German Sign Language > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
German Sign Language
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Deutsche Gebärdensprache; Dgs
Number of speakers:
50,000 (Van Cleve 1986). 22,000 members of German Deaf Association
(Ethnologue)
Code:
gsg
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 German Sign Language
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