Waray

Visayan language primarily spoken in the islands of Samar and Eastern Leyte
Language language Q34279
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Waray

Summary

Waray is a language[1]. Waray ranks in the top 2% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (228 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Waray is in the country of Philippines[3].
  • Waray's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Waray's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Waray's ISO 639-2 code is recorded as war[6].
  • Waray's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as war[7].
  • Waray's GND ID is recorded as 4605665-8[8].
  • Waray's GOST 7.75–97 code is recorded as вар 131[9].
  • Waray's subclass of is recorded as Central Visayan[10].
  • Waray's writing system is recorded as Latin script[11].
  • Waray's writing system is recorded as Baybayin[12].
  • Waray's IETF language tag is recorded as war[13].
  • Waray's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00576665[14].
  • Waray's Commons category is recorded as Waray language[15].
  • Waray's Wikimedia language code is recorded as war[16].
  • Waray's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 11.666666666666666, 'lon': 125.41666666666667}[17].
  • Waray's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02hxntx[18].
  • Waray's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Waray language[19].
  • Waray's described at URL is recorded as https://lpan.eva.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=513[20].
  • Waray's language regulatory body is recorded as Q11847756[21].
  • Waray's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+3100000'}[22].
  • Waray's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1007944[23].
  • Waray's Glottolog code is recorded as wara1300[24].
  • Waray's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Waray-Waray-language[25].
  • Waray's WALS lect code is recorded as wwy[26].
  • Waray's Ethnologue.com language code is recorded as war[27].

Why It Matters

Waray ranks in the top 2% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (228 views/month).[2] Waray has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Waray is known by 53 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] . Ethnologue. 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] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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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