Latvian Sign Language

A language of Latvia

ISO 639: lsl
Alternate Names: LZV, Latviešu Zīmju Valoda
Population: 2,000 (2021 EUD). Approximately 0.1%. Another estimate: 9,900 (2014 IMB).
Location:: Scattered.
Language Status: 5 (Developing). Recognized language (1999, Official Language Law, Section 3(3), 1999-09-12), Ensures development and use for communication with people of impaired hearing.
Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language
Typology: One-handed fingerspelling.
Language Use: Deaf associations. Deaf boarding schools in Riga and Valmiera. Used by all.
Language Development: Literature. TV. Theater. Videos. Dictionary. Grammar. Agency: Latvijas Nedzirdīgo savienība (Latvian Association of the Deaf, LNS).
Other Comments: Fingerspelling system similar to French Sign Language [fsl]. 41 working sign language interpreters (2021 EUD). Christian.

Location: Scattered.