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What does your financial support of Ethnologue go toward?
Ethnologue exists to provide reliable, up-to-date resources for language research, documentation, and the promotion of language development. We support users who share our goal of advocating for the preservation of languages and cultures that are in danger of disappearing. With the cost of your subscription to Ethnologue, you are directly supporting language development as we maintain and develop the most dedicated service to the world’s language communities.
Every dollar that is generated above the cost of operation for Ethnologue goes directly back into language development or research activities or projects—in 2022 the Ethnologue program is supporting research seminars in countries where language data is either incomplete or outdated. Your partnership with Ethnologue makes it possible for us to continue supporting efforts like these, and to ensure the sustainability of Ethnologue to provide language resources for generations to come.