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Italic

subfamily of the Indo-European language family spoken by Italic peoples
Language language_family Q131848
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Summary

Italic is a language family[1]. Italic ranks in the top 2% of language family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,595 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: Indo-European[3]
  • Commons category: Romance languages[4]
  • Has part(s): Latino-Faliscan[5], Osco-Umbrian[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Italic languages[7]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[10]
  • Topic has template: Template:Italic languages[11]
  • Different from: Ancient peoples of Italy[12]

Why It Matters

Italic has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Italic is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Archaeology & Language. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0277046-italicke-jazyky
    Subclass of → Indo-European
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0277046-italicke-jazyky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
  2. 20w ago · Arctic Circle System · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Latino-Faliscan, Osco-Umbrian
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has part(s): Aequian"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → language family
    Topic's main category → Category:Italic languages
    Aliases → —
    Has parts → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 14781, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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