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

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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.

Flag-map of the Russian Federation regions Some of the «Wikipedias in the languages of Russia» project language codes

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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