Apical consonant

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Apical consonant

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Apical consonant - phone (speech sound) produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue. It contrasts with laminal consonants, which are produced by creating an obstruction with the blade of the tongue, just behind the tip. Article “Apical consonant” in English Wikipedia has 21.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 6 references and 3 sections.

This article has the best quality in Chinese Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Apical consonant”, its content was written by 53 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 225 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 509 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1252 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #54866 in April 2005
  • Global: #23162 in April 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #302367 in April 2010
  • Global: #303477 in January 2008

There are 19 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Chinese (zh)
舌尖音
24.2907
2Portuguese (pt)
Consoante apical
22.0308
3English (en)
Apical consonant
21.7001
4Persian (fa)
همخوان نوک‌زبانی
19.6228
5Esperanto (eo)
Apeksa konsonanto
18.4912
6Indonesian (id)
Apikal
12.9984
7Urdu (ur)
برنوکی مصمتے
9.7498
8Russian (ru)
Апикальные согласные
9.5393
9Italian (it)
Consonante apicale
3.2655
10Spanish (es)
Consonante apical
2.2732
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Apical consonant" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Apical consonant
407 080
2Chinese (zh)
舌尖音
45 586
3Swedish (sv)
Apikal
45 184
4Russian (ru)
Апикальные согласные
44 955
5Polish (pl)
Spółgłoski apikalne i laminalne
40 299
6French (fr)
Consonne apicale
40 018
7Japanese (ja)
舌尖音
38 694
8German (de)
Apikal (Linguistik)
36 400
9Spanish (es)
Consonante apical
30 013
10Indonesian (id)
Apikal
11 845
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Apical consonant" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Apical consonant
2 836
2Chinese (zh)
舌尖音
258
3Japanese (ja)
舌尖音
176
4Russian (ru)
Апикальные согласные
141
5German (de)
Apikal (Linguistik)
130
6French (fr)
Consonne apicale
117
7Spanish (es)
Consonante apical
94
8Polish (pl)
Spółgłoski apikalne i laminalne
64
9Swedish (sv)
Apikal
56
10Italian (it)
Consonante apicale
29
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Apical consonant" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Apical consonant
53
2German (de)
Apikal (Linguistik)
40
3French (fr)
Consonne apicale
21
4Russian (ru)
Апикальные согласные
20
5Italian (it)
Consonante apicale
16
6Hungarian (hu)
Apikális hang
12
7Chinese (zh)
舌尖音
11
8Polish (pl)
Spółgłoski apikalne i laminalne
9
9Dutch (nl)
Apicaal (fonetiek)
7
10Spanish (es)
Consonante apical
6
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Apical consonant" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Spanish (es)
Consonante apical
1
2Urdu (ur)
برنوکی مصمتے
1
3German (de)
Apikal (Linguistik)
0
4English (en)
Apical consonant
0
5Esperanto (eo)
Apeksa konsonanto
0
6Persian (fa)
همخوان نوک‌زبانی
0
7French (fr)
Consonne apicale
0
8Hungarian (hu)
Apikális hang
0
9Indonesian (id)
Apikal
0
10Italian (it)
Consonante apicale
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Apical consonant" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Apical consonant
509
2Spanish (es)
Consonante apical
129
3Chinese (zh)
舌尖音
124
4Russian (ru)
Апикальные согласные
84
5French (fr)
Consonne apicale
76
6Japanese (ja)
舌尖音
62
7Esperanto (eo)
Apeksa konsonanto
48
8Polish (pl)
Spółgłoski apikalne i laminalne
41
9German (de)
Apikal (Linguistik)
34
10Portuguese (pt)
Consoante apical
34
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Apikal (Linguistik)
enEnglish
Apical consonant
eoEsperanto
Apeksa konsonanto
esSpanish
Consonante apical
faPersian
همخوان نوک‌زبانی
frFrench
Consonne apicale
huHungarian
Apikális hang
idIndonesian
Apikal
itItalian
Consonante apicale
jaJapanese
舌尖音
nlDutch
Apicaal (fonetiek)
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Apikal konsonant
plPolish
Spółgłoski apikalne i laminalne
ptPortuguese
Consoante apical
roRomanian
Consoană apicală
ruRussian
Апикальные согласные
svSwedish
Apikal
urUrdu
برنوکی مصمتے
zhChinese
舌尖音

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#302367
04.2010
Global:
#303477
01.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#54866
04.2005
Global:
#23162
04.2005

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Apical consonant from Wikipedia articles about International Phonetic Alphabet, Laminal consonant, Voiceless alveolar fricative, Japanese phonology and Apical. Whereas reading the article about Apical consonant people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Laminal consonant, Coronal consonant, Postalveolar consonant, Voiceless alveolar fricative and Denti-alveolar consonant.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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id: Apikal

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