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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 3.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). 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 7135th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.

Since the creation of article “Second language”, its content was written by 23 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 779 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 102 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3237 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #530 in December 2019
  • Global: #4586 in October 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #1376 in January 2023
  • Global: #43301 in April 2015

There are 36 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Second language
49.4622
2Hebrew (he)
שפה שנייה
32.2722
3Spanish (es)
Segunda lengua
28.1858
4Armenian (hy)
Երկրորդ լեզու
27.6878
5Hungarian (hu)
Második nyelv
27.4284
6Tamil (ta)
இரண்டாம் மொழி
23.8223
7Indonesian (id)
Bahasa kedua
23.5456
8Chinese (zh)
第二語言
22.206
9Romanian (ro)
Limbă secundă
21.081
10Basque (eu)
Bigarren hizkuntza
21.0308
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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
5 103 886
2Spanish (es)
Segunda lengua
536 478
3German (de)
Zweitsprache
214 987
4Italian (it)
L2
189 363
5Chinese (zh)
第二語言
182 431
6Japanese (ja)
第二言語
178 101
7Russian (ru)
Второй язык
136 184
8Portuguese (pt)
Segunda língua
126 473
9French (fr)
Langue seconde
117 116
10Indonesian (id)
Bahasa kedua
69 722
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Second language" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Second language
12 410
2Chinese (zh)
第二語言
604
3Spanish (es)
Segunda lengua
457
4Russian (ru)
Второй язык
398
5German (de)
Zweitsprache
393
6Japanese (ja)
第二言語
315
7French (fr)
Langue seconde
285
8Vietnamese (vi)
Ngôn ngữ thứ hai
246
9Portuguese (pt)
Segunda língua
193
10Italian (it)
L2
188
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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
257
2Spanish (es)
Segunda lengua
76
3German (de)
Zweitsprache
49
4Chinese (zh)
第二語言
48
5French (fr)
Langue seconde
42
6Dutch (nl)
Tweede taal
32
7Italian (it)
L2
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 2026

Language versions of the article "Second language" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
لغة ثانية
1
2English (en)
Second language
1
3Ukrainian (uk)
Друга мова
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
715
2French (fr)
Langue seconde
177
3Russian (ru)
Второй язык
173
4German (de)
Zweitsprache
172
5Persian (fa)
زبان دوم
158
6Italian (it)
L2
154
7Spanish (es)
Segunda lengua
148
8Chinese (zh)
第二語言
147
9Japanese (ja)
第二言語
142
10Indonesian (id)
Bahasa kedua
140
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2026:
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Popularity in all years:
Simple English:
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Authors in June 2026:
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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
heHebrew
שפה שנייה
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:
#1376
01.2023
Global:
#43301
04.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#530
12.2019
Global:
#4586
10.2003

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

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 German. Whereas reading the article about Second language people most often go to Wikipedia articles on First language, Language attrition, Second-language acquisition, Foreign language and ◌̈.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

it: L2

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In Simple English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: List of European countries, Black, List of sex positions, 2026 Iran war, Suresh Raina, Politics of Germany, Academy Award for Best Director, 2020, DYSS-TV, 2022.

About WikiRank

The WikiRank project is intended for automatic relative evaluation of the articles in the various language versions of Wikipedia. At the moment the service allows to compare over 50 million Wikipedia articles in 55 languages. Quality scores of articles are based on Wikipedia dumps from July, 2026. When calculating current popularity and AI of articles data from June 2026 was taken into account. For historical values of popularity and AI WikiRank used data from 2001 to 2026... More information