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Israeli Sign Language

the most commonly used sign language within Israel's deaf community
Intangible sign_language Q2911863
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Israeli Sign Language

Summary

Israeli Sign Language is a sign language[1]. It draws 80 Wikipedia views per month (sign_language category, ranking #32 of 163).[2]

Key Facts

  • Israeli Sign Language is in the country of Israel[3].
  • Israeli Sign Language's instance of is recorded as sign language[4].
  • Israeli Sign Language's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Israeli Sign Language is a type of German Sign Language family[6].
  • Israeli Sign Language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Israeli Sign Language[7].
  • Israeli Sign Language's indigenous to is recorded as Israel[8].
  • Israeli Sign Language's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ISR[9].
  • Israeli Sign Language's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133087069[10].
  • Israeli Sign Language's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 5 Developing[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include sign language[4] and modern language[5]. Israeli Sign Language is a type of German Sign Language family[6].

Why It Matters

Israeli Sign Language draws 80 Wikipedia views per month (sign_language category, ranking #32 of 163).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Israel

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . 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. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → German Sign Language family
    Ethnologue language status → 5 Developing
    Indigenous to → Israel
    Topic's main category → Category:Israeli Sign Language
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007463938505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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