Querying Lingua Libre

The sound library is structured in a Semantic Web database where all the recordings and their data are described.

Overview

Overview of the data model of the Lingua Libre database

The data model includes 3 core concepts of Lingua Libre.

Language

See also Help:SPARQL#Languages, LinguaLibre:List of languages

This is the language of a speaker or of a recording. This property may point to a language defined on Wikidata (wikidata:Q34770).

Speaker

See also Help:SPARQL#Speakers, DataViz:Speakers.

The speaker is the person that pronounced one or several words in an audio recording. There are various information on the speaker such as their residence at the time of recording and their native tongue.

Audio recordings

See also Help:SPARQL#Recordings, DataViz:Records.

Every recording created with the Record Wizard is added into the database along with some metadata that includes the date the recording was created, the speaker and the language.

Querying the data

SPARQL end points:

• LinguaLibre's SPARQL endpoint – to query Lingualibre.
• Wikidata Query Service – to query Lingualibre from Wikidata, use SERVICE <https://lingualibre.org/sparql>.

SPARQL helpers:

• Help:SPARQL – examples of SPARQL queries
  • Special:ListProperties – list of all properties used on Lingua Libre
  • Wikidata:SPARQL query service/A gentle introduction to the Wikidata Query Service

API helpers:

• Help:APIs – APIs queries relevant to LinguaLibre, including Commons.
• Special:ApiSandbox – API queries generator for Lingualibre wikipage and wikibase contents.

Modifying the data

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Further reading

• Help:Navigating Wikidata on Wikidata