Chilean Sign Language

E802672

Chilean Sign Language is the primary visual-gestural language used by the Deaf community in Chile, with its own grammar and lexicon distinct from spoken Spanish.

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instanceOf natural language
sign language
countryUsedIn Chile NERFINISHED
hasAbbreviation LSCh NERFINISHED
hasAcquisition often acquired in school by Deaf children of hearing parents
often acquired natively by Deaf children of Deaf parents
hasCommunity Chilean Deaf community NERFINISHED
hasCommunityOrganization Chilean Deaf associations promoting LSCh
hasEducationPolicy used in some bilingual Deaf education programs in Chile
hasGrammar distinct from spoken Spanish
hasInterpreters professional sign language interpreters in Chile
hasLexicon distinct from spoken Spanish vocabulary
hasLinguisticLevel morphology
phonology
pragmatics
semantics
syntax
hasLinguisticResearch studied by Chilean and international linguists
hasModality gestural
visual
hasNonManualFeatures body posture
facial expressions
head movements
hasPhonology based on handshape location movement orientation and non-manual markers
hasStatus minority language in Chile
hasVariation generational variation
regional variation within Chile
hasWordOrder topic-comment tendencies
isNot a manual form of spoken Spanish
mutually intelligible with spoken Spanish
ISO6393Code csg
isUsedAlongside spoken Chilean Spanish
languageFamily sign languages of the world
legalStatus recognized as a means of communication of the Deaf in Chile
primaryUsers Deaf community in Chile
recognizedBy Government of Chile (as a language of the Deaf community in law 20.422) NERFINISHED
usedBy Deaf people in rural areas of Chile
Deaf people in urban areas of Chile
usedFor community communication among Deaf Chileans
education of Deaf children in Chile
interpreting in public services in Chile
usedIn Deaf associations in Chile
Deaf schools in Chile
interpreting services in Chile
usedInMedia sign language interpreted news in Chilean television
writingSystem no widely used standardized writing system

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French Sign Language family hasMember Chilean Sign Language