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West Germanic languages

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West Germanic languages

Summary

West Germanic languages is a language family[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of language_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,117 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • West Germanic languages's instance of is recorded as language family[3].
  • West Germanic languages is a type of Germanic languages[4].
  • West Germanic languages's Commons category is recorded as West Germanic languages[5].
  • West Germanic languages's topic's main category is recorded as Category:West Germanic languages[6].
  • West Germanic languages's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • West Germanic languages's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'West Germanic'}[8].
  • West Germanic languages's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Westgermanisch'}[9].
  • West Germanic languages's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#WestGermanic[10].

Why It Matters

West Germanic languages ranks in the top 1% of language_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,117 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Archaeology & Language. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Archaeology & Language. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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