sign language

Summary

sign language is a type of language^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• sign language's instance of is recorded as type of language^[3].
• sign language is a type of signed language^[4].
• sign language is a type of manual communication^[5].
• sign language's Commons category is recorded as Sign languages^[6].
• sign language is the opposite of spoken language^[7].
• sign language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sign languages^[8].
• sign language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sign language^[9].
• sign language's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[10].
• sign language's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[11].
• sign language's described by source is recorded as Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science^[12].
• sign language's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia^[13].
• sign language's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2919^[14].
• sign language's different from is recorded as body language^[15].
• sign language's different from is recorded as signed language^[16].
• sign language's different from is recorded as gesticulation^[17].
• sign language's history of topic is recorded as history of sign language^[18].
• sign language's has list is recorded as list of sign languages^[19].
• sign language's studied by is recorded as audiology^[20].
• sign language's studied by is recorded as sign linguistics^[21].
• sign language's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SGN^[22].
• sign language's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[23].
• sign language's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Hearing Health^[24].
• sign language's category for films in this language is recorded as Category:Sign-language films^[25].

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Definition and Type

sign language's instance of is recorded as type of language^[3]. Recorded subclass of include signed language^[4] and manual communication^[5]. It is the opposite of spoken language^[7].

Influence

Things named for sign language include Russian Sign Language^[26], in Russia^[27] and The Language Council's it award^[28], an award^[29], in Norway^[30], founded in 2018^[31].

Why It Matters

sign language has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include Russian Sign Language^[26], in Russia^[27] and The Language Council's it award^[28], an award^[29], in Norway^[30], founded in 2018^[31].