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allophone

Summary

allophone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,081 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • allophone is a type of phoneme[2].
  • allophone is a type of phone[3].
  • allophone is a type of linguistic variable[4].
  • allophone's different from is recorded as phoneme[5].
  • allophone's studied by is recorded as phonology[6].
  • allophone's studied by is recorded as phonetics[7].
  • allophone's studied by is recorded as linguistics[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include phoneme[2], phone[3], and linguistic variable[4].

Why It Matters

allophone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,081 views/month).[1] allophone has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] allophone is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

linguistics phonetics phonology Pietro Mascagni

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → phonology, phonetics, linguistics
    Subclass of → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Q140249898
    Local thumb → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
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