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Azerbaijani Sign Language

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Azerbaijani Sign Language
AİD
Azərbaycan işarət dili
Native toAzerbaijan
Signers31,000 (2009)[citation needed]
Language codes
ISO 639-3
IETFrsl-AZ

Azerbaijani Sign Language (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan işarət dili, AİD) is the sign language used by the deaf community in Azerbaijan. As with other sign languages, AİD has a unique grammar that differs from the oral languages used in the region. There are approximately 31,000 deaf people in Azerbaijan.[citation needed] Azerbaijani Sign Language is not recognized as an official language by Azerbaijan, nor does not have any language codes.[citation needed]

Azerbaijani Sign Language is based on Russian Sign Language.

History

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There are two Republican Special Boarding Schools in Azerbaijan that only serve members of the Azerbaijani deaf community. Although their sign language is not officially recognized, Azerbaijan's deaf community is a member of the World Deaf Federation (WDF). In international conferences and meetings, Russian Sign Language is used instead of Azerbaijani Sign Language.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Deaf cultures and Sign Languages of the world: Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan)". www.theinterpretersfriend.org. Archived from the original on 2011-02-10. Retrieved January 29, 2019. Azerbaijan Deaf Society is a member of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), an international, non-governmental, central organization of national associations of the Deaf.