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distinctive feature

the most basic unit of phonological structure that may be analyzed in phonological theory
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distinctive feature

Summary

distinctive feature ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (101 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • distinctive feature's subclass of is recorded as feature[2].
  • distinctive feature's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06r_gj[3].
  • distinctive feature's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph499649[4].
  • distinctive feature's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/distinctive-feature-analysis[5].
  • distinctive feature's used by is recorded as phonology[6].
  • distinctive feature's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778744346[7].
  • distinctive feature's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2778744346[8].

Why It Matters

distinctive feature ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (101 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

phonology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: 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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). distinctive feature. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/distinctive-feature
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