Shan

Kra-Dai language mainly spoken in Shan State, Myanmar
Intangible natural_language Q56482
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Shan

Summary

Shan is a natural language[1]. Shan draws 159 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #216 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shan is in the country of Myanmar[3].
  • Shan is in the country of Thailand[4].
  • Shan's instance of is recorded as natural language[5].
  • Shan's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Shan's ISO 639-2 code is recorded as shn[7].
  • Shan's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as shn[8].
  • Shan's GOST 7.75–97 code is recorded as шан 803[9].
  • Shan's subclass of is recorded as Tai[10].
  • Shan's writing system is recorded as Shan[11].
  • Shan's IETF language tag is recorded as shn[12].
  • Shan's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00571953[13].
  • Shan's Commons category is recorded as Shan language[14].
  • Shan's Wikimedia language code is recorded as shn[15].
  • Shan's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 21.5, 'lon': 98}[16].
  • Shan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03tjsz[17].
  • Shan's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph866632[18].
  • Shan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shan language[19].
  • Shan's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300443727[20].
  • Shan's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+3000000'}[21].
  • Shan's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 555472[22].
  • Shan's Glottolog code is recorded as shan1277[23].
  • Shan's Linguasphere code is recorded as 47-AAA-ae[24].
  • Shan's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Shan-language[25].
  • Shan's WALS lect code is recorded as sha[26].
  • Shan's Ethnologue.com language code is recorded as shn[27].

Why It Matters

Shan draws 159 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #216 of 734).[2] Shan has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Shan is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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