I was curious to see how many and how regularly common names were being added to iNat, here are the results for anyone else interested :)
Common names Jan-Feb 2023
Lexicons and name counts from the Darwin Core archives exported on the first of each month.
Top Lexicons
Lexicons with 1000 or more names
# |
Lexicon |
Names |
| |
# |
Lexicon |
Names |
1 |
English |
264269 |
| |
28 |
Zulu |
3444 |
2 |
Chinese (Simplified) |
103690 |
| |
29 |
Catalan |
3322 |
3 |
Czech |
79041 |
| |
30 |
Mandarin Chinese |
3119 |
4 |
Japanese |
67843 |
| |
31 |
Turkish |
3045 |
5 |
Spanish |
60465 |
| |
32 |
Indonesian |
3018 |
6 |
Russian |
58783 |
| |
33 |
Setswana |
2705 |
7 |
Chinese (Traditional) |
55805 |
| |
34 |
Croatian |
2378 |
8 |
French |
47528 |
| |
35 |
Slovenian |
2353 |
9 |
German |
44454 |
| |
36 |
Vermont Flora Codes |
2273 |
10 |
Dutch |
37134 |
| |
37 |
Bulgarian |
1955 |
11 |
Finnish |
36257 |
| |
38 |
Slovak |
1612 |
12 |
Portuguese |
31243 |
| |
39 |
Latvian |
1540 |
13 |
Swedish |
28584 |
| |
40 |
Nahuatl |
1511 |
14 |
Norwegian |
27025 |
| |
41 |
Armenian |
1430 |
15 |
Danish |
20854 |
| |
42 |
Xhosa |
1401 |
16 |
Afrikaans |
19031 |
| |
43 |
Maori |
1368 |
17 |
Korean |
18575 |
| |
44 |
Tagalog |
1354 |
18 |
Arabic |
15212 |
| |
45 |
Malay (Individual Language) |
1307 |
19 |
Thai |
13501 |
| |
46 |
Belarusian |
1290 |
20 |
Polish |
13316 |
| |
47 |
Malayalam |
1254 |
21 |
Italian |
13129 |
| |
48 |
Aou 4 Letter Codes |
1230 |
22 |
Lithuanian |
12880 |
| |
49 |
Slovene |
1230 |
23 |
Estonian |
12143 |
| |
50 |
AOU 4-Letter Codes |
1143 |
24 |
Ukrainian |
9400 |
| |
51 |
Ojibwe |
1013 |
25 |
Hebrew |
7215 |
| |
52 |
Hodges Number |
1012 |
26 |
Hungarian |
7156 |
| |
53 |
Visayan |
1006 |
27 |
Greek |
4747 |
| |
54 |
Hawaiian |
1003 |
Slovene is a âbadâ lexicon these names should be in the Slovenian lexicon. While the common name would be searchable it wonât show at the top of the species/taxon page. Adding the two together, ignoring any duplicates, puts Slovenian in 28th position.
Active Lexicons
Lexicons with 30 or more new names
# |
Lexicon |
Change |
| |
# |
Lexicon |
Change |
1 |
Chinese (Simplified) |
3472 |
| |
14 |
Dutch |
289 |
2 |
Portuguese |
1985 |
| |
15 |
Arabic |
252 |
3 |
French |
1751 |
| |
16 |
Thai |
248 |
4 |
English |
1381 |
| |
17 |
Italian |
191 |
5 |
German |
1075 |
| |
18 |
Scientific Name |
115 |
6 |
Russian |
781 |
| |
19 |
Korean |
110 |
7 |
Danish |
587 |
| |
20 |
Hebrew |
78 |
8 |
Japanese |
562 |
| |
21 |
Swedish |
53 |
9 |
Lithuanian |
530 |
| |
22 |
Kannada |
49 |
10 |
Chinese (Traditional) |
490 |
| |
23 |
Ukrainian |
47 |
11 |
Hungarian |
451 |
| |
24 |
Quechua |
46 |
12 |
Polish |
440 |
| |
25 |
Slovak |
37 |
13 |
Spanish |
290 |
| |
|
|
|
Another âbadâ lexicon âScientific Nameâ should be âScientific Namesâ.
New Lexicons
Lexicons created during the past month
âBadâ lexicons strike again, âEspañol (Uruguay)â should be Spanish with the place set to Uruguay.
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Iâm pleased to see Nahuatl and Hawaiian on the first list as representatives of western hemisphere indigenous languages. I think Mexicoâs cultural diversity is often overlooked by outsiders, especially people like me who grew up with burritos and fajitas in a certain border state.
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Why top 100 and âsmaller lexiconsâ have repeats?
Btw Slovencina is Slovak.
Oops, âSmallerâ shouldnât be there. Iâve edited the original post, thanks!
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Zulu 28, Xhosa 42 and Setswana 33 from Southern Africa. Oh and Afrikaans 16 (a young language)
From my ignorance I cannot pick up other African languages, but most are from Europe (and cosmopolitan English ((French and Spanish too?)) is everywhere, âEsperantoâ on iNat)
I would guess some of the New lexicons are African?
I have a copypasta - but seldom get a chance to use it
Please add your local common name to iNat
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-add-a-common-name-to-a-taxon/9792
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(so as not to derail, but for anyone interested in linguistic diversity here: https://www.inali.gob.mx/)
(edit to add: a good place to begin, includes videos of some of Mexicoâs 68 indigenous languages, if you want to hear what is spoken here scroll down to maya: https://site.inali.gob.mx/Micrositios/Guardavoces_Mexico_multilingue/)
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Why do not use just the last download? There is a date_added column in the Darwin Core archives, I should 1-1-2023 t/m 31-1-2023 for calculating the activity in januari 2023âŠ
There still doesnât need to be both âAou 4 Letter Codesâ and âAOU 4-Letter Codes.â These need to be combined and the duplicates removed.
