Home›Sources›The Cambridge Encyclopedia of LanguageSourcesThe Cambridge Encyclopedia of LanguageAcademic Reference Work, Third Edition, 2010Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextLanguage Atlas. "The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/sources/cambridge-encyclopedia-language.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextLanguage Atlas. (n.d.). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/sources/cambridge-encyclopedia-languageCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{languageatlas-the-cambridge-encyclopedia-of-language, author = {Language Atlas}, title = {The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/sources/cambridge-encyclopedia-language}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationVerifiedThe Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language, edited by David Crystal, is a widely cited academic reference surveying the structure, history, classification and social use of the world's languages, with dedicated treatment of the major language families and writing systems.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (126 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAuthorWell-attestedDavid Crystal (editor)PublisherWell-attestedCambridge University PressPublication YearWell-attested2010Source TypeWell-attestedAcademic LinguisticsSourcesThe Cambridge Encyclopedia of LanguageDavid Crystal (editor), Cambridge University Press, 2010Claims Backed By This Source (126 claims)This source backs 126 claims across the atlas. As facts: 62 well-attested. As cited relationships: 17 holds, 12 connected. Plus 35 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicLanguages, 59 claims: 23 well-attested, 9 holds, 9 connected, 18 general references.Language Families, 36 claims: 20 well-attested, 5 holds, 1 connected, 10 general references.Scripts, 23 claims: 12 well-attested, 3 holds, 2 connected, 6 general references.Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Linguists, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested62Language FamiliesAfro-AsiaticAustronesianDravidianIndo-EuropeanJaponicKoreanicNiger-CongoSino-TibetanSlavicUralicLanguagesAncient GreekArabicBengaliBulgarianCzechEnglishGermanHindiJapaneseKoreanLatinMandarin ChinesePolishRussianSanskritSpanishSwahiliTamilLinguistsWilliam JonesScriptsArabic ScriptCyrillic ScriptDevanagariGreek ScriptHan ScriptLatin ScriptSourcesThe Cambridge Encyclopedia of LanguageHolds17Language FamiliesAfro-AsiaticAustronesianJaponicSlavicLanguagesBulgarianEnglishHindiLatinPolishRussianSpanishSwahiliScriptsArabic ScriptGreek ScriptHan ScriptConnected12Language FamiliesSlavicLanguagesBengaliBulgarianCzechJapaneseKoreanPolishRussianSwahiliTamilScriptsCyrillic ScriptLatin ScriptGeneral References35Language FamiliesAfro-AsiaticAustronesianDravidianIndo-EuropeanJaponicKoreanicNiger-CongoSino-TibetanSlavicUralicLanguagesAncient GreekArabicBengaliBulgarianCzechEnglishGermanHindiJapaneseKoreanLatinMandarin ChinesePolishRussianSanskritSpanishSwahiliTamilLinguistsWilliam JonesScriptsArabic ScriptCyrillic ScriptDevanagariGreek ScriptHan ScriptLatin ScriptComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year