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Glottalic theory - hypothesis that Proto-Indo-European had ejective stops (*pʼ *tʼ *kʼ) instead of plain voiced ones (*b *d *ɡ); today rejected by most linguists. Article “Glottalic theory” in Simple English Wikipedia has 2.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

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 “Glottalic theory”, its content was written by 4 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 201 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 186 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #3403 in September 2018
  • Global: #81945 in July 2009

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #11904 in December 2020
  • Global: #471875 in October 2017

There are 8 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Glottalic theory
51.1042
2Chinese (zh)
声门音理论
27.0382
3Russian (ru)
Глоттальная теория
20.0096
4German (de)
Glottaltheorie
14.9628
5Catalan (ca)
Teoria glotal
12.3507
6Belarusian (be)
Глатальная тэорыя
10.7359
7Galician (gl)
Teoría das glotais
10.5697
8Simple English (simple)
Glottalic theory
2.5716
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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 "Glottalic theory" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Glottalic theory
175 071
2Russian (ru)
Глоттальная теория
40 811
3German (de)
Glottaltheorie
22 165
4Chinese (zh)
声门音理论
8 294
5Catalan (ca)
Teoria glotal
4 039
6Simple English (simple)
Glottalic theory
3 848
7Galician (gl)
Teoría das glotais
2 404
8Belarusian (be)
Глатальная тэорыя
63
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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 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Glottalic theory" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Glottalic theory
1 699
2Simple English (simple)
Glottalic theory
259
3Russian (ru)
Глоттальная теория
159
4Chinese (zh)
声门音理论
58
5German (de)
Glottaltheorie
55
6Catalan (ca)
Teoria glotal
17
7Galician (gl)
Teoría das glotais
17
8Belarusian (be)
Глатальная тэорыя
3
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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 "Glottalic theory" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Glottalic theory
115
2Russian (ru)
Глоттальная теория
33
3German (de)
Glottaltheorie
24
4Catalan (ca)
Teoria glotal
11
5Chinese (zh)
声门音理论
7
6Galician (gl)
Teoría das glotais
5
7Simple English (simple)
Glottalic theory
4
8Belarusian (be)
Глатальная тэорыя
2
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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 2025

Language versions of the article "Glottalic theory" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Glottalic theory
1
2Belarusian (be)
Глатальная тэорыя
0
3Catalan (ca)
Teoria glotal
0
4German (de)
Glottaltheorie
0
5Galician (gl)
Teoría das glotais
0
6Russian (ru)
Глоттальная теория
0
7Simple English (simple)
Glottalic theory
0
8Chinese (zh)
声门音理论
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 "Glottalic theory" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Glottalic theory
85
2Russian (ru)
Глоттальная теория
39
3Chinese (zh)
声门音理论
36
4German (de)
Glottaltheorie
8
5Catalan (ca)
Teoria glotal
7
6Galician (gl)
Teoría das glotais
7
7Belarusian (be)
Глатальная тэорыя
2
8Simple English (simple)
Glottalic theory
2
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
beBelarusian
Глатальная тэорыя
caCatalan
Teoria glotal
deGerman
Glottaltheorie
enEnglish
Glottalic theory
glGalician
Teoría das glotais
ruRussian
Глоттальная теория
simpleSimple English
Glottalic theory
zhChinese
声门音理论

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#11904
12.2020
Global:
#471875
10.2017

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#3403
09.2018
Global:
#81945
07.2009

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Glottalic theory from Wikipedia articles about High German consonant shift, Grimms law, Proto-Indo-European phonology, Ejective consonant and Proto-Indo-European Urheimat hypotheses. Whereas reading the article about Glottalic theory people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Proto-Indo-European phonology, Laryngeal theory, Ejective consonant, Nonexplosive stop and Kelabit.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

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