Finnish Sign Language
E72598
Finnish Sign Language is the primary visual-gestural language of the Finnish Deaf community, with its own grammar and vocabulary distinct from spoken Finnish.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
natural language
ⓘ
sign language ⓘ |
| community |
Deaf people in Finland
ⓘ
children of Deaf adults in Finland ⓘ hard-of-hearing people in Finland ⓘ |
| country | Finland ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Finland-Swedish Sign Language
ⓘ
Finnish language ⓘ spoken Finnish ⓘ |
| educationPolicy | used as language of instruction for some Deaf students in Finland ⓘ |
| hasAlphabeticRepresentation | uses written Finnish for many written purposes ⓘ |
| hasCommunityOrganization | Finnish Association of the Deaf ⓘ |
| hasCorpus | video corpora collected by Finnish researchers ⓘ |
| hasDialect | regional variants within Finland ⓘ |
| hasOwnGrammar | true ⓘ |
| hasOwnVocabulary | true ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalParameters |
handshape
ⓘ
location ⓘ movement ⓘ non-manual markers ⓘ orientation ⓘ |
| hasResearchField | Finnish Sign Language linguistics ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Swedish Sign Language (historically) ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | fse ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Finnish Sign Language family ⓘ |
| legalStatus | protected language in Finland ⓘ |
| linguisticType | subject–object–verb dominant word order (approximate) ⓘ |
| modality | visual-gestural ⓘ |
| notMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
American Sign Language
ⓘ
British Sign Language ⓘ International Sign (to a large extent) ⓘ |
| primaryUsers | Finnish Deaf community ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | minority language in Finland ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Finnish legislation ⓘ |
| region | Finland ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication among Deaf people in Finland
ⓘ
education ⓘ media and broadcasting for Deaf audiences ⓘ religious services for Deaf congregations ⓘ theatre and cultural events in the Deaf community ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Deaf community organizations in Finland
ⓘ
interpreting services in Finland ⓘ schools for the Deaf in Finland ⓘ |
| uses |
body posture
ⓘ
facial expressions ⓘ manual signs ⓘ spatial grammar ⓘ |
| writingSystem | no standard native writing system ⓘ |
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