Bow-wow theory

Bow-wow theory - theory on the origins of human language. Article “Bow-wow theory” in English Wikipedia has 25.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 8 references and 3 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Bow-wow theory”, its content was written by 28 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 49 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 6 times in English Wikipedia and cited 22 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #109907 in July 2010
• Global: #137236 in December 2014

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #360019 in June 2016
• Global: #523187 in October 2021

There are 9 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	Latin (la) Doctrina bow-wow		33.8291
2	Russian (ru) Теория звукоподражания		27.1549
3	English (en) Bow-wow theory		25.866
4	Indonesian (id) Teori Bow-wow		24.396
5	Arabic (ar) نظرية محاكاة الأصوات الطبيعية		23.2131
6	Portuguese (pt) Teoria au-au		20.7303
7	French (fr) Théorie ouah-ouah		20.3395
8	Ukrainian (uk) Звуконаслідувальна гіпотеза		7.3364
9	Italian (it) Teoria bau-bau		0.1171

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Bow-wow theory" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Bow-wow theory		194 653
2	Russian (ru) Теория звукоподражания		16 338
3	Arabic (ar) نظرية محاكاة الأصوات الطبيعية		11 556
4	Ukrainian (uk) Звуконаслідувальна гіпотеза		5 817
5	Indonesian (id) Teori Bow-wow		5 410
6	French (fr) Théorie ouah-ouah		1 698
7	Italian (it) Teoria bau-bau		1 063
8	Latin (la) Doctrina bow-wow		578
9	Portuguese (pt) Teoria au-au		145

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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 "Bow-wow theory" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Bow-wow theory		1 071
2	Russian (ru) Теория звукоподражания		90
3	Italian (it) Teoria bau-bau		22
4	French (fr) Théorie ouah-ouah		21
5	Arabic (ar) نظرية محاكاة الأصوات الطبيعية		18
6	Portuguese (pt) Teoria au-au		18
7	Indonesian (id) Teori Bow-wow		16
8	Ukrainian (uk) Звуконаслідувальна гіпотеза		10
9	Latin (la) Doctrina bow-wow		8

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

Language versions of the article "Bow-wow theory" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Bow-wow theory		28
2	Latin (la) Doctrina bow-wow		6
3	Ukrainian (uk) Звуконаслідувальна гіпотеза		5
4	French (fr) Théorie ouah-ouah		3
5	Arabic (ar) نظرية محاكاة الأصوات الطبيعية		2
6	Portuguese (pt) Teoria au-au		2
7	Indonesian (id) Teori Bow-wow		1
8	Italian (it) Teoria bau-bau		1
9	Russian (ru) Теория звукоподражания		1

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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 "Bow-wow theory" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Portuguese (pt) Teoria au-au		1
2	Arabic (ar) نظرية محاكاة الأصوات الطبيعية		0
3	English (en) Bow-wow theory		0
4	French (fr) Théorie ouah-ouah		0
5	Indonesian (id) Teori Bow-wow		0
6	Italian (it) Teoria bau-bau		0
7	Latin (la) Doctrina bow-wow		0
8	Russian (ru) Теория звукоподражания		0
9	Ukrainian (uk) Звуконаслідувальна гіпотеза		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 "Bow-wow theory" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Bow-wow theory		6
2	Russian (ru) Теория звукоподражания		4
3	Arabic (ar) نظرية محاكاة الأصوات الطبيعية		3
4	French (fr) Théorie ouah-ouah		3
5	Indonesian (id) Teori Bow-wow		2
6	Latin (la) Doctrina bow-wow		2
7	Italian (it) Teoria bau-bau		1
8	Ukrainian (uk) Звуконаслідувальна гіпотеза		1
9	Portuguese (pt) Teoria au-au		0

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic نظرية محاكاة الأصوات الطبيعية
en	English Bow-wow theory
fr	French Théorie ouah-ouah
id	Indonesian Teori Bow-wow
it	Italian Teoria bau-bau
la	Latin Doctrina bow-wow
pt	Portuguese Teoria au-au
ru	Russian Теория звукоподражания
uk	Ukrainian Звуконаслідувальна гіпотеза

Best Rank

English: #360019 06.2016

Global: #523187 10.2021

Best Rank

English: #109907 07.2010

Global: #137236 12.2014

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