Ecuadorian Sign Language
| Ecuadorian Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ecuador |
Native speakers | unknown; 230,000 deaf (2011)[1] |
Andean? | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ecs |
| Glottolog | ecua1243 |
| ELP | Ecuadorian Sign Language |
Ecuadorian Sign Language is the deaf sign language of Ecuador.
Classification
Clark[2] notes that Peruvian, Bolivian, Ecuadorian and Colombian sign languages "have significant lexical similarities to each other" and "contain a certain degree of lexical influence from ASL" as well, at least going by the forms in national dictionaries. Chilean and Argentinian share these traits, though to a lesser extent.
References
- ^ Ecuadorian Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ [1]
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