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List of World Sign Languages
The following is a list of the sign languages which are spoken around the world. In total, the list contains 177 elements, which also includes the dialects of the most important languages and other sign systems.Adamarobe SL: Ghana
Algerian SL: Algeria, Morocco
American Indian SL = Plains Indians SL: United States
American SL: United States, Canada, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso,
Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana,
Guinea, Hong Kong, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali,
Mauritania, Nigeria, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, South
Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaire, Zimbabwe.
Ameslan = American SL
Anglo-Saxon Monastic SL: Great Britain.
Aranda SL = DIALECT of Australian Aborigines SL: Australia
Argentine SL: Argentina
Armenian SL: Armenia
Arunta SL = Aranda SL: DIALECT of Australian Aborigines SL: Australia
Augustinian SL (defunct): France, Great Britain
Auslan = Australian SL
Australasian SL = Australian SL and New Zealand SL together
Australian Aborigines SL: Australia
Austrian SL: Austria
Bahasa Malaysia Kod Tangan = Malaysian SL: Malaysia
Bali SL: Indonesia
Bamako SL: Mali
Ban Khor SL: Thailand
Bangalore-Madras SL = DIALECT of Indian SL: India
Bangkok SL (Original) (defunct): Thailand
Belgian SL: Belgium
Exists in two dialects, Dutch (Flemish or North Belgian) and French (Walloon or South Belgian). The degree of their relationships to Dutch SL and French SL respectively, or to each other, apparently has not been studied.
Beluchistan SL = DIALECT of Indo-Pakistan SL: Pakistan
Benedictine SL: Worldwide, but especially France, Britain, USA
Bengali SL: Bangladesh
Bern SL = DIALECT of Swiss-German SL: Switzerland
Black American SL = DIALECT of American SL: United States
Black Southern SL = Black American SL
Bolivian SL: Bolivia
Bologna SL = DIALECT of Italian SL: Italy
Bombay SL = DIALECT of Indian SL: India
Brazilian SL: Brazil
British SL: Great Britain
Bulgarian SL: Bulgaria
Cabra Schools SL = Old Irish SL: Ireland
Calcutta SL = DIALECT of Indian SL: India
Canadian SL: Canada
Canon SL = Augustinian SL (defunct)
Catalonian SL: Spain
Caucasian SL = Armenian Women's SL (defunct)
Chadian SL: Chad
Chiangmai SL = DIALECT of Thai SL: Thailand
Chiangmai SL (Original) (defunct): Thailand
Chilean SL: Chile (Lengua de Sepas Chilena)
Chinese SL: China, Taiwan
Cistercian SL
DIALECTS:
St. Joseph: United States
Cluny (Clunaic): France
Colombian SL: Colombia
Conceptually Accurate Sign English (CASE) = Pidgin Sign English: United States
Congolese SL: Zaore
Cordoba SL: DIALECT of Argentine SL: Argentina
Costa Rican SL: Costa Rica
Cuban SL: Cuba
Cued Speech: United States, Australia, some other countries
Danish SL: Denmark
Delhi SL: DIALECT of Indo-Pakistan SL: India
Deutsche Gebdrdensprache = German SL: Germany
Dieri SL = DIALECT of Australian Aborigines SL: Australia
Djingili SL = DIALECT of Australian Aborigines SL: Australia
Dominican SL: Dominican Republic
Dutch SL: Netherlands.
Ecuadorian SL: Ecuador
Egyptian SL: Egypt
El Paso Gang SL: United States
El Salvadoran SL: El Salvador
Enga SL: Papua New Guinea
Eskimo SL: Canada
Estonian SL: Estonia
Ethiopian SL: Ethiopia
Filipino SL = Philippines SL: Philippines
Finnish SL: Finland
Flemish SL = Dutch (North Belgian) DIALECT of Belgian SL: Belgium
Florence SL = DIALECT of Italian SL: Italy
French Canadian SL: Canada
French SL: France, Switzerland, Togo, Vietnam
Geneva SL = DIALECT of Swiss-French SL: Switzerland
Genova SL = DIALECT of Italian SL: Italy
German SL: Germany.
