Alans

Summary

Alans is a historical ethnic group^[1]. Alans ranks in the top 4% of historical_ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,110 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Scythian was Alans's native language^[3].
• Alanic was Alans's native language^[4].
• Alans is in the country of Pryazovia^[5].
• Alans is in the country of Ciscaucasia^[6].
• Alans's image is recorded as Alans.jpg^[7].
• Alans's instance of is recorded as historical ethnic group^[8].
• Alans's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85003135^[9].
• Alans's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11952720x^[10].
• Alans's IdRef ID is recorded as 027501353^[11].
• Alans's subclass of is recorded as Scythians^[12].
• Alans's subclass of is recorded as Sarmatians^[13].
• Alans's part of is recorded as Iranian peoples^[14].
• Alans's Commons category is recorded as Alans^[15].
• Alans's said to be the same as is recorded as Yancai^[16].
• Alans's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c8pf^[17].
• Alans's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph139232^[18].
• Alans's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alans^[19].
• Alans's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX541620^[20].
• Alans's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300112993^[21].
• Alans's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[22].
• Alans's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[23].
• Alans's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• Alans's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[25].
• Alans's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Alans's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[27].

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Origins and Family

Native languages include Scythian^[3] and Alanic^[4].

Why It Matters

Alans ranks in the top 4% of historical_ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,110 views/month).^[2] Alans has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Alans is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]