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proto-language

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proto-language

Summary

proto-language is a languoid class[1]. proto-language draws 1,555 Wikipedia views per month (languoid_class category, ranking #5 of 23).[2]

Key Facts

  • proto-language's instance of is recorded as languoid class[3].
  • proto-language's instance of is recorded as type of language[4].
  • proto-language's instance of is recorded as role[5].
  • proto-language is a type of language[6].
  • proto-language is a type of historical language[7].
  • proto-language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Proto-languages[8].
  • proto-language's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9].
  • proto-language's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[10].
  • proto-language's different from is recorded as proto-language[11].
  • proto-language's different from is recorded as first language[12].
  • proto-language's has list is recorded as list of proto-languages[13].
  • proto-language's studied by is recorded as historical linguistics[14].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include languoid class[3], type of language[4], and role[5]. Recorded subclass of include language[6] and historical language[7].

Why It Matters

proto-language draws 1,555 Wikipedia views per month (languoid_class category, ranking #5 of 23).[2] proto-language has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] proto-language is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

historical linguistics

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . 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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