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[[ꯖꯤꯃꯃꯤ ꯋꯦꯜꯁ]] ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ [[ꯂꯥꯔꯤ ꯁꯥꯡꯒꯔ]] ꯑꯅꯤꯅꯥ ꯀꯨꯝꯖꯥ ꯲꯰꯰꯱ ꯖꯥꯅꯨꯋꯥꯔꯤ ꯱꯵ ꯗ ꯋꯤꯀꯤꯄꯦꯗꯤꯌꯥ ꯂꯤꯡꯈꯠꯈꯤ ꯫ <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/wikipedia-was-born-in-2001-and-the-world-got-a-bit-truthier/2017/01/04/1d082742-bb0f-11e6-ac85-094a21c44abc_story.html|title=Wikipedia was born in 2001. And the world got a bit truthier.|last=Shin|first=Annys|date=January 5, 2017|work=The Washington Post|access-date=March 22, 2019}}</ref> Sanger coined its name,<ref name="MiliardWho"/><ref name="J Sidener"/> as a [[Portmanteau|blend]] of "[[wikt:wiki#Hawaiian|wiki]]" (the [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] word for "quick")<ref>{{cite news |title= Wiki |work= Hawaiian Dictionary |edition= Revised and enlarged |publisher= University of Hawaii Press |date= 1986}}</ref> and "encyclopedia". Initially an English-language encyclopedia, versions of Wikipedia in other languages were quickly developed. With [[Special:Statistics|{{#expr:{{formatnum:{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}|R}}/10^6 round1}}{{nbsp}}million articles]], the [[English Wikipedia]] is the largest of the more than 300 Wikipedia encyclopedias.<!-- It was 309 {{As of|2020|03}}, but won't have to be updated as often if it's more vague --> Overall, Wikipedia comprises more than {{Trunc|{{rounddown|{{NUMBEROF|ARTICLES|total}}|-6}}|2}}{{nbsp}}million articles<ref name="CBS">{{cite news |url = https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wikipedia-jimmy-wales-morley-safer-60-minutes/ |title= Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales on 60 Minutes |accessdate= April 6, 2015 |work= [[CBS News]]}}</ref> attracting 1.5{{nbsp}}billion unique visitors per month.<!-- {{As of|2020|03}} PLEASE UPDATE AS NEEDED --><ref name="small screen"/><ref name="Wikimedia_Stats">{{Cite web |title=Wikistats - Statistics For Wikimedia Projects |url=https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/all-wikipedia-projects |website=stats.wikimedia.org |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |accessdate=21 March 2020}}</ref>
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