Spanish Sign Language

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Spanish Sign Language
Lengua de signos o señas española
Native to Spain
Region Undetermined central-interior region of Spain.
Native speakers
 102,000  (1994)[1]
Possibly in the French Sign Language family, more likely a language isolate.
  • Spanish Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ssp

Spanish Sign Language (Spanish: Lengua de signos o señas española, LSE) is a sign language used mainly by deaf people in Spain and the people who live with them.

There are small differences throughout Spain with no difficulties in intercommunication, except in Catalonia (Catalan Sign language) and in Valencia (Valencian Sign language). Some linguists consider both these and the Spanish Sign language three variants of a polymorphic sign language.

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By region[a]
Language families[a]
American Sign Language
Extinct sign languages
Linguistics
Fingerspelling
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Media
  • Films (list)
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^a Sign-language names reflect the region of origin. Natural sign languages are not related to the spoken language used in the same region. For example, French Sign Language originated in France, but is not related to French.

References

  1. ↑ Spanish Sign Language reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)


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