language

general system which gives humans the ability to communicate
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language

Summary

language is an aptitude[1]. language ranks in the top 3% of aptitude entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (359 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • language's instance of is recorded as aptitude[3].
  • language's instance of is recorded as capability[4].
  • language's instance of is recorded as communications media[5].
  • language is a type of languoid[6].
  • language is part of communication[7].
  • language's Commons category is recorded as Language[8].
  • language's said to be the same as is recorded as speech[9].
  • language comprises language[10].
  • language comprises language[11].
  • language comprises capacity for language[12].
  • language comprises programming language[13].
  • language comprises text[14].
  • language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Language[15].
  • language's Commons gallery is recorded as Language[16].
  • language's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Language[17].
  • language's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • language's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • language's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[20].
  • language's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • language's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[22].
  • language's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23].
  • language's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[24].
  • language's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[25].
  • language's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia[26].
  • language's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include aptitude[3], capability[4], and communications media[5]. language is a type of languoid[6].

Use and Application

Components include language[10], a languoid class[28]; capacity for language[12], a term[29]; programming language[13], a computer science term[30]; and text[14], a Q25499317[31]. language is part of communication[7]. language's used by is recorded as human[32].

Influence

Things named for language include Lingua Libre[33], a web application[34], founded in 2015[35].

Why It Matters

language ranks in the top 3% of aptitude entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (359 views/month).[2] language has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] language is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for language include Lingua Libre[33], a web application[34], founded in 2015[35].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . thelanguagedoctors.org. thelanguagedoctors.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Q87326117. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 1d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 336
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'ace', 'af', 'als', 'alt', 'am', 'ami', 'an', 'ang', 'anp', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Language"
  2. 8w ago · Superraptor123 · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → aptitude, capability, communications media
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q340169]]"
  3. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003265-jazyk, h0006612-jazyky
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P1810]]: jazyk, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259620|batch #259620]]"
  4. 16w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003265-jazyk, h0006612-jazyky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0003265-jazyk, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  5. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Unbis thesaurus id → 150101
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8370]]: 150101"
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