Nihon Shuwa
E558080
Nihon Shuwa is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Japan, with its own distinct grammar, vocabulary, and cultural history.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
language of Japan
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ sign language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Japanese Deaf associations
ⓘ
Japanese schools for the Deaf ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
JSL
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Japanese Sign Language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole |
expression of Deaf identity in Japan
ⓘ
medium for Deaf arts and storytelling in Japan ⓘ |
| hasDialect | regional variants within Japan ⓘ |
| hasGrammar | distinct from spoken Japanese ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalDevelopment | developed within Deaf communities in Japan ⓘ |
| hasLexicalBorrowingFrom | international sign languages to a limited extent ⓘ |
| hasModality | visual-gestural ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | use of spatial modification and non-manual markers ⓘ |
| hasPhonology | system of contrastive handshapes, locations, and movements ⓘ |
| hasRelationTo |
Korean Sign Language (historical contact)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Taiwan Sign Language (historical contact) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResearchField | Japanese Sign Language linguistics ⓘ |
| hasStatus | major sign language of Japan ⓘ |
| hasSyntax | use of space for grammatical relations ⓘ |
| hasUserPopulation | tens of thousands of signers ⓘ |
| hasVocabulary | distinct from spoken Japanese ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | topic-comment structure ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | no widely used standardized writing system ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | jsl ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Japanese Sign Language family ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Deaf community in Japan ⓘ |
| notSameAs |
Japanese with manually coded signs
ⓘ
Signed Japanese ⓘ |
| primaryUsers | Deaf people in Japan ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | distinct language from spoken Japanese ⓘ |
| usedBy | Japanese Deaf culture ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication among Deaf people in Japan
ⓘ
media content accessible to Deaf viewers in Japan ⓘ public events in the Japanese Deaf community ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Deaf community organizations in Japan
ⓘ
Deaf education in Japan ⓘ interpreting between Deaf and hearing people in Japan ⓘ |
| uses |
body posture
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facial expressions ⓘ handshapes ⓘ locations in signing space ⓘ movements ⓘ |
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