Korean Sign Language
E24963
Korean Sign Language is the primary visual-gestural language used by the Deaf community in South Korea, with its own distinct grammar and vocabulary separate from spoken Korean.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
natural language
ⓘ
sign language ⓘ visual-gestural language ⓘ |
| country | South Korea ⓘ |
| glottocode | kore1280 ⓘ |
| hasAcquisitionType |
first language for many Deaf Koreans
ⓘ
second language for some hearing Koreans ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Hanguk Suhwagi
ⓘ
KSL ⓘ 한국 수어 ⓘ 한국 수화 ⓘ |
| hasCommunity | South Korean Deaf community ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole | core element of Deaf culture in South Korea ⓘ |
| hasDialect | regional dialects within South Korea ⓘ |
| hasDistinctFrom | Signed Korean ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
education
ⓘ
everyday communication ⓘ media ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
classifier constructions
ⓘ
distinct lexicon from spoken Korean ⓘ use of facial expressions as grammatical markers ⓘ use of fingerspelling for Korean alphabet ⓘ use of space for grammatical relations ⓘ |
| hasGrammarType |
subject–object–verb dominant word order
ⓘ
topic-prominent ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticProperty | own phonology based on handshape, location, movement, orientation, and non-manual markers ⓘ |
| hasModality |
manual
ⓘ
non-manual signals ⓘ visual ⓘ |
| hasOfficialStatusIn | South Korea ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | no widely used native writing system ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Japanese Sign Language ⓘ |
| isBasisOf | Korean Sign Language interpreting profession in South Korea ⓘ |
| ISO6393Code | kvk ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Korean Sign Language family ⓘ |
| legalStatus | official language of the Deaf community in South Korea ⓘ |
| notMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
American Sign Language
ⓘ
Japanese Sign Language ⓘ spoken Korean ⓘ |
| primaryUsers |
Deaf community in South Korea
ⓘ
hard of hearing people in South Korea ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | independent language distinct from spoken Korean ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | South Korean government ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Deaf associations in South Korea
ⓘ
Deaf schools in South Korea ⓘ South Korean television sign interpretation ⓘ public services in South Korea ⓘ |
| usesFingerspellingSystem | Korean manual alphabet ⓘ |
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