Icelandic Sign Language
E1097361
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Icelandic Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Iceland, recognized as a distinct language with its own grammar and lexicon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Icelandic Sign Language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14401889 — 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: Icelandic Sign Language Context triple: [Swedish Sign Language, influenced, Icelandic Sign Language]
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A.
Nýja Ísland (Icelandic)
Nýja Ísland is the Icelandic name for New Iceland, a historic Icelandic immigrant settlement region in Manitoba, Canada.
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B.
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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C.
Icelandic
Icelandic is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Iceland, known for its conservative grammar and vocabulary that closely preserve features of Old Norse.
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D.
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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E.
Norwegian Sign Language
Norwegian Sign Language is the primary visual-gestural language used by the Deaf community in Norway, recognized and protected as a distinct language within the country’s linguistic landscape.
- 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: Icelandic Sign Language Target entity description: Icelandic Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Iceland, recognized as a distinct language with its own grammar and lexicon.
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A.
Nýja Ísland (Icelandic)
Nýja Ísland is the Icelandic name for New Iceland, a historic Icelandic immigrant settlement region in Manitoba, Canada.
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B.
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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C.
Icelandic
Icelandic is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Iceland, known for its conservative grammar and vocabulary that closely preserve features of Old Norse.
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D.
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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E.
Norwegian Sign Language
Norwegian Sign Language is the primary visual-gestural language used by the Deaf community in Norway, recognized and protected as a distinct language within the country’s linguistic landscape.
- 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