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Old Chinese

Quality:

Old Chinese - oldest attested stage of Chinese. Article “Old Chinese” in English Wikipedia has 88.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 247 references and 18 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 2026 the article “Old Chinese” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Old Chinese”, its content was written by 187 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 656 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1076 times in English Wikipedia and cited 3580 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #13081 in February 2004
  • Global: #20220 in February 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #57814 in July 2020
  • Global: #74681 in July 2020

There are 27 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)
Old Chinese
88.5714
2Korean (ko)
상고한어
76.9927
3Spanish (es)
Chino antiguo
73.7311
4Chinese (zh)
上古汉语
71.2591
5Vietnamese (vi)
Tiếng Hán thượng cổ
69.3662
6Catalan (ca)
Xinés antic
60.8173
7Italian (it)
Lingua cinese antica
47.2103
8Indonesian (id)
Bahasa Tionghoa Kuno
30.6484
9Malay (ms)
Bahasa Cina Kuno
26.3624
10Russian (ru)
Древнекитайский язык
21.6408
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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 "Old Chinese" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Old Chinese
1 775 046
2Chinese (zh)
上古汉语
688 288
3Russian (ru)
Древнекитайский язык
156 297
4French (fr)
Chinois archaïque
67 991
5Japanese (ja)
上古中国語
67 155
6Italian (it)
Lingua cinese antica
54 856
7Vietnamese (vi)
Tiếng Hán thượng cổ
51 360
8Spanish (es)
Chino antiguo
48 860
9German (de)
Altchinesische Sprache
43 547
10Indonesian (id)
Bahasa Tionghoa Kuno
35 479
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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 "Old Chinese" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Old Chinese
9 901
2Chinese (zh)
上古汉语
3 174
3Japanese (ja)
上古中国語
932
4Russian (ru)
Древнекитайский язык
756
5Vietnamese (vi)
Tiếng Hán thượng cổ
383
6Spanish (es)
Chino antiguo
306
7French (fr)
Chinois archaïque
263
8Italian (it)
Lingua cinese antica
122
9Korean (ko)
상고한어
121
10German (de)
Altchinesische Sprache
119
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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 "Old Chinese" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Old Chinese
187
2Chinese (zh)
上古汉语
125
3French (fr)
Chinois archaïque
56
4Italian (it)
Lingua cinese antica
49
5Russian (ru)
Древнекитайский язык
40
6German (de)
Altchinesische Sprache
31
7Spanish (es)
Chino antiguo
23
8Swedish (sv)
Fornkinesiska
15
9Korean (ko)
상고한어
13
10Polish (pl)
Język starochiński
13
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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 "Old Chinese" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Old Chinese
2
2Japanese (ja)
上古中国語
1
3Vietnamese (vi)
Tiếng Hán thượng cổ
1
4Catalan (ca)
Xinés antic
0
5German (de)
Altchinesische Sprache
0
6Esperanto (eo)
Malnova ĉina
0
7Spanish (es)
Chino antiguo
0
8Basque (eu)
Antzinako txinera
0
9Persian (fa)
چینی کهن
0
10Finnish (fi)
Muinaiskiina
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 "Old Chinese" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Old Chinese
1 076
2Chinese (zh)
上古汉语
1 065
3French (fr)
Chinois archaïque
155
4Japanese (ja)
上古中国語
139
5Russian (ru)
Древнекитайский язык
135
6Vietnamese (vi)
Tiếng Hán thượng cổ
134
7Indonesian (id)
Bahasa Tionghoa Kuno
100
8Spanish (es)
Chino antiguo
97
9Italian (it)
Lingua cinese antica
92
10Persian (fa)
چینی کهن
79
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
Xinés antic
deGerman
Altchinesische Sprache
enEnglish
Old Chinese
eoEsperanto
Malnova ĉina
esSpanish
Chino antiguo
euBasque
Antzinako txinera
faPersian
چینی کهن
fiFinnish
Muinaiskiina
frFrench
Chinois archaïque
idIndonesian
Bahasa Tionghoa Kuno
itItalian
Lingua cinese antica
jaJapanese
上古中国語
koKorean
상고한어
laLatin
Lingua Sinica antiqua
msMalay
Bahasa Cina Kuno
noNorwegian
Gammelkinesisk
plPolish
Język starochiński
ptPortuguese
Chinês antigo
ruRussian
Древнекитайский язык
shSerbo-Croatian
Starokineski jezik
srSerbian
Старокинески језик
svSwedish
Fornkinesiska
trTurkish
Eski Çince
urUrdu
قدیم چینی
viVietnamese
Tiếng Hán thượng cổ
zhChinese
上古汉语
zhminnanMin Nan
Siōng-kó͘ Hàn-gí

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#57814
07.2020
Global:
#74681
07.2020

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#13081
02.2004
Global:
#20220
02.2005

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Old Chinese from Wikipedia articles about Chinese, Middle Chinese, Han dynasty, Qin dynasty and Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Whereas reading the article about Old Chinese people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Sino-Tibetan, Old Chinese phonology, Sinitic, Oracle bone script and Classical Chinese.

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

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