Saudi Sign Language | |
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لغة الإشارة السعودية | |
Native to | Saudi Arabia |
Native speakers | unknown; deaf population 720,000 (2010)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | sdl |
Glottolog | saud1238 |
Saudi Sign Language is the deaf sign language of Saudi Arabia. This sign language is different from the Unified Arabic Sign Language that is used by 18 Arab countries.[2]
Classification
Wittmann (1991)[3] posits that SSL is a language isolate (a 'prototype' sign language), though one developed through stimulus diffusion from an existing sign language.
References
- ^ "Saudi TV sign language keeps deaf audience in news loop".
- ^ "Saudi Arabian Sign Language". Ethnologue. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ Wittmann, Henri (1991). "Classification linguistique des langues signées non vocalement." Revue québécoise de linguistique théorique et appliquée 10:1.215–88.[1]
Further reading
- Meir, Irit & Sandler, Wendy. (2007) A Language in Space: The Story of Israel Sign Language. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Official language | |
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Vernacular Arabic | |
other spoken | |
Sign languages |