Bolivian Sign Language
E802679
Bolivian Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Bolivia, historically derived from the French Sign Language family.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bolivian Sign Language canonical | 2 |
| Lengua de Señas Boliviana | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9478085 — 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: Bolivian Sign Language Context triple: [French Sign Language family, hasMember, Bolivian 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.
Boruca language
The Boruca language is an endangered indigenous Chibchan language spoken by the Boruca people of southern Costa Rica.
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C.
Bolivian Amazonian languages
Bolivian Amazonian languages are a group of indigenous languages spoken in the Amazonian region of Bolivia, encompassing several distinct linguistic families and isolates native to that area.
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D.
Tsimané language
The Tsimané language is an indigenous South American language of the Mosetenan family spoken by the Tsimané people of Bolivia’s Amazonian lowlands.
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E.
Eastern Bolivian Guaraní
Eastern Bolivian Guaraní is a variety of the Guaraní language spoken in eastern Bolivia, closely related to Ava Guaraní and used by indigenous Guaraní communities in that region.
- 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: Bolivian Sign Language Target entity description: Bolivian Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Bolivia, historically derived from 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.
Boruca language
The Boruca language is an endangered indigenous Chibchan language spoken by the Boruca people of southern Costa Rica.
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C.
Bolivian Amazonian languages
Bolivian Amazonian languages are a group of indigenous languages spoken in the Amazonian region of Bolivia, encompassing several distinct linguistic families and isolates native to that area.
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D.
Tsimané language
The Tsimané language is an indigenous South American language of the Mosetenan family spoken by the Tsimané people of Bolivia’s Amazonian lowlands.
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E.
Eastern Bolivian Guaraní
Eastern Bolivian Guaraní is a variety of the Guaraní language spoken in eastern Bolivia, closely related to Ava Guaraní and used by indigenous Guaraní communities in that region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
language of Bolivia
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ sign language ⓘ |
| communicationRole | primary language of many Deaf Bolivians ⓘ |
| community | Bolivian Deaf community ⓘ |
| country | Bolivia ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | French Sign Language ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | LSB ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
LSB
ⓘ
Lengua de Señas Boliviana ⓘ
linked to:
Bolivian Sign Language
|
| hasDomain |
Deaf culture in Bolivia
ⓘ
Deaf education in Bolivia ⓘ everyday communication among Deaf Bolivians ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology | non-linear, simultaneous morphology typical of sign languages ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalParameters |
handshape
ⓘ
location ⓘ movement ⓘ non-manual markers ⓘ orientation ⓘ |
| hasUserGroup | Deaf associations in Bolivia ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | varies; often topic–comment ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Spanish (through mouthing and loan signs) ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | bvl ⓘ |
| languageFamily | French Sign Language family ⓘ |
| languageStatus | minority language in Bolivia ⓘ |
| modality | visual-gestural ⓘ |
| notMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
American Sign Language
ⓘ
spoken Spanish ⓘ |
| primaryUsers | Deaf community in Bolivia ⓘ |
| recognizedStatus | limited or partial recognition in Bolivian policy contexts ⓘ |
| region |
Cochabamba
ⓘ
La Paz ⓘ Santa Cruz ⓘ |
| usedBy | Deaf people in urban areas of Bolivia ⓘ |
| usedIn | Bolivia ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | some schools for the Deaf in Bolivia ⓘ |
| usedInReligion | some religious services for Deaf communities in Bolivia ⓘ |
| usesArticulators |
body
ⓘ
face ⓘ hands ⓘ |
| writingSystem | no widely used standardized writing system ⓘ |
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: Bolivian Sign Language Description of subject: Bolivian Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Bolivia, historically derived from the French Sign Language family.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bolivian Sign Language