Venezuelan Sign Language

A language of Venezuela

ISO 639: vsl
Alternate Names: Lengua de Señas Venezolana
Population: 86,000 (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL). Estimated 57,000–114,000 deaf signers, assuming 0.2%–0.4% of total population.
Location:: Scattered.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous). Recognized language (1999, Constitution, Chapter 5, Article 81).
Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language
Dialects: None known. Sign language used in school is different from that used by adults outside.
Typology: Finger-spelling system.
Language Use: Schools for the deaf since 1937 which use sign language. Deaf people attend college with a sign language interpreter. Used by all. Also use Spanish [spa], due to national bilingual education program.
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. Agencies: Asociación de Sordomudos de Caracas; Federación Venezolana de Sordos.

Location: Scattered.