British Sign Language

British Sign Language - sign language used in the United Kingdom. Article “British Sign Language” in Simple English Wikipedia has 22.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 2 references and 1 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “British Sign Language”, its content was written by 4 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 524 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 9 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2183 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #514 in August 2015
• Global: #2675 in May 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #22349 in August 2015
• Global: #25945 in May 2013

There are 25 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) British Sign Language		77.3806
2	German (de) British Sign Language		52.3018
3	Indonesian (id) Bahasa Isyarat Britania Raya		32.4689
4	French (fr) Langue des signes britannique		29.324
5	Hindi (hi) ब्रिटिश सांकेतिक भाषा		26.8621
6	Russian (ru) Британский жестовый язык		26.7275
7	Chinese (zh) 英國手語		26.6883
8	Italian (it) Lingua dei segni britannica		25.4768
9	Latin (la) Lingua gesticulatoria Britannica		24.7444
10	Swedish (sv) Brittiskt teckenspråk		24.6121

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "British Sign Language" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) British Sign Language		1 709 100
2	Russian (ru) Британский жестовый язык		58 699
3	French (fr) Langue des signes britannique		48 467
4	German (de) British Sign Language		41 924
5	Portuguese (pt) Língua de sinais britânica		40 256
6	Chinese (zh) 英國手語		21 887
7	Italian (it) Lingua dei segni britannica		20 693
8	Persian (fa) زبان اشاره انگلیسی		17 541
9	Japanese (ja) イギリス手話		14 063
10	Finnish (fi) Brittiläinen viittomakieli		13 222

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "British Sign Language" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) British Sign Language		6 051
2	Russian (ru) Британский жестовый язык		524
3	Chinese (zh) 英國手語		203
4	French (fr) Langue des signes britannique		168
5	Japanese (ja) イギリス手話		93
6	German (de) British Sign Language		81
7	Italian (it) Lingua dei segni britannica		72
8	Portuguese (pt) Língua de sinais britânica		60
9	Persian (fa) زبان اشاره انگلیسی		55
10	Spanish (es) Lengua de señas británica		32

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "British Sign Language" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) British Sign Language		311
2	German (de) British Sign Language		41
3	French (fr) Langue des signes britannique		31
4	Dutch (nl) Britse Gebarentaal		14
5	Swedish (sv) Brittiskt teckenspråk		14
6	Esperanto (eo) Brita signolingvo		13
7	Finnish (fi) Brittiläinen viittomakieli		12
8	Portuguese (pt) Língua de sinais britânica		12
9	Italian (it) Lingua dei segni britannica		10
10	Greek (el) Βρετανική νοηματική γλώσσα		8

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "British Sign Language" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) British Sign Language		1
2	Esperanto (eo) Brita signolingvo		1
3	Arabic (ar) لغة الإشارة البريطانية		0
4	German (de) British Sign Language		0
5	Greek (el) Βρετανική νοηματική γλώσσα		0
6	Spanish (es) Lengua de señas británica		0
7	Persian (fa) زبان اشاره انگلیسی		0
8	Finnish (fi) Brittiläinen viittomakieli		0
9	French (fr) Langue des signes britannique		0
10	Hindi (hi) ब्रिटिश सांकेतिक भाषा		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "British Sign Language" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) British Sign Language		1 120
2	French (fr) Langue des signes britannique		214
3	Arabic (ar) لغة الإشارة البريطانية		198
4	Persian (fa) زبان اشاره انگلیسی		176
5	Portuguese (pt) Língua de sinais britânica		75
6	Chinese (zh) 英國手語		60
7	Indonesian (id) Bahasa Isyarat Britania Raya		48
8	German (de) British Sign Language		45
9	Urdu (ur) برطانوی اشاروں کی زبان		38
10	Russian (ru) Британский жестовый язык		36

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic لغة الإشارة البريطانية
de	German British Sign Language
el	Greek Βρετανική νοηματική γλώσσα
en	English British Sign Language
eo	Esperanto Brita signolingvo
es	Spanish Lengua de señas británica
fa	Persian زبان اشاره انگلیسی
fi	Finnish Brittiläinen viittomakieli
fr	French Langue des signes britannique
hi	Hindi ब्रिटिश सांकेतिक भाषा
hr	Croatian Britanski znakovni jezik
id	Indonesian Bahasa Isyarat Britania Raya
it	Italian Lingua dei segni britannica
ja	Japanese イギリス手話
ko	Korean 영국 수어
la	Latin Lingua gesticulatoria Britannica
ms	Malay Bahasa Isyarat British
nl	Dutch Britse Gebarentaal
pt	Portuguese Língua de sinais britânica
ru	Russian Британский жестовый язык
simple	Simple English British Sign Language
sv	Swedish Brittiskt teckenspråk
tr	Turkish Britanya İşaret Dili
ur	Urdu برطانوی اشاروں کی زبان
zh	Chinese 英國手語

Best Rank

Simple English: #22349 08.2015

Global: #25945 05.2013

Best Rank

Simple English: #514 08.2015

Global: #2675 05.2002

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