High German

West Germanic language family
Language language_family Q52040
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High German

Summary

High German is a language family[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of language_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (554 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • High German is in the country of Germany[3].
  • High German is in the country of Austria[4].
  • High German is in the country of Switzerland[5].
  • High German is in the country of France[6].
  • High German is in the country of Italy[7].
  • High German's instance of is recorded as language family[8].
  • High German's subclass of is recorded as West Germanic languages[9].
  • High German's writing system is recorded as Latin script[10].
  • High German's Commons category is recorded as High German languages[11].
  • High German's has part is recorded as Upper German[12].
  • High German's has part is recorded as Central German[13].
  • High German's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03jbc[14].
  • High German's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph114695[15].
  • High German's topic's main category is recorded as Category:High German languages[16].
  • High German's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0077188[17].
  • High German's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • High German's Glottolog code is recorded as high1289[19].
  • High German's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/High-German-language[20].
  • High German's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Hochdeutsch'}[21].
  • High German's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'High German'}[22].
  • High German's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00040293n[23].
  • High German's PACTOLS thesaurus ID is recorded as pcrt1x1fwvvbpt[24].
  • High German's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as alt-alemany[25].
  • High German's Ethnologue language family ID is recorded as 208[26].

Why It Matters

High German ranks in the top 7% of language_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (554 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Archaeology & Language. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Archaeology & Language. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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