Lexibank is a linguistics database managed by the
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in
Leipzig
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, Germany. The database consists of over 100 standardized
wordlists (datasets) that are independently curated.
Description
Lexibank datasets are presented in the Cross-Linguistic Data Format (CLDF).
[Forkel, R. et al]
Cross-Linguistic Data Formats
advancing data sharing and reuse in comparative linguistics. ''Sci. Data.'' 5:180205 (2018).
Phonological and lexical features are automatically computed in Lexibank.
The datasets are publicly accessible and are archived at
Zenodo
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It allows researchers to deposit research papers, data sets, research software, reports, and any other research related digital artef ...
and are also publicly available on
GitHub
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.
Lexibank is also part of the
Cross-Linguistic Linked Data
The Cross-Linguistic Linked Data (CLLD) project coordinates over a dozen linguistics databases covering the languages of the world. It is hosted by the Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary An ...
project. All of the datasets are released under the
CC BY 4.0
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license.
Applications of the database include
historical linguistics
Historical linguistics, also termed diachronic linguistics, is the scientific study of language change over time. Principal concerns of historical linguistics include:
# to describe and account for observed changes in particular languages
# ...
and comparative
phonology
Phonology is the branch of linguistics that studies how languages or dialects systematically organize their sounds or, for sign languages, their constituent parts of signs. The term can also refer specifically to the sound or sign system of a ...
.
List of datasets
The following is a list of Lexibank (version 0.2) datasets as of 17 June 2022.
References
External links
Lexibank community on ZenodoMaster list of wordlist datasetsGlottobank
{{Cross-Linguistic Linked Data
Cross-Linguistic Linked Data
Word lists
Linguistics websites
Linguistics databases
Lexical databases