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Glottolog

Reference catalogue of the world’s languages, dialects and families.

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About this source

Find languages by name and read a languoid’s classification, ISO 639-3 code, coordinates and child dialects.

Questions you can ask Glottolog

Type them into Kahubi’s chat once the source is connected.

Resolve a list of names to unique identifiers.

What comes back: Matched entities with identifiers, ambiguous matches flagged.

What the assistant can do with it

The 2 tools this server offers to Kahubi. The assistant picks the right one for each question.

  • glottolog_search_languages

    Find languages, dialects and families by name.

  • glottolog_get_languoid

    Details of one languoid by glottocode (classification tree, ISO code, child dialects).

Good to know

  • Hosted by Kahubi. Kahubi runs this server itself so it stays reliable enough for research use.
  • Cited, checkable answers. Results are treated as retrieved material and cited with the source’s own identifiers, so you can open every record the answer relied on.
  • Your files stay private. Only the search the assistant writes for your question is sent to Glottolog.

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