# Living Dictionaries

> Collaborative multimedia dictionaries built by communities speaking endangered and
> under-represented languages. A free platform by the Living Tongues Institute for
> Endangered Languages (https://livingtongues.org). Currently 221 public
> dictionaries with 270049 entries — words and phrases with translations
> (glosses) in major languages, audio from native speakers, photos, and example sentences.

## Site structure

- [List of all public dictionaries](https://livingdictionaries.app/dictionaries): every dictionary with entry
  counts, ISO 639-3 codes, Glottocodes, and coordinates
- Dictionary pages: `https://livingdictionaries.app/{dictionary}/entries` (browse/search),
  `https://livingdictionaries.app/{dictionary}/about`, `https://livingdictionaries.app/{dictionary}/grammar`
- Entry pages: `https://livingdictionaries.app/{dictionary}/entry/{id}` — one word/phrase with its
  translations, phonetic transcription, audio, photos, and semantic domains (also
  described as schema.org DefinedTerm JSON-LD)
- [Sitemap](https://livingdictionaries.app/sitemap.xml): every public dictionary and entry URL
- [About the platform](https://livingdictionaries.app/about)

## Agent API (recommended for programmatic access)

Agents should prefer the v1 API over scraping — it can do anything a human editor can:

- [API landing](https://livingdictionaries.app/api/v1): how auth and the import workflow function
- [OpenAPI spec](https://livingdictionaries.app/api/v1/openapi.json): the full self-describing reference —
  fetch this and self-configure
- Read access to a dictionary's entries, senses, sentences, texts, speakers, media, and
  more; write access with a read & write key
- API keys are minted per dictionary on its Agents page (`https://livingdictionaries.app/{dictionary}/agents`)
  by dictionary managers

## Citation

Each dictionary provides a citation on its pages. Please cite the specific Living
Dictionary and the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages when quoting content.