Gun

language spoken in Nigeria and Benin
Intangible natural_language Q3111668
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Gun

Summary

Gun is a natural language[1]. Gun draws 93 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #293 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gun is in the country of Benin[3].
  • Gun is in the country of Nigeria[4].
  • Gun's instance of is recorded as natural language[5].
  • Gun's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Gun is a type of Gbe[7].
  • Gun's writing system is recorded as Latin script[8].
  • Gun's Commons category is recorded as Gun language[9].
  • Gun's Wikimedia language code is recorded as guw[10].
  • Gun's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 6.5, 'lon': 2.6}[11].
  • Gun's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gun language[12].
  • Gun's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+1539000'}[13].
  • Gun's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'guw', 'text': 'Gungbe'}[14].
  • Gun's different from is recorded as Gun[15].
  • Gun's indigenous to is recorded as Ouémé Department[16].
  • Gun's indigenous to is recorded as Plateau Department[17].
  • Gun's indigenous to is recorded as Federal Capital Territory[18].
  • Gun's indigenous to is recorded as Lagos State[19].
  • Gun's indigenous to is recorded as Ogun State[20].
  • Gun's indigenous to is recorded as Badagry[21].
  • Gun's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/GUW[22].
  • Gun's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 5 Developing[23].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[5] and modern language[6]. Gun is a type of Gbe[7].

Why It Matters

Gun draws 93 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #293 of 734).[2] Gun has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Gun is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . ethnologue.com. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location {'lat': 6.5, 'lon': 2.6}
    Subclass of Gbe
    Ethnologue language status 5 Developing
    Indigenous to Ouémé Department, Plateau Department, Federal Capital Territory +3
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987012430918105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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