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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A9" title="ويكيبيديا الإنجليزية البسيطة – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ويكيبيديا الإنجليزية البسيطة" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%82%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%80_%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE" title="সৰল ইংৰাজী ৱিকিপিডিয়া – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="সৰল ইংৰাজী ৱিকিপিডিয়া" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sad%C9%99_%C4%B0ngilis_Vikipediyas%C4%B1" title="Sadə İngilis Vikipediyası – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Sadə İngilis Vikipediyası" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%9C_%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE" title="সহজ ইংরেজি উইকিপিডিয়া – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="সহজ ইংরেজি উইকিপিডিয়া" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%88%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5" title="Вікіпедыя на спрошчанай англійскай мове – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Вікіпедыя на спрошчанай англійскай мове" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D1%8D%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%88%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5" title="Вікіпэдыя на спрошчанай ангельскай мове – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Вікіпэдыя на спрошчанай ангельскай мове" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquip%C3%A8dia_en_angl%C3%A8s_b%C3%A0sic" title="Viquipèdia en anglès bàsic – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Viquipèdia en anglès bàsic" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87%C4%83%D0%BC%C4%83%D0%BB_%D0%B0%D0%BA%C4%83%D0%BB%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B9%C4%95" title="Çăмăл акăлчан Википедийĕ – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Çăмăл акăлчан Википедийĕ" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedie_ve_zjednodu%C5%A1en%C3%A9_angli%C4%8Dtin%C4%9B" title="Wikipedie ve zjednodušené angličtině – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Wikipedie ve zjednodušené angličtině" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forenklet_engelsk_Wikipedia" title="Forenklet engelsk Wikipedia – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Forenklet engelsk Wikipedia" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple-English-Wikipedia" title="Simple-English-Wikipedia – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Simple-English-Wikipedia" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipeedia_lihtsustatud_inglise_keeles" title="Vikipeedia lihtsustatud inglise keeles – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Vikipeedia lihtsustatud inglise keeles" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%AE_%CE%91%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1" title="Απλή Αγγλική Βικιπαίδεια – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Απλή Αγγλική Βικιπαίδεια" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_English_Wikipedia" title="Simple English Wikipedia – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Simple English Wikipedia" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_en_ingl%C3%A9s_simple" title="Wikipedia en inglés simple – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikipedia en inglés simple" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedio_en_baza_angla_lingvo" title="Vikipedio en baza angla lingvo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Vikipedio en baza angla lingvo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingeles_sinplezko_Wikipedia" title="Ingeles sinplezko Wikipedia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ingeles sinplezko Wikipedia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87" title="ویکی‌پدیای انگلیسی ساده – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیای انگلیسی ساده" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia_en_anglais_simple" title="Wikipédia en anglais simple – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Wikipédia en anglais simple" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_en_ingl%C3%A9s_simple" title="Wikipedia en inglés simple – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Wikipedia en inglés simple" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%89%AC%EC%9A%B4_%EC%98%81%EC%96%B4_%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC" title="쉬운 영어 위키백과 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="쉬운 영어 위키백과" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A6%D5%A5%D6%81%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%AE_%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%AC%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%B6_%D5%8E%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%A1" title="Պարզեցված անգլերեն Վիքիպեդիա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Պարզեցված անգլերեն Վիքիպեդիա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A3_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE" title="साधारण अंग्रेज़ी विकिपीडिया – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="साधारण अंग्रेज़ी विकिपीडिया" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_bahasa_Inggris_Sederhana" title="Wikipedia bahasa Inggris Sederhana – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikipedia bahasa Inggris Sederhana" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_in_anglese_simple" title="Wikipedia in anglese simple – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Wikipedia in anglese simple" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_in_inglese_semplificato" title="Wikipedia in inglese semplificato – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Wikipedia in inglese semplificato" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%A4%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%98%D7%94" title="ויקיפדיה באנגלית פשוטה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ויקיפדיה באנגלית פשוטה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%92%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="გამარტივებული ინგლისური ვიკიპედია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="გამარტივებული ინგლისური