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Dutch Sign Language

sign language used in Netherlands
Class type of: Dutch-Belgian Sign Languages Q2201099

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
sign language, modern language[5]
Country
Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands[3][4]
Subclass of
Dutch-Belgian Sign Languages
Coordinate location
🗺️ 52.250°, 5.500°
Short name
NGT[8]
Different from
Signed Dutch[9]
Ethnologue language status
5 Developing[10]
Number of speakers, writers, or signers
+15000[7]
Significant event
legal recognition[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en SLN en DSL en Dutch Sign Language en NGT en Sign Language of the Netherlands de Niederländische Gebärdensprache es Lengua de señas neerlandesa fa زبان اشاره هلندی fi hollantilainen viittomakieli fr langue des signes néerlandaise id Bahasa Isyarat Belanda ja オランダ手話 nl Nederlandse gebarentaal nl NGT pt língua de sinais neerlandesa ro limba semnelor neerlandeze ru нидерландский жестовый язык tr dse tr Hollanda İşaret Dili zh-hans 荷兰手语
🔖 Identifiers · 14
GND ID
7692695-3
BLL-Ontology concept ID
bll-133089355
Deaf Movie Database language ID
dutch-sign-language
Dewey Decimal Classification
419.492
Endangeredlanguages.com ID
7354
Ethnologue.com language code
dse
Freebase ID
/m/02hx7zx
Glottolog code
dutc1253
IETF language tag
dse
ISO 639-3 code
dse
Linguist List code
dse
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
705319
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Topic's main category
Category:Dutch Sign Language
WALS lect code
ned

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🔗 Connections
Country 2
Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Instance of 2
sign language, modern language
Different from 1
Signed Dutch
← Different from 1
Signed Dutch
← Language of work or name 1
jw.org
← Language used 1
Kingdom of the Netherlands
← Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Irma Sluis
← Official language 1
Netherlands
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Summary

Dutch Sign Language is a sign language[1]. It is a type of Dutch-Belgian Sign Languages[2].

Related Entities

Kingdom of the Netherlands Netherlands

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . vng.nl. Retrieved . vng.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . eud.eu. eud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BLL-Ontology concept ID → bll-133089355
    Exact match → —
    "Removed claim: Exact match: http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133089355, batch #294332"
  2. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Significant event → legal recognition
    Coordinate location → 52.250°, 5.500°
    Different from → Signed Dutch
    Deaf Movie Database language ID → dutch-sign-language
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Deaf Movie Database language ID: dutch-sign-language, Matched to dutch sign language (#311221312) in…"
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