Korean Sign Language

Summary

Korean Sign Language is a sign language^[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of sign_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (75 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Korean Sign Language is in the country of South Korea^[3].
• Korean Sign Language's instance of is recorded as sign language^[4].
• Korean Sign Language's instance of is recorded as modern language^[5].
• Korean Sign Language's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as kvk^[6].
• Korean Sign Language's GND ID is recorded as 7685010-9^[7].
• Korean Sign Language's IETF language tag is recorded as kvk^[8].
• Korean Sign Language's Commons category is recorded as Korean Sign Language^[9].
• Korean Sign Language's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37, 'lon': 128}^[10].
• Korean Sign Language's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02hwwql^[11].
• Korean Sign Language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Korean Sign Language^[12].
• Korean Sign Language's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+180000'}^[13].
• Korean Sign Language's Linguist List code is recorded as kvk^[14].
• Korean Sign Language's Glottolog code is recorded as kore1273^[15].
• Korean Sign Language's WALS lect code is recorded as ssl^[16].
• Korean Sign Language's Ethnologue.com language code is recorded as kvk^[17].
• Korean Sign Language's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '한국 수화 언어'}^[18].
• Korean Sign Language's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ko-hani', 'text': '韓國手話言語'}^[19].
• Korean Sign Language's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '한국 수어'}^[20].
• Korean Sign Language's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ko-hani', 'text': '韓國手語'}^[21].
• Korean Sign Language's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'KSL'}^[22].
• Korean Sign Language's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/KVK^[23].
• Korean Sign Language's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-13309894X^[24].
• Korean Sign Language's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 4 Educational^[25].
• Korean Sign Language's category for films in this language is recorded as Category:Korean Sign Language films^[26].
• Korean Sign Language's Deaf Movie Database language ID is recorded as korean-sign-language^[27].

Why It Matters

Korean Sign Language ranks in the top 9% of sign_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (75 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]