Updates

Ethnologue codes are provided here to help users of the Ethnologue link to World Christian Database language data in the Peoples and Languages sections.

The 15th edition of the Ethnologue included extensive changes to the language code. 15th edition Ethnologue codes are, by convention, lower case to distinguish them from the upper case codes used in the 14th and earlier editions.

The simple search mechanism on the home page has recently been enhanced to include field names, dictionary entries and glossary terms, so there is more chance of finding what you're looking for.

Also, commonly searched-for terms that previously returned no results have been examined and hints provided for alternative search terms. Monitoring of search success will continue.

The real power of the online World Christian Database however remains in the ability to interrogate the data tables directly with user supplied criteria on almost any field. The home pages (Languages, Peoples, Religions etc.) each provide sample queries which can be altered by adding fields or selection criteria.