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phone

basic unit of sound in speech
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Summary

phone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,019 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: linguistic unit[2], concept[3]
  • Part of: spoken language[4]
  • Said to be the same as: language sound[5]
  • Topic's main category: Q9161746[6]
  • Manifestation of: phoneme[7]
  • Different from: telephone[8]

Why It Matters

phone has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] phone is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . books.google.com. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . 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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). phone. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/phone-q202064-2
MLA “phone.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 18 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/phone-q202064-2.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_phone-q202064-2_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{phone}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/phone-q202064-2}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-18}}
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Edit History

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. 5d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 1614
    Sitelink count → 57
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'as', 'ast', 'br', 'ca', 'cs', 'cv', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 1614, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7327176|phone (#7327176)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Q9161746
    Part of → —
    Part of → spoken language
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 6125, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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