ვიკიპედია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B5%D2%A3%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%B0%D2%93%D1%8B%D0%BB%D1%88%D1%8B%D0%BD_%D1%82%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%96_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Жеңілдетілген ағылшын тіліндегі Уикипедия – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Жеңілдетілген ағылшын тіліндегі Уикипедия" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_ya_Kiingereza_Rahisi" title="Wikipedia ya Kiingereza Rahisi – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Wikipedia ya Kiingereza Rahisi" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicipaedia_Anglica_simplex" title="Vicipaedia Anglica simplex – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Vicipaedia Anglica simplex" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikip%C4%93dija_vienk%C4%81r%C5%A1aj%C4%81_ang%C4%BCu_valod%C4%81" title="Vikipēdija vienkāršajā angļu valodā – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Vikipēdija vienkāršajā angļu valodā" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyszer%C5%B1s%C3%ADtett_angol_nyelv%C5%B1_Wikip%C3%A9dia" title="Egyszerűsített angol nyelvű Wikipédia – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Egyszerűsített angol nyelvű Wikipédia" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Википедија на едноставен англиски јазик – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Википедија на едноставен англиски јазик" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BE_%E0%B4%87%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF" title="സിംപിൾ ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് വിക്കിപീഡിയ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="സിംപിൾ ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് വിക്കിപീഡിയ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%B7" title="ويكيبيديا انجليزى متبسط – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ويكيبيديا انجليزى متبسط" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Bahasa_Inggeris_Mudah" title="Wikipedia Bahasa Inggeris Mudah – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wikipedia Bahasa Inggeris Mudah" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%91%EA%AF%86%EA%AF%9D%EA%AF%95_%EA%AF%8F%EA%AF%AA%EA%AF%82%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%81_%EA%AF%8B%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%80%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%84%EA%AF%A6%EA%AF%97%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%8C%EA%AF%A5" title="ꯑꯆꯝꯕ ꯏꯪꯂꯤꯁ ꯋꯤꯀꯤꯄꯦꯗꯤꯌꯥ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯑꯆꯝꯕ ꯏꯪꯂꯤꯁ ꯋꯤꯀꯤꯄꯦꯗꯤꯌꯥ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpel-Engels-Wikipedia" title="Simpel-Engels-Wikipedia – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Simpel-Engels-Wikipedia" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%97%E3%83%AB%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E%E7%89%88%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%9A%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2" title="シンプル英語版ウィキペディア – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="シンプル英語版ウィキペディア" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forenklet_engelsk_Wikipedia" title="Forenklet engelsk Wikipedia – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Forenklet engelsk Wikipedia" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soddalashtirilgan_ingliz_tilidagi_Vikipediya" title="Soddalashtirilgan ingliz tilidagi Vikipediya – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Soddalashtirilgan ingliz tilidagi Vikipediya" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_w_j%C4%99zyku_Simple_English" title="Wikipedia w języku Simple English – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wikipedia w języku Simple English" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia_em_ingl%C3%AAs_simples" title="Wikipédia em inglês simples – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Wikipédia em inglês simples" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%83%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%89%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B5" title="Википедия на упрощённом английском языке – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Википедия на упрощённом английском языке" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Inglis_Wikipaedia" title="Simple Inglis Wikipaedia – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Simple Inglis Wikipaedia" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_nta_ngrisi_semplici" title="Wikipedia nta ngrisi semplici – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Wikipedia nta ngrisi semplici" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="ویکیپیدیای ئینگلیزیی ساکار – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ویکیپیدیای ئینگلیزیی ساکار" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%83" title="Википедија на једноставном енглеском језику – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Википедија на једноставном енглеском језику" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija_na_jednostavnom_engleskom_jeziku" title="Wikipedija na jednostavnom engleskom jeziku – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Wikipedija na jednostavnom engleskom jeziku" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selkokielinen_englanninkielinen_Wikipedia" title="Selkokielinen englanninkielinen Wikipedia – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Selkokielinen englanninkielinen Wikipedia" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_English_Wikipedia" title="Simple English Wikipedia – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Simple English Wikipedia" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipediang_Payak_na_Ingles" title="Wikipediang Payak na Ingles – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Wikipediang Payak na Ingles" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF_%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE" title="எளிய ஆங்கில விக்கிப்பீடியா – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="எளிய ஆங்கில விக்கிப்பீடியா" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D3%99%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B3%D3%99%D0%BD_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%81%D0%B5" title="Гадиләштерелгән инглиз Википедиясе – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Гадиләштерелгән