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Saudi Sign Language

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Saudi Sign Language
لغة الإشارة السعودية
Native toSaudi Arabia
Native speakers
unknown; deaf population 720,000 (2010)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3sdl
Glottologsaud1238

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

  1. ^ https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/story/Saudi_TV_sign_language_keeps_deaf_audience_in_news_loop-ZAWYA20170509033457/
  2. ^ "Saudi Arabian Sign Language". Ethnologue. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  3. ^ 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.
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