Source: adpated from Philip M. Parker, Linguistic Cultures of the World: A Statistical Reference, Greenwood Press, 1997.
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Linguistic Group	Latitude (absolute degrees)	Temperature: degrees (C)	: monthly high (min C)	: monthly high (max C)	: monthly low (min C)	: monthly low (max C)	Humidity: morning min (%)	: morning max (%)	: afternoon min (%)	: afternoon max (%)	High temp @ max humidity	High humidity @ max temp	Rain: monthly min (mm)	: monthly max (mm)	: days/month min	: days/month max	Snow: persistent (1=yes)	: intermittent (1=yes)	Frost present (1=yes)	Evaporation (1=low)	Barometric pressure: July	: January	Risks: Typhoon (10=high)	: Flooding  (10=high)	: Tropical storm (10=high)	: Windstorm (10=high)	: Drought (10=high)	Climate Type: Tropical wet	: Tropical monsoon	: Tropical wet & dry	: Steppe, low latitude	: Desert, low latitude	: Steppe, middle latitude	: Desert, middle latitude	: Subtropical, humid	: Mediterranean	: Marine, west coast	: Cont humid hot sum	: Cont humid cool sum	: Subarctic	: Tundra	: Ice cap	: Dry steppe wasteland	: Temperate highland	: Temp desert dry sum	: Temp desert dry win	: Highland	Coastline: length (km)	: length km/cap	Zones: Sea territory	: Continental shelf (m)	: Excl. fish (nm)	: Extend. econ. zone (nm)	: 200-Mi EEZ, area	: Contiguous zone (nm)	Inland waterways (km)	Inland waterways/cap	Water area: (km sq)	: area/cap	Access: Number of ports	: Natural Harbour (1=yes)	: Number of outlets	: Island (1=yes)	: Landlocked (1=yes)	Ships: Number/cap	: tonnage (dwt)/cap	Offshore Reserves: oil/cap	: gas/cap	Fish supply kgrm/year/cap	Marine Biology: Arctic	: NW American Boreal	: N Pacific, American	: Tropical East Pacific	: South Pacific	: Antiboreal	: Atlantic Boreal	: Atlantic Warm Temp	: Tropical Indo-West-Pacif	: East Asia Boreal	: North Pacific, East Asia	: Indo-Australian	: Tropical Atlantic	Coral reef (1=yes)	Salinities	Ocean circulation	Prevailing Wind: Polar	: Westerlies Zone	: Subtropical	: Monsoon Zone	: Trades Zone	: Intertropical	: Transition	No oceans (1=yes)	Fresh water (cub/kil)	Land: Total Area (km sq)	: Density (pop/km sq)	: # of boundaries	: Total boundary (km)	: Terrain (3=mountains)	Land Usage: Arable %	: Permanent crops %	: Meadows & pastures %	: Forest & woodland %	: Other %	: Irrigated %	: % Protected	: % Partially Protected	Risks: Earthquake (1=high)	: Volcanism	: Soil degradation	: Desertification	: Overgrazing	: Deforestation	Elevation: average (m)	: Highest point (m)	: Lowest point (m)	Timezone (GMT)	Tectonic plate: African	: Eurasian	: Indo-Australian	: Pacific	: American	: Nasca	: Caribbean	Biome: Desert (1=yes)	: Monsoon	: Tropical rain forest	: Savanna	: Mediterranean	: Temperate grassland	: Temperate forest	: Mountain	: Taiga	: Tundra	: Polar	Zoology: Neotropical	: Nearctic	: Ethiopian	: Oriental	: Paleartic	: Australian	World Reserves %: Bauxite	: Antimony	: Barytes	: Beryllium	: Bismuth	: Boron	: Cadmium	: Chromium	: Cobalt	: Copper	: Fluorspar	: Gold	: Indium	: Ind. diamond	: Iron ore	: Kaolin	: Lead	: Lithium	: Magnesium	: Manganese	: Mercury	: Molybdenum	: Nickel	: Niobium	: Phosphate	: Platinium group	: Potash	: Rare minerals	: Rhenium	: Selenium	: Silver	: Sulphur	: Talc	: Tantalum	: Tellurium	: Tin	: Titanium A	: Titanium B	: Tungsten	: Uranium	: Vanadium	: Vermiculite	: Zinc	: Zirconium	Total minerals: % sum	Number of Minerals	Oils reserves (/cap bbl)	Ethnic Groups: # present	: Max % present	Religions: # present	: Max % present	Beliefs: Anglican %	: Buddhist %	: Christian Total %	: Hindu %	: Jewish %	: Islam %	: Protestant Total %	: Roman Catholic %	: Traditional %	Official: Anglican	: Buddhism	: Christianism	: Greek Orthodox	: Hinduism	: Islam	: Luthren Evangelical	: Monotheism	: Orthodox	Languages: # present	: Max % present	: Number official	: None official (1=yes)	Mother Tongue: Arabic %	: Chinese (all) %	: English %	: French %	: German %	: Spanish %	Official: Arabic %	: Chinese %	: English %	: French %	: German %	: Spanish %	Commercial: Arabic %	: Chinese %	: English %	: French %	: German %	: Italian %	: Portuguese %	: Russian %	: Spanish %
