Libyan Sign Language
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Libyan Sign Language | |
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Native to | Libya |
Native speakers | [1] |
Arab Sign Language family?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | lbs |
Glottolog | liby1235 |
Libyan Sign Language is the deaf sign language of Libya. It appears to belong to the Arab sign language family (Hendriks 2008).
References
- ^ The estimate of 38,000 from Ethnologue's reference, IMB, is the number of deaf people.
- 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.