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Available inBasic Inglis
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LaunchedNovember 17, 2003; 22 years ago (2003-11-17)

The Simple Inglis Wikipaedia is an Inglis edeetion o the online encyclopaedia Wikipaedia, primarily written in Basic Inglis an Special Inglis.[1] It is ane o five Wikipaedias written in an Inglis leid, the ithers bein the Inglis Wikipaedia, the Scots Wikipaedia, the Pitkern-Norfuk Wikipaedia, an the Auld Inglis Wikipaedia (tho the last is lairgely unintelligible tae a native Inglis speaker). Launched on November 17, 2003, the steid haes the statit aim o providin an encyclopedia for "fowk wi different needs, such as students, childer, adults wi learnin difficulties an fowk who are tryin tae learn Inglis".[2] As o Februar, 2026, the steid contains aboot 279,000 content pages, an haes aboot 1,730,000 registered uisers, o whom 3925 are currently active.[3]

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  1. | Parris, Sheri R. (2009). Adolescent Literacy, Field Tested: Effective Solutions for Every Classroom. International Reading Assoc. p. 76. ISBN 0-87207-695-4. A version of Wikipedia, called Simple English Wikipedia, contains entries using the 2,000 or so most common words in English and is well suited for younger readers.
  2. | Simple English Wikipedia (2009). "Simple English Wikipedia". Wikimedia Foondation. Retrieved 17 Mey 2009.
  3. | Simple English Wikipedia (2026). "Special:Statistics". Wikimedia Foondation. Retrieved 24 Februar 2026.