Guatemalan Sign Language

Guatelmalan Sign Language
Lenguaje de señas guatemalteco
Native to	Guatemala
Language family	Language isolate ?
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`gsm`
Glottolog	`guat1249`^[1]

Guatemalan Sign Language is the national deaf sign language used in Guatemala. The first dictionary was published in 2000. It is distinct from the sign languages used in Mexico and other neighboring Spanish speaking countries, and from Highland Maya Sign Language, which is used among K'iche' Maya of rural Guatemala.

Sources

De León, Rolando Ismael; (ed.) (2000). Lenguaje de señas Guatemalteco (Lensegua) (first ed.). Guatemala City: Comité Pro Ciegos y Sordos de Guatemala, Asociación de Sordos de Guatemala, et al. OCLC 76950070. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)

Languages of Guatemala

Official language	Spanish

Indigenous languages	Achi Akatek Awaketek Ch'orti Chuj Garifuna Itza' Ixil Jakaltek K'iche' Kaqchikel Mam Mopan Poqomam Poqomchi' Q'anjob'al Q'eqchi' Sakapultek Sipakapense Tektitek Tz'utujil Uspantek Xinca Yucatec Maya

Sign languages	Guatemalan Sign Language Mayan Sign Language

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By region^[a]

Sign languages by region

Oceania	Australia: Auslan, Warlpiri, Australian Aboriginal Hawaii New Zealand Solomon Islands: Rennellese

Asia	Chinese Philippine Indonesia: Indonesian, Kata Kolok (Benkala, Balinese) India: Alipur, Indo-Pakistani, Naga Israel: Al-Sayyid Bedouin, Ghardaia, Israeli, Kafr Qasem Japan: Amami Oshima, Japanese Korean Malaysia: Malaysian, Penang, Selangor Mongolian Nepal: Ghandruk, Jhankot, Jumla, Nepalese Persian Saudi Arabia: Saudi Singapore Sri Lankan Taiwanese Thailand: Ban Khor, Thai Vietnamese

Africa	Algeria: Algerian, Ghardaia Ghana: Adamorobe, Nanabin Kenyan Mali: Tebul, LaSiMa Nigeria: Bura, Hausa Senegal: Mbour Somalia & Djibouti: Somali South African Tanzanian Ugandan Zambian

Europe	Armenian Austrian Belgium: Flemish, French Belgian British Croatian Danish Dutch Estonian Finnish France: Ghardaia, French, Lyons German Greek Hungarian Icelandic Irish Italian Kosovar Lithuanian Macedonian Northern Ireland Norwegian Polish Portuguese Russian Slovenian Spain: Catalan, Spanish, Valencian Swedish Swiss Turkey: Mardin, Turkish

North America	Plains Sign Talk Canada: American, Maritime, Quebec, Inuit, Plateau Mexico: Chatino, Mayan, Mexican United States: American (Black American), Keresan, Martha's Vineyard, Plateau, Sandy River Valley, Henniker

South America	Argentine Bolivian Brasil: Libras, Ka'apor Chilean Colombia: Colombian, Providence Island Costa Rica: Bribri, Brunca Ecuadorian Guatemalan: Guatemalan, Mayan Honduras Nicaraguan Paraguayan Peruvian Providence Island Salvadoran Uruguayan Venezuelan

International	International Sign (Gestuno) Makaton Monastic Signalong

Language families^[a]

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American Sign Language

Extinct sign languages

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^a Sign-language names reflect the region of origin. Natural sign languages are not related to the spoken language used in the same region. For example, French Sign Language originated in France, but is not related to French.

References

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Guatemalan Sign Language". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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