Russian Sign Language

sign language of the deaf community in Russia
Intangible sign_language Q13210
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Russian Sign Language

Summary

Russian Sign Language is a sign language[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of sign_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (104 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Russian Sign Language is in the country of Russia[3].
  • Russian Sign Language's instance of is recorded as sign language[4].
  • Russian Sign Language's instance of is recorded as language[5].
  • Russian Sign Language's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Russians is named after Russian Sign Language[7].
  • sign language is named after Russian Sign Language[8].
  • Russian Sign Language's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as rsl[9].
  • Russian Sign Language's subclass of is recorded as French Sign Language family[10].
  • Russian Sign Language's IETF language tag is recorded as rsl[11].
  • Russian Sign Language's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/058xfw[12].
  • Russian Sign Language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Russian Sign Language[13].
  • Russian Sign Language's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+120000'}[14].
  • Russian Sign Language's Linguist List code is recorded as rsl[15].
  • Russian Sign Language's Glottolog code is recorded as russ1255[16].
  • Russian Sign Language's WALS lect code is recorded as rsl[17].
  • Russian Sign Language's Ethnologue.com language code is recorded as rsl[18].
  • Russian Sign Language's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'РЖЯ'}[19].
  • Russian Sign Language's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'RSL'}[20].
  • Russian Sign Language's indigenous to is recorded as Moscow[21].
  • Russian Sign Language's indigenous to is recorded as Saint Petersburg[22].
  • Russian Sign Language's BabelNet ID is recorded as 02438215n[23].
  • Russian Sign Language's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133083322[24].
  • Russian Sign Language's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 5 Developing[25].
  • Russian Sign Language's category for films in this language is recorded as Category:Russian Sign Language films[26].

Why It Matters

Russian Sign Language ranks in the top 9% of sign_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (104 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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