Saudi Sign Language is the deaf sign language of Saudi Arabia. This sign language is different from the Unified Arabic Sign Language that is used by 18 Arab countries.[2] There are 100,000 deaf people in Saudi Arabia.[3]
| Saudi Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| لغة الإشارة السعودية | |
| Native to | Saudi Arabia |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2008)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sdl |
| Glottolog | saud1238 |
Classification
editWittmann (1991)[4] posits that SSL is a language isolate (a 'prototype' sign language), though one developed through stimulus diffusion from an existing sign language.
References
edit- ^ Saudi Sign Language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "Saudi Arabian Sign Language". Ethnologue. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ "Saudi TV sign language keeps deaf audience in news loop".
- ^ Wittmann, Henri (1991). "Classification linguistique des langues signées non vocalement." Revue québécoise de linguistique théorique et appliquée 10:1.215–88.[1]
Further reading
edit- Meir, Irit & Sandler, Wendy. (2007) A Language in Space: The Story of Israel Sign Language. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
