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variation

concept in linguistics, more than one way of saying the same thing
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Summary

variation is a sociolinguistics term[1]. variation draws 851 Wikipedia views per month (sociolinguistics term category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: variation[3]
  • Commons category: Variation (linguistics)[4]
  • Described by source: Soziolinguistika Hiztegia[5], Linguistic Variation[6]
  • Different from: language variety[7], linguistic variable[8], linguistic variability[9], language change[10]
  • Studied by: sociolinguistics[11], dialectology[12], variational sociolinguistics[13]

Why It Matters

variation has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] variation is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

dialectology sociolinguistics

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . 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. 3d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 2177
    Sitelink count → 14
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'la', 'ms', 'pl', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 2177, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7327595|variation (#7327595)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 5w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX545622
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0): XX545622"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → variation
    Described by source → Soziolinguistika Hiztegia, Linguistic Variation
    Instance of → sociolinguistics term
    Instance of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|13 */ Yso id: 29749, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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