Ivory Coast Sign Language
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Ivory Coast Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Côte d’Ivoire, derived from and closely related to French Sign Language.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ivory Coast Sign Language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9478100 — 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: Ivory Coast Sign Language Context triple: [French Sign Language family, hasMember, Ivory Coast Sign Language]
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A.
Burkina Faso Sign Language
Burkina Faso Sign Language is a sign language used by Deaf communities in Burkina Faso that developed from and is linguistically related to French Sign Language.
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B.
Malian Sign Language
Malian Sign Language is a sign language used by the Deaf community in Mali, belonging to the broader French Sign Language family.
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C.
Central African Sign Language
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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D.
Senegalese Sign Language
Senegalese Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Senegal, historically derived from and influenced by French Sign Language.
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E.
Venezuelan Sign Language
Venezuelan Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Venezuela, historically derived from and related to the French Sign Language family.
- 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: Ivory Coast Sign Language Target entity description: Ivory Coast Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Côte d’Ivoire, derived from and closely related to French Sign Language.
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A.
Burkina Faso Sign Language
Burkina Faso Sign Language is a sign language used by Deaf communities in Burkina Faso that developed from and is linguistically related to French Sign Language.
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B.
Malian Sign Language
Malian Sign Language is a sign language used by the Deaf community in Mali, belonging to the broader French Sign Language family.
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C.
Central African Sign Language
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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D.
Senegalese Sign Language
Senegalese Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Senegal, historically derived from and influenced by French Sign Language.
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E.
Venezuelan Sign Language
Venezuelan Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Venezuela, historically derived from and related to the French Sign Language family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
natural language
ⓘ
sign language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
LSCI
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Langue des signes de Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | French Sign Language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| communicationDomain |
Deaf advocacy and association meetings
ⓘ
informal daily communication ⓘ religious gatherings for Deaf people ⓘ |
| countryUsedIn | Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | French Sign Language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentationLevel | limited linguistic description ⓘ |
| glottologStatus | not well documented ⓘ |
| hasAcquisitionContext |
Deaf clubs and community networks
ⓘ
Deaf schools ⓘ family transmission in some Deaf families ⓘ |
| hasCommunity | Ivorian Deaf associations ⓘ |
| hasGrammarType |
spatial grammar
ⓘ
use of classifier constructions ⓘ use of role shift ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
French Sign Language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
local home sign systems in Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ |
| hasModalityFeature |
body posture
ⓘ
manual signs ⓘ non-manual markers such as facial expressions ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticFeature |
influenced by language policies toward French Sign Language in education
ⓘ
variation across different schools and regions in Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ |
| hasUserType |
Deaf people
ⓘ
hard of hearing people ⓘ hearing family members of Deaf people ⓘ sign language interpreters ⓘ |
| ISO6393Code | none ⓘ |
| languageFamily | French Sign Language family ⓘ |
| languageStatus | primary sign language of the Ivorian Deaf community ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | subject–verb–object dominant word order (SVO) ⓘ |
| modality | visual-gestural ⓘ |
| notMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
spoken French
ⓘ
spoken languages of Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ |
| primaryUserCommunity | Deaf community in Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ |
| regionUsedIn |
Abidjan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
urban areas of Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ |
| usedByMinorityGroup | Ivorian Deaf minority ⓘ |
| usedFor |
community interaction among Deaf Ivorians
ⓘ
education of Deaf children in parts of Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ face-to-face communication ⓘ |
| usedIn | Deaf schools in Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ |
| writingSystem | no standard written form ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ivory Coast Sign Language Description of subject: Ivory Coast Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Côte d’Ivoire, derived from and closely related to French Sign Language.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.