French Belgian Sign Language

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French Belgian Sign Language
Langue des signes de Belgique francophone (LSFB)
Native to French Community of Belgium
Native speakers
4,000 (2014) [1]
French Sign?
  • Belgian Sign Language
    • French Belgian Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3 sfb
Glottolog lang1248

The French Belgian Sign Language (French : langue des signes belge francophone, LSFB) is the deaf sign language of the French language Community of Belgium, a country in Western Europe. It and Flemish Sign Language are very closely related (and distantly if at all related to French Sign Language), but generally regarded today as distinct languages. [2]

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By decree of 22 October 2003, the Parliament of the French Community recognised the Sign Language of French-speaking Belgium. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ French Belgian Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ ISO 639-3. "Change Request Documentation: 2006-001". ISO 639-3. SIL International. Retrieved 2 February 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Décret relatif à la reconnaissance de la langue des signes
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