Linguistic description

Descriptive linguistics - work of objectively describing the state of a linguistic system; as opposed to prescribing perceived norms of usage. Article “Linguistic description” in English Wikipedia has 37.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 26 references and 7 sections.

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 2025 the article “Linguistic description” was edited by 5 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 6 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Linguistic description”, its content was written by 113 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 288 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 610 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1413 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #5247 in August 2002
• Global: #1013 in September 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #87800 in July 2009
• Global: #131636 in February 2008

There are 22 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) Linguistic description		37.8716
2	Dutch (nl) Beschrijvende taalkunde		32.554
3	Armenian (hy) Նկարագրական լեզվաբանություն		28.9711
4	Esperanto (eo) Priskriba lingvistiko		28.0904
5	Polish (pl) Deskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)		27.5876
6	German (de) Deskriptive Linguistik		25.4014
7	Turkish (tr) Dilbilimsel betimleme		24.3936
8	Italian (it) Linguistica descrittiva		23.5877
9	Indonesian (id) Deskriptivisme (linguistik)		18.601
10	Persian (fa) توصیف زبانی		18.2079

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Linguistic description		1 284 063
2	German (de) Deskriptive Linguistik		90 811
3	Arabic (ar) لسانيات وصفية		37 950
4	Ukrainian (uk) Дескриптивне мовознавство		27 411
5	Chinese (zh) 描写语言学		22 942
6	Polish (pl) Deskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)		21 607
7	Indonesian (id) Deskriptivisme (linguistik)		20 672
8	Swedish (sv) Deskriptiv lingvistik		17 319
9	French (fr) Description linguistique		13 652
10	Greek (el) Περιγραφική γλωσσολογία		7 414

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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 "Linguistic description" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Linguistic description		3 883
2	Chinese (zh) 描写语言学		205
3	Polish (pl) Deskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)		174
4	German (de) Deskriptive Linguistik		94
5	French (fr) Description linguistique		71
6	Ukrainian (uk) Дескриптивне мовознавство		64
7	Italian (it) Linguistica descrittiva		48
8	Arabic (ar) لسانيات وصفية		45
9	Indonesian (id) Deskriptivisme (linguistik)		41
10	Greek (el) Περιγραφική γλωσσολογία		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 "Linguistic description" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Linguistic description		113
2	German (de) Deskriptive Linguistik		41
3	Polish (pl) Deskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)		22
4	French (fr) Description linguistique		14
5	Latin (la) Linguistica descriptiva		12
6	Arabic (ar) لسانيات وصفية		11
7	Ukrainian (uk) Дескриптивне мовознавство		11
8	Italian (it) Linguistica descrittiva		9
9	Chinese (zh) 描写语言学		9
10	Greek (el) Περιγραφική γλωσσολογία		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 "Linguistic description" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Linguistic description		5
2	Polish (pl) Deskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)		1
3	Arabic (ar) لسانيات وصفية		0
4	Azerbaijani (az) Deskriptiv linqvistika		0
5	Catalan (ca) Lingüística descriptiva		0
6	Czech (cs) Deskriptivní lingvistika		0
7	German (de) Deskriptive Linguistik		0
8	Greek (el) Περιγραφική γλωσσολογία		0
9	Esperanto (eo) Priskriba lingvistiko		0
10	Persian (fa) توصیف زبانی		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 "Linguistic description" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Linguistic description		610
2	Chinese (zh) 描写语言学		112
3	Ukrainian (uk) Дескриптивне мовознавство		110
4	Persian (fa) توصیف زبانی		86
5	Arabic (ar) لسانيات وصفية		80
6	Polish (pl) Deskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)		60
7	Turkish (tr) Dilbilimsel betimleme		50
8	Czech (cs) Deskriptivní lingvistika		47
9	Azerbaijani (az) Deskriptiv linqvistika		45
10	Catalan (ca) Lingüística descriptiva		38

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic لسانيات وصفية
az	Azerbaijani Deskriptiv linqvistika
ca	Catalan Lingüística descriptiva
cs	Czech Deskriptivní lingvistika
de	German Deskriptive Linguistik
el	Greek Περιγραφική γλωσσολογία
en	English Linguistic description
eo	Esperanto Priskriba lingvistiko
fa	Persian توصیف زبانی
fr	French Description linguistique
gl	Galician Gramática descritiva
hy	Armenian Նկարագրական լեզվաբանություն
id	Indonesian Deskriptivisme (linguistik)
it	Italian Linguistica descrittiva
la	Latin Linguistica descriptiva
nl	Dutch Beschrijvende taalkunde
pl	Polish Deskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)
pt	Portuguese Linguística descritiva
sv	Swedish Deskriptiv lingvistik
tr	Turkish Dilbilimsel betimleme
uk	Ukrainian Дескриптивне мовознавство
zh	Chinese 描写语言学

Best Rank

English: #87800 07.2009

Global: #131636 02.2008

Best Rank

English: #5247 08.2002

Global: #1013 09.2001

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