Ethnologue® is the comprehensive reference work that catalogs all the knownliving languages in the world today. It has been an active research project for morethan 60 years. Thousands of linguists and other researchers all over the world relyon and have contributed to the Ethnologue®. It is widely regarded to be the mostcomprehensive listing of information of its kind.Ethnologue® is published in three volumes. Each volume is self-contained and canbe used independently. This volume catalogs the languages of Africa and Europe.It includes: 2,499 language descriptions organized by continent and country 21,480 primary names, alternate names, and dialect names 108 country overviews with graphical language vitality profi les 86 color maps showing location and distribution of languages