French Belgian Sign Language

The French Belgian Sign Language (French: Langue des signes de Belgique francophone; LSFB) is the deaf sign language of the French language Community of Belgium, a country in Western Europe. It and Flemish Sign Language are very closely related (and distantly if at all related to French Sign Language), but generally regarded today as distinct languages.^[2]

French Belgian Sign Language
Langue des signes de Belgique francophone (LSFB)
Native to	French Community of Belgium
Native speakers	4,000 (2014)[1]
Language family	French Sign? Belgian Sign Language French Belgian Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sfb
Glottolog	lang1248

Legal recognition

By decree of 22 October 2003, the Parliament of the French Community recognised the Sign Language of French-speaking Belgium.^[3]

See also

• Signed French