian French dictionaries)
The search will lead to books that have that subject heading.
Linguistic Atlases and Maps
- Treasury of Linguistic Maps This link opens in a new window
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Presents linguistic maps selected from various atlases and other publications that have been published over the years by De Gruyter Mouton and other De Gruyter imprints.
- The atlas of North American English : phonetics, phonology, and sound changeA multimedia reference tool by William Labov
- CALS: Conlang Atlas of Language StructuresA community-based version of WALS solely focusing on conlangs (constructed languages).