List of Wikipedias
Wikipedia is a free multilingual open-source wiki-based online encyclopedia edited and maintained by a community of volunteer editors, started on 15 January 2001 as an English-language encyclopedia. Non-English editions were soon created: the German and Catalan editions were created on circa 16 March,[1] the French edition was created on 23 March,[2] and the Swedish edition was created on 23 May.[3] As of April 2024, Wikipedia articles have been created in 339 editions, with 326 currently active and 13 closed.[4]
The Meta-Wiki language committee manages policies on creating new Wikimedia projects. To be eligible, a language must have a valid ISO 639 code, be "sufficiently unique", and have a "sufficient number of fluent users".[5]
Variations in editions
Wikipedia projects vary in how they divide dialects and variants. For example, the English Wikipedia includes most modern varieties of English including American English and British English.[6][7] Similarly, the Spanish Wikipedia includes both Peninsular Castilian and Latin American Spanish,[8] and the Portuguese Wikipedia includes both European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese.[9] In contrast, some languages have multiple Wikipedias. For example, Serbo-Croatian encompasses four Wikipedia editions, Serbo-Croatian and three different standardized varieties (Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian).[10]
Additionally, some Wikipedia projects apply different approaches to orthography. For instance, the Chinese Wikipedia automatically transliterates between six standard forms: three using simplified Chinese characters (Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore) and three using traditional Chinese characters (Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau).[11][12] And rather than relying on transliteration, Belarusian has separate Wikipedia projects for the official Narkamaŭka and Taraškievica orthographies.[13]
Wikipedia edition codes
Each Wikipedia project has a code, which is used as a subdomain of wikipedia.org. The codes mostly conform to ISO 639-1 two-letter codes or ISO 639-3 three-letter codes, with preference given to a two-letter code if available.[14] For example, en stands for English in ISO 639-1, so the English Wikipedia is at en.wikipedia.org.
Wikipedia editions
Active editions
The table below lists the active language editions of Wikipedia roughly sorted by magnitude of the number of active users (registered users who have made at least one edit in the last thirty days).[15]
| Wikipedia name in English | Wikipedia name in native language | Language | Script ( | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chavacano Wikipedia | Chavacano Wikipedia | Zamboanga Chavacano | Latn | cbk-zam | 13 | Unknown date |  |
| Guianan Creole Wikipedia | Wikipédja an kriyòl gwiyannen | French Guianese Creole | Latn | gcr | 13 | 22 November 2019 |  |
| Inuktitut Wikipedia | ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᕆᐅᙵᐃᐹ (Uikipitia inuktitut) | Inuktitut | Cans | iu | 13 | Unknown date |  |