In that SlovenÄina should be Slovak.
Likewise, Iâm pleased to see Zulu, Setswana, and Xhosa on the first list as representives of southern hemisphere indigenous languages.
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All 11 of the official languages in South Africa have lexicons on iNat, though not quite as well represented as those 4. There are also a few of the unofficial ones too.
The majority are from the Horn of Africa, Iâve added wikipedia links for the curious.
The âcreatedâ column is useful for some queries. I mainly wanted to see total change per lexicon, also which (if any) lexicons were losing names.
Names âtransferredâ out of a âbadâ lexicon into a âgoodâ one will still have the original creation date. New copies of existing common names are re-created on the output taxa as part of taxon changes, there are about 1000 of these names created during January.
Messy, yes! Donât think there are any duplicates, should be a straightforward combination.
And Maori from Aotearoa / New Zealand
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Saw weird things happening, this might be a good explanation.
I do not think so, check this table, some occurs 4 times: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/finding-out-common-names-numbers-per-language/17902/34
Ndebele and Sotho are ( I guess) another ones, in the language und(efined?).
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/finding-out-common-names-numbers-per-language/17902/32
Download the file in that thread if you want to see all >1000 lexicons.
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Top Lexicons
Lexicons with 1000 or more names
# |
Lexicon |
Names |
| |
# |
Lexicon |
Names |
1 |
English |
265,248 |
| |
28 |
Zulu |
3,446 |
2 |
Chinese (Simplified) |
106,455 |
| |
29 |
Catalan |
3,325 |
3 |
Czech |
79,212 |
| |
30 |
Turkish |
3,323 |
4 |
Japanese |
68,145 |
| |
31 |
Mandarin Chinese |
3,115 |
5 |
Spanish |
60,749 |
| |
32 |
Indonesian |
3,050 |
6 |
Russian |
59,695 |
| |
33 |
Setswana |
2,706 |
7 |
Chinese (Traditional) |
56,006 |
| |
34 |
Croatian |
2,445 |
8 |
French |
49,627 |
| |
35 |
Slovenian |
2,376 |
9 |
German |
45,411 |
| |
36 |
Vermont Flora Codes |
2,273 |
10 |
Dutch |
37,283 |
| |
37 |
Bulgarian |
1,957 |
11 |
Finnish |
36,316 |
| |
38 |
Slovak |
1,638 |
12 |
Portuguese |
31,553 |
| |
39 |
Latvian |
1,548 |
13 |
Swedish |
28,615 |
| |
40 |
Nahuatl |
1,511 |
14 |
Norwegian |
27,220 |
| |
41 |
Armenian |
1,431 |
15 |
Danish |
21,584 |
| |
42 |
Xhosa |
1,401 |
16 |
Afrikaans |
19,045 |
| |
43 |
Maori |
1,366 |
17 |
Korean |
18,639 |
| |
44 |
Tagalog |
1,354 |
18 |
Arabic |
15,250 |
| |
45 |
Malay (Individual Language) |
1,309 |
19 |
Polish |
14,282 |
| |
46 |
Belarusian |
1,291 |
20 |
Thai |
13,647 |
| |
47 |
Malayalam |
1,255 |
21 |
Italian |
13,204 |
| |
48 |
Aou 4 Letter Codes |
1,232 |
22 |
Lithuanian |
12,978 |
| |
49 |
Slovene |
1,229 |
23 |
Estonian |
12,149 |
| |
50 |
AOU 4-Letter Codes |
1,139 |
24 |
Ukrainian |
9,427 |
| |
51 |
Ojibwe |
1,023 |
25 |
Hebrew |
7,542 |
| |
52 |
Hodges Number |
1,012 |
26 |
Hungarian |
7,378 |
| |
53 |
Visayan |
1,006 |
27 |
Greek |
4,760 |
| |
54 |
Hawaiian |
1,005 |
Polish moves up one place to overtake Thai.
Venda only needs 5 more names to join the 1k club.
Active Lexicons
Lexicons with 30 or more new names
# |
Lexicon |
Change |
| |
# |
Lexicon |
Change |
1 |
Chinese (Simplified) |
2765 |
| |
16 |
Norwegian |
195 |
2 |
French |
2099 |
| |
17 |
Czech |
171 |
3 |
English |
979 |
| |
18 |
Dutch |
149 |
4 |
Polish |
966 |
| |
19 |
Albanian |
147 |
5 |
German |
957 |
| |
20 |
Thai |
146 |
6 |
Russian |
912 |
| |
21 |
Lithuanian |
98 |
7 |
Danish |
730 |
| |
22 |
Aotearoa (New Zealand) Bilingual Maori And English. |
76 |
8 |
Kazakh |
516 |
| |
23 |
Italian |
75 |
9 |
Hebrew |
327 |
| |
24 |
Croatian |
67 |
10 |
Portuguese |
310 |
| |
25 |
Korean |
64 |
11 |
Japanese |
302 |
| |
26 |
Finnish |
59 |
12 |
Spanish |
284 |
| |
27 |
Arabic |
38 |
13 |
Turkish |
278 |
| |
28 |
Luxembourgish |
36 |
14 |
Hungarian |
222 |
| |
29 |
Indonesian |
32 |
15 |
Chinese (Traditional) |
201 |
| |
30 |
Swedish |
31 |
New Lexicons
Lexicons created during the past month
Lexicon |
Names |
Aotearoa (New Zealand) Bilingual Maori And English. |
76 |
Fwe |
1 |
Interslavic |
1 |
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