East Germanic

group of extinct Indo-European languages in the Germanic family
Language language_family Q108662
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East Germanic

Summary

East Germanic is a language family[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of language_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,071 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • East Germanic's instance of is recorded as language family[3].
  • Oder is named after East Germanic[4].
  • Vistula is named after East Germanic[5].
  • East Germanic is a type of Germanic languages[6].
  • East Germanic's Commons category is recorded as East Germanic languages[7].
  • East Germanic's topic's main category is recorded as Category:East Germanic languages[8].
  • East Germanic's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[9].
  • East Germanic's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Ostgermanisch'}[10].
  • East Germanic's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Oder-Weichsel-Germanisch'}[11].
  • East Germanic's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#EastGermanic[12].
  • East Germanic's model item is recorded as Gothic[13].
  • East Germanic's model item is recorded as Burgundian[14].
  • East Germanic's model item is recorded as Vandalic[15].

Why It Matters

East Germanic ranks in the top 6% of language_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,071 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Archaeology & Language. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Named after Oder, Vistula
    Topic's main category Category:East Germanic languages
    Subclass of
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 37960, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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