Shawiya

Zenati variety of the Tamazight language spoken by the Shawi Berbers of the Awras region of eastern Algeria
Intangible natural_language Q33274
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Shawiya

Summary

Shawiya is a natural language[1]. Shawiya draws 138 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #238 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shawiya is in the country of Algeria[3].
  • Shawiya's instance of is recorded as natural language[4].
  • Shawiya's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Shawiya's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as shy[6].
  • Shawiya's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2003009060[7].
  • Shawiya's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 122549813[8].
  • Shawiya's subclass of is recorded as Zenati languages[9].
  • Shawiya's writing system is recorded as Arabic alphabet[10].
  • Shawiya's writing system is recorded as Tifinagh[11].
  • Shawiya's writing system is recorded as Berber Latin alphabet[12].
  • Shawiya's IETF language tag is recorded as shy[13].
  • Shawiya's Commons category is recorded as Shawiya language[14].
  • Shawiya's Wikimedia language code is recorded as shy[15].
  • Shawiya's Wikimedia language code is recorded as shy-latn[16].
  • Shawiya's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03d4_k[17].
  • Shawiya's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shawiya language[18].
  • Shawiya's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300389255[19].
  • Shawiya's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+2300000'}[20].
  • Shawiya's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 560609[21].
  • Shawiya's Glottolog code is recorded as tach1249[22].
  • Shawiya's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Shawiya[23].
  • Shawiya's WALS lect code is recorded as bch[24].
  • Shawiya's Ethnologue.com language code is recorded as shy[25].
  • Shawiya's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'shy-latn', 'text': 'Tacawit'}[26].
  • Shawiya's distribution map is recorded as Chaoui.svg[27].

Why It Matters

Shawiya draws 138 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #238 of 734).[2] Shawiya has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Shawiya is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Ethnologue. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . World Atlas of Language Structures. Retrieved . wals.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . ethnologue.com. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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