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] There are 100,000 deaf people in Saudi Arabia.[3]
Saudi Sign Language | |
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لغة الإشارة السعودية | |
Native to | Saudi Arabia |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2008)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | sdl |
Glottolog | saud1238 |
Classification
Wittmann (1991)[4] posits that SSL is a language isolate (a 'prototype' sign language), though one developed through stimulus diffusion from an existing sign language.
References
Further reading
- Meir, Irit & Sandler, Wendy. (2007) A Language in Space: The Story of Israel Sign Language. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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