Adinkra symbols

Ghanaian symbols that represent concepts or aphorisms
Intangible writing_system Q357360
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Adinkra symbols

Summary

Adinkra symbols is a writing system[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of writing_system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (851 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Adinkra symbols's image is recorded as Gyaman Adinkra Symbols.jpg[3].
  • Adinkra symbols's instance of is recorded as writing system[4].
  • Adinkra symbols's instance of is recorded as alphabet[5].
  • Adinkra symbols's instance of is recorded as Ghanaians[6].
  • Adinkra symbols's location is recorded as Ashanti Region[7].
  • Adinkra symbols's part of is recorded as Adinkra script[8].
  • Adinkra symbols's Commons category is recorded as Adinkra[9].
  • Adinkra symbols's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c0prv[10].
  • Adinkra symbols's described by source is recorded as The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought[11].
  • Adinkra symbols's described by source is recorded as Q74568826[12].
  • Adinkra symbols's indigenous to is recorded as Akan people[13].
  • Adinkra symbols's has part is recorded as Adinkra symbol[14].
  • Adinkra symbols's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as National Register – Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ghana[15].
  • Adinkra symbols's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[16].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Adinkra symbols include it[17].

Why It Matters

Adinkra symbols ranks in the top 7% of writing_system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (851 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Entities named for it include it[17].

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] . motac.gov.gh. Retrieved . motac.gov.gh. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . motac.gov.gh. Retrieved . motac.gov.gh. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . motac.gov.gh. Retrieved . motac.gov.gh. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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