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Yāska

Indian linguist
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Summary

Yāska is a human[1]. He was born on January 1, 500 BC[2]. He worked as a linguist[3]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (167 views/month, #7,267 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • Yāska was born on January 1, 500 BC[2].
  • Yāska held citizenship in India[5].
  • Yāska worked as a linguist[3].
  • Yāska is recorded as male[6].
  • Yāska's instance of is recorded as human[7].
  • Yāska's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • Yāska's different from is recorded as Jaska[9].

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Origins and Family

Yāska was born on January 1, 500 BC[2].

Career and Affiliations

Yāska's professions included linguist[3].

Why It Matters

Yāska ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (167 views/month, #7,267 of 1,000,298).[4] He has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] He is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

FAQs

What did Yāska do for work?

Yāska worked as linguist[3].

Related Entities

India

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . general catalog of BnF. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'as', 'bh', 'bn', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'hi', 'it', 'mr', 'ne',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||de */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57984|batch #57984]]: Import missing aliases from dewiki 1/3"
  2. 22w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → —
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    Country of citizenship → India
    Occupation → linguist
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30855|batch #30855]]: match CERL IDs on the basis of GND (9)"
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