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English as a lingua franca

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English as a lingua franca

Summary

English as a lingua franca ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (297 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • English as a lingua franca's subclass of is recorded as lingua franca[2].
  • English as a lingua franca's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04g2s5h[3].
  • English as a lingua franca's BBC Things ID is recorded as 1e6e77cb-c34a-446e-a600-fc78a01e3936[4].
  • English as a lingua franca's different from is recorded as English as a second or foreign language[5].
  • English as a lingua franca's uses is recorded as English[6].
  • English as a lingua franca's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777553437[7].
  • English as a lingua franca's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2777553437[8].

Why It Matters

English as a lingua franca ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (297 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . BBC Things. 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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