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Sigma KEE - EstonianSignLanguage
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estonian sign language
EstonianSignLanguage
is a
DeafSignLanguage
of
Estonia
. SIL code: ESO. ISO 639-2: sgn. Population: 4,500 users out of 1,600 deaf and 20,000 hearing impaired. 2,000 persons need regular help from interpreters (1998 Urmas Sutrop). Region: Throughout Estonia, especially Tallinn and Parnu. Alternate names: VIIPEKEEL. Comments: Some local dialects. The dialect in Parnu is the most archaic. Apparent influences from Finnish and Russian Sign Languages. Some people can use both Estonian and Russian Sign Languages. Russian Sign Language is used in Tallinn by deaf Russians. In other regions Russians use some pidginized versions of Russian Sign Language mixed with Estonian Sign Language. Systematic teaching and research since 1990 at the Dept. of Special Education at Tartu University. Sign language instruction for parents of deaf children in Tallinn. Classes for hearing people in Tallinn and Parnu. Classes for interpretars. Schools for children with hearing impairments. Many children with hearing impairments in ordinary schools. Oral and signed teaching. There is a Society of the Interpreters of Estonian Sign Language. Centers for interpreters in Tallinn, Tartu, Parnu, at the Association of Deaf People. Local authorities pay for interpreters for 36 hours for each deaf person per year. Some grants for students who need interpreters. Courts accept signed interpretation and pay for interpreters. Dictionary. Grammar. TV, videos.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
Relationships
Instances
content bearing physical
Any
Object
or
Process
that expresses content. This covers
Object
s that contain a
Proposition
, such as a book, as well as
Man
ualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a
Proposition
.
deaf sign language
A
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/)
entity
The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
human language
The
subclass
of
Language
s used by
Human
s.
language
A 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 expression
This is the subclass of
ContentBearingPhysical
which are language-related. Note that this
Class
encompasses both
Language
and the the elements of
Language
s, e.g.
Word
s.
manual human language
A
ManualHumanLanguage
is a
HumanLanguage
which has as its medium gestures and movement, such as the shape, position, and movement of the hands.
physical
An entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
Belongs to Class
entity
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