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ocarina

small egg-shaped wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes
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Summary

ocarina is a type of musical instrument[1]. ocarina ranks in the top 5% of type of musical instrument entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,817 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: vessel flute with duct, with fingerholes[3], vessel flute[4]
  • Commons category: Ocarina[5]
  • Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[6], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7]
  • Used by: ocarinist[8]
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 421.221.422[9]
  • Different from: Surma[10]

Why It Matters

ocarina has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] ocarina is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . 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. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ocarina
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: ocarina, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289956281|ocarina (#289956281)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of musical instrument
    Used by → —
    Described by source → New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Instance of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ Yso id: 29885, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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