Greek Sign Language
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Greek Sign Language | |
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Native to | Greece |
Native speakers | Estimates run from 6,000 to 60,000 (2014)[1] Differences may reflect degree of fluency. |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | gss |
Glottolog | gree1271 |
Greek Sign Language (Greek: Ελληνική νοηματική γλώσσα) is the sign language of the Greek deaf community. It has been legally recognised as the official language of the Deaf Community in Greece by Law 2817 in 2000.
The Greek Sign Language is estimated to be used by about 40,600 signers in 1986.[2]
Greek SL formed in the 1950s when American Sign Language and French Sign Language came together, with admixture from indigenous sign.
References
- ^ Greek Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Eleni Efthimiou; Stavroula-Evita Fotinea. "An Environment for Deaf Accessibility to Educational Content" (PDF). Proceeding of the First International Conference in Information and Communication Technology & Accessibility April 12 – 14, 2007, Hammamet – TUNISIA. Tynisia: Mohamed JEMNI (editor). Retrieved 2010-03-18.
Relevant literature
- Hatzopoulou, Marianna. 2008. Acquisition of reference to self and others in Greek Sign Language: From pointing gesture to pronominal pointing signs. Doctoral dissertation, Stockholm University. Online access
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Greek varieties | |
Sign languages | |
Other languages |
External links
- WikiSigns.org - Wiki GSL dictionary