Guatemalan Sign Language

Guatelmalan Sign Language
Lenguaje de señas guatemalteco
Signed in	Guatemala
Region	Central America
Native signers	unknown (date missing)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`gsm`

Guatelmalan Sign Language is the national deaf sign language used in Guatemala. The first dictionary was published in 2000. It is distinct from the sign languages used in Mexico and other neighboring Spanish speaking countries, and from Highland Maya Sign Language, which is used among K'iche' Maya of rural Guatemala.

Sources

De León, Rolando Ismael; (ed.) (2000). Lenguaje de señas Guatemalteco (Lensegua) (first ed.). Guatemala City: Comité Pro Ciegos y Sordos de Guatemala, Asociación de Sordos de Guatemala, et al. OCLC 76950070.
Sign Languages of the World, by Name – Gallaudet University Library
Lewis, M. Paul; (ed.) (2009). "Guatemalan Sign Language". In SIL International (Online Version). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (sixteenth ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. OCLC 60338097. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=gsm. Retrieved 2011-04-12.