Yapese

Oceanic language spoken in Micronesia
Language language Q34029
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Yapese

Summary

Yapese is a language[1]. Yapese ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (296 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Yapese is in the country of Federated States of Micronesia[3].
  • Yapese's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Yapese's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Yapese is a type of Oceanic[6].
  • Yapese's writing system is recorded as Latin script[7].
  • Yapese's Wikimedia language code is recorded as yap[8].
  • Yapese's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Yapese language[9].
  • Yapese's described at URL is recorded as https://lpan.eva.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=77[10].
  • Yapese's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+5130'}[11].
  • Yapese's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'yap', 'text': "Wa'ab"}[12].
  • Yapese's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'yap', 'text': 'Waab'}[13].
  • Yapese's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'yap', 'text': 'Thin nu Wa’ab'}[14].
  • Yapese's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'yap', 'text': 'thin ni Waqab'}[15].
  • Yapese's indigenous to is recorded as Yap State[16].
  • Yapese's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/YAP[17].
  • Yapese's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133102823[18].
  • Yapese's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 2 Provincial[19].
  • Yapese's linguistic typology is recorded as verb–subject–object[20].

Why It Matters

Yapese ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (296 views/month).[2] Yapese has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Yapese is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Wikidata Toolkit. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . ethnologue.com. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . ies.ed.gov. Retrieved . ies.ed.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Country Federated States of Micronesia
    Instance of
    Indigenous to Yap State
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007531842905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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