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folk instrument

musical instrument that developed among common people and usually does not have a known inventor
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folk instrument
José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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folk instrument

Summary

folk instrument ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (186 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • folk instrument is a type of musical instrument[2].
  • folk instrument's Commons category is recorded as Traditional musical instruments[3].
  • folk instrument's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Folk music instruments[4].

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Definition and Type

folk instrument is a type of musical instrument[2].

Why It Matters

folk instrument ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (186 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Folk music instruments
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → musical instrument
    Bbc things id → 691595e8-8521-405a-b5ad-7aed9350e0d2
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 7134, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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