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deaf

person who is partially or totally unable to hear
Intangible group_of_humans Q1539971
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Summary

deaf is a group of humans[1]. deaf draws 843 Wikipedia views per month (group of humans category, ranking #282 of 870).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: hard of hearing person[3]
  • Part of: deaf community[4]
  • Commons category: Deaf people[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Deaf people[6]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: sign language[7]
  • Has characteristic: deafness[8]
  • Different from: deaf-mute[9]
  • Has list: list of deaf people[10]
  • Female form of label: sorda[11], surdulino[12], חירשת[13]
  • Studied by: audiology[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Hearing Health[15]

Why It Matters

deaf is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 4721
    Sitelink count → 6
    Wikipedia languages → ['et', 'ja', 'ru', 'zh']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 4721, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7329886|deaf (#7329886)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 23d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → deaf
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: deaf, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289919003|deaf (#289919003)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  3. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001554-neslysici
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0001554-neslysici, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → deaf community
    Instance of → —
    Different from → deaf-mute
    Aliases → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 8616, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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