Wikidata:Property proposal/linguistic family of place name


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Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Generic

Before reading please notice that probably the examples above are wrong because I don't understand how the example template works.

Right now I haven't found a way to relate each toponym to a linguistic root, or a language family. There is a native label (Q45025080) item, but in its description is pointing to how the word is written in its original/native language.

I want to do this classification so I can organize an classify each toponym with its language family and do it a in a more scientific way. Right now I am adding a new statement for each toponym I am interested in using the language of work or name (P407) property and then adding the value of its language family to each "language of work or name" property. Here is the query: https://w.wiki/86BD {{SPARQL}}

Technically it works, but the information I am linking doesn't corresponds to how science, linguists, onomastics and toponymy studies the language family of place names. Probably the property I am suggesting is too specific to one set of data (language family (Q25295)), so maybe it is better to find a way for a property to hold more linguistic information, such as "evolution of the name through history" or a "why this place is called that way". This is up to discussion.  – The preceding unsigned comment was added by Duityors (talk • contribs) at 18:22, October 30, 2023‎ (UTC).

  Notified participants of WikiProject Languages Regards, ZI Jony (Talk) 06:58, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Notified participants of WikiProject Names Regards, ZI Jony (Talk) 06:58, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]