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IndianSignLanguage

IndianSignLanguage is a DeafSignLanguage of India. SIL code: INS. ISO 639-2: sgn. Population: 1,500,000 or more users (1986 Gallaudet Univ.) Population: total all countries 1,500,000 or more. Region: All over the country. Also spoken in Bangladesh, Pakistan. Dialects: DELHI SIGN LANGUAGE, CALCUTTA SIGN LANGUAGE, BANGALORE-MADRAS SIGN LANGUAGE, BOMBAY SIGN LANGUAGE. Comments: Over 75% of signs from all regions are related. Dialects are not related to deaf school usage. Delhi dialect is the most influential. Not related to French, Spanish, or American sign languages, or their group. Some influence from British Sign Language in the fingerspelling system and a few other signs, but most are unrelated to European sign systems. Developed indigenously in India. The Indian manual English system is hardly intelligible to American Signed English. Related to Nepalese Sign Language. Over 1,000,000 deaf adults, and about 500,000 deaf children (1986). Deaf schools mainly do not use ISL, but vocational programs often do. Less than 5% of deaf people attend deaf schools. Investigation needed: intelligibility with Pakistan Sign Language. Also used in: Bangladesh (Language name: INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE). Comments: Not related to French, Spanish, American sign languages, or their group. Some influence from British Sign Language in the fingerspelling system and a few other signs, but most signs are unrelated to European sign systems. It developed indigenously in India. The Indian manual English system is hardly understandable to American Signed English.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)

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Instances	ContentBearingPhysical	Any 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.
	DeafSignLanguage	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.
	HumanLanguage	The subclass of Languages used by Humans.
	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.
	LinguisticExpression	This 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.
	ManualHumanLanguage	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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