Catalan manual alphabet

The Catalan manual alphabet is used in Catalan Sign Language but was not officially recognized as one of Catalonia's official languages until 3 June 2010 when Law 17/2010 of the Catalan sign language (LSC) was approved by the government.[1] The Catalan manual alphabet is single-handed[2] and is extremely similar to the Spanish manual alphabet.[3] As a result, people who use Spanish Sign Language can understand approximately up to 80% of the Catalan sign language.[4]

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image icon Catalan manual alphabet

References

  1. ^ "Llei de la llengua de signes catalana" (PDF). blogs.iec.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  2. ^ "Alfabet dactilològic | Portal de la Llengua de Signes Catalana – Institut d'Estudis Catalans". blogs.iec.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  3. ^ "¿Qué es la Lengua de Signos Española?". FESOPRAS (in Spanish). Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  4. ^ "Catalan Sign Language". Ethnologue. Retrieved September 11, 2017.

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^a Sign-language names reflect the region of origin. Natural sign languages are not related to the spoken language used in the same region. For example, French Sign Language originated in France, but is not related to French. Conversely, ASL and BSL both originated in English-speaking countries but are not related to each other; ASL however is related to French Sign Language.

^b Denotes the number (if known) of languages within the family. No further information is given on these languages.

^c Italics indicate extinct languages.


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