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Gayo

Austronesian language spoken in Sumatra, Indonesia
Language language Q33286
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Summary

Gayo is a language[1]. Gayo ranks in the top 5% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (190 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Indonesia[3]
  • Instance of: modern language[4]
  • Subclass of: Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands[5]
  • Writing system: Latin script[6]
  • Commons category: Gayo language[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Gayo language[8]
  • Native label: bahasa Gajo[9], bahasa Gayo[10]
  • Indigenous to: Aceh[11], Sumatra[12], North Sumatra[13]
  • Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/GAY[14]
  • Ethnologue language status: 6b Threatened[15]

Why It Matters

Gayo has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Gayo is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Indonesia Michelle Bachelet Sumatra

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: 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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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 677
    Wikipedia languages → ['bcl', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'fi', 'fr', 'functions', 'gor', 'hr', 'id', 'ig', 'ilo
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 677, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7326612|Gayo (#7326612)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Country → Indonesia
    Coordinates → —
    Instance of → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007560460705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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