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sonorant

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sonorant

Summary

sonorant ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (480 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sonorant is a type of consonant[2].
  • sonorant's topic's main category is recorded as Q32777971[3].
  • sonorant's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sonorants[4].
  • sonorant's different from is recorded as voiced consonant[5].

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Definition and Type

sonorant is a type of consonant[2].

Why It Matters

sonorant ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (480 views/month).[1] sonorant has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] sonorant is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sonorant_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{sonorant}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sonorant}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Q32777971, Category:Sonorants
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Different from → voiced consonant
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007558330505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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