Tunisian Sign Language

Tunisian Sign Language (Arabic: لغة الإشارة التونسية, romanized: Lughat al-Ishārah al-Tūnisīyah; French: Langue des signes tunisienne) is the sign language used by deaf people in Tunisia. It derives from Italian Sign Language, mixed with indigenous sign.

Tunisian Sign Language
Native to	Tunisia
Native speakers	21,000 (2008)[1]
Language family	French Sign Italian Sign Tunisian Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tse
Glottolog	tuni1249

It is not clear how the language of the Burj as-Salh deaf village relates to indigenous sign and TSL.^[2]

See also

• Deafness in Tunisia