Pictish

extinct language spoken by the Picts
Language language Q856383
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Pictish

Summary

Pictish is a language[1]. Pictish ranks in the top 1% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,522 views/month, #56 of 5,611).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pictish is in the country of Kingdom of Scotland[3].
  • Pictish's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Pictish's instance of is recorded as dead language[5].
  • Pictish's instance of is recorded as undeciphered language[6].
  • Pictish's instance of is recorded as historical language[7].
  • Pictish is a type of Insular Celtic[8].
  • Pictish is a type of Brythonic[9].
  • Pictish's writing system is recorded as Ogham[10].
  • Pictish's Commons category is recorded as Pictish language[11].
  • Pictish was dissolved in 900[12].
  • Pictish ended on 900[13].
  • Pictish's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pictish language[14].
  • Pictish's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[15].
  • Pictish's indigenous to is recorded as Picts[16].
  • Pictish's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/XPI[17].
  • Pictish's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133118649[18].

Why It Matters

Pictish ranks in the top 1% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,522 views/month, #56 of 5,611).[2] Pictish has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Pictish is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  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.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 17d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex id → piktisk
    Indigenous to → Picts
    Instance of → language, dead language, undeciphered language +1
    Topic's main category → Category:Pictish language
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8313]]: piktisk, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/128630879|piktisk (#128630879)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5014|Den Store Danske]] #mix'"
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