Brazilian Sign Language

E802663

Brazilian Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Brazil, recognized officially and shaped by both local development and historical influence from French Sign Language.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language of Brazil ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
sign language ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
developedIn Brazil ⓘ
hasAbbreviation Libras ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Brazilian Sign ⓘ
Libras (Brazilian acronym) ⓘ
hasCommunity Brazilian Deaf community ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Portuguese (through mouthing and loan signs) ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearch conducted in Brazilian universities ⓘ
hasModality visual-gestural ⓘ
hasName Língua Brasileira de Sinais ⓘ
hasPhonologicalParameters handshape ⓘ
location ⓘ
movement ⓘ
non-manual markers ⓘ
orientation ⓘ
hasRegionalVariation dialects across different Brazilian states ⓘ
hasStandardizationEfforts Brazilian Deaf associations ⓘ
Brazilian Ministry of Education ⓘ
hasStatus minority language in Brazil ⓘ
hasSubject-Verb-ObjectOrder variable word order depending on discourse ⓘ
hasUserPopulation hundreds of thousands of signers in Brazil ⓘ
influencedBy French Sign Language ⓘ
ISO639-3Code bzs ⓘ
languageFamily French Sign Language family ⓘ
legalInstrument Brazilian Law 10.436/2002 ⓘ
legalRecognitionYear 2002 ⓘ
legalStatus recognized by Brazilian federal law ⓘ
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith American Sign Language ⓘ
spoken Portuguese ⓘ
primaryUsers Deaf community in Brazil ⓘ
recognizedAs official language for communication of Deaf communities in Brazil ⓘ
regulatedBy Decree 5.626/2005 in Brazil ⓘ
taughtAt Brazilian universities ⓘ
teacher training programs for Deaf education in Brazil ⓘ
usedBy hearing interpreters in Brazil ⓘ
usedIn Brazilian media accessibility ⓘ
Deaf education in Brazil ⓘ
interpreting services in Brazil ⓘ
usedInEducationPolicy bilingual education for Deaf students in Brazil ⓘ
usesArticulation body posture ⓘ
facial expressions ⓘ
handshapes ⓘ
locations ⓘ
movements ⓘ
writingSystem no standard native written form ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French Sign Language family → hasMember → Brazilian Sign Language ⓘ
Old French Sign Language → influenced → Brazilian Sign Language ⓘ
LSF family → hasLanguage → Brazilian Sign Language ⓘ
LSF family → hasInfluenced → Brazilian Sign Language ⓘ
Brazilian Sign Language → hasName → Língua Brasileira de Sinais ⓘ
linked to: Brazilian Sign Language
Brazilian Sign Language → hasAlternativeName → Brazilian Sign ⓘ
linked to: Brazilian Sign Language
Portuguese Sign Language → notMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Brazilian Sign Language ⓘ
Uruguayan Sign Language → distinctFrom → Brazilian Sign Language ⓘ
Colombian Sign Language → isDifferentFrom → Brazilian Sign Language ⓘ
Argentine Sign Language → notMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Brazilian Sign Language ⓘ