International Sign

sign language, used particularly at international meetings
Intangible sign_language Q35754
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International Sign is a type of sign language [1]. It is classified as an intangible entity [1]. [1]

International Sign

Summary

International Sign is a sign language[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of sign_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (120 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • International Sign's instance of is recorded as sign language[3].
  • International Sign's instance of is recorded as pidgin[4].
  • International Sign's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • International Sign's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as ils[6].
  • International Sign's GND ID is recorded as 1139667858[7].
  • International Sign's subclass of is recorded as sign language[8].
  • International Sign's IETF language tag is recorded as ils[9].
  • International Sign's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ct7f[10].
  • International Sign's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05sx9d1[11].
  • International Sign's topic's main category is recorded as Category:International Sign[12].
  • International Sign's described at URL is recorded as https://langmaker.github.io/db/mdl_internationalsignlang.htm[13].
  • International Sign's Linguist List code is recorded as ils[14].
  • International Sign's Glottolog code is recorded as inte1259[15].
  • International Sign's WALS lect code is recorded as isl[16].
  • International Sign's Ethnologue.com language code is recorded as ils[17].
  • International Sign's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'IS'}[18].
  • International Sign's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03248452n[19].
  • International Sign's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ILS[20].
  • International Sign's Quora topic ID is recorded as International-Sign[21].
  • International Sign's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 9 Second language only[22].
  • International Sign's Namuwiki ID is recorded as ISL(국제수화)[23].
  • International Sign's Deaf Movie Database language ID is recorded as international-sign[24].

Why It Matters

International Sign ranks in the top 7% of sign_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (120 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wasli.org. Retrieved . wasli.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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