Senegalese Sign Language
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Senegalese Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Senegal, historically derived from and influenced by French Sign Language.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Senegalese Sign Language canonical | 2 |
| Langue des signes sénégalaise | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9478098 — 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: Senegalese Sign Language Context triple: [French Sign Language family, hasMember, Senegalese Sign Language]
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A.
Senegambian languages
Senegambian languages are a branch of the Niger-Congo language family spoken in the Senegambia region of West Africa, known for features such as extensive noun class systems and shared phonological traits.
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B.
Koyraboro Senni language
The Koyraboro Senni language is a Songhay language spoken primarily along the Niger River in Mali, notably around the city of Gao.
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C.
Baoulé language
The Baoulé language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Baoulé people of central Côte d'Ivoire.
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D.
Zarma language
The Zarma language is a widely spoken Nilo-Saharan language of West Africa, primarily used in Niger and neighboring countries, and serves as a major lingua franca in the region.
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E.
Jola (Diola) language
The Jola (Diola) language is a group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily by the Jola people of Senegal, Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau, known for their complex noun class systems and rich oral traditions.
- 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: Senegalese Sign Language Target entity description: Senegalese Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Senegal, historically derived from and influenced by French Sign Language.
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A.
Senegambian languages
Senegambian languages are a branch of the Niger-Congo language family spoken in the Senegambia region of West Africa, known for features such as extensive noun class systems and shared phonological traits.
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B.
Koyraboro Senni language
The Koyraboro Senni language is a Songhay language spoken primarily along the Niger River in Mali, notably around the city of Gao.
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C.
Baoulé language
The Baoulé language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Baoulé people of central Côte d'Ivoire.
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D.
Zarma language
The Zarma language is a widely spoken Nilo-Saharan language of West Africa, primarily used in Niger and neighboring countries, and serves as a major lingua franca in the region.
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E.
Jola (Diola) language
The Jola (Diola) language is a group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily by the Jola people of Senegal, Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau, known for their complex noun class systems and rich oral traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
natural language
ⓘ
sign language ⓘ |
| country | Senegal ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | French Sign Language ⓘ |
| hasAcquisitionContext |
Deaf community networks in Senegal
ⓘ
Deaf families in Senegal ⓘ Deaf schools in Senegal ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
LSS
ⓘ
Langue des signes sénégalaise ⓘ
linked to:
Senegalese Sign Language
|
| hasCommunicationChannel | face-to-face interaction ⓘ |
| hasCommunity | Senegalese Deaf community ⓘ |
| hasGrammarType | sign language grammar ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceSource | French Deaf education system ⓘ |
| hasLanguageStatus | primary sign language of Senegalese Deaf community ⓘ |
| hasLanguageType | minority language ⓘ |
| hasLexicalSource | French Sign Language lexicon ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticProperty |
own phonology distinct from spoken French
ⓘ
own syntax distinct from spoken French ⓘ |
| hasModalityFeature |
body movements
ⓘ
facial expressions ⓘ manual signs ⓘ |
| hasOriginPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticRole | marker of identity for Deaf Senegalese ⓘ |
| hasUserGroup |
Deaf adults in Senegal
ⓘ
Deaf children in Senegal ⓘ sign language interpreters in Senegal ⓘ |
| influencedBy | French Sign Language ⓘ |
| languageFamily | French Sign Language family ⓘ |
| modality | visual-gestural ⓘ |
| notSameAs |
French Sign Language
ⓘ
spoken French ⓘ |
| primaryUsers | Deaf community in Senegal ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Deaf people in Dakar
ⓘ
Deaf schools in Senegal ⓘ |
| usedFor |
community events in the Senegalese Deaf community
ⓘ
education of Deaf students in Senegal ⓘ everyday communication among Deaf Senegalese ⓘ |
| usedIn | Senegal ⓘ |
| 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: Senegalese Sign Language Description of subject: Senegalese Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Senegal, historically derived from and influenced by French Sign Language.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Senegalese Sign Language