Italian Sign Language
E802664
Italian Sign Language is the primary visual-gestural language used by the Deaf community in Italy, with its own distinct grammar and lexicon separate from spoken Italian.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
natural language
ⓘ
sign language ⓘ |
| canBeTranscribedWith |
HamNoSys
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
SignWriting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfUse | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | LIS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAspectMarking | through movement modification ⓘ |
| hasClassifierConstructions | yes ⓘ |
| hasCommunity | Italian Deaf community ⓘ |
| hasDialect | regional dialects across Italian cities ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | ital1253 ⓘ |
| hasGrammarType |
subject–object–verb order (SOV)
ⓘ
topic–comment structure ⓘ |
| hasInterpreters | professional LIS interpreters ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | ise ⓘ |
| hasLexicon | distinct from spoken Italian ⓘ |
| hasModality |
gestural
ⓘ
visual ⓘ |
| hasMorphology |
non-concatenative morphology
ⓘ
simultaneous morphology ⓘ spatial morphology ⓘ |
| hasNegationStrategy | manual signs plus head movement ⓘ |
| hasOfficialStatus | recognized sign language of Italy ⓘ |
| hasPhonology | based on handshape, location, movement, orientation, non-manual markers ⓘ |
| hasQuestionMarking | non-manual signals ⓘ |
| hasRegionalVariation | yes ⓘ |
| hasVerbAgreement | spatial agreement ⓘ |
| hasWordOrderFlexibility | yes ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | no widely used native writing system ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom |
American Sign Language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British Sign Language NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian Signed Exact systems NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian spoken language ⓘ |
| isNot | manual encoding of spoken Italian ⓘ |
| isRecognizedBy | Italian Law 95/2021 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | linguistic research ⓘ |
| isTaughtAt | Italian universities ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
cultural expression in Italian Deaf community
ⓘ
education of Deaf children in Italy ⓘ theatre and performance in Italy ⓘ |
| isUsedIn |
Deaf associations in Italy
ⓘ
Deaf schools in Italy ⓘ Italian media accessibility ⓘ interpreting services in Italy ⓘ |
| languageFamily | French Sign Language family ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageOf | Deaf community in Italy ⓘ |
| usesNonManualFeatures |
body posture
ⓘ
facial expressions ⓘ head movements ⓘ |
| usesSpaceGrammatically | yes ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.