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Puerto Rican Sign Language

A language of Puerto Rico

ISO 639-3: psl

Population	Ethnic population: 8,000 to 40,000 deaf persons (Van Cleve 1986).
Alternate names	PRSL
Dialects	Related to American Sign Language [ase].
Classification	Deaf sign language
Language use	Signs introduced in 1907 by nuns. Some home signs also used. 4 varieties used: Signed Spanish as a pidgin with hearing Spanish speakers; Signed English as a pidgin with deaf educated in USA and with hearing English speakers; American Sign Language with those who know only that; PRSL. Some know only PRSL.

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 - Puerto Rico.

PARKS, Elizabeth; WILLIAMS, Holly, authors. 2012. "The Puerto Rican Deaf Community."