инглиз Википедиясе" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A4%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2" title="วิกิพีเดียภาษาอังกฤษอย่างง่าย – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="วิกิพีเดียภาษาอังกฤษอย่างง่าย" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%B8_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0" title="Википедияи инглисии сода – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Википедияи инглисии сода" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basit_%C4%B0ngilizce_Vikipedi" title="Basit İngilizce Vikipedi – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Basit İngilizce Vikipedi" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%96%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%8E_%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%8E_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%8E" title="Вікіпедія спрощеною англійською мовою – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Вікіпедія спрощеною англійською мовою" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C_%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="آسان انگریزی ویکیپیڈیا – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="آسان انگریزی ویکیپیڈیا" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_ti%E1%BA%BFng_Anh_%C4%91%C6%A1n_gi%E1%BA%A3n" title="Wikipedia tiếng Anh đơn giản – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Wikipedia tiếng Anh đơn giản" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AE%80%E5%8D%95%E8%8B%B1%E8%AF%AD%E7%BB%B4%E5%9F%BA%E7%99%BE%E7%A7%91" title="简单英语维基百科 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="简单英语维基百科" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%98%D7%A2_%D7%A2%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A2_%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%A2%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A2" title="פשוטע ענגלישע וויקיפעדיע – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="פשוטע ענגלישע וויקיפעדיע" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ייִדיש</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B0%A1%E5%96%AE%E8%8B%B1%E6%96%87%E7%B6%AD%E5%9F%BA%E7%99%BE%E7%A7%91" title="簡單英文維基百科 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="簡單英文維基百科" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AE%80%E5%8D%95%E8%8B%B1%E8%AF%AD%E7%BB%B4%E5%9F%BA%E7%99%BE%E7%A7%91" title="简单英语维基百科 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="简单英语维基百科" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span 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class="infobox-data">September 18, 2001<span class="noprint">; 23 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2001-09-18</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Simple English Wikipedia</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Basic_English" title="Basic English">Simple English language</a> version of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Online_encyclopedia" title="Online encyclopedia">online encyclopedia</a>, written in a <a href="/wiki/Language" title="Language">language</a> that is easy to understand but is still natural and grammatical.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simple_English_Wikipedia&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Overview" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simple_English_Wikipedia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Overview"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The articles in the Simple English Wikipedia use shorter sentences and easier <a href="/wiki/Words" class="mw-redirect" title="Words">words</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grammar" title="Grammar">grammar</a> than the regular <a href="/wiki/English_Wikipedia" title="English Wikipedia">English Wikipedia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This makes articles easier to understand and change. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simple_English_Wikipedia&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: History" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simple_English_Wikipedia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: History"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When Simple English Wikipedia started making pages and allowing changes in 2003, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="en:">English Wikipedia</a> already had 150,000 articles. Seven other Wikipedia in other languages also had over 15,000 articles. Because the other Wikipedias already have a lot of articles, most Simple English articles are not new. They are simpler versions of articles from the English Wikipedias. Right now, the Simple English Wikipedia has 266,555 articles.<sup id="cite_ref-statistics_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statistics-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Simple English Wikipedia started on September 2001,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is the 43rd-largest Wikipedia, as of March 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has 1,573,926 registered users, 1,547 active in the last month.<sup id="cite_ref-statistics_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statistics-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Common_uses">Common uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source-2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20011019070808/http://simple.wikipedia.com/wiki.cgi?action=history&id=HomePage">"History of Home Page"</a>. <i>Simple English Wikipedia</i> (in Simple English). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://simple.wikipedia.com/wiki.cgi?action=history&id=HomePage">the original</a> on October 19, 2001<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 13,</span> 2025</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Simple+English+Wikipedia&rft.atitle=History+of+Home+Page&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsimple.wikipedia.com%2Fwiki.cgi%3Faction%3Dhistory%26id%3DHomePage&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ASimple+English+Wikipedia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332" /><cite id="CITEREFTim_Dowling2008" class="citation web cs1">Tim Dowling (January 14, 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2240303,00.html">"Wikipedia too long-winded for you? Try the simple version"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080621045119/http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2240303,00.html">Archived</a> from the original on June 21, 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 17,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Wikipedia+too+long-winded+for+you%3F+Try+the+simple+version&rft.date=2008-01-14&rft.au=Tim+Dowling&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fg2%2Fstory%2F0%2C%2C2240303%2C00.