Classical language

Classical language - old language with established literature or use; may survive as a precursor to modern language. Article “Classical language” in English Wikipedia has 38.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 28 references and 12 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 9.7 points.

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

In June 2026 the article “Classical language” was edited by 5 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 7 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Classical language”, its content was written by 347 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 602 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 271 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1402 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #5600 in June 2004
• Global: #20835 in October 2020

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #10667 in January 2020
• Global: #25028 in January 2020

There are 24 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, 2026 (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	Tamil (ta) செம்மொழி		48.8755
2	English (en) Classical language		38.7936
3	Thai (th) ภาษาคลาสสิก		21.2574
4	Chinese (zh) 古典語言		19.7376
5	Arabic (ar) لغة كلاسيكية		19.1277
6	Swedish (sv) Klassiska språk		18.5618
7	Finnish (fi) Klassinen kieli		17.8215
8	Hebrew (he) שפות קלאסיות		13.7548
9	Catalan (ca) Llengua clàssica		13.3437
10	Korean (ko) 고전 언어		13.0477

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Classical language" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Classical language		2 754 981
2	Tamil (ta) செம்மொழி		438 873
3	Spanish (es) Lengua clásica		101 972
4	Japanese (ja) 古典言語		88 808
5	Dutch (nl) Klassieke talen		74 487
6	Persian (fa) زبان کلاسیک		57 054
7	French (fr) Langue classique		33 490
8	Swedish (sv) Klassiska språk		23 629
9	Chinese (zh) 古典語言		21 995
10	Thai (th) ภาษาคลาสสิก		17 560

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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 "Classical language" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Classical language		41 636
2	Tamil (ta) செம்மொழி		1 159
3	Japanese (ja) 古典言語		422
4	Chinese (zh) 古典語言		234
5	Persian (fa) زبان کلاسیک		184
6	French (fr) Langue classique		180
7	Spanish (es) Lengua clásica		172
8	Swedish (sv) Klassiska språk		136
9	Dutch (nl) Klassieke talen		120
10	Catalan (ca) Llengua clàssica		49

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Classical language		347
2	Dutch (nl) Klassieke talen		52
3	Tamil (ta) செம்மொழி		40
4	Persian (fa) زبان کلاسیک		21
5	Spanish (es) Lengua clásica		20
6	Japanese (ja) 古典言語		17
7	Swedish (sv) Klassiska språk		13
8	Finnish (fi) Klassinen kieli		12
9	French (fr) Langue classique		9
10	Esperanto (eo) Klasika lingvo		8

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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 "Classical language" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Classical language		5
2	Swedish (sv) Klassiska språk		1
3	Chinese (zh) 古典語言		1
4	Arabic (ar) لغة كلاسيكية		0
5	Catalan (ca) Llengua clàssica		0
6	Greek (el) Κλασική γλώσσα		0
7	Esperanto (eo) Klasika lingvo		0
8	Spanish (es) Lengua clásica		0
9	Basque (eu) Hizkuntza klasiko		0
10	Persian (fa) زبان کلاسیک		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 "Classical language" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Dutch (nl) Klassieke talen		322
2	English (en) Classical language		271
3	French (fr) Langue classique		167
4	Swedish (sv) Klassiska språk		125
5	Spanish (es) Lengua clásica		90
6	Hebrew (he) שפות קלאסיות		66
7	Japanese (ja) 古典言語		53
8	Finnish (fi) Klassinen kieli		36
9	Tamil (ta) செம்மொழி		35
10	Urdu (ur) کلاسیکی زبان		32

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic لغة كلاسيكية
ca	Catalan Llengua clàssica
el	Greek Κλασική γλώσσα
en	English Classical language
eo	Esperanto Klasika lingvo
es	Spanish Lengua clásica
eu	Basque Hizkuntza klasiko
fa	Persian زبان کلاسیک
fi	Finnish Klassinen kieli
fr	French Langue classique
he	Hebrew שפות קלאסיות
hy	Armenian Դասական լեզու
ja	Japanese 古典言語
ko	Korean 고전 언어
ms	Malay Bahasa klasik
nl	Dutch Klassieke talen
no	Norwegian Klassisk språk
sl	Slovenian Klasični jezik
sv	Swedish Klassiska språk
ta	Tamil செம்மொழி
th	Thai ภาษาคลาสสิก
ur	Urdu کلاسیکی زبان
zh	Chinese 古典語言
zhminnan	Min Nan Kó͘-tián giân-gú

Best Rank

English: #10667 01.2020

Global: #25028 01.2020

Best Rank

English: #5600 06.2004

Global: #20835 10.2020

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