ergative case

grammatical case that identifies the subject of a transitive verb in ergative–absolutive languages
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ergative case

Summary

ergative case is a case[1]. It draws 124 Wikipedia views per month (case category, ranking #9 of 65).[2]

Key Facts

  • ergative case's instance of is recorded as case[3].
  • ergative case's subclass of is recorded as oblique case[4].
  • ergative case's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qbf[5].
  • ergative case's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0103867[6].
  • ergative case's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/ergativity[7].
  • ergative case's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/ErgativeCase[8].
  • ergative case's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ERG'}[9].
  • ergative case's ISOCAT ID is recorded as 1280[10].
  • ergative case's ISOCAT ID is recorded as 3182[11].
  • ergative case's exact match is recorded as http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#ergativeCase[12].
  • ergative case's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 4937383[13].
  • ergative case's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as ergativ_-_språkvitenskap[14].
  • ergative case's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 197816023[15].
  • ergative case's Krugosvet article is recorded as gumanitarnye_nauki/lingvistika/ERGATIVNAYA_KONSTRUKTSIYA.html[16].
  • ergative case's J-GLOBAL ID is recorded as 201606015750985512[17].
  • ergative case's Lex ID is recorded as ergativ[18].
  • ergative case's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C197816023[19].
  • ergative case's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as ergatiu[20].

Why It Matters

ergative case draws 124 Wikipedia views per month (case category, ranking #9 of 65).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . eva.mpg.de. Retrieved . eva.mpg.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . datcatinfo.termweb.eu. datcatinfo.termweb.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ergative-case_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{ergative case}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ergative-case}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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