If you use these data please cite
- the original source
Bibiko, H.-H.; Koile, E.; Barlow, R.; Mamta, K.; Korobzow, N.; Appiah Tieku, E.; Rzymski, C.; List, J.-M.; Gray, R. D. (2025): Numeralbank. A Collection of Numeral Systems of the World's Languages. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- the derived dataset using the DOI of the particular released version you were using
This dataset is licensed under a CC-BY-4.0 license
Available online at https://numerals.clld.org
Dravidian and Austroasiatic languages: coded by Mamta Kumari based on Chan’s numerals\
Atlantic-Congo: coded by Enock Appiah Tieku based on Chan’s numerals
Pacific (Austronesian and PNG): coded by Russell Barlow based on several sources
Australia (PNy and others): coded by Ezequiel Koile based on annotations by Bowern and Zentz (2012). The Comment corresponds to the column Pattern in the source.
Column Base_subsystem was added: extra information present in data coded by Barlow and Koile (not necessary for the analyses, but is complementary data relevant for the database).
- Varieties: 8,797 (linked to 5,170 different Glottocodes)
- Concepts: 162 (linked to 162 different Concepticon concept sets)
- Lexemes: 260,718
- Sources: 5
- Synonymy: 1.08
- Languages linked to bookkeeping languoids in Glottolog:
| Name | GitHub user | Description | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Barlow | @barlowrussell | data collection, data annotation, base coding | Author |
| Hans-Jörg Bibiko | @bibiko | code checking, aggregation code, CLLD application | Author |
| Johannes Englisch | @johenglisch | code contributions | Other |
| Ezequiel Koile | @LEK85 | data annotation, data aggregation | Author |
| Mamta Kumari | @Mamta-Kum | data collection, data annotation, base coding | Author |
| Johann-Mattis List | @lingulist | aggregation code, first analyses | Author |
| Natalie Korobzow | @Korobzow | data annotation, base coding | Author |
| Christoph Rzymski | @chrzyki | maintainer, CLLD application | Author |
| Enock Appiah Tieku | @EnockAppiahTieku | data annotation, base coding | Author |
| Russell D. Gray | funding | Author |
The following CLDF datasets are available in cldf:
- CLDF Wordlist at cldf/cldf-metadata.json