German Sign Language
A language of Germany
| Population | 50,000 (Van Cleve 1986). 22,000 members of German Deaf Association. |
| Region | West. |
| Alternate names | Deutsche Gebärdensprache, Dgs |
| Dialects | Many regional lexical variations. Some similarity to French [fsl] and other European sign languages. Relation to sign languages of eastern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland is not known. More than one sign language used in eastern Germany. |
| Classification | Deaf sign language |
| Language development | Bible portions: 1998. |
| Writing system | SignWriting. |
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