Gestuno = International SL: International
Ghanian SL: Ghana
Greek SL: Greece
Guatemalan SL: Guatemala
Guinean SL: Guinea
Haiphong SL: Vietnam
Hanoi SL: Vietnam
Harem SL = Seraglio SL: Turkey / Ottoman Empire
Hausa SL: Nigeria
Hawaii Pidgin SL: USA
Hindu Dance Gesture Language: India
Ho Chi Minh City SL: Vietnam
Holmestrand School SL = DIALECT of Norwegian SL: Norway
Hong Kong SL: China
Hungarian SL: Hungary
Icelandic SL: Iceland
Idioma de Signos Nicaraguense = Nicaraguan SL: Nicaragua
Indian SL: India
Indo-Pakistan SL: India, Pakistan
Indonesian SL: Indonesia
Iranian SL = Persian SL: Iran
Irish SL: Ireland
Irislan = Irish Sign Language: Ireland
Isaret = Turkish SL; also Seraglio SL: Turkey (Ottoman Empire)
Israeli SL: Israel
Ixarette = Seraglio SL: Turkey (Ottoman Empire)
Ixtapalapa SL = DIALECT of Mexican SL: Mexico
Jamaican Country SL: Jamaica
Japanese SL: Japan
Jaralde SL = DIALECT of Australian Aborigines SL: Australia
Jordanian SL: Jordan
Karachi SL = DIALECT of Indo-Pakistan SL: Pakistan
Kata Kolok = Bali SL: Indonesia
Kenyan SL: Kenya
Korean SL: South Korea
Kuala Lumpur SL: Malaysia (Peninsular)
Langage Gestuelle = Swiss-French SL: Switzerland
Langue des Signes Française = French SL: France
Langue des Signes Quibicois = French Canadian SL: Canada
Laos SL: Laos
Latvian SL: Latvia
Lautbegleitende Gebdrden = Sound-Accompanied Signs: Germany
Lautsprachbegleitendes Gebdrden = Speech-Accompanied Signs: Switzerland
Lengua de Sepas Chilena = Chilean SL: Chile
Lengua de Sepas Cubanas = Cuban SL: Cuba
Lengua de Sepas Panamepas = Panamanian SL: Panama
Lengua de Sepas Venezolana = Venezuelan SL: Venezuela
Lenguaje de Sepas Mexicanas = Mexican SL: Mexico
Lenguaje de Sepas Uruguayo = Uruguayan SL: Uruguay
Lenguaje de Signos Nicaraguense = Nicaraguan SL: Nicaragua
Lenguaje Gestual Español = Spanish SL: Spain
Lenguaje Manual Colombiano = Colombian SL: Colombia
Lenguaje Mimico Español = Spanish SL: Spain
Lenguaje Mimico Maya = Maya SL: Mexico
Libyan SL: Libya
Lengua de Sinais Brasileira = Brazilian SL: Brazil
Lingua dei Segni Italiana = Italian Sign Language: Italy
Lingua Gestual Portuguesa = Portuguese SL: Portugal
Linguagem das Myos = Brazilian SL: Brazil
Linguistics of Visual English (LOVE): United States
Lingwi tas-Sinjali Maltin = Maltese SL: Malta
Lisbon SL = DIALECT of Portuguese SL: Portugal
Lithuanian SL: Lithuania
Lyons SL: France
Macao SL: China (Macao)
Maganar Bebaye = Hausa SL: Nigeria
Maganar Hannu = Hausa SL: Nigeria
Makaton Vocabulary: Great Britain
Malaysian SL: Malaysia (Peninsular)
Mali SL: Mali
Maltese SL: Malta
Manjiljarra SL: DIALECT of Australian Aborigines SL: Australia
Marseilles SL = DIALECT of French SL: France
Maritime SL = Nova Scotian SL: Canada
Martha's Vineyard SL (defunct): United States
Masvingo SL = DIALECT of Zimbabwe SL: Zimbabwe
Mayan SL: Mexico
Mexican SL: Mexico
Migany Jezyk Polski = Polish Finger Language: Poland
Milan SL = DIALECT of Italian SL: Italy
Mimico Español = Spanish SL
Monastic Sign Languages, see:
Anglo-Saxon Monastic SL
Augustinian SL
Benedictine SL
Cistercian SL
Trappist SL
Mongolian SL: Mongolia
Montevideo SL = DIALECT of Uruguayan SL: Uruguay
Moroccan SL: Morocco
Morphemic Sign System: United States
Motorcycle SL: United States
Mozambican SL: Mozambique
Mudbura SL = DIALECT of Australian Aborigine SL: Australia
Mumbai SL = Bombay SL: India
Murngin SL: DIALECT of Australian Aborigine SL: Australia
Namibian SL: Namibia
Naples/Palermo SL = DIALECT of Italian SL: Italy
Native Americans SL = Plains Indians SL: United States
Natorliche Gebdrde = Swiss-German SL: Switzerland
Nepalese SL: Nepal
Neuchatel SL = DIALECT of Swiss-French SL: Switzerland
New Zealand SL: New Zealand
Ngada SL: DIALECT of Australian Aborigine SL: Australia
Nicaraguan SL: Nicaragua
Nigerian SL: Nigeria
Nihon Syuwa = Japanese SL: Japan
Norsk Tegnsprek = Norwegian SL: Norway
North American Indians SL = Plains Indians SL: United States
North Belgian SL = DIALECT of Belgian SL: Belgium
North West Frontier Province SL = DIALECT of Indo-Pakistan SL: India
Norwegian SL: Norway.
