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second language

language spoken in addition to one's first language
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second language

Summary

second language is a type of language[1]. It draws 1,675 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_language category, ranking #9 of 78).[2]

Key Facts

  • second language's instance of is recorded as type of language[3].
  • second language followed first language[4].
  • second language is a type of language[5].
  • second language's facet of is recorded as second-language acquisition[6].
  • second language's described by source is recorded as Soziolinguistika Hiztegia[7].
  • second language's partially coincident with is recorded as foreign language[8].
  • second language's different from is recorded as Barcelona Metro line 2[9].
  • second language's different from is recorded as L2 Earth-Sun[10].
  • second language's different from is recorded as L 2[11].
  • second language's studied by is recorded as sociolinguistics[12].

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Definition and Type

second language's instance of is recorded as type of language[3]. It is a type of language[5].

Why It Matters

second language draws 1,675 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_language category, ranking #9 of 78).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Inter Ingilizce Konusarak Ogren second-language acquisition sociolinguistics

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_second-language_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{second language}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/second-language}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows → first language
    Partially coincident with → foreign language
    Aliases → —
    Facet of → second-language acquisition
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 17005, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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