| Tunisian Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Tunisia |
Native speakers | 21,000 (2008)[1] |
French Sign
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tse |
| Glottolog | tuni1249 |
Tunisian Sign Language is the sign language used by deaf people in Tunisia. It derives from Italian Sign Language, mixed with indigenous sign.
It is not clear how the language of the Burj as-Salh deaf village relates to indigenous sign and TSL.[2]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Tunisian Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "8 Deaf Villages Around the World and How They Came to be". 6 November 2016.
