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Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13950591 (Available online at http://wals.info/chapter/128, Accessed on 2026-06-13.) wals code name value description latitude longitude genus family area abk Abkhaz 2 Balanced/deranked 43.0833333333 41.0 Northwest Caucasian Northwest Caucasian Complex Sentences abu Abun 1 Balanced -0.5 132.5 Abun Abun Complex Sentences ace Acehnese 1 Balanced 5.5 95.5 Malayo-Sumbawan Austronesian Complex Sentences aco Acoma 1 Balanced 34.9166666667 -107.583333333 Keresan Keresan Complex Sentences ain Ainu 1 Balanced 43.0 143.0 Ainu Ainu Complex Sentences akn Akan 1 Balanced 6.5 -1.25 Tano Niger-Congo Complex Sentences ame Amele 1 Balanced -5.25 145.583333333 Mabuso Trans-New Guinea Complex Sentences any Anywa 1 Balanced 8.0 33.5 Western Nilotic Eastern Sudanic Complex Sentences apu Apurinã 1 Balanced -9.0 -67.0 Purus Arawakan Complex Sentences arg Arabic (Gulf) 2 Balanced/deranked 26.0 49.0 Semitic Afro-Asiatic Complex Sentences arp Arapesh (Mountain) 1 Balanced 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