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Curonian

extinct language spoken by the Curonians
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Curonian

Summary

Curonian is a language[1]. Curonian ranks in the top 4% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (229 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Curonian is in the country of Lithuania[3].
  • Curonian's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Curonian's instance of is recorded as historical language[5].
  • Curonian is a type of West Baltic[6].
  • Curonian was dissolved in 1600[7].
  • Curonian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Curonian language[8].
  • Curonian's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[9].
  • Curonian's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
  • Curonian's different from is recorded as Kursenieki[11].
  • Curonian's indigenous to is recorded as Duchy of Courland and Semigallia[12].
  • Curonian's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/XCU[13].
  • Curonian's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-493753958[14].
  • Curonian's linguistic typology is recorded as fusional language[15].

Why It Matters

Curonian ranks in the top 4% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (229 views/month).[2] Curonian has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Curonian is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Lithuania

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Dissolved → —
    Country → Lithuania
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → +1600-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007535158905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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