Armenian Sign Language

Armenian Sign Language (Armenian: Հայերեն ժեստերի լեզու, romanized: Hayeren zhesteri lezu) is the deaf sign language of Armenia.

Armenian Sign Language
Հայերեն ժեստերի լեզու
Native to	Armenia, Artsakh
Signers	3,200–16,000 (2008–2021)[1]
Language family	Language isolate
Language codes
ISO 639-3	aen
Glottolog	arme1259

Classification

Wittmann (1991)^[2] posits that ArSL is a language isolate (a 'prototype' sign language).

See also

• Language portal

• Armenian language
• Caucasian Sign Language
• Deafness
• Languages of Armenia
• Languages of Europe
• List of sign languages
• Sign language