sign language

Summary

sign language is a type of language^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of type_of_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,534 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• sign language's image is recorded as KSL ng.jpg^[3].
• sign language's image is recorded as ASL family.jpg^[4].
• sign language's image is recorded as Sign language, 2014 (01).jpg^[5].
• sign language's instance of is recorded as type of language^[6].
• sign language's ISO 639-2 code is recorded as sgn^[7].
• sign language's GND ID is recorded as 4129609-6^[8].
• sign language's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85122390^[9].
• sign language's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11932219x^[10].
• sign language's subclass of is recorded as signed language^[11].
• sign language's subclass of is recorded as manual communication^[12].
• sign language's IETF language tag is recorded as sgn^[13].
• sign language's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00571306^[14].
• sign language's Commons category is recorded as Sign languages^[15].
• sign language's opposite of is recorded as spoken language^[16].
• sign language's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D012813^[17].
• sign language's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 33607^[18].
• sign language's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06x0q^[19].
• sign language's MeSH tree code is recorded as E02.760.169.063.500.200.609.668^[20].
• sign language's MeSH tree code is recorded as E02.831.200.609.668^[21].
• sign language's MeSH tree code is recorded as F01.145.209.530.702.668^[22].
• sign language's MeSH tree code is recorded as L01.143.649.526.668^[23].
• sign language's MeSH tree code is recorded as F01.145.209.399.500^[24].
• sign language's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph116781^[25].
• sign language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sign languages^[26].
• sign language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sign language^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for sign language include Russian Sign Language^[28], an it^[29], in Russia^[30] and The Language Council's it award^[31], an award^[32], in Norway^[33], founded in 2018^[34].

Why It Matters

sign language ranks in the top 6% of type_of_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,534 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for it include Russian Sign Language^[28], an it^[29], in Russia^[30] and The Language Council's it award^[31], an award^[32], in Norway^[33], founded in 2018^[34].