Brazilian Sign Language
{'<entity_0>': 'Brazilian Cities Sign Language', '<entity_1>': 'Brazilian Sign Language', '<entity_2>': 'sign language', '<entity_3>': 'language', '<entity_4>': 'Brazil', '<entity_5>': 'Libras', '<entity_6>': 'LSCB', '<entity_7>': 'LGB', '<entity_8>': 'LSB'}
[['Brazilian Sign Language', 'instance of', 'sign language'], ['Brazilian Sign Language', 'instance of', 'language'], ['Brazilian Sign Language', 'country', 'Brazil'], ['Brazilian Sign Language', 'alternative', 'LGB'], ['Brazilian Sign Language', 'alternative', 'Brazilian Cities Sign Language'], ['Brazilian Sign Language', 'alternative', 'LSB'], ['Brazilian Sign Language', 'alternative', 'LSCB'], ['Brazilian Sign Language', 'alternative', 'Libras']]
<entity_1> (BSL) is the <entity_2> used by deaf communities of urban <entity_4>. It is also known as <entity_5> (Portuguese pronunciation: , from Língua Brasileira de Sinais ) and variously abbreviated as <entity_8>, <entity_7> or <entity_6> (<entity_0>). <entity_1> is well-established; several dictionaries, instructional videos and a number of articles on the linguistic features of the <entity_3> have been published. A strong <entity_2> law was passed by the National Congress of <entity_4> on April 24, 2002, and (in 2005) is in the process of being implemented. A master's in linguistics dissertation titled "A arte de escrever em <entity_5>" by Gabriela Otaviani Barbosa found that SignWriting is used in 18 Federal Universities and in 12 public schools in <entity_4>. The History of SignWriting in <entity_4> appeared on TV INES in 2017: "A Vida em <entity_5> – SignWriting – Escrita de Sinais". Wittmann (1991) posits that <entity_1> is a <entity_3> isolate (a 'prototype' <entity_2>), though one developed through stimulus diffusion from an existing <entity_2>, likely Portuguese Sign Language and/or French Sign Language.
['sign language', 'language', 'modern language']