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chinese sign language
ChineseSignLanguage is a DeafSignLanguage of China. SIL code: CSL. ISO 639-2: sgn. Population: (3,000,000 deaf persons in China, 1986 Gallaudet Univ.). Region: Also spoken in Malaysia, Taiwan. Dialects: SHANGHAI SIGN LANGUAGE. Comments: There are several dialects, of which Shanghai is the most influential. Few signs of foreign origin. Schools and workshops or farms for the deaf are channels of dissemination. Developed since the late 1950s. There are also Chinese character signs. Others use home sign languages. The first deaf school was begun by missionary C.R. Mills and wife in 1887, but American Sign Language did not influence Chinese Sign Language. Dictionary. Grammar. TV.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instancescontent bearing physicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 deaf sign languageA DeafSignLanguage is a ManualHumanLanguage primarily intended for communication between a deaf individual and a hearing individual or between deaf individuals.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 languageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 linguistic expressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 manual human languageA ManualHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium gestures and movement, such as the shape, position, and movement of the hands.
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
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