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language area

geographical region where a common first language, with dialect varieties, or group of languages is spoken
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language area

Summary

language area ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (95 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • language area is a type of cultural region[2].
  • language area is a type of cultural area[3].
  • language area's Commons category is recorded as Linguistic maps of macrolanguage[4].
  • language area's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Countries and territories by official language[5].
  • language area's has characteristic is recorded as language[6].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include cultural region[2] and cultural area[3].

Why It Matters

language area ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (95 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → cultural region, cultural area
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Countries and territories by official language
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 5041, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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