Neutralisation (Phonologie)

Neutralization - in phonology, changes in the acoustic quality of sounds which are perceived as "weakening". Article “Neutralisation (Phonologie)” in German Wikipedia has 15.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 1 references and 2 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.79 points.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (German) language version.

Since the creation of article “Neutralisation (Phonologie)”, its content was written by 22 registered users of German Wikipedia and edited by 267 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 11 times in German Wikipedia and cited 781 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (German): #33313 in May 2018
• Global: #45432 in December 2014

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (German): #115223 in December 2008
• Global: #103534 in December 2014

There are 20 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Vowel reduction		36.768
2	Chinese (zh) 元音弱化		29.4175
3	Kazakh (kk) Сапалык редукция		21.3423
4	Italian (it) Neutralizzazione (linguistica)		20.1259
5	Lithuanian (lt) Redukcija (kalbotyra)		17.7389
6	Turkish (tr) Ünlü düşmesi		16.5827
7	Portuguese (pt) Redução de vogais		16.0248
8	German (de) Neutralisation (Phonologie)		15.08
9	Bulgarian (bg) Редукция (фонетика)		14.1225
10	Finnish (fi) Vokaalireduktio		13.9459

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Neutralisation (Phonologie)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Vowel reduction		593 859
2	Turkish (tr) Ünlü düşmesi		360 722
3	Russian (ru) Редукция (лингвистика)		354 065
4	Spanish (es) Neutralización (fonética)		154 282
5	Japanese (ja) 母音弱化		45 912
6	French (fr) Apophonie		45 297
7	German (de) Neutralisation (Phonologie)		40 966
8	Ukrainian (uk) Редукція голосних		34 790
9	Chinese (zh) 元音弱化		20 552
10	Italian (it) Neutralizzazione (linguistica)		18 307

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Neutralisation (Phonologie)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Vowel reduction		2 793
2	Russian (ru) Редукция (лингвистика)		715
3	Turkish (tr) Ünlü düşmesi		670
4	Chinese (zh) 元音弱化		184
5	Japanese (ja) 母音弱化		176
6	Spanish (es) Neutralización (fonética)		146
7	French (fr) Apophonie		143
8	Italian (it) Neutralizzazione (linguistica)		66
9	Dutch (nl) Klinkerreductie		51
10	German (de) Neutralisation (Phonologie)		40

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Neutralisation (Phonologie)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Vowel reduction		53
2	Turkish (tr) Ünlü düşmesi		48
3	Russian (ru) Редукция (лингвистика)		28
4	German (de) Neutralisation (Phonologie)		22
5	Italian (it) Neutralizzazione (linguistica)		17
6	French (fr) Apophonie		15
7	Dutch (nl) Klinkerreductie		13
8	Spanish (es) Neutralización (fonética)		12
9	Chinese (zh) 元音弱化		11
10	Catalan (ca) Neutralització (fonètica)		10

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Neutralisation (Phonologie)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Portuguese (pt) Redução de vogais		2
2	Bulgarian (bg) Редукция (фонетика)		0
3	Catalan (ca) Neutralització (fonètica)		0
4	German (de) Neutralisation (Phonologie)		0
5	English (en) Vowel reduction		0
6	Spanish (es) Neutralización (fonética)		0
7	Basque (eu) Neutralizazio		0
8	Persian (fa) کاهش واکه‌ای		0
9	Finnish (fi) Vokaalireduktio		0
10	French (fr) Apophonie		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Neutralisation (Phonologie)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Vowel reduction		180
2	Russian (ru) Редукция (лингвистика)		174
3	Turkish (tr) Ünlü düşmesi		110
4	Chinese (zh) 元音弱化		59
5	French (fr) Apophonie		39
6	Ukrainian (uk) Редукція голосних		34
7	Japanese (ja) 母音弱化		29
8	Spanish (es) Neutralización (fonética)		24
9	Dutch (nl) Klinkerreductie		19
10	Lithuanian (lt) Redukcija (kalbotyra)		18

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#	Language	Value
bg	Bulgarian Редукция (фонетика)
ca	Catalan Neutralització (fonètica)
de	German Neutralisation (Phonologie)
en	English Vowel reduction
es	Spanish Neutralización (fonética)
eu	Basque Neutralizazio
fa	Persian کاهش واکه‌ای
fi	Finnish Vokaalireduktio
fr	French Apophonie
gl	Galician Neutralización
it	Italian Neutralizzazione (linguistica)
ja	Japanese 母音弱化
kk	Kazakh Сапалык редукция
lt	Lithuanian Redukcija (kalbotyra)
nl	Dutch Klinkerreductie
pt	Portuguese Redução de vogais
ru	Russian Редукция (лингвистика)
tr	Turkish Ünlü düşmesi
uk	Ukrainian Редукція голосних
zh	Chinese 元音弱化

Best Rank

German: #115223 12.2008

Global: #103534 12.2014

Best Rank

German: #33313 05.2018

Global: #45432 12.2014

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