Description linguistique

Descriptive linguistics - work of objectively describing the state of a linguistic system; as opposed to prescribing perceived norms of usage. Article “Description linguistique” in French Wikipedia has 12.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 4 references and 2 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Description linguistique”, its content was written by 15 registered users of French Wikipedia and edited by 292 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 17 times in French Wikipedia and cited 1439 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (French): #4427 in April 2018
• Global: #1022 in September 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (French): #266173 in June 2021
• Global: #147208 in July 2009

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, 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	English (en) Linguistic description		34.3927
2	Dutch (nl) Beschrijvende taalkunde		32.4536
3	Armenian (hy) Նկարագրական լեզվաբանություն		28.9782
4	Esperanto (eo) Priskriba lingvistiko		28.0138
5	Polish (pl) Deskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)		26.242
6	German (de) Deskriptive Linguistik		25.335
7	Turkish (tr) Dilbilimsel betimleme		24.4143
8	Italian (it) Linguistica descrittiva		23.5874
9	Indonesian (id) Deskriptivisme (linguistik)		18.5507
10	Persian (fa) توصیف زبانی		17.9678

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Linguistic description		1 174 233
2	German (de) Deskriptive Linguistik		92 038
3	Arabic (ar) لسانيات وصفية		38 539
4	Ukrainian (uk) Дескриптивне мовознавство		27 916
5	Chinese (zh) 描写语言学		24 880
6	Polish (pl) Deskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)		22 926
7	Indonesian (id) Deskriptivisme (linguistik)		20 948
8	Swedish (sv) Deskriptiv lingvistik		17 513
9	French (fr) Description linguistique		14 563
10	Greek (el) Περιγραφική γλωσσολογία		7 367

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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 "Description linguistique" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Linguistic description		1 706
2	Chinese (zh) 描写语言学		152
3	Polish (pl) Deskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)		107
4	German (de) Deskriptive Linguistik		68
5	French (fr) Description linguistique		48
6	Italian (it) Linguistica descrittiva		28
7	Persian (fa) توصیف زبانی		23
8	Portuguese (pt) Linguística descritiva		21
9	Czech (cs) Deskriptivní lingvistika		20
10	Turkish (tr) Dilbilimsel betimleme		16

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

Language versions of the article "Description linguistique" 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		15
5	Latin (la) Linguistica descriptiva		12
6	Arabic (ar) لسانيات وصفية		11
7	Ukrainian (uk) Дескриптивне мовознавство		11
8	Chinese (zh) 描写语言学		10
9	Italian (it) Linguistica descrittiva		9
10	Swedish (sv) Deskriptiv lingvistik		9

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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 "Description linguistique" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Linguistic description		1
2	Chinese (zh) 描写语言学		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 "Description linguistique" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Linguistic description		597
2	Ukrainian (uk) Дескриптивне мовознавство		113
3	Chinese (zh) 描写语言学		111
4	Persian (fa) توصیف زبانی		88
5	Arabic (ar) لسانيات وصفية		81
6	Polish (pl) Deskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)		60
7	Turkish (tr) Dilbilimsel betimleme		60
8	Czech (cs) Deskriptivní lingvistika		47
9	Azerbaijani (az) Deskriptiv linqvistika		46
10	Portuguese (pt) Linguística descritiva		43

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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

French: #266173 06.2021

Global: #147208 07.2009

Best Rank

French: #4427 04.2018

Global: #1022 09.2001

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