Iraqi Sign Language
| Iraqi Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| لغة الإشارة العراقية | |
| Native to | Iraq |
Arab sign-language family
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | iraq1246 |
Iraqi Sign Language (Arabic: لغة الإشارة العراقية, romanized: luḡa al-išāra al-ʿIrāqiyya) is the deaf sign language of Iraq. It appears to be close to Levantine Arabic Sign Language the common sign language of Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Jordan.[1] It is taught in seven schools or deaf associations in the capital of Baghdad and 5 other cities.[2]
Related Sign Languages
[edit]In research done on Jordanian Sign Language, word lists from Baghdad were collected and compared to sign language from five other countries. It was found to have over 50% lexical similarities with the sign languages of Jordan and Syria[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Zeshan, Ulrike (2011-05-30), "Sign Languages", Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, Brill, retrieved 2022-10-17
- ^ "Demographic Information On Sign Languages Around the World: Field Survey Notes" (PDF). SIL International. 2007–021.
- ^ Hendriks, Hermina Berndina. "Jordanian Sign Language: Aspects of grammar from a cross-linguistic perspective" (PDF). LOT.
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