Libyan Sign Language

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Libyan Sign Language
Native to Libya
Native speakers
20,000 (2021) [1]
Arab Sign Language family?
  • Libyan Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3 lbs
Glottolog liby1235

Libyan Sign Language is the deaf sign language of Libya. It appears to belong to the Arab sign language family (Hendriks 2008).

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References

  1. Libyan Sign Language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg

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