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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > Uruguay > Uruguayan Sign Language

Uruguayan Sign Language

A language of Uruguay

ISO 639-3: ugy

Population  No estimate available.
Classification  Deaf sign language
Language use  Has been used since 1910. Used in schools. Interpreters required in court. Instruction for parents of deaf children. Committee on national sign language, and an organization for sign language teachers.
Language development  TV. Videos. Dictionary.
Comments  Manual alphabet for spelling.

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 - Uruguay.