Wiki-popularity rating: Russia's local ethnic groups and their languages in 2019

20 апреля 2020 года


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Wiki-Smart Region project prepared a statistical overview of International multilingual Wiki-popularity of ethnic groups indigenous to Russia and their languages in 2019.

The table provides average daily pageview stats for:

  • Machine-readable Wikidata items (WD, popular for analytics tools, bots and artificial intelligence solutions).
  • Multilingual Wikipedia articles (WP, popular reference for people, usually living outside of respective realities).
  • Audiovisual Файлs on Wikimedia Commons (WC, interest towards audiovisual heritage).

For analytical purposes, above mentioned indicators were used for calculation of Language/Ethnicity ratios for Wikidata (RWD), Wikipedia (RWP) and Wikimedia Commons (RWC): the higher is the figure, the more popular is the language; the lower, the more popular is the ethnicity.

# Ethnicity WD WP WC Language WD WP WC RWD RWP RWC
1 Abazins 1 292 1 Abaza 2 157 1 2 0.54 1
2 Adyghe 1 430 3 Adyghe 3 384 2 3 0.89 0.67
3 Altai 1 424 н/д Altai 1 60 0 1 0.14 н/д
4 Bashkir 1 1146 8 Bashkir 4 494 1 4 0.43 0.13
5 Buryat 1 1173 15 Buryat 2 338 н/д 2 0.29 н/д
6 Ingush 1 604 2 Ingush 2 226 0 2 0.37 0
7 Kabardinians 1 399 7 Kabardian 2 338 н/д 2 0.85 н/д
8 Circassians 1 362 21 Circassian 2 338 н/д 2 0.93 н/д
9 Kalmyks 1 1057 6 Kalmyk 2 227 н/д 2 0.21 н/д
10 Karachays 1 413 2 Karachay 2 247 н/д 2 0.6 н/д
11 Balkars 1 368 1 Balkar 2 247 н/д 2 0.67 н/д
12 Komi 1 342 3 Komi 3 348 0 3 1.02 0
12 Crimean Tatars 2 1611 4 Crimean Tatar 4 574 н/д 2 0.36 н/д
13 Mari 1 767 7 Mari 2 383 0 2 0.5 0
14 Moksha 1 337 5 Moksha 2 263 2 2 0.78 0.4
15 Nogais 1 775 2 Nogai 2 153 0 2 0.2 0
16 Ossetians 3 1223 6 Ossetian 3 612 2 1 0.5 0.33
17 Russians 8 3573 5 Russian 44 11063 45 5.5 3.1 9
18 Tatar 3 6413 7 Tatar 4 1006 6 1.33 0.16 0.86
19 Tuvan 1 710 3 Tuvan 2 382 0 2 0.54 0
20 Udmurt 1 686 2 Udmurt 3 402 1 3 0.59 0.5
21 Ukrainians 4 2072 3 Ukrainian 18 5159 3 4.5 2.49 1
22 Khakas 1 351 2 Khakas 2 147 0 2 0.42 0
23 Chechen 2 1939 7 Chechen 3 861 2 1.5 0.44 0.29
24 Chuvash 2 1089 5 Chuvash 3 527 1 1.5 0.48 0.2
25 Erzya 1 175 12 Erzya 2 260 1 2 1.49 0.08
26 Sakha 1 1297 5 Sakha 3 487 1 3 0.38 0.2
27 Avar 1 1425 6 Avar 3 433 1 3 0.3 0.17
28 Aghul 0 100 1 Aghul 2 56 0 д/0 0.56 0
29 Azerbaijani 2 1869 16 Azerbaijani 8 2577 5 4 1.38 0.31
30 Dargin 1 342 0 Dargin 1 52 0 1 0.15 д/0
31 Kumyk 2 618 4 Kumyk 2 171 0 1 0.28 0
32 Lak 1 290 2 Lak 2 184 0 2 0.63 0
33 Lezgi 1 815 6 Lezgian 2 253 н/д 2 0.31 н/д
34 Rutul 1 131 6 Rutul 1 60 0 1 0.46 0
35 Tabasaran 0 257 н/д Tabasaran 1 130 н/д д/0 0.51 н/д
36 Tat 1 337 0 Tat 1 133 н/д 1 0.39 н/д
37 Mountain Jews 1 836 3 Tat 1 133 н/д 1 0.16 н/д
38 Tsakhur 0 115 н/д Tsakhur 1 51 н/д д/0 0.44 н/д
39 Vepsians 1 419 6 Veps 2 334 1 2 0.8 0.17
40 Dolgany 1 185 1 Dolgan 1 74 н/д 1 0.4 н/д
41 Kazakh 3 2488 21 Kazakh 7 2074 5 2.33 0.83 0.24
42 Mansi 1 953 3 Mansi 2 260 н/д 2 0.27 н/д
43 Nenets 1 1030 10 Nenets 1 194 н/д 1 0.19 н/д
44 Selkup 1 160 1 Selkup 1 71 н/д 1 0.44 н/д
