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Shan people

Southeast Asian ethnic group
Intangible ethnic_group Q740417
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Shan people

Summary

Shan people is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,725 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shan people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[3].
  • Shan people's Commons category is recorded as Shan[4].
  • Shan people's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shan[5].
  • Shan people's described at URL is recorded as http://www.mar.umd.edu/assessment.asp?groupId=77507[6].
  • Shan people's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • Shan people's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].

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Definition and Type

Shan people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[3].

Why It Matters

Shan people ranks in the top 7% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,725 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Myanmar Thailand

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → ethnic group
    Aliases → —
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    Instance of → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536441505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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