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Irish Sign Language

sign language of Ireland, used primarily in the Republic of Ireland
Intangible sign_language Q14183
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Irish Sign Language

Summary

Irish Sign Language is a sign language[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of sign_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (212 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Irish Sign Language is in the country of Ireland[3].
  • Irish Sign Language's instance of is recorded as sign language[4].
  • Irish Sign Language's instance of is recorded as language[5].
  • Irish Sign Language's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Irish Sign Language is a type of French Sign Language family[7].
  • Irish Sign Language's Commons category is recorded as Irish Sign Language[8].
  • Irish Sign Language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Irish Sign Language[9].
  • Irish Sign Language's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Irish Sign Language'}[10].
  • Irish Sign Language's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ga', 'text': 'Teanga Chomharthaíochta na hÉireann'}[11].
  • Irish Sign Language's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ISL'}[12].
  • Irish Sign Language's has part is recorded as one-handed manual alphabet[13].
  • Irish Sign Language's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133090027[14].
  • Irish Sign Language's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 5 Developing[15].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include sign language[4], language[5], and modern language[6]. Irish Sign Language is a type of French Sign Language family[7].

Why It Matters

Irish Sign Language ranks in the top 7% of sign_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (212 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Ireland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Irish Sign Language
    Has part(s) of the class → one-handed manual alphabet
    Ethnologue language status → 5 Developing
    Instance of → sign language, language, modern language
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007559189005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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