owl:Ontology
dct:creator
Hans Cools, MD, knowledge engineer, ontologist, software developer, University of Basel, Switzerland
dct:description
Formal description of human natural languages, referring to the ISO 639 standards.
dct:publisher
Universities of Basel, Bern, and Zürich, Switzerland
dct:title
An ontology about languages
owl:versionInfo
2020-10-21

Classes

languages:BaselGerman
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Dialect of the city of Basel and its surroundings, Switzerland.
rdfs:isDefinedBy
rdfs:label
Baseldeutsch (de)
Basel German (en)
rdfs:subClassOf
languages:Dutch
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
The language developed and spoken in The Netherlands as the official language, and in the Flemish part of Belgium as one of the 3 official languages, and spoken in other parts of the world: in Suriname, Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten as official language; France, Germany, Indonesia, United States, Canada and Australia. It is also an official language of the European Union.
language:hasIdentifierCode
rdfs:isDefinedBy
rdfs:label
Néerlandais (fr)
Nederlands (nl)
Niederländisch (de)
Dutch (en)
olandese (it)
rdfs:subClassOf
languages:English
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
The language developed and spoken in the United Kingdom, also an official language in 66 other countries, and spoken in other parts of the world. It is also an official language of the European Union.
language:hasIdentifierCode
rdfs:isDefinedBy
rdfs:label
inglese (it)
Anglais (fr)
Englisch (de)
English (en)
rdfs:subClassOf
languages:French
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
The language developed and spoken in France, also an official language in 29 other countries, and spoken in other parts of the world. It is also an official language of the European Union.
language:hasIdentifierCode
rdfs:isDefinedBy
rdfs:label
Französisch (de)
francese (it)
Français (fr)
French (en)
rdfs:subClassOf
languages:German
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
The language developed and spoken in Germany and Austria, also an official language in 5 other countries, and spoken in other parts of the world. It is also an official language of the European Union.
language:hasIdentifierCode
rdfs:isDefinedBy
rdfs:label
Allemand (fr)
Deutsch (de)
tedesco (it)
German (en)
rdfs:subClassOf
languages:Hungarian
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
The language developed and spoken in Hungary, and parts of several neighbouring countries, and an official language of the European Union.
language:hasIdentifierCode
rdfs:isDefinedBy
rdfs:label
Hungarian (en)
ungherese (it)
Hongrois (fr)
Ungarisch (de)
rdfs:subClassOf
languages:Italian
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
The language developed and spoken in Italy, also an official language in 2 other countries and a state, and spoken in other parts of the world. It is also an official language of the European Union.
language:hasIdentifierCode
rdfs:isDefinedBy
rdfs:label
Italienisch (de)
italiana (it)
Italien (fr)
Italian (en)
rdfs:subClassOf
languages:Latin
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
The language developed and spoken originally in Latium (the area around Rome), subsequently in Italy as the dominant language, and in the western Roman Empire. Classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. The largest organisation retaining Latin in official and quasi-official contexts is the Catholic Church.
language:hasIdentifierCode
rdfs:isDefinedBy
rdfs:label
Latin (fr)
Latin (en)
Latein (de)
latino (it)
rdfs:subClassOf
languages:SwissGerman
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Any of the Alemannic dialects spoken in the German-speaking part of Switzerland, in parts of the Principality of Liechtenstein and in some Alpine communities in Northern Italy bordering Switzerland.
rdfs:isDefinedBy
rdfs:label
Schweizerdeutsch (de)
Swiss German (en)
rdfs:subClassOf

Instances

languages:iso639-1
a
rdfs:Datatype
rdfs:comment
Datatype to type an ISO 639-1 alpha-2 code.
rdfs:isDefinedBy
rdfs:label
ISO 639-1 datatype (en)
ISO 639-1 Datentyp (de)
rdfs:subClassOf
languages:iso639-3System
a
concept:CodingSystem
concept:codingSystemHasDatatype
languages:iso639-3
a
rdfs:Datatype
rdfs:comment
Datatype to type an ISO 639-3 alpha-3 code.
rdfs:isDefinedBy
rdfs:label
ISO 639-3 Datentyp (de)
ISO 639-3 datatype (en)
rdfs:subClassOf
rdfs:comment
ISO 639 part 3: alpha-3 (three-letter) codes for comprehensive coverage of languages.
dct:hasVersion
ISO 639-3:2007
rdfs:isDefinedBy
rdfs:label
ISO 639-3 (en)
ISO 639-3 (de)
rdfs:seeAlso
rdfs:subClassOf
languages:iso639System
a
concept:CodingSystem
rdfs:comment
International standard for codes for the representation of names of languages.
rdfs:isDefinedBy
rdfs:label
ISO 639 (en)
rdfs:seeAlso