Estonian Sign Language
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Estonian Sign Language is the natural visual-gestural language used by the Deaf community in Estonia, belonging to the family of Nordic sign languages and shaped by historical contact with neighboring sign languages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Estonian Sign Language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14401887 — 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: Estonian Sign Language Context triple: [Swedish Sign Language, influenced, Estonian Sign Language]
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A.
Finnish Sign Language
Finnish Sign Language is the primary visual-gestural language of the Finnish Deaf community, with its own grammar and vocabulary distinct from spoken Finnish.
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B.
Finland-Swedish Sign Language
Finland-Swedish Sign Language is a minority sign language used primarily by the Finland-Swedish deaf community in Finland, with its own distinct linguistic structure and cultural identity.
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C.
Estonian language
The Estonian language is a Finno-Ugric language spoken primarily in Estonia, closely related to Finnish and known for its complex grammar and rich vowel system.
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D.
South Estonian language
South Estonian is a Finnic language spoken primarily in southeastern Estonia, distinguished by its own dialects (such as Võro and Seto) and notable phonological and grammatical differences from Standard Estonian.
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E.
Slovak Sign Language
Slovak Sign Language is the primary visual-gestural language used by the Deaf community in Slovakia, belonging 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: Estonian Sign Language Target entity description: Estonian Sign Language is the natural visual-gestural language used by the Deaf community in Estonia, belonging to the family of Nordic sign languages and shaped by historical contact with neighboring sign languages.
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A.
Finnish Sign Language
Finnish Sign Language is the primary visual-gestural language of the Finnish Deaf community, with its own grammar and vocabulary distinct from spoken Finnish.
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B.
Finland-Swedish Sign Language
Finland-Swedish Sign Language is a minority sign language used primarily by the Finland-Swedish deaf community in Finland, with its own distinct linguistic structure and cultural identity.
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C.
Estonian language
The Estonian language is a Finno-Ugric language spoken primarily in Estonia, closely related to Finnish and known for its complex grammar and rich vowel system.
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D.
South Estonian language
South Estonian is a Finnic language spoken primarily in southeastern Estonia, distinguished by its own dialects (such as Võro and Seto) and notable phonological and grammatical differences from Standard Estonian.
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E.
Slovak Sign Language
Slovak Sign Language is the primary visual-gestural language used by the Deaf community in Slovakia, belonging to the French Sign Language family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Swedish Sign Language