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Venezuelan Sign Language

A language of Venezuela

ISO 639-3: vsl

Population	No estimate available.
Dialects	Sign language used in the classroom is different from the one used by adults outside.
Classification	Deaf sign language
Language use	Schools for the deaf since 1937 which use sign language. Deaf people attend college with a sign language interpreter. National bilingual education program for Venezuelan Sign Language and Spanish.
Language development	Dictionary. Grammar.
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 - Venezuela.

PARKS, Elizabeth; WILLIAMS, Holly, authors. 2012. "The Deaf People of Venezuela."