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East Slavic

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Summary

East Slavic is a language family[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of language family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,128 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: Slavic[3]
  • Commons category: East Slavic languages[4]
  • Has part(s): Russian[5], Ukrainian[6], Belarusian[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:East Slavic languages[8]
  • Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 240,000,000[9]
  • Indigenous to: East Slavs[10]

Why It Matters

East Slavic has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004398-vychodoslovanske-jazyky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0004398-vychodoslovanske-jazyky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nci thesaurus id → C161857
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 28759, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  3. 24w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Slavic
    Has part(s) → Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
    Umls cui → CL970359
    Instance of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Umls cui: CL970359"
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