Saudi Sign Language

Saudi Sign Language
لغة الإشارة السعودية
Native toSaudi Arabia
Native speakers
100,000 (2008)
Language codes
ISO 639-3sdl
Glottologsaud1238

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. There are 100,000 deaf people in Saudi Arabia.

Classification

Wittmann (1991) posits that SSL is a language isolate (a 'prototype' sign language), though one developed through stimulus diffusion from an existing sign language.


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