French Sign Language
Sign language used predominately in France and French-speaking Switzerland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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French Sign Language (French: langue des signes française, LSF) is the sign language of the deaf in France and French-speaking parts of Switzerland. According to Ethnologue, it has 100,000 native signers.
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French Sign Language | |
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LSF Langue des signes française Französische Gebärdensprache Lingua dei segni francese Sign Gallica Lingua | |
Native to | France, Switzerland |
Signers | 100,000 (2019)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | fsl – inclusive codeIndividual code: ssr – Swiss French SL |
Glottolog | fren1243 French Sign Languageswis1241 Swiss-French Sign Language |
ELP | Swiss-French Sign Language |
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French Sign Language is related and partially ancestral to Dutch Sign Language (NGT), Flemish Sign Language (VGT), Belgian-French Sign Language (LSFB), Irish Sign Language (ISL), American Sign Language (ASL), Quebec (also known as French Canadian) Sign Language (LSQ), Brazilian Sign Language (LSB, LGB or LSCB) and Russian Sign Language (RSL).