Taiwanese Sign Language

sign language used in Taiwan
Intangible sign_language Q34019
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Taiwanese Sign Language

Summary

Taiwanese Sign Language is a sign language[1]. It draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (sign_language category, ranking #31 of 163).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taiwanese Sign Language was influenced by Japanese Sign Language[3].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language was influenced by Hong Kong Sign Language[4].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language was influenced by Chinese Sign Language[5].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language is in the country of Taiwan[6].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language's instance of is recorded as sign language[7].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language's instance of is recorded as modern language[8].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as tss[9].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language's GND ID is recorded as 1236209540[10].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language's subclass of is recorded as Japanese Sign Language[11].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language's IETF language tag is recorded as tss[12].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language's Commons category is recorded as Taiwan Sign Language[13].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 24, 'lon': 121}[14].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019bn9[15].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Taiwan Sign Language[16].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 419.51249[17].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language's Linguist List code is recorded as tss[18].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language's Glottolog code is recorded as taiw1241[19].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language's WALS lect code is recorded as tzi[20].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language's Ethnologue.com language code is recorded as tss[21].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '台灣手語'}[22].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'TSL'}[23].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/TSS[24].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133076350[25].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 6b Threatened[26].
  • Taiwanese Sign Language's Lingua Libre ID is recorded as Byllis[27].

Why It Matters

Taiwanese Sign Language draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (sign_language category, ranking #31 of 163).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [14] . wals.info. wals.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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