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Melanesian

obsolete term referring to the Austronesian languages of Melanesia
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Melanesian

Summary

Melanesian is a language family[1]. Melanesian draws 44 Wikipedia views per month (language_family category, ranking #224 of 1,012).[2]

Key Facts

  • Melanesian's instance of is recorded as language family[3].
  • Melanesian's subclass of is recorded as Eastern Malayo-Polynesian[4].
  • Melanesian's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06mgjq[5].
  • Melanesian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Melanesian languages[6].
  • Melanesian's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • Melanesian's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8].
  • Melanesian's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Melanesian-languages[9].
  • Melanesian's YSO ID is recorded as 19290[10].
  • Melanesian's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2202274[11].
  • Melanesian's UNESCO Thesaurus ID is recorded as concept3369[12].
  • Melanesian's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2908550709[13].
  • Melanesian's Krugosvet article is recorded as gumanitarnye_nauki/lingvistika/MELANEZISKIE_YAZIKI.html[14].

Why It Matters

Melanesian draws 44 Wikipedia views per month (language_family category, ranking #224 of 1,012).[2] Melanesian has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . YSO-Wikidata mapping project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of korea id → KSH1998028950
    Instance of → language family
    Topic's main category → Category:Melanesian languages
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P5034]]: KSH1998028950"
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