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xalam

traditional stringed musical instrument from West Africa
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xalam

Summary

xalam ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • xalam's image is recorded as Diffa Niger Griot DSC 0177.jpg[2].
  • xalam's subclass of is recorded as plucked string necked bowl lute[3].
  • xalam's Commons category is recorded as Xalam (instrument)[4].
  • xalam's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02y57x[5].
  • xalam's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300042103[6].
  • xalam's MusicBrainz instrument ID is recorded as e7c17460-e42d-4ffc-8167-4bd6d7e4f2c5[7].
  • xalam's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/khalam[8].
  • xalam's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 321.321-5[9].
  • xalam's different from is recorded as tidinit[10].
  • xalam's different from is recorded as konting[11].
  • xalam's different from is recorded as kamelen n'goni[12].
  • xalam's indigenous to is recorded as West Africa[13].
  • xalam's SEKO ID is recorded as 00496[14].

Why It Matters

xalam ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month).[1] xalam has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] xalam is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . SEKO - Finnish medium of performance thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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