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Algerian Sign Language

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Algerian Sign Language
Native toAlgeria
Native speakers
240,000 (2008)[1]
French Sign
  • Algerian Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3asp
Glottologalge1235

Algerian Sign Language (Arabic: لغة الإشارة الجزائرية, romanizedLughatu l-'Ishāratu l-Jazāʼirīyatu; Berber languages: ⵜⵓⵜⵍⴰⵢⵜ ⵜⴰⴷⵓⴳⴰⵎⵜ ⵏ ⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔ, romanized: Tutlayt Tadugamt n Dzayer; French: Langue des signes algérienne) is the sign language most commonly used in Algeria. It was officially recognized by the Algerian law on the protection and promotion of persons with a disability enacted on May 8, 2002.

References

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