The World Atlas of Languages structures data around two dimensions:
The World Atlas of Languages relies on a survey to collect information about languages in country from UNESCO’s Member States. These languages in country profiles are built on the official information provided by governments, national departments of statistics, public language harmonization and standardization organizations, and higher educational organizations, which are mandated to carry out fundamental research and collect official data.
All stakeholders are invited to collect and share language data to help compile the World Atlas of Languages.
