Wikiquote facts for kids

The Wikiquote logo

Wikiquote is a special online library of famous quotes. It's like a younger sibling to Wikipedia, which you might already know! Both Wikiquote and Wikipedia are part of many projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation, a group that creates free knowledge for everyone.

The idea for Wikiquote came from Daniel Alston, and Brion Vibber helped build it. The main goal of Wikiquote is to collect a huge number of quotes from famous people, books, and proverbs (wise sayings). It also gives you more information about where these quotes come from.

Many Languages of Wikiquote

Wikiquote first started in English. But in July 2004, it began to grow and include many more languages! This means people from all over the world can find and share quotes in their own language.

Here are some of the languages where you can find Wikiquote:

• Afrikaans language: Wikiquote
• Arabic language: ويكي الاقتباس
• Bulgarian language: Уикицитат
• Catalan language: Viquidites
• Chinese language: 維基語錄
• Danish language: Wikiquote
• Dutch language: Wikiquote
• English language: Wikiquote
• French language: Wikiquote
• German language: Wikiquote
• Greek language: Βικιφθέγματα
• Hindi language: Wikiquote
• Hebrew language: ויקיציטוט
• Hungarian language: Wikidézet
• Italian language: Wikiquote
• Japanese language: ウィキクォート
• Korean language: 위키인용집
• Latin language: Vicicitatio
• Malayalam language: മലയാളം Wikiquote
• Marathi language: Wikiquote
• Punjabi language: Wikiquote
• Pushto language: Wikiquote
• Persian language: ویکی‌گفتاورد
• Polish language: Wikicytaty
• Portuguese language: Wikiquote
• Romanian language: Wikicitat
• Russian language: Викицитатник
• Spanish language: Wikiquote
• Tamil language: விக்கி மேற்கோள்
• Telugu language: వికీవ్యాఖ్య
• Thai language: วิกิคำคม
• Turkish language: Vikisöz
• Urdu language: Wikiquote

As of May 2016, there were 31 different language versions of Wikiquote that each had more than 1,000 articles. The English Wikiquote is the biggest, with over 26,500 pages of content. The Italian and Polish versions are also very large, each having over 22,000 content pages. In total, 60 languages have more than 100 content pages.

Images for kids

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  This chart shows how some of the biggest Wikiquote projects grew until early 2008.