Yemeni Sign Language

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Yemeni Sign Language
لغة الإشارة اليمنية
Native to Yemen
Arab Sign Language family
  • Yemeni Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog yeme1237

Yemeni Sign Language is the (or a) deaf sign language of Yemen. It belongs to the Arab sign-language family (Hendriks 2008). It is not clear how close are the sign languages of the two former Yemeni states.

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