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Spanish Sign Language

A language of Spain

ISO 639-3: ssp

Population	102,000 (1994). 20,000 members of deaf associations (Van Cleve 1986).
Alternate names	Mímica
Dialects	Small differences throughout Spain with no difficulties in intercommunication, except in Catalonia. Origin unknown, but reportedly influences from American [ase], French [ssr], and Mexican [mfs] sign languages.
Classification	Deaf sign language
Language use	Interpreters used in court and important public events. Instruction for parents of deaf children. Many sign language classes for hearing people. Committee on national sign language.
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 20%–30%. Films. TV. Videos. Dictionary.
Writing system	SignWriting.
Comments	Manual spelling system.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

PARKHURST, Dianne; PARKHURST, Stephen J., authors. 1998. "La variación en las Lenguas de Signos: un estudio de causas y una metodología analitica."

PARKHURST, Dianne; PARKHURST, Stephen J., authors. 2003. Lexical comparisons of signed languages and the effects of iconicity.  

PARKHURST, Dianne; PARKHURST, Stephen J., authors. 2007. "Spanish Sign Language survey."  

PARKHURST, Dianne; PARKHURST, Stephen J., authors; PÉREZ SOBRINO, Antonio, translator. 2001. Un estudio lingüístico: variación de las lenguas de signos usadas en España.

PARKHURST, Stephen J., author. 2000. "Las primeras configuraciones de un niño oyente."