home language

language spoken by members of a family at home
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Summary

home language ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: language[2]
  • Described at URL: https://www.kotus.fi/julkaisut/kielipolitiikkajulkaisut/kielen_asemaan_liittyvat_termit_hallinnossamme_-sanasto/kotikieli[3]
  • Described by source: Soziolinguistika Hiztegia[4]
  • Different from: heritage language[5]
  • Studied by: sociolinguistics[6]

Why It Matters

home language is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_home-language_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{home language}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/home-language}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
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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. 3d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 2954
    Studied by → sociolinguistics
    Subclass of → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'en', 'fi', 'he', 'sv']
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 2954, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7328215|Home language (#7328215)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
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