Central African Sign Language
E802687
Central African Sign Language is the primary sign language used by Deaf communities in the Central African Republic, derived from and influenced by the French Sign Language family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Central African Sign Language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9478101 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Central African Sign Language Context triple: [French Sign Language family, hasMember, Central African Sign Language]
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A.
Senufo languages
Senufo languages are a group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in northern Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, and Burkina Faso by the Senufo people.
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B.
Sateré-Mawé language
The Sateré-Mawé language is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Sateré-Mawé people of the Brazilian Amazon.
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C.
Mande languages
The Mande languages are a branch of West African languages spoken primarily in countries such as Mali, Guinea, and Sierra Leone, known for including major languages like Bambara, Mandinka, and Soninke.
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D.
Senegambian languages
Senegambian languages are a branch of the Niger-Congo language family spoken in the Senegambia region of West Africa, known for features such as extensive noun class systems and shared phonological traits.
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E.
Teke–Mbede languages
The Teke–Mbede languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken primarily in Gabon and neighboring Central African countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Central African Sign Language Target entity description: Central African Sign Language is the primary sign language used by Deaf communities in the Central African Republic, derived from and influenced by the French Sign Language family.
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A.
Senufo languages
Senufo languages are a group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in northern Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, and Burkina Faso by the Senufo people.
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B.
Sateré-Mawé language
The Sateré-Mawé language is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Sateré-Mawé people of the Brazilian Amazon.
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C.
Mande languages
The Mande languages are a branch of West African languages spoken primarily in countries such as Mali, Guinea, and Sierra Leone, known for including major languages like Bambara, Mandinka, and Soninke.
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D.
Senegambian languages
Senegambian languages are a branch of the Niger-Congo language family spoken in the Senegambia region of West Africa, known for features such as extensive noun class systems and shared phonological traits.
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E.
Teke–Mbede languages
The Teke–Mbede languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken primarily in Gabon and neighboring Central African countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
natural language
ⓘ
sign language ⓘ |
| communicationType | signed communication ⓘ |
| country | Central African Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | French Sign Language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedIn | 20th century ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Central African Republic Sign Language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Langue des signes centrafricaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageCodeType | ISO 639-3 ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology | subject–verb–object dominant word order (reported for many French Sign Language family members) ⓘ |
| hasUserType |
Deaf
ⓘ
hard of hearing ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French Sign Language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French educational policies for the Deaf ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | csq ⓘ |
| languageFamily | French Sign Language family ⓘ |
| languageStatus | minority language in the Central African Republic ⓘ |
| modality | visual-gestural ⓘ |
| notMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
spoken French
ⓘ
spoken Sango ⓘ |
| primaryUsers | Deaf community in the Central African Republic ⓘ |
| region | Central Africa ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
American Sign Language (via French Sign Language family)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French Sign Language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Deaf people in Bangui
ⓘ
Deaf people in urban areas of the Central African Republic ⓘ |
| usedFor |
education of Deaf children in parts of the Central African Republic
ⓘ
informal communication in Deaf communities ⓘ |
| usedIn | Central African Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem | none (no widely used standardized written form) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Central African Sign Language Description of subject: Central African Sign Language is the primary sign language used by Deaf communities in the Central African Republic, derived from and influenced by the French Sign Language family.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.