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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Mali > Bamako Sign Language

Bamako Sign Language

A language of Mali

ISO 639-3bog

Population  No estimate available.
Region  Bamako school for deaf children, separated into 3 grade classes. Not known if it is widely used elsewhere or not.
Dialects  Not related to other sign languages.
Classification  Deaf sign language
Language use  Some hearing people use it to communicate with deaf people. All ages. They have some knowledge of French and possibly Bambara.
Language development  Dictionary.
Comments  Based on American Sign Language [ase].