Colombian Sign Language
E802675
Colombian Sign Language is the primary visual-gestural language used by the Deaf community in Colombia, shaped by local culture and influenced historically by the French Sign Language family.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colombian Sign Language canonical | 2 |
| Lengua de Señas Colombiana | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9478080 — 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: Colombian Sign Language Context triple: [French Sign Language family, hasMember, Colombian 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.
Jamaican Sign Language
Jamaican Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Jamaica, with its own distinct grammar and vocabulary separate from spoken Jamaican English and other sign languages.
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C.
American Sign Language
American Sign Language is a natural visual-gestural language used primarily by Deaf communities in the United States and parts of Canada, with its own distinct grammar and vocabulary separate from spoken English.
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D.
Muisca language
The Muisca language is an extinct Chibchan language once spoken by the Muisca people of the central highlands of present-day Colombia.
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E.
Chibchan languages
Chibchan languages are an indigenous language family of Central and northern South America, spoken by various Native American groups from Honduras through Panama into Colombia and Costa Rica.
- 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: Colombian Sign Language Target entity description: Colombian Sign Language is the primary visual-gestural language used by the Deaf community in Colombia, shaped by local culture and influenced historically by the French Sign Language family.
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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.
Jamaican Sign Language
Jamaican Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Jamaica, with its own distinct grammar and vocabulary separate from spoken Jamaican English and other sign languages.
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C.
American Sign Language
American Sign Language is a natural visual-gestural language used primarily by Deaf communities in the United States and parts of Canada, with its own distinct grammar and vocabulary separate from spoken English.
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D.
Muisca language
The Muisca language is an extinct Chibchan language once spoken by the Muisca people of the central highlands of present-day Colombia.
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E.
Chibchan languages
Chibchan languages are an indigenous language family of Central and northern South America, spoken by various Native American groups from Honduras through Panama into Colombia and Costa Rica.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
natural language
ⓘ
sign language ⓘ |
| countryUsedIn | Colombia ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
LSC
ⓘ
Lengua de Señas Colombiana ⓘ
linked to:
Colombian Sign Language
|
| hasCommunicationChannel |
face-to-face signing
ⓘ
video-based communication ⓘ |
| hasGrammarType | subject–object–verb tendencies (like many sign languages) ⓘ |
| hasLexiconSource |
local signs developed within Colombian Deaf communities
ⓘ
signs historically influenced by French Sign Language family ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticLevel |
morphology
ⓘ
phonology (cherology) ⓘ semantics ⓘ syntax ⓘ |
| hasModalityFeature | simultaneous expression of manual and non-manual components ⓘ |
| hasUserGroup |
Deaf adults in Colombia
ⓘ
Deaf children in Colombia ⓘ hearing family members of Deaf Colombians ⓘ hearing sign language interpreters in Colombia ⓘ |
| influencedBy | French Sign Language family ⓘ |
| isCulturallyShapedBy |
Colombian Deaf culture
ⓘ
Colombian culture ⓘ |
| isDifferentFrom |
American Sign Language
ⓘ
Brazilian Sign Language ⓘ Mexican Sign Language ⓘ |
| isNotDialectOf |
Spanish
ⓘ
spoken Colombian Spanish ⓘ |
| isRecognizedAs | language of the Deaf community in Colombia ⓘ |
| isUsedBy | Colombian Deaf people ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
education of Deaf students in Colombia
ⓘ
online Deaf community content in Colombia ⓘ religious services for Deaf communities in Colombia ⓘ television interpreting in Colombia ⓘ |
| isUsedIn |
Deaf associations in Colombia
ⓘ
Deaf community events in Colombia ⓘ Deaf schools in Colombia ⓘ interpreting services in Colombia ⓘ |
| languageFamily | French Sign Language family (influence) ⓘ |
| languageModality | manual-visual ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageOf | Deaf community in Colombia ⓘ |
| uses |
body posture
ⓘ
facial expressions ⓘ handshapes ⓘ movements ⓘ |
| writingSystem | no standard widely used 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: Colombian Sign Language Description of subject: Colombian Sign Language is the primary visual-gestural language used by the Deaf community in Colombia, shaped by local culture and influenced historically by the French Sign Language family.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Colombian Sign Language