Russian Sign Language

sign language of the deaf community in Russia
Intangible sign_language Q13210
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Summary

Russian Sign Language is a sign language[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of sign_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (561 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 is a type of French Sign Language family[9].
  • Russian Sign Language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Russian Sign Language[10].
  • Russian Sign Language's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+120000'}[11].
  • Russian Sign Language's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'РЖЯ'}[12].
  • Russian Sign Language's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'RSL'}[13].
  • Russian Sign Language's indigenous to is recorded as Moscow[14].
  • Russian Sign Language's indigenous to is recorded as Saint Petersburg[15].
  • Russian Sign Language's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133083322[16].
  • Russian Sign Language's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 5 Developing[17].
  • Russian Sign Language's category for films in this language is recorded as Category:Russian Sign Language films[18].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include sign language[4], language[5], and modern language[6]. Russian Sign Language is a type of French Sign Language family[9].

Origins

Things named after include Russians[7], an ethnic group[19], in Russia[20] and sign language[8], a type of language[21].

Why It Matters

Russian Sign Language ranks in the top 9% of sign_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (561 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Indigenous to → Moscow, Saint Petersburg
    Deaf movie database language id → russian-sign-language
    Country → Russia
    Ethnologue language status → 5 Developing
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Deaf movie database language id: russian-sign-language, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/225055127|russian sign language (#225055127)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-matc"
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