| Iñupiaq Wikipedia | Uiqipitia Iñupiatun | Iñupiaq | Latn | ik | 13 | Unknown date |  |
| Jamaican Patois Wikipedia | Jumiekan Patwa Wikipidia | Jamaican Patois | Latn | jam | 13 | Unknown date |  |
| Komi-Permyak Wikipedia | Перем коми Википедия (Perem komi Vikipedija) | Komi-Permyak | Cyrl | koi | 13 | 19 October 2010 |  |
| Papiamento Wikipedia | Wikipedia na papiamentu | Papiamento | Latn | pap | 13 | Unknown date |  |
| Sakizaya Wikipedia | Wikipitiya nu Sakizaya | Sakizaya | Latn | szy | 13 | 22 November 2019 |  |
| Shilha Wikipedia | Wikipidya taclḥiyt (ⵡⵉⴽⵉⵒⵉⴷⵢⴰ ⵜⴰⵛⵍⵃⵉⵜ) | Shilha | Latn/Tfng | shi | 13 | 30 June 2021 |  |
| Tarantino Wikipedia | Uicchipèdie tarandíne | Tarantino | Latn | roa-tara | 13 | Unknown date |  |
| Tigrinya Wikipedia | ዊኪፐድያ ብትግርኛ (Wikipädya bətəgrəñña) | Tigrinya | Ethi | ti | 13 | Unknown date |  |
| Tsonga Wikipedia | Wikipediya Xitsonga | Tsonga | Latn | ts | 13 | Unknown date |  |
| Võro Wikipedia | Võrokeeline Vikipeediä | Võro | Latn | fiu-vro | 13 | 2005 (unknown date) |  |
| Zhuang Wikipedia | Veizgiek Bakgoh Vahcuengh | Zhuang (Standard Zhuang) | Latn | za | 13 | Unknown date |  |
| Awadhi Wikipedia | अवधी विकिपीडिया (Avadhī vikipīḍiyā) | Awadhi | Deva | awa | 12 | 21 May 2020 |  |
| Greenlandic Wikipedia | Kalaallisut Wikipedia | Greenlandic | Latn | kl | 12 | Unknown date |  |
| Kabardian Wikipedia | Адыгэбзэ Уикипедиэ (Adıgəbzə Wikipediă) | Kabardian | Cyrl | kbd | 12 | Unknown date |  |
| Madurese Wikipedia | Wikipèḍia bhâsa Madhurâ | Madurese | Latn | mad | 12 | Unknown date |  |
| Novial Wikipedia | Wikipedie in novial | Novial | Latn | nov | 12 | Unknown date |  |
| Palatine German Wikipedia | Pälzisch Wikipedia | Palatine German | Latn | pfl | 12 | Unknown date |  |
| Pontic Wikipedia | Ποντιακόν Βικιπαίδεια (Pontiakón Bikipaídeia) | Pontic Greek | Grek | pnt | 12 | 5 March 2009 |  |
| Toba Batak Wikipedia | Wikipedia Batak Toba | Toba Batak | Latn | bbc | 12 | Unknown date | |
| Tok Pisin Wikipedia | Wikipedia long Tok Pisin | Tok Pisin | Latn | tpi | 12 | Unknown date |  |
| Atayal Wikipedia | Wikibitia na Tayal | Atayal | Latn | tay | 11 | Unknown date |  |
| Chewa Wikipedia | Wikipedia Chichewa | Chewa | Latn | ny | 11 | Unknown date |  |
| Dagaare Wikipedia | Dagaare Wikipiideɛ | Dagaare | Latn | dga | 11 | Unknown date |  |
| Karachay-Balkar Wikipedia | Къарачай-Малкъар Википедия (Qaraçay-Malqar Wikipédiya) | Karachay-Balkar | Cyrl | krc | 11 | 19 March 2010 |  |
| Kirundi Wikipedia | Wikipediya mu Ikirundi | Kirundi | Latn | rn | 11 | Unknown date | |
| Latgalian Wikipedia | Vikipedeja latgaļu volūdā | Latgalian | Latn | ltg | 11 | 18 March 2011 |  |
| Bambara Wikipedia | Wikipedi Bamanankan | Bambara | Latn | bm | 11 | Unknown date |  |
| Wolof Wikipedia | Wikipedia Wolof | Wolof | Latn | wo | 11 | Unknown date |  |
| Angika Wikipedia | विकिपीडिया | Angika | Deva | anp | 10 | 22 March 2023 |  |
