Armenian Sign Language
Armenian Sign Language is the deaf sign language of Armenia.
| Armenian Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Armenia, Artsakh |
| Signers | 3,200–16,000 (2008–2021)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aen |
| Glottolog | arme1259 |
Classification
Wittmann (1991)[2] posits that ArSL is a language isolate (a 'prototype' sign language).
See also
References
- Armenian Sign Language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- 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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