Algerian Sign Language

Algerian Sign Language
Native to Algeria, Oujda
French Sign
  • Algerian Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3 asp
Glottolog alge1235[1]

Algerian Sign Language (French: Langue des signes algérienne (LSA), Tamazight: Tamslayt Tadugamt n Lezzayer, Arabic: لغة الإشارة الجزائر ) is the sign language most commonly used in Algeria. It was officially recognized by the Algerian law on the protection and promotion of persons with a disability enacted on May 8, 2002.

It has influenced the deaf community in Oujda in northern Morocco.[2]

References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Algerian Sign Language". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. Algerian Sign Language at Ethnologue



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