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Western Malayo-Polynesian

paraphyletic grouping of Austronesian languages
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Western Malayo-Polynesian

Summary

Western Malayo-Polynesian is a language family[1]. It draws 58 Wikipedia views per month (language_family category, ranking #218 of 1,012).[2]

Key Facts

  • Western Malayo-Polynesian's instance of is recorded as language family[3].
  • Western Malayo-Polynesian's GND ID is recorded as 4218005-3[4].
  • Western Malayo-Polynesian's subclass of is recorded as Malayo-Polynesian[5].
  • Western Malayo-Polynesian's IETF language tag is recorded as pqw[6].
  • Western Malayo-Polynesian's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02p29dd[7].
  • Western Malayo-Polynesian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Western Malayo-Polynesian languages[8].
  • Western Malayo-Polynesian's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 499.22[9].
  • Western Malayo-Polynesian's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Western-Malayo-Polynesian-languages[10].
  • Western Malayo-Polynesian's ISO 639-5 code is recorded as pqw[11].
  • Western Malayo-Polynesian's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00080929n[12].

Why It Matters

Western Malayo-Polynesian draws 58 Wikipedia views per month (language_family category, ranking #218 of 1,012).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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