Uruguayan Sign Language
E802673
Uruguayan Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Uruguay, historically derived from the French Sign Language family and shaped by local linguistic and cultural influences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Uruguayan Sign Language canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9478078 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Uruguayan Sign Language Context triple: [French Sign Language family, hasMember, Uruguayan Sign Language]
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A.
Nicaraguan Sign Language
Nicaraguan Sign Language is a naturally emerged sign language developed by deaf children in Nicaragua in the late 20th century, widely studied as a landmark case in the spontaneous creation of language.
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B.
Paraguayan guaraní
The Paraguayan guaraní is the official monetary unit of Paraguay, used for all everyday transactions and financial operations in the country.
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C.
Guaraní
Guaraní is an indigenous South American language of the Tupi–Guaraní family, widely spoken in Paraguay and neighboring countries and notable for its strong cultural and national significance.
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D.
Terena language
The Terena language is an Arawakan indigenous language spoken primarily by the Terena people of Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul region.
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E.
Tuparí language
The Tuparí language is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Tuparí people of the Brazilian Amazon, known for its complex verb morphology and endangered status.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Uruguayan Sign Language Target entity description: Uruguayan Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Uruguay, historically derived from the French Sign Language family and shaped by local linguistic and cultural influences.
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A.
Nicaraguan Sign Language
Nicaraguan Sign Language is a naturally emerged sign language developed by deaf children in Nicaragua in the late 20th century, widely studied as a landmark case in the spontaneous creation of language.
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B.
Paraguayan guaraní
The Paraguayan guaraní is the official monetary unit of Paraguay, used for all everyday transactions and financial operations in the country.
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C.
Guaraní
Guaraní is an indigenous South American language of the Tupi–Guaraní family, widely spoken in Paraguay and neighboring countries and notable for its strong cultural and national significance.
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D.
Terena language
The Terena language is an Arawakan indigenous language spoken primarily by the Terena people of Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul region.
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E.
Tuparí language
The Tuparí language is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Tuparí people of the Brazilian Amazon, known for its complex verb morphology and endangered status.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
language of Uruguay
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ sign language ⓘ |
| communicationFunction | primary language for many Deaf Uruguayans ⓘ |
| country | Uruguay ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | French Sign Language ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
American Sign Language
ⓘ
Argentine Sign Language ⓘ Brazilian Sign Language ⓘ Spanish ⓘ Uruguayan Spanish ⓘ
linked to:
Rioplatense Spanish
|
| hasLinguisticStructure |
own grammar
ⓘ
own lexicon ⓘ own phonology (manual and non-manual parameters) ⓘ |
| hasModalityFeature |
use of body posture
ⓘ
use of facial expressions ⓘ use of handshape ⓘ use of location ⓘ use of movement ⓘ use of orientation ⓘ |
| hasUserType |
Deaf people
ⓘ
children of Deaf adults in Uruguay ⓘ hard of hearing people ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
local cultural influences in Uruguay
ⓘ
local linguistic influences in Uruguay ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | ugy ⓘ |
| languageFamily | French Sign Language family ⓘ |
| modality | visual-gestural ⓘ |
| primaryUsers | Deaf community in Uruguay ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | language of the Deaf community in Uruguay ⓘ |
| region |
Montevideo
ⓘ
other urban areas of Uruguay ⓘ |
| usedBy | sign language interpreters in Uruguay ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Deaf community organizations in Uruguay
ⓘ
education of Deaf people in Uruguay ⓘ informal communication among Deaf Uruguayans ⓘ |
| writingSystem | no standard written form ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Uruguayan Sign Language Description of subject: Uruguayan Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Uruguay, historically derived from the French Sign Language family and shaped by local linguistic and cultural influences.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.