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Lycian

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Lycian

Summary

Lycian is a language[1]. Lycian ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (322 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lycian's instance of is recorded as language[3].
  • Lycian's instance of is recorded as ancient language[4].
  • Lycian followed Luwian[5].
  • Lycian is a type of Luwic[6].
  • Lycian's writing system is recorded as Lycian[7].
  • Lycian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lycian language[8].
  • Lycian's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9].
  • Lycian's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • Lycian's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[11].
  • Lycian's indigenous to is recorded as Lycia[12].
  • Lycian's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/XLC[13].
  • Lycian's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–object–verb[14].

Why It Matters

Lycian ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (322 views/month).[2] Lycian has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Lycian is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Archaeology & Language. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: 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. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Follows → Luwian
    Instance of → —
    Indigenous to → Lycia
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007541048805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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