Nigerian Sign Language

sign language used by the Deaf community of Nigeria
Intangible sign_language Q7033021
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Nigerian Sign Language

Summary

Nigerian Sign Language is a sign language[1]. It draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (sign_language category, ranking #57 of 163).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nigerian Sign Language is in the country of Nigeria[3].
  • Nigerian Sign Language's instance of is recorded as sign language[4].
  • Nigerian Sign Language's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Nigerian Sign Language's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as nsi[6].
  • Nigerian Sign Language's subclass of is recorded as American Sign Language[7].
  • Nigerian Sign Language's IETF language tag is recorded as nsi[8].
  • Nigerian Sign Language's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j9qmgm[9].
  • Nigerian Sign Language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nigerian Sign Language[10].
  • Nigerian Sign Language's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 419.669[11].
  • Nigerian Sign Language's Linguist List code is recorded as nsi[12].
  • Nigerian Sign Language's Glottolog code is recorded as nige1240[13].
  • Nigerian Sign Language's Ethnologue.com language code is recorded as nsi[14].
  • Nigerian Sign Language's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'NSL'}[15].
  • Nigerian Sign Language's indigenous to is recorded as Federal Capital Territory[16].
  • Nigerian Sign Language's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-333204123[17].
  • Nigerian Sign Language's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 5 Developing[18].
  • Nigerian Sign Language's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Language", "NigerianSignLanguage::n933w"][19].
  • Nigerian Sign Language's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Language", "NigerianSignLanguage"][20].

Why It Matters

Nigerian Sign Language draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (sign_language category, ranking #57 of 163).[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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