South African Sign Language

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South African Sign Language

Quality:

South African Sign Language - sign language in South Africa. Article “South African Sign Language” in Simple English Wikipedia has 24 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 4 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 “South African Sign Language”, its content was written by 3 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 156 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 3 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 834 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1163 in September 2025
  • Global: #16086 in December 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #60549 in February 2012
  • Global: #161638 in December 2013

There are 11 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
South African Sign Language
43.1047
2Spanish (es)
Lengua de señas sudafricana
35.2735
3German (de)
South African Sign Language
34.3656
4French (fr)
Langue des signes sud-africaine
26.9629
5Italian (it)
Lingua dei segni sudafricana
25.3942
6Simple English (simple)
South African Sign Language
23.9651
7Persian (fa)
زبان اشاره آفریقای جنوبی
23.1006
8Croatian (hr)
Južnoafrički znakovni jezik
23.0648
9Russian (ru)
Южноафриканский жестовый язык
22.0173
10Norwegian (no)
Sørafrikansk tegnspråk
10.6343
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "South African Sign Language" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
South African Sign Language
333 481
2Portuguese (pt)
Língua gestual sul-africana
12 846
3French (fr)
Langue des signes sud-africaine
12 111
4Spanish (es)
Lengua de señas sudafricana
7 318
5Italian (it)
Lingua dei segni sudafricana
6 556
6Russian (ru)
Южноафриканский жестовый язык
5 705
7Norwegian (no)
Sørafrikansk tegnspråk
5 481
8Croatian (hr)
Južnoafrički znakovni jezik
1 752
9Persian (fa)
زبان اشاره آفریقای جنوبی
705
10Simple English (simple)
South African Sign Language
234
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "South African Sign Language" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
South African Sign Language
1 250
2Russian (ru)
Южноафриканский жестовый язык
398
3Persian (fa)
زبان اشاره آفریقای جنوبی
102
4Italian (it)
Lingua dei segni sudafricana
101
5Spanish (es)
Lengua de señas sudafricana
84
6Portuguese (pt)
Língua gestual sul-africana
61
7French (fr)
Langue des signes sud-africaine
57
8Simple English (simple)
South African Sign Language
19
9German (de)
South African Sign Language
10
10Norwegian (no)
Sørafrikansk tegnspråk
8
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "South African Sign Language" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
South African Sign Language
86
2Spanish (es)
Lengua de señas sudafricana
18
3French (fr)
Langue des signes sud-africaine
14
4Norwegian (no)
Sørafrikansk tegnspråk
7
5Portuguese (pt)
Língua gestual sul-africana
7
6Italian (it)
Lingua dei segni sudafricana
6
7German (de)
South African Sign Language
5
8Croatian (hr)
Južnoafrički znakovni jezik
4
9Russian (ru)
Южноафриканский жестовый язык
4
10Simple English (simple)
South African Sign Language
3
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "South African Sign Language" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
South African Sign Language
0
2English (en)
South African Sign Language
0
3Spanish (es)
Lengua de señas sudafricana
0
4Persian (fa)
زبان اشاره آفریقای جنوبی
0
5French (fr)
Langue des signes sud-africaine
0
6Croatian (hr)
Južnoafrički znakovni jezik
0
7Italian (it)
Lingua dei segni sudafricana
0
8Norwegian (no)
Sørafrikansk tegnspråk
0
9Portuguese (pt)
Língua gestual sul-africana
0
10Russian (ru)
Южноафриканский жестовый язык
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "South African Sign Language" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
South African Sign Language
461
2French (fr)
Langue des signes sud-africaine
162
3Persian (fa)
زبان اشاره آفریقای جنوبی
133
4Portuguese (pt)
Língua gestual sul-africana
31
5Russian (ru)
Южноафриканский жестовый язык
27
6Italian (it)
Lingua dei segni sudafricana
5
7Spanish (es)
Lengua de señas sudafricana
4
8German (de)
South African Sign Language
3
9Croatian (hr)
Južnoafrički znakovni jezik
3
10Simple English (simple)
South African Sign Language
3
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2026:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2026:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
South African Sign Language
enEnglish
South African Sign Language
esSpanish
Lengua de señas sudafricana
faPersian
زبان اشاره آفریقای جنوبی
frFrench
Langue des signes sud-africaine
hrCroatian
Južnoafrički znakovni jezik
itItalian
Lingua dei segni sudafricana
noNorwegian
Sørafrikansk tegnspråk
ptPortuguese
Língua gestual sul-africana
ruRussian
Южноафриканский жестовый язык
simpleSimple English
South African Sign Language

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#60549
02.2012
Global:
#161638
12.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1163
09.2025
Global:
#16086
12.2013

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on South African Sign Language from Wikipedia articles about South Africa, Languages of South Africa, Sign language, BANZSL and Manually coded language in South Africa. Whereas reading the article about South African Sign Language people most often go to Wikipedia articles on BANZSL, South Africa, Sign language, American Sign Language and Manually coded language in South Africa.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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