Uruguayan Sign Language
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A language of Uruguay
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Lengua de Señas Uruguaya, LSU
Population
7,000 (Belloso 2009).
Location
Scattered.
Language Status
5 (Developing).
Classification
Typology
Finger-spelling system.
Language Use
Used since 1910 in schools. Interpreters required in court. Instruction for parents of deaf children. Committee on national sign language, and an organization for sign language teachers. Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 50% in Spanish [spa]. TV. Videos. Dictionary. Agencies: Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de la Persona Sorda (CINDE); Asociación de Sordos del Uruguay (ASUR).
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