German Sign Language family
| German Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution: | Europe |
| Linguistic classification: | One of the world's sign language families |
| Subdivisions: | |
| Glottolog: | dgsi1234[1] |
The German Sign Language family is a small language family of sign languages, including German Sign Language, Polish Sign Language and probably Israeli Sign Language.[2] The latter also had influence from Austrian Sign Language, which is unrelated, and the parentage is not entirely clear.
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References
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "DGSic". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Wittmann, Henri (1991). "Classification linguistique des langues signées non vocalement." Revue québécoise de linguistique théorique et appliquée 10:1.215–88.
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