German Sign Language
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sign language in which the deaf community and hearing people communicate with each other in Germany
Key facts
- Native to
- Germany , Belgium , Luxembourg
- Native speakers
- Between 80,000 and 395,000 (2014)
- Language family
- German Sign Language family German Sign Language
- Iso 639 3
- gsg
- Glottolog
- germ1281
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- modern language
- Subclass of
- German Sign Language family
- Country
- Belgium
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- Commons category
- German Sign Language
- category for films in this language
- Category:German Sign Language films
- different from
- Swiss-German Sign Language
- Wikimedia language code
- gsg
- linguistic typology
- subject–object–verb
- native label
- M518x518S10010493x459S2ff00482x483S20500478x475 M581x524S15d09420x476S15d21446x477S2ef00455x504S15d09507x485S15d02519x486S20e00550x493S26506566x493 M542x525S16d10497x476S16d18479x484S27100502x501S27114458x510
- short name
- DGS
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Encyclopedic overview
German Sign Language (German: Deutsche Gebärdensprache, DGS) is the sign language of the deaf community in Germany, Luxembourg and the German-speaking community of Belgium. It is unclear how many use German Sign Language as their main language; Gallaudet University estimated 50,000 users as of 1986. The language has evolved through use in deaf communities over hundreds of years.
Recognition
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “German Sign Language” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.