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pygmy peoples

ethnic groups whose average height is unusually short
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pygmy peoples
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Summary

pygmy peoples is an ethnic group[1]. It draws 11,551 Wikipedia views per month (ethnic group category, ranking #721 of 4,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Gabon[3], Cameroon[4], Central African Republic[5], Republic of the Congo[6], Democratic Republic of the Congo[7], Rwanda[8], Kamerun[9], Myanmar[10]
  • Subclass of: peoples[11]
  • Commons category: African Pygmies[12]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[13], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18]
  • Has characteristic: short stature[19]

Why It Matters

pygmy peoples has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Cameroon Central African Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Gabon Myanmar Republic of the Congo Rwanda

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 10d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 58
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'bo', 'br', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'diq',
    Harper's tag → pygmies
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: pygmies, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289952929|pygmies (#289952929)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  2. 5w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM480842
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sociomap id: SM480842, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789071553872"
  3. 10w ago · JAnDbot bot · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → African Pygmies
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Commons category: African Pygmies"
  4. 16w ago · Mitte27 · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → ethnic group
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Instance of: ethnic group, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782438364759"
  5. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0353769-pygmejove
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0353769-pygmejove, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  6. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 3138112
    Aliases → —
    Country → Gabon, Cameroon, Central African Republic +5
    Subclass of → peoples
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ Yso id: 5839, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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