Languageare

Languageare is an open-source framework and data ecosystem designed for language-aware analysis and cross-linguistic research. It provides tools and a repository for collecting, annotating, and sharing linguistic data across languages, with an emphasis on reproducibility and interoperability.

The project was initiated by an international collaboration of linguists, computer scientists, and data curators in the late 2010s. The goal is to standardize how linguistic features are described and stored, enabling researchers to compare languages and apply insights to natural language processing and language technology.

Languageare consists of a modular data model for linguistic features, a dataset repository, and a set of processing tools. It supports common data formats, a JSON-LD based feature schema, and APIs for programmatic access. Users can contribute datasets, annotate data, and run cross-language queries through a query engine.

Datasets come from typological databases, corpora, dictionaries, and field notes, released under open licenses to encourage reuse. The platform emphasizes provenance, versioning, and citation to track data origin and changes.

Researchers use Languageare for cross-linguistic typology studies, language-family comparisons, and improving multilingual NLP systems. The project has influenced data-sharing standards in computational linguistics and is often cited in discussions of open linguistic data infrastructure.

Future development focuses on expanding language coverage, enhancing collaboration tools, and integrating with other linguistic resources and AI benchmarks.