Peruvian Sign Language
| Peruvian Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Peru |
Native speakers | [1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | prl |
| Glottolog | peru1235 |
| ELP | Peruvian Sign Language |
Peruvian Sign Language (PRL) is the deaf sign language of Peru. It is used primarily outside the classroom.
Classification
Wittmann (1991)[2] posits that PRL is a language isolate (a 'prototype' sign language), though one developed through stimulus diffusion from an existing sign language, likely French Sign Language.
References
- ^ Peruvian Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Wittmann, Henri (1991). "Classification linguistique des langues signées non vocalement." Revue québécoise de linguistique théorique et appliquée 10:1.215–88.[1]
