Bread and salt

Bread and salt - welcome greeting ceremony in some Slavic, Nordic, Baltic, Balkan and Middle Eastern cultures in which guests are presented with a loaf of bread and salt. Article “Bread and salt” in Simple English Wikipedia has 18.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 2 references and 1 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Bread and salt”, its content was written by 10 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 417 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 521 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #3900 in April 2015
• Global: #10447 in June 2006

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #15777 in March 2022
• Global: #75513 in August 2013

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	English (en) Bread and salt		57.5354
2	Serbian (sr) Hleb i so		40.6541
3	Hebrew (he) לחם ומלח		37.6483
4	German (de) Brot und Salz		34.1893
5	Vietnamese (vi) Bánh mì và muối		31.3026
6	Chinese (zh) 面包和盐		31.0957
7	Turkish (tr) Ekmek ve tuz		30.6705
8	Arabic (ar) العيش والملح		29.8138
9	Russian (ru) Хлеб-соль		28.7475
10	Hungarian (hu) Kenyér és só		22.8957

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Bread and salt" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	German (de) Brot und Salz		1 058 197
2	English (en) Bread and salt		717 748
3	Russian (ru) Хлеб-соль		236 777
4	Spanish (es) Pan y sal		49 891
5	Ukrainian (uk) Хліб-сіль		48 559
6	Chinese (zh) 面包和盐		35 612
7	Japanese (ja) パンと塩		29 203
8	Hungarian (hu) Kenyér és só		28 436
9	Persian (fa) نان و نمک		21 088
10	Hebrew (he) לחם ומלח		16 494

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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 "Bread and salt" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Bread and salt		2 660
2	Russian (ru) Хлеб-соль		1 923
3	German (de) Brot und Salz		1 596
4	Persian (fa) نان و نمک		165
5	Japanese (ja) パンと塩		160
6	Ukrainian (uk) Хліб-сіль		146
7	Chinese (zh) 面包和盐		130
8	Spanish (es) Pan y sal		108
9	Romanian (ro) Pâine și sare		59
10	Vietnamese (vi) Bánh mì và muối		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 "Bread and salt" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Bread and salt		182
2	German (de) Brot und Salz		42
3	Chinese (zh) 面包和盐		24
4	Hebrew (he) לחם ומלח		23
5	Russian (ru) Хлеб-соль		22
6	Spanish (es) Pan y sal		16
7	Ukrainian (uk) Хліб-сіль		15
8	Bulgarian (bg) Хляб и сол		13
9	Hungarian (hu) Kenyér és só		12
10	Japanese (ja) パンと塩		11

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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 "Bread and salt" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Bread and salt		1
2	Arabic (ar) العيش والملح		0
3	Bulgarian (bg) Хляб и сол		0
4	Catalan (ca) Pa i sal		0
5	German (de) Brot und Salz		0
6	Spanish (es) Pan y sal		0
7	Basque (eu) Ogi eta gatz		0
8	Persian (fa) نان و نمک		0
9	Hebrew (he) לחם ומלח		0
10	Hungarian (hu) Kenyér és só		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 "Bread and salt" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Bread and salt		298
2	Korean (ko) 빵과 소금		49
3	Russian (ru) Хлеб-соль		45
4	German (de) Brot und Salz		22
5	Ukrainian (uk) Хліб-сіль		19
6	Japanese (ja) パンと塩		18
7	Persian (fa) نان و نمک		12
8	Spanish (es) Pan y sal		8
9	Hebrew (he) לחם ומלח		7
10	Indonesian (id) Roti dan garam		6

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic العيش والملح
bg	Bulgarian Хляб и сол
ca	Catalan Pa i sal
de	German Brot und Salz
en	English Bread and salt
es	Spanish Pan y sal
eu	Basque Ogi eta gatz
fa	Persian نان و نمک
he	Hebrew לחם ומלח
hu	Hungarian Kenyér és só
hy	Armenian Աղուհաց
id	Indonesian Roti dan garam
it	Italian Pane e sale (gastronomia)
ja	Japanese パンと塩
ka	Georgian პურ-მარილი
ko	Korean 빵과 소금
ro	Romanian Pâine și sare
ru	Russian Хлеб-соль
simple	Simple English Bread and salt
sr	Serbian Hleb i so
tr	Turkish Ekmek ve tuz
uk	Ukrainian Хліб-сіль
vi	Vietnamese Bánh mì và muối
zh	Chinese 面包和盐

Best Rank

Simple English: #15777 03.2022

Global: #75513 08.2013

Best Rank

Simple English: #3900 04.2015

Global: #10447 06.2006

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