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Messapian

extinct Indo-European language
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Messapian

Summary

Messapian is a language[1]. Messapian ranks in the top 2% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (739 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Messapian is in the country of Ancient Rome[3].
  • Messapian's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Messapian's instance of is recorded as ancient language[5].
  • Messapian is a type of Indo-European[6].
  • Messapian is a type of Paleo-Balkan[7].
  • Messapian is a type of Albanoid[8].
  • Messapian is a type of Illyrian[9].
  • Messapian's Commons category is recorded as Messapic language[10].
  • Messapian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Messapic language[11].
  • Messapian's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • Messapian's indigenous to is recorded as Messapii[13].
  • Messapian's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/CMS[14].
  • Messapian's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-307294064[15].

Why It Matters

Messapian ranks in the top 2% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (739 views/month).[2] Messapian has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Messapian is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Country → Ancient Rome
    Instance of → —
    Indigenous to → Messapii
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007565540205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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