Wikipedia in different languages

[panyamnyenyekevu]

I think it’s fun and fascinating to explore wikipedia for different languages and this might be a very promising conduit for learning languages.

For example, here is Thai wikipedia:

https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/

[Stasia]

I use Wikipedia in different languages a lot - sometimes I know an obscure term in English and I'm not sure how to say it in Spanish or in my native Polish, so I just click on the "in other languages" and there it is. It's a lifesaver when translating anything with academic jargon in it.

[LICA98]

I use Wikipedia in different languages a lot - sometimes I know an obscure term in English and I'm not sure how to say it in Spanish or in my native Polish, so I just click on the "in other languages" and there it is. It's a lifesaver when translating anything with academic jargon in it.

yeah I also do that sometimes (tho wiktionary is even better for that)

other than that I use wikipedia almost exclusively in English, only time I use another language is when the English article has insufficient information (for example an article about a town in France might literally be just 1 sentence whereas the French one has many paragraphs)

[Drymice]

I sometimes just go into the simple English Wikipedia instead of the English Wikipedia when I'm too lazy to read a longer article with more complex vocabulary.

[Corinnebelle]

I sometimes just go into the simple English Wikipedia instead of the English Wikipedia when I'm too lazy to read a longer article with more complex vocabulary.

Huh? English Wikipedia instead of English Wikipedia

[Cifi]

I sometimes just go into the simple English Wikipedia instead of the English Wikipedia when I'm too lazy to read a longer article with more complex vocabulary.

Huh? English Wikipedia instead of English Wikipedia

I'd guess the stress is on simple: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

[Corinnebelle]

[mention]Cifi[/mention] [mention]Drymice[/mention] Oh! My ignorance!

[panyamnyenyekevu]

@Cifi @Drymice Oh! My ignorance!

I didn’t know about the simple wikipedia before [mention]Drymice[/mention] mentioned it. Very good to know!!

[SweNedGuy]

Wikipedia doesn't only exist in the major languages, there even are Wikipedia versions in many minor and some endangered languages spoken in Europe. Living in Belgium, I'm listing below the Wikipedia versions in the regional languages of the low countries (NL/BE/LUX).

Where Dutch is commonly used as an alternate language:

NL: In Frisian / Frysk: https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haadside

BE: In West-Vlaams: https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voorblad

In Belgium, where French is mainly spoken:

En Wallon: https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mwaisse_pådje

In Luxembourg, where both German and French are used as official languages:

Auf Letzebuergisch: https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haaptsäit

[Stasia]

Well then, this is where I should plug Wikipedia in Quechua:

https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qhapaq_p'anqa

[MoniqueMaRie]

Sometimes the information is different or more or less detailed in the versions for different countries.

If I can't find something in German Wikipedia, I go to the English version.
And lately more and more often also to the French one.

[SweNedGuy]

Sometimes the information is different or more or less detailed in the versions for different countries.

If I can't find something in German Wikipedia, I go to the English version.
And lately more and more often also to the French one.

Wikipedia is contributor driven. German speaking contributors are likely to report in more detail on German/Austrian/Swiss politics, geography, economy and culture depending on which country they originate from.

The wikipedia versions in regional languages are quite limited in their coverage. E.g: the Frisian wiki now counts around 50,000 articles; the Letzebuergish wiki tops the dwarf ranking with 61,000 articles.

At the other hand, the Dutch wiki stands at 2.10 M articles, of the same order of magnitude as the 2.45 M for the French Wiki or the 2.72 M for the German wiki. The very broad coverage of the English wiki is confirmed by its high number of (over 6.5 M) articles.

[Pinta]

Just found this (Sakha Wikipedia)