Languages Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-27 · 10 entries checked · 2 flagged · 5 issues confirmed · 2 corrected · 3 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Igbo language — The claim that Chinua Achebe 'passionately denounced language standardization efforts, beginning with Union Igbo through to Central and finally Standard Igbo, in a 1999 lecture' is not supported by established canon; Achebe's views were more nuanced and expres

Language death — The claim that 'up to 90% of currently spoken languages could become endangered by 2050' is misattributed; the common projection is that up to 90% of languages may become extinct or severely endangered by the end of the 21st century (2100), not by 2050.

Language death — The statement that 'Cornish has also been successfully revived' is misleading as a factual claim; while Cornish has undergone revival efforts, it is not universally considered to have acquired new first-language speakers in the same sense as Hebrew, and its st

Italian language — [staleness sweep] contains time-sensitive marker (as of 2024) - verify against current source and re-date or remove

Marathi language — [staleness sweep] contains time-sensitive marker (as of 2011) - verify against current source and re-date or remove

Open data

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Corrections

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