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Turkish Sign Language

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Turkish Sign Language

Summary

Turkish Sign Language is a sign language[1]. It draws 25 Wikipedia views per month (sign_language category, ranking #46 of 163).[2]

Key Facts

  • Turkish Sign Language is in the country of Turkey[3].
  • Turkish Sign Language's instance of is recorded as sign language[4].
  • Turkish Sign Language's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Turkish Sign Language's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39, 'lon': 34}[6].
  • Turkish Sign Language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Turkish Sign Language[7].
  • Turkish Sign Language's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+300.000'}[8].
  • Turkish Sign Language's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'TİD'}[9].
  • Turkish Sign Language's has part is recorded as two-handed manual alphabet[10].
  • Turkish Sign Language's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133105385[11].
  • Turkish Sign Language's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 6a Vigorous[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include sign language[4] and modern language[5].

Why It Matters

Turkish Sign Language draws 25 Wikipedia views per month (sign_language category, ranking #46 of 163).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Turkey

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wals.info. wals.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . ethnologue.com. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Turkey
    Ethnologue language status → 6a Vigorous
    Instance of → —
    Has part(s) of the class → two-handed manual alphabet
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||vec, eo, ast */ Add 3 multilingual descriptions extracted from Wikipedia article first sentences (universal multilingual maintenance — Q-walker v2.1)."
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