Seychelles Sign Language
| Seychelles Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Lalang Siny Seselwa | |
| Native to | Seychelles |
Native speakers | 100 (2021)[1] |
unclear | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lsw |
| Glottolog | seyc1234 |
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Seychelles Sign Language, also known as Lalang Siny Seselwa, is a sign language used by deaf and hard of hearing Seychellois Creole people.[2] Formalization of the language began as an effort in 2008 between representatives of the Seychellois Association for People with Hearing Impairment and the Paris-based Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris.[3] In 2011, the Seychelles government, with support from UNESCO, began work on a standardization project for the language, which culminated in 2019 the first dictionary of Seychelles Sign.[4][5] The language shows influence from French, American, and Mauritian Sign Language.[6]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Seychelles Sign Language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
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