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https://github.com/wooorm/speakers
Speaker count for 450+ languages
https://github.com/wooorm/speakers
count language speaker speakers
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Speaker count for 450+ languages
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/wooorm/speakers
- Owner: wooorm
- License: mit
- Created: 2014-10-01T08:58:51.000Z (over 10 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2022-11-20T10:37:52.000Z (about 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-04-27T05:01:27.161Z (9 months ago)
- Topics: count, language, speaker, speakers
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage:
- Size: 104 KB
- Stars: 19
- Watchers: 4
- Forks: 4
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: readme.md
- Funding: funding.yml
- License: license
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README
# speakers
[![Build][build-badge]][build]
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[![Downloads][downloads-badge]][downloads]
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Speaker count for 450+ languages.
## Contents
* [What is this?](#what-is-this)
* [When should I use this?](#when-should-i-use-this)
* [Install](#install)
* [Use](#use)
* [API](#api)
* [`speakers`](#speakers-1)
* [Types](#types)
* [Compatibility](#compatibility)
* [Security](#security)
* [Related](#related)
* [Contribute](#contribute)
* [License](#license)
## What is this?
This package provides speaker counts for many languages.
Painstakingly crawled by hand from [OHCHR][].
> 👉 **Note**: the numbers are (in some cases, very) rough estimates or
> out-of-date.
## When should I use this?
You can use this package if you want to get a (comparative) estimate of how
many folks speak a certain language.
## Install
This package is [ESM only][esm].
In Node.js (version 14.14+, 16.0+), install with [npm][]:
```sh
npm install speakers
```
In Deno with [`esm.sh`][esmsh]:
```js
import {speakers} from 'https://esm.sh/speakers@2'
```
In browsers with [`esm.sh`][esmsh]:
```html
import {speakers} from 'https://esm.sh/speakers@2?bundle'
```
## Use
```js
import {speakers} from 'speakers'
console.log(speakers.eng) // => 322000000
console.log(speakers.jpn) // => 125000000
console.log(speakers.por) // => 182000000
console.log(speakers.cmn) // => 885000000
```
## API
This package exports the identifier `speakers`.
There is no default export.
### `speakers`
Map of [ISO 639-3][i6393] codes to speaker counts (`number`).
## Types
This package is fully typed with [TypeScript][].
It exports no additional types.
## Compatibility
This package is at least compatible with all maintained versions of Node.js.
As of now, that is Node.js 14.14+ and 16.0+.
It also works in Deno and modern browsers.
## Security
This package is safe.
## Related
* [`wooorm/bcp-47`](https://github.com/wooorm/bcp-47)
— parse and stringify BCP 47 language tags
* [`wooorm/bcp-47-match`](https://github.com/wooorm/bcp-47-match)
— match BCP 47 language tags with language ranges per RFC 4647
* [`wooorm/iso-639-2`](https://github.com/wooorm/iso-639-2)
— ISO 639-2 codes
* [`wooorm/iso-639-3`](https://github.com/wooorm/iso-639-3)
— ISO 639-3 codes
* [`wooorm/iso-15924`](https://github.com/wooorm/iso-15924)
— ISO 15924 codes
* [`wooorm/un-m49`](https://github.com/wooorm/un-49)
— UN M49 codes
## Contribute
Yes please!
See [How to Contribute to Open Source][contribute].
## License
[MIT][license] © [Titus Wormer][author]
[build-badge]: https://github.com/wooorm/speakers/workflows/main/badge.svg
[build]: https://github.com/wooorm/speakers/actions
[coverage-badge]: https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/wooorm/speakers.svg
[coverage]: https://codecov.io/github/wooorm/speakers
[downloads-badge]: https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/speakers.svg
[downloads]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/speakers
[size-badge]: https://img.shields.io/bundlephobia/minzip/speakers.svg
[size]: https://bundlephobia.com/result?p=speakers
[npm]: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install
[esmsh]: https://esm.sh
[license]: license
[author]: https://wooorm.com
[esm]: https://gist.github.com/sindresorhus/a39789f98801d908bbc7ff3ecc99d99c
[typescript]: https://www.typescriptlang.org
[contribute]: https://opensource.guide/how-to-contribute/
[ohchr]: https://www.ohchr.org
[i6393]: https://github.com/wooorm/iso-639-3