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Danish Sign Language

A language of Denmark

ISO 639-3: dsl

Population	5,000 (2007).
Dialects	Some signs are related to French Sign Language [fsl]. Intelligible with Swedish and Norwegian sign languages with only moderate difficulty. Not intelligible with Finnish Sign Language [fse].
Classification	Deaf sign language
Language use	Used in all 6 state primary schools for the deaf. Interpreters are required in court, and may be used at important public events, in job training, social services, and mental health programs. Instruction provided for parents of deaf children, for other hearing people. There is a committee on national sign language, an organization for sign language teachers. Signed Danish is distinct, but used in communication with some hearing people.
Language development	Films. TV. Videos. Dictionary. Grammar.
Writing system	SignWriting.
Comments	The first school began in 1807.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

PARKS, Elizabeth, author; PARKS, Jason, editor. 2011. Americas Area Sign Language Survey Report Video Summaries in American Sign Language.

PARKS, Elizabeth, author; PARKS, Jason, editor. 2012. Americas Area Sign Language Survey Report Video Summaries in American Sign Language - Greenland.

PARKS, Elizabeth; WILLIAMS, Holly, authors. 2011. "Sociolinguistic Profiles of Twenty-four Deaf Communities in the Americas."