Lak

Northeast Caucasian language
Intangible natural_language Q36206
Lak
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Lak

Summary

Lak is a natural language[1]. Lak draws 306 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #246 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lak is in the country of Russia[3].
  • Lak's instance of is recorded as natural language[4].
  • Lak's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Lak is a type of Dagestanian[6].
  • Lak's writing system is recorded as Lak script[7].
  • Lak's Wikimedia language code is recorded as lbe[8].
  • Lak's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 43.7, 'lon': 47.5}[9].
  • Lak's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lak language[10].
  • Lak's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+154820'}[11].
  • Lak's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[12].
  • Lak's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • Lak's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'lbe', 'text': 'лакку'}[14].
  • Lak's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'lbe', 'text': 'лакку маз\u200e'}[15].
  • Lak's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'лакский'}[16].
  • Lak's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'лакська'}[17].
  • Lak's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'os', 'text': 'лакаг'}[18].
  • Lak's UNESCO language status is recorded as 2 vulnerable[19].
  • Lak's indigenous to is recorded as Dagestan[20].
  • Lak's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/LBE[21].
  • Lak's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 4 Educational[22].
  • Lak's linguistic typology is recorded as stress-timed language[23].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[4] and modern language[5]. Lak is a type of Dagestanian[6].

Why It Matters

Lak draws 306 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #246 of 734).[2] Lak has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Lak is known by 13 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] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Ethnologue. 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] . Red Book of Endangered Languages. Retrieved . unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . 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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