Linguistic imperialism

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Linguistic imperialism

Quality:

Linguistic imperialism - transfer of a dominant language to other people, as a demonstration of military of economic power, along with other aspects of the dominant culture. Article “Linguistic imperialism” in Simple English Wikipedia has 20.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). 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 “Linguistic imperialism”, its content was written by 1 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 706 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 7 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1364 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #4036 in September 2023
  • Global: #1494 in July 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #39201 in October 2023
  • Global: #147769 in August 2015

There are 25 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)
Linguistic imperialism
55.6743
2French (fr)
Impérialisme linguistique
52.4114
3Malay (ms)
Imperialisme bahasa
50.5898
4Esperanto (eo)
Lingva imperiismo
50.5811
5Basque (eu)
Hizkuntza inperialismo
45.9116
6Indonesian (id)
Imperialisme bahasa
45.7069
7Spanish (es)
Imperialismo lingüístico
44.2107
8Turkish (tr)
Dil emperyalizmi
43.3316
9Hebrew (he)
אימפריאליזם לשוני
41.1766
10Japanese (ja)
言語帝国主義
27.8383
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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 "Linguistic imperialism" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Linguistic imperialism
815 346
2French (fr)
Impérialisme linguistique
125 767
3Japanese (ja)
言語帝国主義
121 637
4Spanish (es)
Imperialismo lingüístico
40 917
5Arabic (ar)
إمبريالية لغوية
32 985
6Hindi (hi)
भाषाई साम्राज्यवाद
32 185
7Russian (ru)
Языковой империализм
30 044
8German (de)
Sprachimperialismus
28 702
9Chinese (zh)
语言帝国主义
18 989
10Malay (ms)
Imperialisme bahasa
12 973
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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 "Linguistic imperialism" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Linguistic imperialism
4 145
2Japanese (ja)
言語帝国主義
450
3French (fr)
Impérialisme linguistique
255
4Chinese (zh)
语言帝国主义
173
5Russian (ru)
Языковой империализм
146
6Spanish (es)
Imperialismo lingüístico
138
7Hindi (hi)
भाषाई साम्राज्यवाद
120
8Turkish (tr)
Dil emperyalizmi
57
9German (de)
Sprachimperialismus
50
10Arabic (ar)
إمبريالية لغوية
46
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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 "Linguistic imperialism" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Linguistic imperialism
216
2French (fr)
Impérialisme linguistique
147
3Japanese (ja)
言語帝国主義
45
4German (de)
Sprachimperialismus
42
5Hindi (hi)
भाषाई साम्राज्यवाद
27
6Russian (ru)
Языковой империализм
25
7Esperanto (eo)
Lingva imperiismo
21
8Hebrew (he)
אימפריאליזם לשוני
21
9Dutch (nl)
Taalimperialisme
21
10Spanish (es)
Imperialismo lingüístico
18
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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 "Linguistic imperialism" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Linguistic imperialism
2
2Arabic (ar)
إمبريالية لغوية
1
3French (fr)
Impérialisme linguistique
1
4German (de)
Sprachimperialismus
0
5Esperanto (eo)
Lingva imperiismo
0
6Spanish (es)
Imperialismo lingüístico
0
7Basque (eu)
Hizkuntza inperialismo
0
8Persian (fa)
امپریالیسم زبانی
0
9Hebrew (he)
אימפריאליזם לשוני
0
10Hindi (hi)
भाषाई साम्राज्यवाद
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 "Linguistic imperialism" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Linguistic imperialism
599
2French (fr)
Impérialisme linguistique
268
3Ukrainian (uk)
Мовний імперіалізм
97
4Chinese (zh)
语言帝国主义
64
5Russian (ru)
Языковой империализм
58
6Turkish (tr)
Dil emperyalizmi
48
7Japanese (ja)
言語帝国主義
45
8Arabic (ar)
إمبريالية لغوية
32
9Esperanto (eo)
Lingva imperiismo
28
10Hindi (hi)
भाषाई साम्राज्यवाद
18
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
إمبريالية لغوية
deGerman
Sprachimperialismus
enEnglish
Linguistic imperialism
eoEsperanto
Lingva imperiismo
esSpanish
Imperialismo lingüístico
euBasque
Hizkuntza inperialismo
faPersian
امپریالیسم زبانی
frFrench
Impérialisme linguistique
heHebrew
אימפריאליזם לשוני
hiHindi
भाषाई साम्राज्यवाद
hrCroatian
Jezični imperijalizam
idIndonesian
Imperialisme bahasa
jaJapanese
言語帝国主義
laLatin
Imperialismus linguisticus
msMalay
Imperialisme bahasa
nlDutch
Taalimperialisme
ptPortuguese
Imperialismo linguístico
roRomanian
Imperialismul lingvistic al limbii arabe
ruRussian
Языковой империализм
simpleSimple English
Linguistic imperialism
taTamil
மொழி மேலாதிக்கம்
trTurkish
Dil emperyalizmi
ukUkrainian
Мовний імперіалізм
zhChinese
语言帝国主义
zhminnanMin Nan
Gí-giân tè-kok chú-gī

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#39201
10.2023
Global:
#147769
08.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#4036
09.2023
Global:
#1494
07.2004

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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