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Libyan Sign Language
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| Libyan Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Libya |
Native speakers | 20,000 (2021)[1] |
Arab Sign Language family?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lbs |
| Glottolog | liby1235 |
Libyan Sign Language (Arabic: لغة الإشارة الليبية, romanized: Lughat al-Ishārah al-Lībīyah) is the deaf sign language of Libya. It appears to belong to the Arab sign language family (Hendriks 2008).
References
[edit]- ^ Libyan Sign Language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Sources
[edit]- Hendriks, Bernadet, 2008. Jordanian Sign Language: aspects of grammar from a cross-linguistic perspective (dissertation)[1]
- Suwed, Abdalla A. 1984. Lughat Al-Ishara Al-`Arabiyah: Laughat As-Sum. Tripoli, Libya: Al-Mansha'ah Al Aamah Lin-Nasher wal I'lam.
