Japanese Sign Language

Summary

Japanese Sign Language is a sign language^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of sign_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (146 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Japanese Sign Language is in the country of Japan^[3].
• Japanese Sign Language's video is recorded as KusuoOshima-JapaneseSignLanguageInterpreter-Ikebukuro-video-2022-07-02.webm^[4].
• Japanese Sign Language's image is recorded as 字幕 (29372328354).jpg^[5].
• Japanese Sign Language's instance of is recorded as sign language^[6].
• Japanese Sign Language's instance of is recorded as language^[7].
• Japanese Sign Language's instance of is recorded as modern language^[8].
• Japanese Sign Language's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as jsl^[9].
• Japanese Sign Language's subclass of is recorded as Japanese Sign Language family^[10].
• Japanese Sign Language's IETF language tag is recorded as jsl^[11].
• Japanese Sign Language's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01070175^[12].
• Japanese Sign Language's Commons category is recorded as Japanese Sign Language^[13].
• Japanese Sign Language's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36, 'lon': 139}^[14].
• Japanese Sign Language's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02hxmtm^[15].
• Japanese Sign Language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Japanese Sign Language^[16].
• Japanese Sign Language's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 419.52^[17].
• Japanese Sign Language's Linguist List code is recorded as jsl^[18].
• Japanese Sign Language's Glottolog code is recorded as japa1238^[19].
• Japanese Sign Language's WALS lect code is recorded as nih^[20].
• Japanese Sign Language's Ethnologue.com language code is recorded as jsl^[21].
• Japanese Sign Language's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '日本手話'}^[22].
• Japanese Sign Language's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'JSL'}^[23].
• Japanese Sign Language's different from is recorded as Signed Japanese^[24].
• Japanese Sign Language's indigenous to is recorded as Japan^[25].
• Japanese Sign Language's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/JSL^[26].
• Japanese Sign Language's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133079333^[27].

Why It Matters

Japanese Sign Language ranks in the top 4% of sign_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (146 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

It has been cited as an influence by Taiwanese Sign Language^[30], a sign language^[31], in Taiwan^[32].

FAQs

Who did Japanese Sign Language influence?

Japanese Sign Language has been cited as an influence by Taiwanese Sign Language^[30].