Finland-Swedish Sign Language
| Finland-Swedish Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| finlandssvenskt teckenspråk (Swedish) | |
| suomenruotsalainen viittomakieli (Finnish) | |
| Native to | Finland |
| Ethnicity | Finland-Swedes |
Native speakers |
150 deaf and 300 total (2014)[1] Same figure of 150 cited in 2001[2] |
|
? British Sign
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
fss |
| Glottolog |
finl1235[3] |
Finland-Swedish Sign Language (FinSSL) is a moribund Deaf sign language in Finland. It is now used only in private settings by older adults who attended the only Swedish school for the deaf in Finland (in Porvoo/Borgå), which was established in the mid 19th century but closed in 1993. FinSSL is said to be a distinct language; however, "Finland-Swedish Deaf have few problems understanding Finnish signers".[4] There had been, moreover, continuous input from Swedish Sign Language over its history.
References
- ↑ Finland-Swedish Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Finland-Swedish Sign Language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Finland-Swedish Sign Language". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Londen, Monica (2004). Communicational and educational choices for minorities within minorities: The case of the Finland-Swedish deaf (PDF). Helsinki University Press. ISBN 952-10-0812-1. Retrieved 15 February 2015.