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ASimple+English+Wikipedia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332" /><cite id="CITEREFKoen_Smets" class="citation web cs1">Koen Smets. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110604040129/http://www.aaai.org/Papers/Workshops/2008/WS-08-15/WS08-15-008.pdf">"Automatic Vandalism Detection in Wikipedia: Towards a Machine Learning Approach"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. University of Antwerp. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aaai.org/Papers/Workshops/2008/WS-08-15/WS08-15-008.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on June 4, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 17,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Automatic+Vandalism+Detection+in+Wikipedia%3A+Towards+a+Machine+Learning+Approach&rft.pub=University+of+Antwerp&rft.au=Koen+Smets&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aaai.org%2FPapers%2FWorkshops%2F2008%2FWS-08-15%2FWS08-15-008.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ASimple+English+Wikipedia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-statistics-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-statistics_4-0">4.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-statistics_4-1">4.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Special:Statistics" title="Special:Statistics">Special:Statistics</a>. Retrieved March 26, 2025.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-:0_5-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a class="external text" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Simple_English_Wikipedia">"Simple English Wikipedia – Meta"</a>. <i>meta.wikimedia.org</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211129113118/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Simple_English_Wikipedia">Archived</a> from the original on November 29, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ceb:">ceb</a></code>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2,000,000+</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/German_Wikipedia" title="German Wikipedia">German</a> (<code><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="de:">de</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Wikipedia" title="French Wikipedia">French</a> (<code><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="fr:">fr</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_Wikipedia" title="Swedish Wikipedia">Swedish</a> (<code><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="sv:">sv</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Wikipedia" title="Dutch Wikipedia">Dutch</a> (<code><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="nl:">nl</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Wikipedia" title="Russian Wikipedia">Russian</a> (<code><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ru:">ru</a></code>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1,000,000+</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arabic_Wikipedia" title="Arabic Wikipedia">Arabic</a> (<code><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ar:">ar</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Wikipedia" title="Chinese Wikipedia">Chinese</a> (<code><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="zh:">zh</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Arabic_Wikipedia" title="Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia">Egyptian Arabic</a> (<code><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="arz:">arz</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Wikipedia" title="Italian Wikipedia">Italian</a> (<code><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="it:">it</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Wikipedia" title="Japanese Wikipedia">Japanese</a> (<code><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ja:">ja</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_Wikipedia" title="Persian Wikipedia">Persian</a> (<code><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="fa:">fa</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_Wikipedia" title="Polish Wikipedia">Polish</a> (<code><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="pl:">pl</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Wikipedia" title="Portuguese Wikipedia">Portuguese</a> (<code><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="pt:">pt</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Wikipedia" title="Spanish Wikipedia">Spanish</a> (<code><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="es:">es</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Wikipedia" title="Ukrainian Wikipedia">Ukrainian</a> (<code><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="uk:">uk</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_Wikipedia" title="Vietnamese Wikipedia">Vietnamese</a> (<code><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="vi:">vi</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waray_Wikipedia" title="Waray Wikipedia">Waray</a> (<code><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="war:">war</a></code>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">200,000<br />–999,999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Wikipedia" title="Armenian Wikipedia">Armenian</a> (<code><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="hy:">hy</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Wikipedia" title="Azerbaijani Wikipedia">Azerbaijani</a> (<code><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="az:">az</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basque_Wikipedia" title="Basque Wikipedia">Basque</a> (<code><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="eu:">eu</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Wikipedia" title="Belarusian