Algerian Sign Language
Algerian Sign Language | |
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Native to | Algeria, Oujda |
Native speakers | (no estimate available)[1] |
French Sign
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
asp |
Glottolog |
alge1235 [2] |
Algerian Sign Language (French: Langue des signes algérienne (LSA), Tamazight: Tamslayt Tadugamt n Lezzayer, Arabic: لغة الإشارة الجزائر ) is the sign language most commonly used in Algeria. It was officially recognized by the Algerian law on the protection and promotion of persons with a disability enacted on May 8, 2002.
It has influenced the deaf community in Oujda in northern Morocco.[3]
References
- ↑ The estimate of 220,000 from Ethnologue's reference, IMB, is the number of deaf people.
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Algerian Sign Language". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Algerian Sign Language at Ethnologue