Nova Scotian SL: Canada
Old Irish SL: Ireland
Old Kentish SL (defunct): Great Britain
Oporto SL = DIALECT of Portuguese SL: Portugal
Original Bangkok SL (defunct): Thailand
Original Chiangmai SL (defunct): Thailand
Oslo School SL = DIALECT of Norwegian SL: Norway
Padua SL = DIALECT of Italian SL: Italy
Paget-Gorman Sign System: Great Britain
Pakistan SL: Pakistan
Paleno: International
Palestinian SL: Palestine
Panamanian SL: Panama
Penang SL: Malaysia (Peninsular)
Persian SL: Iran
Peruvian SL: Peru
Philippine SL: Philippines
Pidgin Sign English: United States
Plains Indian SL: United States.
Polish SL: Poland
Portuguese SL: Portugal (Lengua Gestual Portuguesa)
Providence Island SL = Providencia SL: Colombia
Providencia SL: Colombia
Puerto Rican SL: Puerto Rico
Punjab/Sindh SL = DIALECT of Indo-Pakistan SL: India
Quebec SL = French Canadian SL: Canada
Rennellese SL: Solomon Islands
Romanian SL: Romania
Rome SL = DIALECT of Italian SL: Italy
Russian SL: Russia, Bulgaria
Saigon SL = Ho Chi Minh City SL: Vietnam
Salto SL = DIALECT of Uruguayan SL: Uruguay
Salvadoran SL = El Salvadoran SL: El Salvador
Sao Paulo SL = DIALECT of Brazilian SL: Brazil
Saudi Arabian SL: Saudi Arabia
Sawmill SL: Canada, United States
Scandinavian Pidgin SL: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden
Scuba SL = Underwater SL: United States
Seeing Essential English (SEE I): United States
Seeing Essential Polish = DIALECT of Polish Finger Language: Poland
Seraglio SL: Turkey / Ottoman Empire
Serbian SL = DIALECT of Yugoslavian SL: Yugoslavia
Shanghai SL = DIALECT of Chinese SL: China, Singapore
Shuwa = Japanese SL: Japan
Siena SL = DIALECT of Italian SL: Italy
Sign Language of the Netherlands = Dutch Sign Language: Netherlands
Sign Supported Dutch: Netherlands
Sign Supported Speech: Great Britain
Sign Urdu: Pakistan
Signed Danish: Denmark
Signed English: United States
Signed French: France (le Français Sign)
Signed German = Speech-Accompanied Signs: Germany
Signed Swedish: Sweden
Signing Exact English (SEE II): United States, Singapore
Signing Exact Polish = DIALECT of Polish Finger Language: Poland
Singapore SL: Singapore
Slovakian SL: Slovakia
Slovenian SL = DIALECT of Yugoslavian SL: Slovenia
South African SL: South Africa.
South Belgian SL = DIALECT of Belgian SL: Belgium
Southern French SL = Marseilles SL, DIALECT of French SL: France
Spanish SL: Spain
Speech-Accompanied Signs: Germany
Sri Lankan SL: Sri Lanka
Swedish SL: Sweden.
Swiss-French SL: Switzerland
Swiss-German SL: Switzerland
Swiss-Italian SL: Switzerland
Tainan SL = DIALECT of Taiwanese SL: China (Taiwan)
Taipei SL = DIALECT of Taiwanese SL: China (Taiwan)
Taiwanese SL: China (Taiwan)
Tak SL = DIALECT of Thai SL: Thailand
Tanzanian SL: Tanzania
Temane = Japanese SL: Japan
Thai SL: Thailand
Torres Straits Islander SL = DIALECT of Australian Aborigines SL: Australia
Trappist SL: Worldwide, but especially France, Britain, United States
Trieste SL = DIALECT of Italian SL: Italy
Trondheim SL = DIALECT of Norwegian SL: Norway
Tunisian SL: Tunisia
Turin SL = DIALECT of Italian SL: Italy
Turkish SL: Turkey
Ugandan SL: Uganda
Ukrainian SL: Ukraine
Underwater SL: United States
Urubi-Kaapor SL: Brazil
Uruguayan SL: Uruguay
Venezuelan SL: Venezuela (Lengua de Sepas Venezolana)
Vietnamese SL: Vietnam
Viittomakieli = Finnish SL
Walpari [or Walbiri] SL = DIALECT of Australian Aborigines SL: Australia
Warumungu [or Warramunga] SL = DIALECT of Australian Aborigines SL: Australia
Welsh SL = DIALECT of British Sign Language: Great Britain
Western Desert SL = DIALECT of Australian Aborigines SL: Australia
Worldsign: International
Worora Kinship SL = DIALECT of Australian Aborigines SL: Australia
Yiddish SL: Israel
Yucatec Maya SL = Mayan SL: Mexico
Yugoslavian SL: Yugoslavia, Slovenia
Yurira Watjalku = Western Desert SL
Zambian SL: Zambia.
Zimbabwe Community SL = DIALECT of Zimbabwe SL: Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe School SL = DIALECT of Zimbabwe SL: Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe SL: Zimbabwe
Zimsign = Zimbabwe SL
Ziran Shouyu = Taiwanese SL
Zurich SL = DIALECT of Swiss-German SL: Switzerland