Wikipedia">Belarusian</a> (<code><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="be:">be</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Wikipedia" title="Bulgarian Wikipedia">Bulgarian</a> (<code><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="bg:">bg</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catalan_Wikipedia" title="Catalan Wikipedia">Catalan</a> (<code><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ca:">ca</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chechen_Wikipedia" title="Chechen Wikipedia">Chechen</a> (<code><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ce:">ce</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_Wikipedia" title="Croatian Wikipedia">Croatian</a> (<code><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="hr:">hr</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_Wikipedia" title="Czech Wikipedia">Czech</a> (<code><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="cs:">cs</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_Wikipedia" title="Danish Wikipedia">Danish</a> (<code><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="da:">da</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esperanto_Wikipedia" title="Esperanto Wikipedia">Esperanto</a> (<code><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="eo:">eo</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Wikipedia" title="Estonian Wikipedia">Estonian</a> (<code><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="et:">et</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_Wikipedia" title="Finnish Wikipedia">Finnish</a> (<code><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="fi:">fi</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galician_Wikipedia" title="Galician Wikipedia">Galician</a> (<code><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ga:">ga</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Wikipedia" title="Greek Wikipedia">Greek</a> (<code><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="el:">el</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Wikipedia" title="Hebrew Wikipedia">Hebrew</a> (<code><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="he:">he</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Wikipedia" title="Hungarian Wikipedia">Hungarian</a> (<code><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="hu:">hu</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesian_Wikipedia" title="Indonesian Wikipedia">Indonesian</a> (<code><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="id:">id</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakh_Wikipedia" title="Kazakh Wikipedia">Kazakh</a> (<code><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="kk:">kk</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Wikipedia" title="Korean Wikipedia">Korean</a> (<code><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ko:">ko</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Wikipedia" title="Lithuanian Wikipedia">Lithuanian</a> (<code><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="lt:">lt</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malay_Wikipedia" title="Malay Wikipedia">Malay</a> (<code><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ms:">ms</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minangkabau_Wikipedia" title="Minangkabau Wikipedia">Minangkabau</a> (<code><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="min:">min</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian-language_editions_of_Wikipedia" title="Norwegian-language editions of Wikipedia">Norwegian (Bokmål)</a> (<code><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="no:">no</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Wikipedia" title="Romanian Wikipedia">Romanian</a> (<code><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ro:">ro</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_Wikipedia" title="Serbian Wikipedia">Serbian</a> (<code><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="sr:">sr</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbo-Croatian_Wikipedia" title="Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia">Serbo-Croatian</a> (<code><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="sh:">sh</a></code>)</li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Simple English</a> (<code><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Main Page">simple</a></code>)</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_Wikipedia" title="Slovak Wikipedia">Slovak</a> (<code><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="sk:">sk</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Min_Wikipedia" title="Southern Min Wikipedia">Southern Min</a> (<code><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="zh-min-nan:">zh-min-nan</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatar_Wikipedia" title="Tatar Wikipedia">Tatar</a> (<code><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="tt:">tt</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Wikipedia" title="Turkish Wikipedia">Turkish</a> (<code><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="tr:">tr</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urdu_Wikipedia" title="Urdu Wikipedia">Urdu</a> (<code><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ur:">ur</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzbek_Wikipedia" title="Uzbek Wikipedia">Uzbek</a> (<code><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="uz:">uz</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Wikipedia" title="Welsh Wikipedia">Welsh</a> (<code><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="cy:">cy</a></code>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">50,000<br />–199,999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afrikaans_Wikipedia" title="Afrikaans Wikipedia">Afrikaans</a> (<code><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="af:">af</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Wikipedia" title="Albanian Wikipedia">Albanian</a> (<code><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="sq:">sq</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Wikipedia" title="Belarusian Wikipedia">Belarusian (Taraškievica)</a> (<code><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="be-tarask:">be-tarask</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_Wikipedia" title="Bengali