Ivory Coast Sign Language

E803231

natural language sign language

Ivory Coast Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Côte d’Ivoire, derived from and closely related to French Sign Language.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ivorian Sign Language	1
Ivory Coast Sign Language canonical	1
Langue des signes de Côte d’Ivoire	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9478100 — 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: Ivory Coast Sign Language
Context triple: [French Sign Language family, hasMember, Ivory Coast Sign Language]

A. Burkina Faso Sign Language
Burkina Faso Sign Language is a sign language used by Deaf communities in Burkina Faso that developed from and is linguistically related to French Sign Language.
B. Malian Sign Language
Malian Sign Language is a sign language used by the Deaf community in Mali, belonging to the broader French Sign Language family.
C. Central African Sign Language
Central African Sign Language is the primary sign language used by Deaf communities in the Central African Republic, derived from and influenced by the French Sign Language family.
D. Senegalese Sign Language
Senegalese Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Senegal, historically derived from and influenced by French Sign Language.
E. Venezuelan Sign Language
Venezuelan Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Venezuela, historically derived from and related to the French Sign Language family.
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: Ivory Coast Sign Language
Target entity description: Ivory Coast Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Côte d’Ivoire, derived from and closely related to French Sign Language.

A. Burkina Faso Sign Language
Burkina Faso Sign Language is a sign language used by Deaf communities in Burkina Faso that developed from and is linguistically related to French Sign Language.
B. Malian Sign Language
Malian Sign Language is a sign language used by the Deaf community in Mali, belonging to the broader French Sign Language family.
C. Central African Sign Language
Central African Sign Language is the primary sign language used by Deaf communities in the Central African Republic, derived from and influenced by the French Sign Language family.
D. Senegalese Sign Language
Senegalese Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Senegal, historically derived from and influenced by French Sign Language.
E. Venezuelan Sign Language
Venezuelan Sign Language is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Venezuela, historically derived from and related to the French Sign Language family.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	natural language ⓘ sign language ⓘ
alternativeName	LSCI ⓘ Langue des signes de Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ linked to: Ivory Coast Sign Language
closelyRelatedTo	French Sign Language ⓘ
communicationDomain	Deaf advocacy and association meetings ⓘ informal daily communication ⓘ religious gatherings for Deaf people ⓘ
countryUsedIn	Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ linked to: Côte d'Ivoire
derivedFrom	French Sign Language ⓘ
documentationLevel	limited linguistic description ⓘ
glottologStatus	not well documented ⓘ
hasAcquisitionContext	Deaf clubs and community networks ⓘ Deaf schools ⓘ family transmission in some Deaf families ⓘ
hasCommunity	Ivorian Deaf associations ⓘ
hasGrammarType	spatial grammar ⓘ use of classifier constructions ⓘ use of role shift ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom	French Sign Language ⓘ local home sign systems in Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ
hasModalityFeature	body posture ⓘ manual signs ⓘ non-manual markers such as facial expressions ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticFeature	influenced by language policies toward French Sign Language in education ⓘ variation across different schools and regions in Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ
hasUserType	Deaf people ⓘ hard of hearing people ⓘ hearing family members of Deaf people ⓘ sign language interpreters ⓘ
ISO6393Code	none ⓘ
languageFamily	French Sign Language family ⓘ
languageStatus	primary sign language of the Ivorian Deaf community ⓘ
linguisticTypology	subject–verb–object dominant word order (SVO) ⓘ
modality	visual-gestural ⓘ
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith	spoken French ⓘ spoken languages of Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ
primaryUserCommunity	Deaf community in Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ
regionUsedIn	Abidjan ⓘ urban areas of Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ
usedByMinorityGroup	Ivorian Deaf minority ⓘ
usedFor	community interaction among Deaf Ivorians ⓘ education of Deaf children in parts of Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ face-to-face communication ⓘ
usedIn	Deaf schools in Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ
writingSystem	no standard written form ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French Sign Language family → hasMember → Ivory Coast Sign Language ⓘ

LSF family → hasLanguage → Ivorian Sign Language ⓘ

linked to: Ivory Coast Sign Language

Ivory Coast Sign Language → alternativeName → Langue des signes de Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