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joik

Northern Saami music tradition
Intangible music_genre Q744327
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Summary

joik is a music genre[1]. joik draws 1,714 Wikipedia views per month (music genre category, ranking #396 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: music tradition[3]
  • Subclass of: song[4], Sami music[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Joik[6]
  • Different from: leudd[7], livđe[8], vuelie[9], livvt[10]
  • Practiced by: yoiker[11]

Why It Matters

joik has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] joik is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Nils-Aslak Valkeapää

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . kulttuuriakaikille.fi. Retrieved . kulttuuriakaikille.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). joik. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/joik
MLA “joik.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/joik.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_joik_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{joik}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/joik}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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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. 5d ago · Breogan2008 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Aarne G. from Utsjoki performs a yoik.jpg
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: Aarne G. from Utsjoki performs a yoik.jpg"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → song, Sami music
    Instance of → music genre, music tradition
    Topic's main category → Category:Joik
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ Yso id: 18242, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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