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Sign Languages  

Definition

  • Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions. Sign languages have been developed for communities of deaf people but are also used by people with speaking disability.

History note

  • Manually added collection language

Identifier

  • SGN

Notation

  • sgn

In other languages

  • мовы жэстаў

    Belarusian

  • жестомимични езици

    Bulgarian

  • znakovni jezici

    Croatian

  • znakové jazyky

    Czech

  • tegnsprog

    Danish

  • Gebarentalen

    Dutch

  • viipekeeled

    Estonian

  • viittomakielet

    Finnish

  • langues des signes

    French

  • Gebärdensprachen

    German

  • νοηματικές γλώσσες

    Greek

  • jelnyelvek

    Hungarian

  • táknmál

    Icelandic

  • Teangacha comharthaíochta

    Irish

  • lingue dei segni

    Italian

  • zīmju valodas

    Latvian

  • ženklų kalbos

    Lithuanian

  • Lingwi tas-sinjali

    Maltese

  • tegnspråkene

    Norwegian

  • języki migowe

    Polish

  • línguas gestuais

    Portuguese

  • línguas de sinais
  • limbajul semnelor

    Romanian

  • жестовые языки

    Russian

  • posunkové jazyky

    Slovak

  • posunková reč
  • znakovni jeziki

    Slovenian

  • lenguas de signos

    Spanish

  • lenguajes gestuales
  • teckenspråk

    Swedish

  • жестові мови

    Ukrainian

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SGN

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