| Aramaic Wikipedia | ܘܝܩܝܦܕܝܐ ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ (Wīqīpedyāʾ leššānā suryāyā) | Aramaic (Syriac) | Syrc | arc | 10 | Unknown date |  |
| Buginese Wikipedia | ᨓᨗᨀᨗᨄᨙᨉᨗᨕ ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ (Wikipedia basa Ugi) | Buginese | Bugi | bug | 10 | Unknown date |  |
| Ghanaian Pidgin Wikipedia | Ghanaian Pidgin Wikipedia | Ghanaian Pidgin English | Latn | gpe | 10 | Unknown date |  |
| Gilaki Wikipedia | گیلکی ویکیپدیاٰ (Giləki vikipөdiya) | Gilaki | Arab | glk | 10 | 2006 (unknown date) |  |
| Hill Mari Wikipedia | Кырык марла Википеди (Kyryk marla Vikipedi) | Hill Mari | Cyrl | mrj | 10 | 17 October 2010 |  |
| Nias Wikipedia | Wikipedia Li Niha | Nias | Latn | nia | 10 | Unknown date |  |
| Kikuyu Wikipedia | Wikipedia Gĩgĩkũyũ | Kikuyu | Latn | ki | 9 | Unknown date |  |
| N'Ko Wikipedia | ߥߞߌߔߘߋߞߎ ߒߞߏ (Wkipdeku n'ko) | N'Ko | Nkoo | nqo | 9 | Unknown date |  |
| Sango Wikipedia | Wïkïpêdïyäa na Sängö | Sango | Latn | sg | 9 | Unknown date |  |
| Seediq Wikipedia | Seediq Wikipidiya | Seediq | Latn | trv | 9 | Unknown date |  |
| Bislama Wikipedia | Wikipedia long Bislama | Bislama | Latn | bi | 8 | Unknown date |  |
| Fante Wikipedia | Fante Wikipedia | Fante | Latn | fat | 8 | Unknown date |  |
| Mon Wikipedia | ဝဳကဳပဳဒဳယာမန် (Wīkīpīdīya mawn) | Mon | Mymr | mnw | 8 | 4 November 2019 |  |
| Tongan Wikipedia | Wikipedia ʻi lea fakatonga | Tongan | Latn | to | 8 | January 2004 (unknown day) |  |
| Dinka Wikipedia | Wikipedia Thuɔŋjäŋ | Dinka | Latn | din | 7 | Unknown date |  |
| Kabiye Wikipedia | Wikipediya kabɩyɛ | Kabiye | Latn | kbp | 7 | Unknown date |  |
| Norman Wikipedia | Augeron, Cotentinais, Percheron: Viqùipédie normaunde Auregnais: Ouitchipédie Nourmaounde Brayon, Cauchois, Rouennais: Viqùipédie normande Guernésiais: Ouitchipédie normande Jèrriais: Ouitchipédie Nouormande Sercquiais: Witchipedi Normãdi | Norman | Latn | nrm | 7 | 2006 (unknown date) |  |
| Pali Wikipedia | पालि विकिपीडिया (Pāli vikipīḍiyā) | Pali | Deva | pi | 7 | Unknown date |  |
| Sranan Tongo Wikipedia | Sranan Wikipedia | Sranan Tongo | Latn | srn | 7 | Unknown date |  |
| Konkani Wikipedia | कोंकणी विकिपीडिया (Konknni Wikipidia) (ಕೊಂಕ್ಣಿ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾ) | Konkani (Goan Konkani) | Deva/Latn/Knda | gom | 7 | July 2015 (unknown day) |  |
| Kalmyk Wikipedia | Хальмг Бикипеди (Haľmg Vikipedi) | Kalmyk Oirat | Cyrl | xal | 6 | 24 March 2006 |  |
| Lak Wikipedia | Лакку мазрал Википедия (Lak:u mazral Vikipediaˤ) | Lak | Cyrl | lbe | 6 | Unknown date |  |
| Paiwan Wikipedia | wikipidiya nua pinayuanan | Paiwan | Latn | pwn | 6 | Unknown date |  |
| Tahitian Wikipedia | Vitipetia Reo Tahiti | Tahitian | Latn | ty | 6 | Unknown date |  |
| Gurene Wikipedia | Gurenɛ Wikipedia | Farefare (Gurene) | Latn | gur | 4 | Unknown date |  |
Inactive editions
The table below lists the inactive language editions of Wikipedia. This list includes closed, deleted, test, and archived editions.[15]
The Nostalgia Wikipedia is an archive of the English Wikipedia's initial display.
