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Libyan Sign Language
Native toLibya
Native speakers
20,000 (2021)[1]
Arab Sign Language family?
  • Libyan Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3lbs
Glottologliby1235

Libyan Sign Language (Arabic: لغة الإشارة الليبية, romanized: Lughat al-Ishārah al-Lībīyah) is the deaf sign language of Libya. It appears to belong to the Arab sign language family (Hendriks 2008).

References

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  1. ^ Libyan Sign Language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon

Sources

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  • Hendriks, Bernadet, 2008. Jordanian Sign Language: aspects of grammar from a cross-linguistic perspective (dissertation)[1]
  • Suwed, Abdalla A. 1984. Lughat Al-Ishara Al-`Arabiyah: Laughat As-Sum. Tripoli, Libya: Al-Mansha'ah Al Aamah Lin-Nasher wal I'lam.
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