British Sign Language > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
British Sign Language
Type:
Language
Alternate Name:
BSL
Number of speakers:
40,000 L1 users (1984 M. Deuchar), out of 909,000 deaf; majority probably have some degree of sign language competence (Deuchar 1977)
(Ethnologue)
Code:
bfi
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Sign Languages
Parent Subgroup:
European Deaf Sign Languages; European Sign Language; European Deaf Sign Language (edsl)
Map of British Sign Language
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