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Athabaskan

large group of indigenous languages of North America
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Athabaskan

Summary

Athabaskan is a language family[1]. Athabaskan ranks in the top 5% of language_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,186 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Athabaskan's instance of is recorded as language family[3].
  • Athabaskan is a type of Athabaskan-Eyak[4].
  • Athabaskan is a type of Na-Dene[5].
  • Athabaskan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Athabaskan languages[6].
  • Athabaskan's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+180000'}[7].
  • Athabaskan's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • Athabaskan's indigenous to is recorded as Athabaskan people[9].
  • Athabaskan's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ATH[10].
  • Athabaskan's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133098036[11].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Athabaskan include 3307 Athabasca[12], an asteroid[13].

Why It Matters

Athabaskan ranks in the top 5% of language_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,186 views/month).[2] Athabaskan has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Athabaskan is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Entities named for Athabaskan include 3307 Athabasca[12], an asteroid[13].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → —
    Indigenous to → Athabaskan people
    Number of speakers, writers, or signers → {'amount': '+180000'}
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007294941805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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