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Second language

Quality:

Second language - language spoken in addition to one's first language. Article “Second language” in Simple English Wikipedia has 3.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 0 references and 2 sections.

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

Achievements in all the time:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 6985th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.

Since the creation of article “Second language”, its content was written by 18 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 752 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 83 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3044 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #530 in December 2019
  • Global: #4576 in October 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #1379 in January 2023
  • Global: #52510 in December 2022

There are 35 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)
Second language
46.1632
2Spanish (es)
Segunda lengua
28.5338
3Armenian (hy)
Երկրորդ լեզու
27.7452
4Hungarian (hu)
Második nyelv
27.4531
5Tamil (ta)
இரண்டாம் மொழி
23.8229
6Chinese (zh)
第二語言
22.2284
7Ukrainian (uk)
Друга мова
21.9599
8Basque (eu)
Bigarren hizkuntza
21.4362
9Indonesian (id)
Bahasa kedua
21.192
10Romanian (ro)
Limbă secundă
21.0974
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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 "Second language" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Second language
3 330 537
2Spanish (es)
Segunda lengua
529 361
3German (de)
Zweitsprache
209 450
4Italian (it)
L2
186 092
5Chinese (zh)
第二語言
175 541
6Japanese (ja)
第二言語
173 780
7Russian (ru)
Второй язык
128 385
8Portuguese (pt)
Segunda língua
124 036
9French (fr)
Langue seconde
112 799
10Indonesian (id)
Bahasa kedua
68 018
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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 "Second language" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Second language
17 051
2Russian (ru)
Второй язык
769
3Simple English (simple)
Second language
657
4Spanish (es)
Segunda lengua
651
5Chinese (zh)
第二語言
644
6German (de)
Zweitsprache
471
7Japanese (ja)
第二言語
355
8French (fr)
Langue seconde
350
9Italian (it)
L2
338
10Portuguese (pt)
Segunda língua
269
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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 "Second language" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Second language
243
2Spanish (es)
Segunda lengua
73
3German (de)
Zweitsprache
49
4Chinese (zh)
第二語言
46
5French (fr)
Langue seconde
41
6Italian (it)
L2
30
7Dutch (nl)
Tweede taal
30
8Japanese (ja)
第二言語
29
9Russian (ru)
Второй язык
28
10Persian (fa)
زبان دوم
26
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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 "Second language" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
لغة ثانية
2
2English (en)
Second language
2
3Urdu (ur)
دوسری زبان
1
4Azerbaijani (az)
İkinci dil
0
5Catalan (ca)
Segona llengua
0
6Czech (cs)
Druhý jazyk
0
7Danish (da)
Andetsprog
0
8German (de)
Zweitsprache
0
9Esperanto (eo)
Dua lingvo
0
10Spanish (es)
Segunda lengua
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 "Second language" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Second language
687
2French (fr)
Langue seconde
174
3German (de)
Zweitsprache
168
4Russian (ru)
Второй язык
167
5Italian (it)
L2
152
6Spanish (es)
Segunda lengua
147
7Persian (fa)
زبان دوم
145
8Japanese (ja)
第二言語
141
9Chinese (zh)
第二語言
140
10Indonesian (id)
Bahasa kedua
133
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2025:
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Registered authors in all years:
Simple English:
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Citations:
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Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
لغة ثانية
azAzerbaijani
İkinci dil
caCatalan
Segona llengua
csCzech
Druhý jazyk
daDanish
Andetsprog
deGerman
Zweitsprache
enEnglish
Second language
eoEsperanto
Dua lingvo
esSpanish
Segunda lengua
euBasque
Bigarren hizkuntza
faPersian
زبان دوم
fiFinnish
Toinen kieli
frFrench
Langue seconde
glGalician
Segunda lingua
huHungarian
Második nyelv
hyArmenian
Երկրորդ լեզու
idIndonesian
Bahasa kedua
itItalian
L2
jaJapanese
第二言語
koKorean
제2언어
msMalay
Bahasa kedua
nlDutch
Tweede taal
noNorwegian
Andrespråk
ptPortuguese
Segunda língua
roRomanian
Limbă secundă
ruRussian
Второй язык
simpleSimple English
Second language
svSwedish
Andraspråk
taTamil
இரண்டாம் மொழி
thThai
ภาษาที่สอง
trTurkish
İkinci dil
ukUkrainian
Друга мова
urUrdu
دوسری زبان
viVietnamese
Ngôn ngữ thứ hai
zhChinese
第二語言

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1379
01.2023
Global:
#52510
12.2022

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#530
12.2019
Global:
#4576
10.2003

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Second language from Wikipedia articles about English, List of languages by total number of speakers, Esperanto, Russian and French. Whereas reading the article about Second language people most often go to Wikipedia articles on First language, Foreign language, Language attrition, Second-language acquisition and Second Language.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

it: L2

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