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.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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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