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glossolalia

phenomenon in which people speak in languages unknown to them
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Summary

glossolalia is a behavior[1]. glossolalia draws 6,514 Wikipedia views per month (behavior category, ranking #4 of 27).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: religious experience[3], ecstasy[4]
  • Part of: Dom de línguas[5]
  • Said to be the same as: Glossolalia[6]
  • Facet of: Pentecostalism[7]
  • Depicted by: First Book of Samuel[8], First Epistle to the Corinthians[9]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11]
  • Different from: Q9268808[12]
  • P14483: g/glosolalia[13]

Why It Matters

glossolalia has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] glossolalia is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

First Book of Samuel First Epistle to the Corinthians

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . 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. 29d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → g/glosolalia
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ P14483: d/don-de-lenguas"
  2. 4w ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → g/glosolalia
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14483: d/don-de-lenguas"
  3. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → glossolalia
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: glossolalia, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289930851|glossolalia (#289930851)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0431165-glosolalie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0431165-glosolalie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  5. 20w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33786|batch #33786]]: Remove redundant described by source (P1343) - ID P14483 is present."
  6. 20w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → g/glosolalia
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14483: g/glosolalia, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779856745649"
  7. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Facet of → Pentecostalism
    Said to be the same as → Glossolalia
    Depicted by → First Book of Samuel, First Epistle to the Corinthians
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 9972, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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