Isan

Thai dialects of the Lao language
Intangible natural_language Q33417
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Isan

Summary

Isan is a natural language[1]. Isan draws 1,096 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #164 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Isan is in the country of Thailand[3].
  • Isan's instance of is recorded as natural language[4].
  • Isan's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Isan is a type of Lao[6].
  • Isan's writing system is recorded as Thai script[7].
  • Isan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Isan language[8].
  • Isan's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+15000000'}[9].
  • Isan's indigenous to is recorded as Isan/North eastern Thailand[10].
  • Isan's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/TTS[11].
  • Isan's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 6a Vigorous[12].
  • Isan's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–verb–object[13].
  • Isan's linguistic typology is recorded as isolating language[14].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[4] and modern language[5]. Isan is a type of Lao[6].

Why It Matters

Isan draws 1,096 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #164 of 734).[2] Isan has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Isan is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . forestdhamma.org. forestdhamma.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . forestdhamma.org. forestdhamma.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Country Thailand
    Instance of
    Indigenous to Isan/North eastern Thailand
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987012440951505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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