language variety

specific form of a language or language cluster
Thing languoid_class Q3329375
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language variety

Summary

language variety is a languoid class[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of languoid_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,354 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • language variety's instance of is recorded as languoid class[3].
  • language variety's instance of is recorded as sociolinguistics term[4].
  • language variety is a type of languoid[5].
  • language variety's Commons category is recorded as Language varieties and styles[6].
  • language variety's said to be the same as is recorded as lect[7].
  • language variety's said to be the same as is recorded as idiom[8].
  • language variety's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Language varieties and styles[9].
  • language variety's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Language varieties[10].
  • language variety's described by source is recorded as Soziolinguistika Hiztegia[11].
  • language variety's different from is recorded as linguistic variability[12].
  • language variety's different from is recorded as linguistic variable[13].
  • language variety's different from is recorded as word form[14].
  • language variety's different from is recorded as variation[15].
  • language variety's different from is recorded as pluricentric language variant[16].
  • language variety's different from is recorded as dialect group[17].
  • language variety's studied by is recorded as variational sociolinguistics[18].
  • language variety's studied by is recorded as sociolinguistics[19].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include languoid class[3] and sociolinguistics term[4]. language variety is a type of languoid[5].

Why It Matters

language variety ranks in the top 9% of languoid_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,354 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  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.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . 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. 24d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id 0225468-variety-jazyka
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0225468-variety-jazyka, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  2. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of languoid
    Topic's main category Category:Language varieties and styles, Category:Language varieties
    Said to be the same as lect, idiom
    Studied by variational sociolinguistics, sociolinguistics
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007555616405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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