Deaf sign language of Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau Sign Language | |
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Native to | Guinea-Bissau |
incipient Deaf-community sign language | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | lgs |
Glottolog | guin1260 |
Guinea-Bissau Sign Language is an incipient sign language evolving from the single school for the deaf in Guinea-Bissau, which was founded in Bissau in 2003. In 2005 a linguist and Portuguese Sign Language teacher found GBSL to still be basic, but with some consistency among students in the school and village use when the students went home.
References
- Sign language development in Guinea Bissau, NDCS, 2006.