Classical Armenian

oldest attested form of the Armenian language
Intangible sacred_language Q181074
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Classical Armenian

Summary

Classical Armenian is a sacred language[1]. It draws 137 Wikipedia views per month (sacred_language category, ranking #6 of 11).[2]

Key Facts

  • Classical Armenian is in the country of Armenia[3].
  • Classical Armenian's instance of is recorded as sacred language[4].
  • Classical Armenian's instance of is recorded as historical language[5].
  • Classical Armenian's follows is recorded as Proto-Armenian[6].
  • Classical Armenian's followed by is recorded as Middle Armenian[7].
  • Classical Armenian's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as xcl[8].
  • Classical Armenian's GND ID is recorded as 4088781-9[9].
  • Classical Armenian's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85007286[10].
  • Classical Armenian's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 126508779[11].
  • Classical Armenian's subclass of is recorded as Armenian[12].
  • Classical Armenian's writing system is recorded as Armenian alphabet[13].
  • Classical Armenian's IETF language tag is recorded as xcl[14].
  • Classical Armenian's Commons category is recorded as Classical Armenian[15].
  • Classical Armenian's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 111[16].
  • Classical Armenian's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05df0t[17].
  • Classical Armenian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Classical Armenian[18].
  • Classical Armenian's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 491.992[19].
  • Classical Armenian's Linguist List code is recorded as xcl[20].
  • Classical Armenian's Glottolog code is recorded as clas1249[21].
  • Classical Armenian's Linguasphere code is recorded as 57-AAA-aa[22].
  • Classical Armenian's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Grabar[23].
  • Classical Armenian's used by is recorded as Armenian Apostolic Church[24].
  • Classical Armenian's used by is recorded as Armenian Catholic Church[25].
  • Classical Armenian's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'hy', 'text': 'գրաբար'}[26].
  • Classical Armenian's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00817504n[27].

Why It Matters

Classical Armenian draws 137 Wikipedia views per month (sacred_language category, ranking #6 of 11).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . 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] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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