Language death

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Language death

Quality:

Language death - process when a language loses its last native speaker. Article “Language death” in English Wikipedia has 54.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 49 references and 14 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 6.01 points.

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

In June 2026 the article “Language death” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Language death”, its content was written by 336 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 711 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 7812 times in English Wikipedia (2709th place) and cited 10732 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #1155 in January 2004
  • Global: #5950 in January 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #48836 in March 2015
  • Global: #84412 in March 2015

There are 30 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Language death
54.0992
2Turkish (tr)
Dil ölümü
48.6536
3Dutch (nl)
Taaldood
48.3449
4Tamil (ta)
மொழியின் இறப்பு
40.2717
5German (de)
Sprachtod
40.2107
6Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Språkdød
37.3542
7Spanish (es)
Extinción lingüística
35.4354
8Latin (la)
Exstinctio linguarum
31.4295
9Norwegian (no)
Språkdød
28.2701
10Armenian (hy)
Լեզվի մահ
28.1248
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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 "Language death" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Language death
2 073 346
2German (de)
Sprachtod
231 675
3Chinese (zh)
語言滅亡
66 038
4Italian (it)
Estinzione linguistica
39 576
5Persian (fa)
مرگ زبان (زبان‌شناسی)
36 455
6Arabic (ar)
موت لغة
33 621
7Bulgarian (bg)
Мъртъв език
29 380
8Japanese (ja)
言語消滅
29 322
9Korean (ko)
언어 사멸
25 314
10Norwegian (no)
Språkdød
25 269
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Language death" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Language death
4 650
2Japanese (ja)
言語消滅
445
3Chinese (zh)
語言滅亡
349
4German (de)
Sprachtod
339
5Persian (fa)
مرگ زبان (زبان‌شناسی)
107
6Spanish (es)
Extinción lingüística
85
7Italian (it)
Estinzione linguistica
72
8French (fr)
Mort d'une langue
70
9Hebrew (he)
היכחדות שפה
55
10Bulgarian (bg)
Мъртъв език
51
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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 "Language death" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Language death
336
2German (de)
Sprachtod
100
3Hebrew (he)
היכחדות שפה
39
4Italian (it)
Estinzione linguistica
36
5Persian (fa)
مرگ زبان (زبان‌شناسی)
27
6Arabic (ar)
موت لغة
20
7Hindi (hi)
भाषावसान
13
8Korean (ko)
언어 사멸
13
9Chinese (zh)
語言滅亡
12
10Norwegian (no)
Språkdød
11
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "Language death" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Language death
1
2Hebrew (he)
היכחדות שפה
1
3Arabic (ar)
موت لغة
0
4Bulgarian (bg)
Мъртъв език
0
5Danish (da)
Sprogdød
0
6German (de)
Sprachtod
0
7Esperanto (eo)
Lingvomorto
0
8Spanish (es)
Extinción lingüística
0
9Persian (fa)
مرگ زبان (زبان‌شناسی)
0
10French (fr)
Mort d'une langue
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 "Language death" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Language death
7 812
2Chinese (zh)
語言滅亡
551
3Persian (fa)
مرگ زبان (زبان‌شناسی)
389
4Arabic (ar)
موت لغة
258
5Urdu (ur)
مرگ زبان
234
6Korean (ko)
언어 사멸
226
7Bulgarian (bg)
Мъртъв език
225
8Malay (ms)
Kepupusan bahasa
142
9Simple English (simple)
Language death
122
10Indonesian (id)
Kematian bahasa
118
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
موت لغة
bgBulgarian
Мъртъв език
daDanish
Sprogdød
deGerman
Sprachtod
enEnglish
Language death
eoEsperanto
Lingvomorto
esSpanish
Extinción lingüística
faPersian
مرگ زبان (زبان‌شناسی)
frFrench
Mort d'une langue
heHebrew
היכחדות שפה
hiHindi
भाषावसान
hyArmenian
Լեզվի մահ
idIndonesian
Kematian bahasa
itItalian
Estinzione linguistica
jaJapanese
言語消滅
koKorean
언어 사멸
laLatin
Exstinctio linguarum
msMalay
Kepupusan bahasa
nlDutch
Taaldood
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Språkdød
noNorwegian
Språkdød
ptPortuguese
Morte de uma língua
shSerbo-Croatian
Izumiranje jezika
simpleSimple English
Language death
srSerbian
Smrt jezika
taTamil
மொழியின் இறப்பு
trTurkish
Dil ölümü
ukUkrainian
Смерть мови
urUrdu
مرگ زبان
zhChinese
語言滅亡

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#48836
03.2015
Global:
#84412
03.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#1155
01.2004
Global:
#5950
01.2004

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Language death from Wikipedia articles about Latin, Extinct language, Endangered language, Avestan and Language family. Whereas reading the article about Language death people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Maringarr, Extinct language, Endangered language, Hittite and Lists of extinct languages.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Julián Quiñones, List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers, Kylian Mbappé, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Erling Haaland, DR Congo national football team, Melat Kiros, FIFA World Cup.

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