World Language Mapping System Ethnologue now in GIS Data Format Demonstration by John Vogler PNC 2005 Annual Conference 3 Nov 2005

Digital database of georeferenced points, polygons and attributes Representing locations of linguistic homelands and origin points For over 7,000 language-in-country entries in Ethnologue, 14 th ed. What is WLMS?

Linguistic homeland delineations for nearly all entries in Ethnologue, 14 th Edition Polygons representing mixed language areas Add’tl polygons without Ethnologue entries (border spillover) Point locations for all Ethnologue languages Joinable attribute table with fields containing Ethnologue data Sample map documents (.mxd) for ArcGIS 8.2 and later XML metadata compatible with ArcGIS 8 and 9 Features of WLMS

WLMS Data Types and Sources Country Boundaries and Names – GMI & NGA’s VMAP0/DCW 1:1,000,000 scale Language Area and Point Features – WLMS / GMI Language Attribute table – Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) maintain text database published as: Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 14 th Edition, Topography Grids – USGS, NOAA GLOBE & GMI including Elevation, Bathymetry and Hillshades

Language Areas with sample map Demonstration using ArcGIS 9 Data Organization & Documentation Different Language Areas and Points Layers Ethnologue attributes & joining attribute table Simple queries & mapping Sample map documents Licensing/pricing (this is a commercial data product) Educational: $ for 1 st workstation, $ on; go to