national language

language with de jure or de facto national status
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national language

Summary

national language is a type of language[1]. It draws 1,140 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_language category, ranking #13 of 78).[2]

Key Facts

  • national language's instance of is recorded as type of language[3].
  • national language is a type of language[4].
  • national language is the opposite of vernacular[5].
  • national language is the opposite of regional language[6].
  • national language's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Linguistics[7].
  • national language's described by source is recorded as Soziolinguistika Hiztegia[8].
  • national language's manifestation of is recorded as nation state[9].
  • national language's different from is recorded as official language[10].
  • national language's studied by is recorded as sociolinguistics[11].
  • national language's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Languages[12].
  • national language's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Applied Linguistics[13].
  • national language's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Linguistics[14].
  • national language's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Politics[15].

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Definition and Type

national language's instance of is recorded as type of language[3]. It is a type of language[4]. Recorded opposite of include vernacular[5] and regional language[6].

Why It Matters

national language draws 1,140 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_language category, ranking #13 of 78).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from official language
    Manifestation of nation state
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Languages, WikiProject Applied Linguistics, WikiProject Linguistics +1
    Subclass of language
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 24858, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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