Swedish Sign Language
A language of Sweden
| Population | 8,000 deaf primary users, and the L1 of many hearing children of deaf parents (VanCleve 1986). |
| Dialects | No origins from other sign languages, but it influenced Portuguese [psr] and Finnish [fsl] sign languages. Intelligible with Norwegian [nsl] and Danish [dsl] sign languages with only moderate difficulty. Not intelligible with Finnish Sign Language [fsl]. |
| Classification | Deaf sign language |
| Language use | Used since 1800. First deaf school established in 1809. 5 deaf schools use Swedish Sign Language for instruction. Taught at University of Stockholm. Many sign language classes for hearing people. Government interpreters assist deaf in contacts with official and private institutions. Organization for sign language teachers. Regarded as bilingual minority. |
| Language development | TV. Videos. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions. |
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