American Sign Language

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf sign language
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:ASL
gptkbp:alphabet one-handed fingerspelling
gptkbp:firstDocumented early 19th century
gptkbp:hasDialects gptkb:Black_American_Sign_Language
regional dialects
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label American Sign Language
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Ghanaian_Sign_Language
gptkb:Haitian_Sign_Language
gptkb:Nicaraguan_Sign_Language
gptkb:Nigerian_Sign_Language
West African sign languages
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:French_Sign_Language
gptkb:Martha's_Vineyard_Sign_Language
regional sign languages
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code none
gptkbp:ISO639-3 ase
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:French_Sign_Language_family
gptkbp:linguisticFeature classifier constructions
non-manual markers
topic-comment structure
gptkbp:mediaType Deaf films
Deaf theater
interpreted news broadcasts
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Gallaudet_University
gptkb:National_Association_of_the_Deaf_(US)
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Laurent_Clerc
gptkb:Thomas_Hopkins_Gallaudet
gptkb:Alice_Cogswell
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers 250,000–500,000
gptkbp:officialLanguage none
gptkbp:primaryUser Deaf community
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Americans_with_Disabilities_Act
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Chilean_Sign_Language
gptkb:French_Sign_Language
gptkb:Langue_des_signes_québécoise
gptkbp:status primary sign language of Deaf communities in the US and parts of Canada
gptkbp:teaches gptkb:Total_Communication
Bilingual-bicultural education
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Canada
gptkb:United_States
parts of West Africa
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:SignWriting
gptkb:ASL-phabet
gptkb:Stokoe_notation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gallaudet_University
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4