Frankish

West Germanic language spoken in 5th- to 9th-century Western Europe; ancestor of the Franconian languages
Intangible historical_language Q10860505
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Frankish

Summary

Frankish is a historical language[1]. Frankish draws 537 Wikipedia views per month (historical_language category, ranking #4 of 29).[2]

Key Facts

  • Frankish is in the country of Middle Francia[3].
  • Frankish is in the country of East Francia[4].
  • Frankish's instance of is recorded as historical language[5].
  • Frankish's instance of is recorded as natural language[6].
  • Frankish's instance of is recorded as extinct language[7].
  • Frankish's followed by is recorded as Old Dutch[8].
  • Frankish's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as frk[9].
  • Frankish's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85040107[10].
  • Frankish's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 162014507[11].
  • Frankish's IdRef ID is recorded as 144331144[12].
  • Frankish's subclass of is recorded as Low Franconian[13].
  • Frankish's subclass of is recorded as Weser-Rhine Germanic[14].
  • Frankish's writing system is recorded as Elder Futhark[15].
  • Frankish's writing system is recorded as runic script[16].
  • Frankish's writing system is recorded as Latin script[17].
  • Frankish's IETF language tag is recorded as frk[18].
  • Frankish's Commons category is recorded as Old Franconian[19].
  • Frankish's Wikimedia language code is recorded as frk[20].
  • Frankish's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 129[21].
  • Frankish was dissolved in +0701-00-00T00:00:00Z[22].
  • Frankish's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04hk7s[23].
  • Frankish's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Frankish language[24].
  • Frankish's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300388305[25].
  • Frankish's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 430[26].
  • Frankish's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[27].

Why It Matters

Frankish draws 537 Wikipedia views per month (historical_language category, ranking #4 of 29).[2] Frankish has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Frankish is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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