Uruguayan Sign Language

A language of Uruguay

ISO 639: ugy
Alternate Names: LSU, Lengua de Señas Uruguaya
Population: 7,000 (Belloso 2009). Approximately 0.2% of total population.
Location:: Scattered.
Language Status: 5 (Developing). Recognized language (2001, Law no. 17.378).
Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language
Typology: Finger-spelling system.
Language Use: Used in schools since 1910. Interpreters required in court. Instruction for parents of deaf children. Committee on national sign language, and an organization for sign language teachers. Used by all. Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 50% in Spanish [spa]. TV. Videos. Dictionary. Agencies: Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de la Persona Sorda (CINDE); Asociación de Sordos del Uruguay (ASUR).

Location: Scattered.