Catalan Sign Language

E802665

Catalan Sign Language is a natural visual-gestural language used primarily by the Deaf community in Catalonia, Spain, with its own grammar and lexicon distinct from spoken Catalan and Spanish.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf natural language
sign language
country Spain
glottocode cata1286
hasAlternativeName Catalan Sign
LSC
Llengua de signes catalana
hasCommunity Catalan Deaf community
hasCorpus video corpora collected by Catalan universities
hasGrammar distinct from Spanish grammar
distinct from spoken Catalan grammar
hasLexicon distinct from Spanish vocabulary
distinct from spoken Catalan vocabulary
hasMorphology classifier constructions
rich non-manual morphology
use of spatial agreement
hasResearchField sign linguistics
hasWordOrder relatively flexible word order
hasWritingSystem no widely used native writing system
isDistinctFrom Spanish Sign Language
spoken Catalan
spoken Spanish
isNotDialectOf Spanish Sign Language
ISO6393Code csc
languageFamily French Sign Language family
legalRecognitionYear 2010
legalStatus official language of Catalonia for the Deaf community
modality gestural
visual
primaryUsers Deaf community in Catalonia
children of deaf adults in Catalonia
hard of hearing people in Catalonia
recognizedBy Government of Catalonia
region Catalonia
regulatedBy Catalan Sign Language Center
Plataforma per la Llengua de Signes Catalana (advocacy)
usedIn Balearic Islands
Barcelona
Catalonia
Valencian Community (to a lesser extent)
linked to: Valencian Community
usedInEducation bilingual education programs for deaf students in Catalonia
usedInInterpreting public services in Catalonia
usedInMedia interpreted news broadcasts in Catalonia
usesArticulation body posture
facial expressions
handshapes
locations in signing space
movements

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French Sign Language family hasMember Catalan Sign Language
LSF family hasLanguage Catalan Sign Language
Catalan Sign Language hasAlternativeName Llengua de signes catalana
linked to: Catalan Sign Language
Catalan Sign Language hasAlternativeName Catalan Sign
linked to: Catalan Sign Language