Japanese Sign Language
Dominant sign language of Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Signed Japanese.
Japanese Sign Language (日本手話, nihon-shuwa), also known by the acronym JSL, is the dominant sign language in Japan and is a complete natural language, distinct from but influenced by the spoken Japanese language.
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Japanese Sign Language | |
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日本手話 Nihon Shuwa | |
Native to | Japan |
Native speakers | 320,000 (1986)[1] |
Japanese Sign Language family
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Official status | |
Regulated by | Japanese Federation of the Deaf |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | jsl |
Glottolog | japa1238 |
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