Grambank reveals the importance of genealogical constraints on linguistic diversity and highlights the impact of language loss

dc.contributor.authorSkirgård Hedvig
dc.contributor.authorHaynie Hannah J.
dc.contributor.authorBlasi Damián E.
dc.contributor.authorHammarström Harald
dc.contributor.authorCollins Jeremy
dc.contributor.authorLatarche Jay J.
dc.contributor.authorLesage Jakob
dc.contributor.authorWeber Tobias
dc.contributor.authorWitzlack-Makarevich Alena
dc.contributor.authorPassmore Sam
dc.contributor.authorChira Angela
dc.contributor.authorMaurits Luke
dc.contributor.authorDinnage Russell
dc.contributor.authorDunn Michael
dc.contributor.authorReesink Ger
dc.contributor.authorSinger Ruth
dc.contributor.authorBowern Claire
dc.contributor.authorEpps Patience
dc.contributor.authorHill Jane
dc.contributor.authorVesakoski Outi
dc.contributor.authorRobbeets Martine
dc.contributor.authorAbbas Noor Karolin
dc.contributor.authorAuer Daniel
dc.contributor.authorBakker Nancy A.
dc.contributor.authorBarbos Giulia
dc.contributor.authorBorges Robert D.
dc.contributor.authorDanielsen Swintha
dc.contributor.authorDorenbusch Luise
dc.contributor.authorDorn Ella
dc.contributor.authorElliott John
dc.contributor.authorFalcone Giada
dc.contributor.authorFischer Jana
dc.contributor.authorAte Yustinus Ghanggo
dc.contributor.authorGibson Hannah
dc.contributor.authorGöbel Hans-Philipp
dc.contributor.authorGoodall Jemina A.
dc.contributor.authorGruner Victoria
dc.contributor.authorHarvey Andrew
dc.contributor.authorHayes Rebekah
dc.contributor.authorHeer Leonard
dc.contributor.authorHerrera Miranda Roberto E.
dc.contributor.authorHübler Nataliia
dc.contributor.authorHuntington-Rainey Biu
dc.contributor.authorIvani Jessica K.
dc.contributor.authorJohns Marilen
dc.contributor.authorJust Erika
dc.contributor.authorKashima Eri
dc.contributor.authorKipf Carolina
dc.contributor.authorKlingenberg Janina V.
dc.contributor.authorKönig Nikita
dc.contributor.authorKoti Aikaterina
dc.contributor.authorKowalik Richard G. A.
dc.contributor.authorKrasnoukhova Olga
dc.contributor.authorLindvall Nora L.M.
dc.contributor.authorLorenzen Mandy
dc.contributor.authorLutzenberger Hannah
dc.contributor.authorMartins Tânia R. A.
dc.contributor.authorGerman Celia Mata
dc.contributor.authorvan der Meer Suzanne
dc.contributor.authorSamamé Jaime Montoya
dc.contributor.authorMüller Michael
dc.contributor.authorMuradoglu Saliha
dc.contributor.authorNeely Kelsey
dc.contributor.authorNickel Johaanna
dc.contributor.authorNorvik Miina
dc.contributor.authorOluoch Cheryl Akinyi
dc.contributor.authorPeacock Jesse
dc.contributor.authorPearey India O. C.
dc.contributor.authorPeck Naomi
dc.contributor.authorPetit Stephanie
dc.contributor.authorPieper Sören
dc.contributor.authorPoblete Mariana
dc.contributor.authorPrestipino Daniel
dc.contributor.authorRaabe Linda
dc.contributor.authorRaja Amna
dc.contributor.authorReimringer Janis
dc.contributor.authorRey Sydney C.
dc.contributor.authorRizaew Julia
dc.contributor.authorRuppert Eloisa
dc.contributor.authorSalmon Kim K.
dc.contributor.authorSammet Jill
dc.contributor.authorSchembri Rhiannon
dc.contributor.authorSchlabbach Lars
dc.contributor.authorSchmidt Frederick W. P.
dc.contributor.authorSkilton Amalia
dc.contributor.authorSmith Wikaliler Daniel
dc.contributor.authorde Sousa Hilário
dc.contributor.authorSverredal Kristin
dc.contributor.authorValle Daniel
dc.contributor.authorVera Javier
dc.contributor.authorVoß Judith
dc.contributor.authorWitte Tim
dc.contributor.authorWu Henry
dc.contributor.authorYam Stephanie
dc.contributor.authorYe Jingting.
dc.contributor.authorYong Maisie
dc.contributor.authorYuditha Tessa
dc.contributor.authorZariquiey Roberto
dc.contributor.authorForkel Robert
dc.contributor.authorEvans Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorLevinson Stephen C.
dc.contributor.authorHaspelmath Martin
dc.contributor.authorGreenhill Simon J.
dc.contributor.authorAtkinson Quentin D.
dc.contributor.authorGray Russell D.
dc.contributor.organizationfi=Turun ihmistieteiden tutkijakollegium (TIAS)|en=Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS)|
dc.contributor.organizationfi=ekologia ja evoluutiobiologia|en=Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
dc.contributor.organizationfi=kotimaiset kielet ja niiden sukukielet|en=Finnish, Finno-Ugric and Scandinavian languages|
dc.contributor.organization-code1.2.246.10.2458963.20.59108485091
dc.contributor.organization-code1.2.246.10.2458963.20.78639161450
dc.converis.publication-id179619243
dc.converis.urlhttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/Publication/179619243
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-28T01:52:01Z
dc.date.available2025-08-28T01:52:01Z
dc.description.abstract<p>While global patterns of human genetic diversity are increasingly well characterized, the diversity of human languages remains less systematically described. Here, we outline the Grambank database. With over 400,000 data points and 2400 languages, Grambank is the largest comparative grammatical database available. The comprehensiveness of Grambank allows us to quantify the relative effects of genealogical inheritance and geographic proximity on the structural diversity of the world’s languages, evaluate constraints on linguistic diversity, and identify the world’s most unusual languages. An analysis of the consequences of language loss reveals that the reduction in diversity will be strikingly uneven across the major linguistic regions of the world. Without sustained efforts to document and revitalize endangered languages, our linguistic window into human history, cognition, and culture will be seriously fragmented.<br></p>
dc.identifier.eissn2375-2548
dc.identifier.olddbid208184
dc.identifier.oldhandle10024/191211
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.utupub.fi/handle/11111/57585
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg6175
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi-fe2023053049471
dc.language.isoen
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorVesakoski, Outi
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorDataimport, Ekologia
dc.okm.discipline1181 Ecology, evolutionary biologyen_GB
dc.okm.discipline1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiologyen_GB
dc.okm.discipline6121 Languagesen_GB
dc.okm.discipline1181 Ekologia, evoluutiobiologiafi_FI
dc.okm.discipline1184 Genetiikka, kehitysbiologia, fysiologiafi_FI
dc.okm.discipline6121 Kielitieteetfi_FI
dc.okm.internationalcopublicationinternational co-publication
dc.okm.internationalityInternational publication
dc.okm.typeA1 ScientificArticle
dc.publisherAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
dc.publisher.countryUnited Statesen_GB
dc.publisher.countryYhdysvallat (USA)fi_FI
dc.publisher.country-codeUS
dc.relation.articlenumbereadg6175
dc.relation.doi10.1126/sciadv.adg6175
dc.relation.ispartofjournalScience Advances
dc.relation.issue16
dc.relation.volume9
dc.source.identifierhttps://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/191211
dc.titleGrambank reveals the importance of genealogical constraints on linguistic diversity and highlights the impact of language loss
dc.year.issued2023

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