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monolingualism

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monolingualism

Summary

monolingualism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (168 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • monolingualism is the opposite of multilingualism[2].
  • monolingualism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Monolingualism[3].
  • monolingualism's described by source is recorded as Soziolinguistika Hiztegia[4].
  • monolingualism's has effect is recorded as nationalism[5].
  • monolingualism's name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'монолингвизм'}[6].
  • monolingualism's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'monolingualism'}[7].
  • monolingualism's studied by is recorded as sociolinguistics[8].

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Definition and Type

monolingualism is the opposite of multilingualism[2].

Why It Matters

monolingualism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (168 views/month).[1] monolingualism has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] monolingualism is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

sociolinguistics

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Divine Principle. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect → nationalism
    Topic's main category → Category:Monolingualism
    Opposite of → multilingualism
    Aliases → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 10955, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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