Meroitic script

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Meroitic script
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Meroitic script

Summary

Meroitic script is an abugida[1]. It draws 226 Wikipedia views per month (abugida category, ranking #28 of 64).[2]

Key Facts

  • Meroitic script's image is recorded as Meroitic.png[3].
  • Meroitic script's instance of is recorded as abugida[4].
  • Meroitic script's subclass of is recorded as writing system[5].
  • Meroitic script's has use is recorded as Meroitic[6].
  • Meroitic script's Commons category is recorded as Meroitic writing[7].
  • Meroitic script's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q22809485 (apc)-Hassan Hassoon-كتابة مروية.wav[8].
  • Meroitic script's has part is recorded as Meroitic hieroglyphs[9].
  • Meroitic script's has part is recorded as Meroitic cursive[10].
  • Meroitic script's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04dxjc[11].
  • Meroitic script's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • Meroitic script's Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae thesaurus ID is recorded as MWT355LFDNE3HCEWGJVKCA2ERE[13].

Why It Matters

Meroitic script draws 226 Wikipedia views per month (abugida category, ranking #28 of 64).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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