Uruguayan Sign Language
Uruguayan Sign Language | |
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Native to | Uruguay |
Native speakers | 7,000 (2009)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
ugy |
Glottolog |
urug1238 [2] |
Uruguayan Sign Language, or Lengua de señas uruguaya (LSU), is the deaf sign language of Uruguay, used since 1910. It is not intelligible with neighboring languages, though it may have historical connections with Paraguayan Sign Language.
References
- ↑ Uruguayan Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Uruguayan Sign Language". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
External links
- Uruguayan Sign Language Dictionary - Uruguayan Sign Language Dictionary