Ethnologue® is the comprehensive reference work that catalogs all the known living languages in the world today. It has been an active research project for more than 60 years. Thousands of linguists and other researchers all over the world rely on and have contributed to the Ethnologue®. It is widely regarded to be the most comprehensive listing of information of its kind. Ethnologue® is published in three volumes. Each volume is self-contained and can be used independently. This volume catalogs the languages of Africa and Europe. It includes: 2, 474 language descriptions organized by continent and country 20, 112 primary names, alternate names, and dialect names 108 country overviews with graphical language vitality profiles 83 color maps showing location and distribution of languagesThe individual pictured on the front cover is a Keliko man in Uganda, Africa, image by Kirby O'Brien. The fabric on the cover is from Uganda, Africa, image by Marc Ewell. The font glyph on the cover is Doulos SIL Cyrillic small letter "be." The font glyph on the back cover is the SIL Andika Latin small letter "u" with a tilde above and a dot below.