Peruvian Sign Language
E802676
Peruvian Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Peru, historically derived from and related to the French Sign Language family.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peruvian Sign Language canonical | 2 |
| Lengua de Señas Peruana | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9478081 — 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: Peruvian Sign Language Context triple: [French Sign Language family, hasMember, Peruvian 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.
Quechua
Quechua is an indigenous language family of the central Andes, historically associated with the Inca Empire and still widely spoken across several South American countries.
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C.
Secoya language
The Secoya language is a Western Tucanoan language spoken by the Secoya people of the Amazonian regions of Ecuador and Peru.
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D.
Asháninka language
The Asháninka language is an Arawakan language spoken by the Asháninka people of the Peruvian and Brazilian Amazon, known for its rich oral tradition and central role in the community’s cultural identity.
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E.
Amuzgo language
Amuzgo language is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken primarily by the Amuzgo people in the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca in southern Mexico.
- 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: Peruvian Sign Language Target entity description: Peruvian Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Peru, historically derived from and related to 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.
Quechua
Quechua is an indigenous language family of the central Andes, historically associated with the Inca Empire and still widely spoken across several South American countries.
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C.
Secoya language
The Secoya language is a Western Tucanoan language spoken by the Secoya people of the Amazonian regions of Ecuador and Peru.
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D.
Asháninka language
The Asháninka language is an Arawakan language spoken by the Asháninka people of the Peruvian and Brazilian Amazon, known for its rich oral tradition and central role in the community’s cultural identity.
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E.
Amuzgo language
Amuzgo language is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken primarily by the Amuzgo people in the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca in southern Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
natural language
ⓘ
sign language ⓘ |
| country | Peru ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | French Sign Language ⓘ |
| hasAcquisition |
learned in Deaf schools in Peru
ⓘ
primarily learned natively by Deaf children of Deaf adults in Peru ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
LSP
ⓘ
Lengua de Señas Peruana ⓘ
linked to:
Peruvian Sign Language
|
| hasCommunity | Peruvian Deaf community ⓘ |
| hasDomainOfUse |
community events in Peruvian Deaf culture
ⓘ
education of Deaf children in Peru ⓘ interpreting services in Peru ⓘ religious services for Deaf people in Peru ⓘ television interpreting in Peru ⓘ |
| hasEducationPolicyContext | used in some bilingual Deaf education programs in Peru ⓘ |
| hasGrammarType | subject–object–verb order (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasLexicalSource |
borrowings from other sign languages
ⓘ
indigenous sign innovations in Peru ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
non-linear morphology
ⓘ
use of classifier constructions ⓘ use of facial expressions as grammatical markers ⓘ use of role shift ⓘ use of spatial grammar ⓘ |
| hasMediaPresence | used in some Peruvian television news interpreting ⓘ |
| hasModalityFeature |
non-manual markers
ⓘ
two-handed manual signs ⓘ use of signing space ⓘ |
| hasRelationTo |
French Sign Language
ⓘ
Latin American sign languages ⓘ |
| hasResearchStatus | described in sign language linguistic studies ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticFeature |
generational variation
ⓘ
influence from contact with spoken Spanish ⓘ regional variation within Peru ⓘ |
| hasStatus | primary sign language of Peru’s Deaf community ⓘ |
| hasUserGroup |
Deaf associations in Peru
ⓘ
Deaf schools in Peru ⓘ |
| hasUserPopulation | Deaf signers in Peru (exact number uncertain) ⓘ |
| isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
Spanish
ⓘ
spoken Quechua ⓘ |
| ISO6393Code | prl ⓘ |
| languageFamily | French Sign Language family ⓘ |
| primaryModality | visual-gestural ⓘ |
| recognizedIn | Peru ⓘ |
| usedBy | Deaf community in Peru ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Lima
ⓘ
urban areas of Peru ⓘ |
| 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: Peruvian Sign Language Description of subject: Peruvian Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Peru, historically derived from and related to the French Sign Language family.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Peruvian Sign Language