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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ivory Coast Sign Language canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.