Danish Sign Language family

Danish Sign Language Family
Ethnicity	Diverse Deaf populations
Geographic distribution	Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Madagascar
Linguistic classification	French Sign Danish Sign Language Family
Glottolog	`dani1289` (Danish Sign)^[1] `norw1261` (Norwegian Sign)^[2]

The Danish Sign Language family comprises three languages: Danish Sign Language, Norwegian Sign Language (including Malagasy Sign Language) and Icelandic Sign Language. It itself is a sub-language family within the larger French Sign Language family.^[3]

References

↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Danish Sign". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Norwegian Sign". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ Brita Bergman & Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen, 2010. Transmission of sign languages in the Nordic countries. In Brentari, ed., Sign Languages. Cambridge University Press.

External links

Aldersson, Russell R. and Lisa J. McEntee-Atalianis. 2007. A Lexical Comparison of Icelandic Sign Language and Danish Sign Language. Birkbeck Studies in Applied Linguistics Vol 2. A Lexical Comparison of Icelandic Sign Language and Danish Sign Language

Sign language

By region^[a]

Sign languages by region
Oceania	Australia: Auslan, Australian-Irish, Eltye eltyarrenke, Iltyeme iltyeme, Rdaka rdaka, Manjiljarra, Warlmanpa, Warramunga, Mudburra, Ngada, Umpila, Western Desert, Western Torres Strait Islander, Yir Yoront, Yolŋu Hawai‘i: Haoilona ʻŌlelo Sāmoa & America Sāmoa: Sāmoan Aotearoa New Zealand: NZSL Solomon Islands: Rennellese
Asia	Bengali Cambodian Chinese Indonesia: Indonesian, Kata Kolok (Benkala, Balinese) India: Alipur, Bengali Indo-Pakistani, Naga Israel: Al-Sayyid Bedouin, Ghardaia, Israeli, Kafr Qasem, Yiddish Japan: Amami Oshima, Japanese Korean Laotian Malaysia: Malaysian, Penang, Selangor Mongolian Nepal: Ghandruk, Jhankot, Jumla, Nepalese Persian Philippine Saudi Arabia: Saudi Singapore Sri Lankan Taiwanese Thailand: Ban Khor, Bangkok, Chiangmai, Thai Vietnamese
Africa	Algeria: Algerian, Ghardaia Ghana: Adamorobe, Nanabin Kenyan Mali: Tebul, LaSiMa Nigeria: Bura, Hausa Senegal: Mbour Somalia & Djibouti: Somali South African Tanzanian Ugandan Zambian
Europe	Armenian Austrian Belgium: Flemish, French Belgian British Croatian Danish Dutch Estonian Finnish France: Ghardaia, French, Lyons German Greek Hungarian Icelandic Irish Italian Kosovar Lithuanian Luxembourgish Macedonian Northern Ireland Norwegian Polish Portuguese Russian Slovenian Spain: Catalan, Spanish, Valencian Swedish Swiss Turkey: Mardin, Turkish Ukrainian
North America	Plains Sign Talk Canada: American (Pro-Tactile ASL), Blackfoot, Cree, Ojibwa, MSL, Quebec, Uukturausingit, Plateau Mexico: Chatino, Mayan, Mexican United States: American (Black American, Pro-Tactile ASL), Blackfeet, Cree, Cheyenne, Ojibwa, Keresign, Martha's Vineyard, Navajo, Navajo Family, Plateau, Sandy River Valley, Henniker
Central and South America	Argentine Belizean Bolivian Brasil: Libras, Ka'apor Old Cayman Chilean Colombia: Colombian, Provisle Costa Rica: Bribri, Brunca, Old Costa Rican, New Costa Rican Ecuadorian Guatemalan: Guatemalan, Mayan Honduras Nicaraguan Paraguayan Peruvian El Salvador: Salvadoran, Old Salvadoran Uruguayan Venezuelan
International	International Sign (Gestuno) Makaton Monastic Signalong

Language
families^[a]

Sign languages by family

Afroasiatic

Mofu-Gudur

Arabic Sign

Iraqi– Levantine	Iraqi Levantine Arabic Jordanian Lebanese Palestinian Syrian
Possible	Emirati Saudi Omani

Australian
Aboriginal
Language
Families

Pama– Nyungan	Eltye eltyarrenke Iltyeme iltyeme Rdaka rdaka Manjiljarra Warlmanpa Warramunga Mudburra Ngada Umpila Western Desert Western Torres Strait Islander Yir Yoront Yolŋu Diyari Jaralde Kalkutungu Pitha Pitha Warluwara
Mirndi	Djingili
Jarrakan	Miriwoong
E. Trans-Fly	Eastern Torres Strait Islander
Worrorran	Worora Kinship

Banzsl

Swedish	Finnish Finland-Swedish Portuguese Swedish

Chinese Sign

Chinese

Shanghai

Shanghai

Hong Kong
Macau

Francosign

Proto-LSF

Amslanic

American
- Black ASL
- Pro-Tactile ASL
BIM
Bolivian
Burmese
Cambodian
Costa Rican
Dominican
Francophone African
Ghanaian
Greek
- Cypriot
Jamaican
Kuala Lumpur
Moroccan
Nigerian
Panamanian
Philippine
Puerto Rican
Quebec
Sierra Leonean
Singapore
Thai

BISINDO	Jakarta Yogyakarta

Austro-
Hungarian

Russian	Bulgarian Georgian Latvian Moldovan Mongolian Russian Ukrainian
Yugoslav	Croatian Kosovar Serbian Slovenian Yugoslav

Old Belgian

Danish

Dutch

Italian

Mexican

Germanosign

German
Luxembourgish
Polish
Shassi

Indo-European

Armenian Women's

Indo-Pakistani
Sign

Bangalore-Madras
Beluchistan
Bengali
Bombay
Calcutta
Delhi
Nepali
North West Frontier Province
Punjab-Sindh

Japanese Sign

Old Chiangmai–
Bangkok Sign

Mayan Sign

Highland Maya
Nohya

Paraguayan-
Uruguayan Sign

Plains Sign Talk

Anishinaabe
Cheyenne
Cree
Dane-zaa
Nakota
Navajo
Niitsítapi
Tsuu T'ina

Vietnamese Sign

Haiphong
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh City

Providencia–
Cayman Sign

Paget Gorman

Namibian

Kentish

Old Kentish

Chilmark

Chilmark

Martha's Vineyard

Other

International Sign

Isolates

ASL

Extinct
languages

Linguistics

Fingerspelling

Writing

Stokoe notation

Stokoe notation

SignWriting

SignWriting

si5s	si5s ASLwrite ()

Language
contact

Media

Films (list)
Television programmes (list)

Persons

Organisations

Miscellaneous

^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. ^b Denotes the number (if known) of languages within the family. No further information is given on these languages.

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