Saudi Sign Language
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 | |
|---|---|
| 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
- Saudi Sign Language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- "Saudi Arabian Sign Language". Ethnologue. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- "Saudi TV sign language keeps deaf audience in news loop".
- Wittmann, Henri (1991). "Classification linguistique des langues signées non vocalement." Revue québécoise de linguistique théorique et appliquée 10:1.215–88.
Further reading
- Meir, Irit & Sandler, Wendy. (2007) A Language in Space: The Story of Israel Sign Language. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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