home sign

sign languages developed privately in a small social group such as families/friends
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home sign

Summary

home sign ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (335 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • home sign's subclass of is recorded as sign language[2].
  • home sign's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06k7hj[3].
  • home sign's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Home sign[4].
  • home sign's described at URL is recorded as https://theconversation.com/the-deaf-blacksmith-who-married-in-1576-and-the-history-of-sign-as-a-legal-language-276686[5].
  • home sign's ISOCAT ID is recorded as 4673[6].
  • home sign's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2775856921[7].

Why It Matters

home sign ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (335 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

It has been cited as an influence by American Sign Language[10], a sign language[11], in United States[12], founded in 1817[13] and Nicaraguan Sign Language[14], a sign language[15], in Nicaragua[16], founded in 1980[17].

FAQs

Who did home sign influence?

home sign has been cited as an influence by American Sign Language[10] and Nicaraguan Sign Language[14].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [10] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [11] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [12] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [13] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). home sign. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/home-sign
MLA “home sign.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/home-sign.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_home-sign_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{home sign}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/home-sign}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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