multilingualism

use of multiple languages
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multilingualism

Summary

multilingualism is a field of study[1]. multilingualism has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • multilingualism's instance of is recorded as field of study[3].
  • multilingualism's instance of is recorded as field of study[4].
  • multilingualism's instance of is recorded as social system[5].
  • multilingualism is a type of aptitude[6].
  • multilingualism's Commons category is recorded as Multilingualism[7].
  • multilingualism is the opposite of monolingualism[8].
  • multilingualism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Multilingualism[9].
  • multilingualism's described by source is recorded as Soziolinguistika Hiztegia[10].
  • multilingualism's different from is recorded as multiple languages[11].
  • multilingualism's different from is recorded as polyglot[12].
  • multilingualism's studied by is recorded as sociolinguistics[13].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include field of study[3] and social system[5]. multilingualism is a type of aptitude[6]. multilingualism is the opposite of monolingualism[8].

Why It Matters

multilingualism has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] multilingualism is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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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. 2d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag multilingualism
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: multilingualism, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289955171|multilingualism (#289955171)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  2. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id 0279619-multilingvismus
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0279619-multilingvismus, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 8w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of aptitude
    Topic's main category Category:Multilingualism
    Subclass of
    Studied by sociolinguistics
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||tg, et */ Add 2 multilingual descriptions extracted from Wikipedia article first sentences (universal multilingual maintenance — Q-walker v2.1)."
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