Abkhaz	41	13	20	40	-15	14	57	80	40	65	9	40	15	75	7	12	1	1	1	1	1010	1020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	310	57	0	.	.	.	0	.	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	9	184	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.	69700	79	4	1460	3	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	490	5070	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	70	5	75	0	0	83	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	69	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Achenese	5	28	33	37	19	21	90	95	61	75	29	71	43	300	4	18	0	0	0	1	1010	1010	0	10	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	54700	281	12	0	0	200	5410000	0	21600	0.1	93000	0.5	8	0	0	1	0	4	15	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	82	1920000	101	2	2670	1	8	3	7	67	15	3	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	5030	0	8	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	4	29700	4	39	12	81	0	0.9	9	2	0	81	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	42	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acholi	0.2	24	29	36	12	15	78	89	54	72	25	56	46	175	9	19	0	1	1	1	1010	1010	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36300	2	.	0	1	0	1	0.1	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	236000	82	5	2700	3	23	9	25	30	13	0	8	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	1190	5100	610	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	11	18	8	50	26	0	76	0	0	7	26	50	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adangme	7	27	32	38	15	21	95	97	61	77	27	68	15	178	1	10	0	0	0	0	1010	1010	0	0	0	10	10	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	539	33	200	100	0	0	218000	0	155	0	8520	0.5	2	0	0	0	0	0.7	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.3	239000	69	3	2090	2	5	7	15	37	36	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	65	885	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	30	6	52	8	28	0	0	62	0	0	16	28	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	44	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Afar	13	31	34	46	17	23	57	84	43	74	32	43	0	24	0.2	3	0	0	0	-1	1010	1020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	48300	14200	7	0	0	114	6170	14	0	0	35400000	19900	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	0	0	0	0	0.6	22	0.6	0	0	0	0	0.6	0	0	0	.	52900	29	1	294	0.6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2060	-153	3	0.6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	48	5	88	0	0	11	0	0	88	0.6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	48	2	0	8	0	0	2	0	0	57	0	0	57	0	0	1	0	0	0.6	0	0	0	0	0
Afrikaans	29	18	29	39	-2	7	70	90	53	66	17	53	8	89	2	10	0	1	1	-1	1010	1010	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2830	102	12	193	194	0	10000000	0	0	0	33	0	7	0	0	0	0	0.1	5	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	1210000	31	6	4940	2	10	1	65	4	21	1	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	3420	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	4	0	0	6	68	0.6	0.6	12	45	0	0	4	2	3	0	0.2	44	0	0	5	0	20	86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	17	4	0	0.1	20	39	2	27	414	22	0	9	25	17	35	4	0	68	2	0.5	1	14	8	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	26	13	0	0	0	9	0	0.1	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aja-Gbe	6	27	31	35	18	22	84	91	68	78	26	74	13	354	1	13	0	0	0	0.1	1010	1010	0	0	0	10	0.7	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	117	23	189	0	0	13	1670	0	2	0	2030	0.4	1	0	0	0	0	0.4	0.3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33	0.9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	109000	47	4	1970	2	13	4	4	35	45	0	7	0	0	0	0	0.9	0	1	17	701	0	0.9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3670	5	64	8	62	0	0	24	0	0	13	3	20	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Akan	7	26	32	37	15	21	94	97	65	79	28	70	26	315	2	13	0	0	0	0	1010	1010	0	0	0	6	6	0	1	1	0.6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	529	35	119	143	0	86	169000	0	511	0	6770	0.4	2	0	0	0	0	0.6	6	0	0	0.9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.5	275000	57	4	2530	2	7	6	12	32	43	0	5	0.1	0	0	0.6	0	0.6	1	40	1260	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0.6	3240	6	38	8	32	0	0	44	0	0	18	18	6	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	43	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57	43	0	0	0	0	0.6	0.4	0	0	0	0	0
Albanian	42	15	19	40	-11	10	71	86	40	66	14	42	33	179	4	15	0	1	1	-1	1010	1020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	766	151	13	5	0	0	27300	0	34	0	1340	0.3	3	0	0	0	0	8	144	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.4	39900	110	2	956	3	21	4	17	35	23	1	2	0.6	1	0	0	0	0	0.8	125	2760	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	0	0.2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	2	37600	4	90	5	65	0	0	42	0	0	54	0.2	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	95	0.9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Amer.- Indian	23	17	25	34	-0.8	11	70	86	37	60	23	40	16	158	5	23	0	0.1	0.1	0	1010	1020	0	2	0	0.4	2	0	0.2	0.9	0.3	0.7	0	0	0.2	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	9500	180	59	59	4	147	2810000	0.4	13000	0.1	62300	0.6	11	0	0	0	0	1	24	0.3	0.4	0.2	0	0	0	0.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0.9	0.9	35	0	0	0.1	0.2	0	0.9	0.7	0	0	48	3460000	37	4	6930	3	10	1	34	33	21	2	5	4	0.8	0	0.8	0.8	0	0.9	1160	5130	-7	-6	0	0	0	0.7	1	0	0	1	0.2	0.2	1	0	1	0.3	0.8	0	0	0	1	0.7	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	8	7	0	5	0.1	0.1	3	6	0.5	2	0.1	0.2	1	3	0.2	0.4	0.9	3	1	0.5	16	0	0	1