AAgent in constituent word order
ACFLCAct Creating the Filipino Language Commission, No. 07104 
ACHPRAfrican Charter on Human Peoples’ Rights (1987)
ACSAmerican Community Survey
AIATSISAustralian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
alt.alternate name for
alt. dial.alternate dialect name for
ANLPACThe Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council
ANSNICAsociación Nacional de Sordos de Nicaragua
AOVAgent-Object-Verb
ATRadvanced tongue root
AUSTLANGAustralian Indigenous Language Database
AVOAgent-Verb-Object
BBCBritish Broadcasting Corporation
BIBibles International 
BTABible Translation Association (Papua New Guinea)
BTLBible Translation and Literacy
CConsonant in canonical syllable patterns
CABTALCameroon Association for Bible Translation and Literacy
CAPROCalvary Ministries (Nigeria)
CDEConvention against Discrimination in Education (1960)
CIPCouncil of Indigenous Peoples (Taiwan)
ClassLanguage classification
CMAChristian and Missionary Alliance
CPIACComisão Pro Indio do Acre
CPPDCEConvention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005)
CSICHConvention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003)
DBSDeaf Bible Society
dial. primary dialect name for
DNPDepartamento Nacional de Planeación
DOBESDocumentation of Endangered Languages (Dokumentation bedrohter Sprachen)
DOORDeaf Opportunity Outreach 
DSEIDistritos Sanitários Especiais Indígenas (Brazil)
ECRMLEuropean Charter for Regional and Minority Languages
ECRMLEuropean Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (1992)
ELDPEndangered Languages Documentation Programme
ELPEndangered Languages Project
EUDEuropean Union of the Deaf
FCPNMFramework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (1998)
FPCCFirst Peoples’ Cultural Council
FTTFinishing the Task
FUNAIFundação Nacional do Indio
FUNASAFundação Nacional do Saude
GAMAANThe Group for Analyzing and Measuring Attitudes in IRAN
GILLBTGhana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy, and Bible Translation
GRNGlobal Recordings Network
GXLOUSGuangxi Language and Orthography Use Situation
ICCPRInternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)
IEPEInstituto de Pesquisa e Formação Indígena
IICCCIndia Institute for Cross Cultural Communication 
ILOCITPILO Convention on Indigenous and Tribal People no. 169 (1989)
IMAIndia Missions Association 
IMBInternational Mission Board
INALIInstituto Nacional de Lenguas Indigenas
INDECInstituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos
INEGIInstituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía
IOMInternational Organization for Migration (United Nations)
ISAInstituto Socioambiental
ISOInternational Organization for Standardization
JHEOAJabatan Hal Ehwal Orang Asli
kmkilometer(s)
L1 / L2first language / second (or other additional) language
Lg DevLanguage development
Lg UseLanguage use
LGALocal Government Area
LLGLocal Level Government area
LSDOLanguage and Social Development Organization (Myanmar)
LWClanguage of wider communication
mmeter(s)
MPIMigration Policy Institute
NADHHRMNational Association of Deaf and Hard of Hearing of the Republic of Macedonia
NBTTNigeria Bible Translation Trust
NCRPNorth Caucasus Regional Partnership
NDFNNepali Federation of the Deaf
NGONon-government Organization
NLCINew Life Computer Institute
NMNMLNational Minorities and National Minority Languages (Sweden)
NTMNew Tribes Mission
NWTNorthwest Territories
OIFOrganisation Internationale de la Francophonie
OMFOverseas Missionary Fellowship
OSVObject-Subject-Verb
OVSObject-Verb-Subject
PPatient in constituent word order
PARADISECPacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources In Endangered Cultures
PBTPioneer Bible Translators
pej.pejorative
PIBPueblos Indígenas de Bolivia
pl.plural
RLLGRural Local Level Government (Papua New Guinea)
SSubject in constituent word order
SESAISpecial Indigenous Health Secretariat (Brazil)
sg.singular
SILSIL International
SOVSubject-Object-Verb
SPPELScheme for Protection and Preservation of Endangered Languages (India)
SVSubject-Verb
SVOSubject-Verb-Object
TEAMThe Evangelical Alliance Mission
TypeTypological information
UBSUnited Bible Societies
UKAWArtha Wacana Christian University
UNUnited Nations
UNCRPDUnited Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006)
UNDESAUnited Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007)
UNESCOUnited Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
UNHCRUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEFUnited Nations Children’s Fund
UNSDUnited Nations Statistics Division 
USCWMUS Center for World Missions
VVowel in canonical syllable patterns
VDCVillage Development Committee
VOVerb-Object
VOSVerb-Object-Subject
VSVerb-Subject
VSOVerb-Subject-Object
WFDWorld Federation of the Deaf
WLRPWôpanâak Language Reclamation Project
WTWorld Team
XRIXRI (https://www.xriglobal.ai/)