Colombian Sign Language

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Colombian Sign Language is the primary visual-gestural language used by the Deaf community in Colombia, shaped by local culture and influenced historically by the French Sign Language family.

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instanceOf natural language
sign language
countryUsedIn Colombia NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName LSC NERFINISHED
Lengua de Señas Colombiana NERFINISHED
hasCommunicationChannel face-to-face signing
video-based communication
hasGrammarType subject–object–verb tendencies (like many sign languages)
hasLexiconSource local signs developed within Colombian Deaf communities
signs historically influenced by French Sign Language family
hasLinguisticLevel morphology
phonology (cherology)
semantics
syntax
hasModalityFeature simultaneous expression of manual and non-manual components
hasUserGroup Deaf adults in Colombia
Deaf children in Colombia
hearing family members of Deaf Colombians
hearing sign language interpreters in Colombia
influencedBy French Sign Language family NERFINISHED
isCulturallyShapedBy Colombian Deaf culture
Colombian culture
isDifferentFrom American Sign Language NERFINISHED
Brazilian Sign Language NERFINISHED
Mexican Sign Language NERFINISHED
isNotDialectOf Spanish
spoken Colombian Spanish
isRecognizedAs language of the Deaf community in Colombia
isUsedBy Colombian Deaf people
isUsedFor education of Deaf students in Colombia
online Deaf community content in Colombia
religious services for Deaf communities in Colombia
television interpreting in Colombia
isUsedIn Deaf associations in Colombia
Deaf community events in Colombia
Deaf schools in Colombia
interpreting services in Colombia
languageFamily French Sign Language family (influence)
languageModality manual-visual
primaryLanguageOf Deaf community in Colombia
uses body posture
facial expressions
handshapes
movements
writingSystem no standard widely used written form

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French Sign Language family hasMember Colombian Sign Language