Finland-Swedish Sign Language

E357090
language of Finland minority language 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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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Finland-Swedish Sign Language canonical 3
Finland-Swedish Sign 1
Finlandssvenskt teckenspråk 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language of Finland ⓘ
minority language ⓘ
sign language ⓘ
associatedCommunity Finland-Swedish deaf community ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Swedish-speaking Finns ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Finland-Swedish Sign Language ⓘ
surface form: Finland-Swedish Sign

Finland-Swedish Sign Language ⓘ
surface form: Finlandssvenskt teckenspråk
hasCommunitySize very small number of users ⓘ
hasCulturalDomain Finland-Swedish deaf culture ⓘ
hasCulturalIdentity true ⓘ
hasDistinctGrammar true ⓘ
hasDistinctLexicon true ⓘ
hasDistinctPhonology true ⓘ
hasEndangermentStatus severely endangered ⓘ
hasLanguageCommunity Finland-Swedish deaf community in Finland ⓘ
hasLinguisticStructure distinct from spoken Finnish ⓘ
distinct from spoken Swedish ⓘ
hasModality signed ⓘ
hasPhonologicalParameters handshape ⓘ
location ⓘ
movement ⓘ
non-manual features ⓘ
orientation ⓘ
hasSyntacticOrder flexible word order ⓘ
hasWritingSystem no conventional written form ⓘ
isDistinctFrom Finnish Sign Language ⓘ
Swedish Sign Language (historically) ⓘ
surface form: Swedish Sign Language
isMinorityLanguageOf Finland ⓘ
ISO639-3Code fss ⓘ
ISO639Status has ISO 639-3 code fss ⓘ
isRelatedTo Finnish Sign Language ⓘ
Swedish Sign Language (historically) ⓘ
surface form: Swedish Sign Language
isUsedIn Finland ⓘ
languageFamily sign languages of the Nordic countries ⓘ
languageStatus minority language in Finland ⓘ
linguisticType visual-gestural language ⓘ
minorityStatus endangered ⓘ
modality manual-visual ⓘ
primaryRegion Finland ⓘ
recognizedIn Finland ⓘ
threatenedBy language shift to Finnish Sign Language ⓘ
small number of native signers ⓘ
usedBy Finland-Swedish deaf community ⓘ
usedInEducation limited ⓘ
userPopulation very small community ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Finnish Sign Language → distinctFrom → Finland-Swedish Sign Language ⓘ
Finland-Swedish Sign Language → hasAlternativeName → Finland-Swedish Sign Language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Finlandssvenskt teckenspråk
Finland-Swedish Sign Language → hasAlternativeName → Finland-Swedish Sign Language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Finland-Swedish Sign
Swedish Sign Language (historically) → influenced → Finland-Swedish Sign Language ⓘ
subject surface form: Swedish Sign Language
Finnish Association of the Deaf → language → Finland-Swedish Sign Language ⓘ