Plains Indian Sign Language

once the lingua franca across North America
Intangible sign_language Q2380124
Plains Indian Sign Language
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Plains Indian Sign Language

Summary

Plains Indian Sign Language is a sign language[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of sign_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (925 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Plains Indian Sign Language is in the country of United States[3].
  • Plains Indian Sign Language is in the country of Canada[4].
  • Plains Indian Sign Language's instance of is recorded as sign language[5].
  • Plains Indian Sign Language's instance of is recorded as language[6].
  • Plains Indian Sign Language's instance of is recorded as modern language[7].
  • Plains Indian Sign Language's instance of is recorded as endangered language[8].
  • Plains Indian Sign Language is a type of American Indian Sign Language[9].
  • Plains Indian Sign Language is used for lingua franca[10].
  • Plains Indian Sign Language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Plains Indian Sign Language[11].
  • Plains Indian Sign Language's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+1000'}[12].
  • Plains Indian Sign Language's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+75'}[13].
  • Plains Indian Sign Language's used by is recorded as American Indian elder[14].
  • Plains Indian Sign Language's different from is recorded as Indian Sign Language[15].
  • Plains Indian Sign Language's indigenous to is recorded as Iowa[16].
  • Plains Indian Sign Language's indigenous to is recorded as Plains Indians[17].
  • Plains Indian Sign Language's indigenous to is recorded as Kansas[18].
  • Plains Indian Sign Language's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/PSD[19].
  • Plains Indian Sign Language's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 8b Nearly Extinct[20].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include sign language[5], language[6], modern language[7], and endangered language[8]. Plains Indian Sign Language is a type of American Indian Sign Language[9].

Use and Application

Plains Indian Sign Language is used for lingua franca[10]. Its used by is recorded as American Indian elder[14].

Why It Matters

Plains Indian Sign Language ranks in the top 1% of sign_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (925 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . nps.gov. nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: 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 sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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