45 Chukchi 1 980 9 Chukchi 1 211 н/д 1 0.22 н/д
46 Finns 2 1143 2 Finnish 14 3602 6 7 3.15 3
47 Khanty 1 425 8 Khanty 1 223 0 1 0.52 0
48 Evenki 1 902 7 Evenki 1 193 н/д 1 0.21 н/д
49 Evens 1 263 1 Even 1 83 н/д 1 0.32 н/д
50 Yukaghir 1 190 1 Yukaghir 1 136 2 1 0.72 2
51 Aleut 1 646 7 Aleut 2 211 1 2 0.33 0.14
52 Alyutors 0 41 н/д Alyutor 1 33 н/д д/0 0.8 н/д
53 Besermyan 0 87 н/д Udmurt 3 402 1 д/0 4.62 н/д
54 Votes 1 204 4 Votic 2 149 3 2 0.73 0.75
55 Izhorians 1 209 1 Ingrian 1 142 н/д 1 0.68 н/д
56 Itelmens 1 197 1 Itelmen 1 80 н/д 1 0.41 н/д
57 Kamchadals 0 109 н/д Russian 44 11063 45 д/0 101.5 н/д
58 Kereks 0 79 н/д Kerek 1 26 н/д д/0 0.33 н/д
59 Kets 1 290 1 Ket 1 178 н/д 1 0.61 н/д
60 Koryaks 1 382 4 Koryak 1 68 н/д 1 0.18 н/д
61 Kumandins 0 58 н/д Kumandy 0 6 н/д д/0 0.1 н/д
62 Nagaybaks 0 86 1 Kryashen 0 6 н/д д/0 0.07 н/д
63 Nanai 1 362 4 Nanai 1 70 н/д 1 0.19 н/д
64 Nganasan 1 197 1 Nganasan 1 73 н/д 1 0.37 н/д
65 Negidals 0 47 н/д Negidal 1 18 н/д д/0 0.38 н/д
66 Nivkh 1 645 7 Nivkh 1 162 н/д 1 0.25 н/д
67 Oroks 1 269 1 Orok 1 65 0 1 0.24 0
68 Oroch 1 116 н/д Oroch 1 31 н/д 1 0.27 н/д
69 Sami 3 5340 9 Sami 3 1049 4 1 0.2 0.44
70 Setos 1 158 3 Seto 1 38 н/д 1 0.24 н/д
71 Soyot 0 49 н/д Soyot 0 5 н/д д/0 0.1 н/д
72 Taz 0 62 0 Taz 0 6 н/д д/0 0.1 д/0
73 Telengits 0 66 н/д Southern Altai 1 60 0 д/0 0.91 н/д
74 Teleuts 1 103 н/д Teleut 0 60 н/д 0 0.58 н/д
75 Tofalar 0 122 0 Tofa 1 62 н/д д/0 0.51 д/0
76 Tubalar 1 49 н/д Tubalar 0 3 н/д 0 0.06 н/д
77 Tozhu Tuvans 0 41 н/д Tozhu 0 3 н/д д/0 0.07 н/д
78 Udeghe 1 170 1 Udege 1 38 н/д 1 0.22 н/д
79 Ulch 0 109 0 Ulch 1 21 н/д д/0 0.19 д/0
80 Chelkans 0 32 н/д Chelkan 0 2 н/д д/0 0.03 н/д
81 Chuvans 0 46 н/д Chukchi 1 211 н/д д/0 4.59 н/д
82 Chulyms 0 59 н/д Chulym 1 49 н/д д/0 0.83 н/д
83 Shapsugs 0 123 н/д Shapsug 0 8 н/д д/0 0.07 н/д
84 Shors 0 211 0 Shor 1 69 н/д д/0 0.33 д/0
85 Enets 0 98 0 Enets 1 58 н/д д/0 0.59 д/0
86 Inuit 3 4030 19 Eskimo 2 494 н/д 0.67 0.12 н/д
87 Jews 18 18789 50 Yiddish 8 4446 27 1.5 0.24 0.16
88 Germans 10 3142 9 German 61 12506 119 6.1 3.98 13.22
89 Pontic Greeks 1 859 8 Pontic 2 350 1 2 0.41 0.13
90 Komi-Permyaks 0 128 н/д Komi-Permyak 2 111 н/д д/0 0.87 н/д
91 Livvi-Karelians 0 9 н/д Livvi-Karelian 1 52 н/д д/0 5.78 н/д
92 Hill Mari 0 29 0 Hill Mari 2 90 н/д д/0 3.1 д/0

Ratios for safe languages and those under immediate threat of extinction allow us to conclude that other things being equal investments into development of linguistic brand seem to give better results in terms of preserving cultural diversity than plain funding of ethnic culture events. Types of support activities that come to mind include:

  • active promotion of the language use in public sphere,
  • creation of linguistic content useful for wider circles of people in regular life on a daily basis,
  • widening the scope of topics, described and discussed in this language.

Statistical data on Wiki-editors per language is accessible via links in a Russian-language dedicated page on Wikimedia Russia portal.


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