Israeli Sign Language
A language of Israel
| Population | 5,000 users including some hearing persons (Van Cleve 1986). |
| Alternate names | ISL |
| Dialects | Not derived from and relatively little influenced by other sign languages. No special signs introduced from outside by educators. Minor dialect variation. |
| Classification | Deaf sign language |
| Language use | Not all deaf use ISL. Interpreters are provided in courts. Some interpretation for college students. Sign language instruction for parents of deaf children. Many sign language classes for hearing people. Committee on national sign language; organization for sign language teachers. Sign language used in classroom and that used by deaf adults outside are different. |
| Language development | Films. TV. Videos. Dictionary. Grammar. |
| Writing system | Eshkol-Wachmann movement notation system. |
| Comments | The first deaf school was established in Jerusalem in 1934. A fingerspelling system was developed in 1976. Jewish. |
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