glottomatch: glottomatch

In SietzeN/glottospace: Language Mapping and Geospatial Analysis of Linguistic and Cultural Data

glottomatch

Description

Match a vector of language names to glottocodes and names

Usage

glottomatch(namevec, glottodata = NULL, tolerance = NULL)

Arguments

namevec	Vector of language names
glottodata	Optional, where to search for matches. If kept empty, the entire glottolog database will be searched, you could also search within a specific area
tolerance	Optional, search tolerance.

Value

a data.frame with exact or closest matches, and their glottocodes.

Examples

glottodata <- glottofilter(continent = "South America")
# Finds a single match
glottomatch(name = "yucuni", glottodata = glottodata)
# Finds multiple matches
glottomatch(name = "quechui", glottodata = glottodata)

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