Project Characteristics

Number of languages involved
Some of the projects that were studied focused on a single language, but language projects are increasingly done in clusters, where languages that are linguistically similar or geographically proximal are grouped for the purpose of working together to achieve similar goals. The number of languages in a cluster ranged from 3-14, and the median size was 7 languages. Other projects operated somewhere between the single and cluster approach. They began with a single language, but planned to adapt the materials to other languages within the region or country. The phrase “Single with intent to spread” represents that situation. To further complicate matters, some of the clusters also had an “intent to spread,” but for this project, they will simply be categorized as clusters.