Singapore Sign Language

sign language used in Singapore
Intangible sign_language Q7512563
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Singapore Sign Language

Summary

Singapore Sign Language is a sign language[1]. It draws 61 Wikipedia views per month (sign_language category, ranking #48 of 163).[2]

Key Facts

  • Singapore Sign Language was influenced by Chinese Sign Language[3].
  • Singapore Sign Language was influenced by Signing Exact English[4].
  • Singapore Sign Language was influenced by village sign language[5].
  • Singapore Sign Language is in the country of Singapore[6].
  • Singapore Sign Language's instance of is recorded as sign language[7].
  • Singapore Sign Language's instance of is recorded as modern language[8].
  • Singapore Sign Language is a type of American Sign Language[9].
  • Singapore Sign Language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Singapore Sign Language[10].
  • Singapore Sign Language's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'SgSL'}[11].
  • Singapore Sign Language's indigenous to is recorded as Singapore[12].
  • Singapore Sign Language's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SLS[13].
  • Singapore Sign Language's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-218521758[14].
  • Singapore Sign Language's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 5 Developing[15].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include sign language[7] and modern language[8]. Singapore Sign Language is a type of American Sign Language[9].

Movements and Schools

Acknowledged influences include Chinese Sign Language[3], a sign language[16], in People's Republic of China[17]; Signing Exact English[4], a manually coded English[18]; and village sign language[5], a type of language[19].

Why It Matters

Singapore Sign Language draws 61 Wikipedia views per month (sign_language category, ranking #48 of 163).[2] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . deaf.sg. deaf.sg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country
    Indigenous to Singapore
    Influenced by Chinese Sign Language, Signing Exact English, village sign language
    Ethnologue language status 5 Developing
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