Algerian Sign Language
Deaf sign language of Algeria
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Algerian Sign Language | |
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Native to | Algeria |
Native speakers | 240,000 (2008)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | asp |
Glottolog | alge1235 |
Algerian Sign Language (Arabic: لغة الإشارة الجزائرية, romanized: Lughatu 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
[edit]- ^ Algerian Sign Language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
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