| Wikipedia name in English | Wikipedia name in native language | Language | Script ( | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Luri Wikipedia (locked) | Northern Luri | Arab | lrc | Unknown date | 14 January 2021 |  | |
| September 11 Wiki (deleted) | September 11 Wiki | English | Latn | sep11 | 2001 (unknown date) | Made read-only: 2006 (unknown date) Closure: 2008 (unknown date) | |
| Siberian Wikipedia (deleted) | fictitious so-called 'artificial Siberian language' | Cyrl | ru-sib | 1 October 2006 | Closure: 19 September 2007 Deletion: 16 October 2007 |  | |
| Sichuan Yi Wikipedia (closed) | Nuosu | Yiii | ii | Unknown date | 29 July 2007 | ||
| Test Wikipedia | Test Wikipedia | English | Latn | test | Unknown date | ||
| Test2 Wikipedia | Test2 Wikipedia | English | Latn | test2 | Unknown date |  | |
| Toki Pona Wikipedia (deleted) | Toki Pona | Latn | tok | Unknown date | Closure: 2008 (unknown date) Deletion: 24 March 2009 | ||
| Wikipedia 10 (closed) | Wikipedia 10 | English | Latn | ten | Unknown date | Unknown date |  |
| Nostalgia Wikipedia | Nostalgia Wikipedia | English | Latn | nostalgia | Unknown date |  |
See also
- History of Wikipedia
- List of online encyclopedias
- Languages used on the Internet
- Wikimedia Foundation § Wikimedia projects
References
- ^ Wales, Jimmy (16 March 2001). "[Wikipedia-l] Alternative language wikipedias". Wikipedia-L (Mailing list). Archived from the original on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ZDNet France (in French). Red Ventures. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie collaborative libre, fêtera ses dix ans en janvier 2011, et a débuté le 23 mars 2001 en version française, mais dès ce jeudi 23 septembre, à neuf ans et demi exactement, la Wikipédia francophone a enregistré officiellement le cap du million d'articles. (Wikipedia, the free collaborative encyclopedia, will celebrate its tenth anniversary in January 2011. It started on March 23, 2001 in its French version, but as of this Thursday, September 23, at exactly nine and a half years old, the French-language Wikipedia has officially reached the one million article mark.)
- ^ "History of HomePage". Swedish Wikipedia. Archived from the original on 8 June 2001. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ "Wikipedia statistics/meta.tab - Wikimedia Commons". Wikimedia Commons. Archived from the original on 10 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- Meta-Wiki. Archivedfrom the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ISBN 978-1617148125.
- ^ "Wikipedia:Manual of Style". Archived from the original on 9 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- S2CID 241442991.
- ^ Costa, Bernardo Esteves Gonçalves da (2014). As controvérsias da ciência na Wikipédia em português: o caso do aquecimento global (PDF) (Tese (doutorado)). Rio de Janeiro: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Decania do Centro de Ciências Matemáticas e da Natureza, Programa de Pós-Graduação em História das Ciências e das Técnicas e Epistemologia. p. 72.
No passado, as tensões motivadas pelas variantes idiomáticas levaram a propostas para a criação de Wikipédias separadas para o português brasileiro e europeu. Tentativas nesse sentido lançadas em 2005, 2007 e 2009 foram rejeitadas pela Wikimedia Foundation, sob pretexto de que não se trata de idiomas suficientemente diferentes para justificar a cisão.
- ISBN 9780262528245. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ Tsoi, Grace (27 October 2013). "Wikipedia China Becomes Front Line for Views on Language and Culture". The New York Times.
- ^ "Wikipedias in multiple writing systems". Archived from the original on 10 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ Likomitros, Nikos (14 March 2023). "Introducing Belarusian Wikipedia: An interview with Volha Sitnik". Diff. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
- ^ "Wikimedia language code". Archived from the original on 10 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ Meta-Wiki. Archivedfrom the original on 20 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
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