Ivory Coast Sign Language

E803231

Ivory Coast Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Côte d’Ivoire, derived from and closely related to French Sign Language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf natural language
sign language
alternativeName LSCI NERFINISHED
Langue des signes de Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo French Sign Language NERFINISHED
communicationDomain Deaf advocacy and association meetings
informal daily communication
religious gatherings for Deaf people
countryUsedIn Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED
derivedFrom French Sign Language NERFINISHED
documentationLevel limited linguistic description
glottologStatus not well documented
hasAcquisitionContext Deaf clubs and community networks
Deaf schools
family transmission in some Deaf families
hasCommunity Ivorian Deaf associations
hasGrammarType spatial grammar
use of classifier constructions
use of role shift
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom French Sign Language NERFINISHED
local home sign systems in Côte d’Ivoire
hasModalityFeature body posture
manual signs
non-manual markers such as facial expressions
hasSociolinguisticFeature influenced by language policies toward French Sign Language in education
variation across different schools and regions in Côte d’Ivoire
hasUserType Deaf people
hard of hearing people
hearing family members of Deaf people
sign language interpreters
ISO6393Code none
languageFamily French Sign Language family
languageStatus primary sign language of the Ivorian Deaf community
linguisticTypology subject–verb–object dominant word order (SVO)
modality visual-gestural
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith spoken French
spoken languages of Côte d’Ivoire
primaryUserCommunity Deaf community in Côte d’Ivoire
regionUsedIn Abidjan NERFINISHED
urban areas of Côte d’Ivoire
usedByMinorityGroup Ivorian Deaf minority
usedFor community interaction among Deaf Ivorians
education of Deaf children in parts of Côte d’Ivoire
face-to-face communication
usedIn Deaf schools in Côte d’Ivoire
writingSystem no standard written form

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French Sign Language family hasMember Ivory Coast Sign Language