Wikipedia">Bengali</a> (<code><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="bn:">bn</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosnian_Wikipedia" title="Bosnian Wikipedia">Bosnian</a> (<code><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="bs:">bs</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breton_Wikipedia" title="Breton Wikipedia">Breton</a> (<code><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="br:">br</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cantonese_Wikipedia" title="Cantonese Wikipedia">Cantonese</a> (<code><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="zh-yue:">zh-yue</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuvash_Wikipedia" title="Chuvash Wikipedia">Chuvash</a> (<code><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="cv:">cv</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_Wikipedia" title="Georgian Wikipedia">Georgian</a> (<code><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ka:">ka</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haitian_Creole_Wikipedia" title="Haitian Creole Wikipedia">Haitian Creole</a> (<code><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ht:">ht</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindi_Wikipedia" title="Hindi Wikipedia">Hindi</a> (<code><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="hi:">hi</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_Wikipedia" title="Icelandic Wikipedia">Icelandic</a> (<code><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="is:">is</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Wikipedia" title="Irish Wikipedia">Irish</a> (<code><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ga:">ga</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Javanese_Wikipedia" title="Javanese Wikipedia">Javanese</a> (<code><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="jv:">jv</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_Wikipedia" title="Latin Wikipedia">Latin</a> (<code><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="la:">la</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_Wikipedia" title="Latvian Wikipedia">Latvian</a> (<code><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="lv:">lv</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourgish_Wikipedia" title="Luxembourgish Wikipedia">Luxembourgish</a> (<code><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="lb:">lb</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Wikipedia" title="Macedonian Wikipedia">Macedonian</a> (<code><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="mk:">mk</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malagasy_Wikipedia" title="Malagasy Wikipedia">Malagasy</a> (<code><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="mg:">mg</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malayalam_Wikipedia" title="Malayalam Wikipedia">Malayalam</a> (<code><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ml:">ml</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marathi_Wikipedia" title="Marathi Wikipedia">Marathi</a> (<code><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="mr:">mr</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Bhasa_Wikipedia" title="Nepal Bhasa Wikipedia">Nepal Bhasa</a> (<code><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="new:">new</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian-language_editions_of_Wikipedia" title="Norwegian-language editions of Wikipedia">Norwegian (Nynorsk)</a> (<code><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="nn:">nn</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occitan_Wikipedia" title="Occitan Wikipedia">Occitan</a> (<code><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="oc:">oc</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmontese_Wikipedia" title="Piedmontese Wikipedia">Piedmontese</a> (<code><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="pms:">pms</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjabi_Wikipedia" title="Punjabi Wikipedia">Punjabi</a> (<code><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="pa:">pa</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silesian_Wikipedia" title="Silesian Wikipedia">Silesian</a> (<code><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="szl:">szl</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovene_Wikipedia" title="Slovene Wikipedia">Slovene</a> (<code><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="sl:">sl</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundanese_Wikipedia" title="Sundanese Wikipedia">Sundanese</a> (<code><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="su:">su</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swahili_Wikipedia" title="Swahili Wikipedia">Swahili</a> (<code><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="sw:">sw</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Wikipedia" title="Tamil Wikipedia">Tamil</a> (<code><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ta:">ta</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Wikipedia" title="Telugu Wikipedia">Telugu</a> (<code><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="te:">te</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thai_Wikipedia" title="Thai Wikipedia">Thai</a> (<code><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="th:">th</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Frisian_Wikipedia" title="West Frisian Wikipedia">West Frisian</a> (<code><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="fy:">fy</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjabi_Wikipedia" title="Punjabi Wikipedia">Western Punjabi</a> (<code><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="pnb:">pnb</a></code>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">>50,000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alemannic_Wikipedia" title="Alemannic Wikipedia">Alemannic</a> (<code><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="als:">als</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aragonese_Wikipedia" title="Aragonese Wikipedia">Aragonese</a> (<code><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="an:">an</a></code>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Low_Saxon_Wikipedia" title="Dutch Low 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