Swedish Sign Language
| Swedish Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Sweden |
Native speakers | 10,000 (2014)[1] |
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? British Sign
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| SignWriting[2] | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
swl |
| Glottolog |
swed1236[3] |
The Swedish Sign Language word for "part-time"
Swedish Sign Language (Svenskt teckenspråk or STS) is the sign language used in Sweden. It is recognized by the Swedish government as the country's official sign language, and hearing parents of deaf children are required to learn it.[4]
See also
- Signed Swedish
References
- ↑ Swedish Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ SignPuddle 2.0. Signbank.org. Retrieved on 2013-10-29.
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Swedish Sign Language". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Padden, Carol; Humphries, Tom (1988). Deaf in America: voices from a culture. Harvard University Press. p. 119. ISBN 0674194241.
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