Lyons Sign Language
| Lyons Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Native to | France |
| Region | Rhône-Alpes |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
lsg |
| Glottolog |
lyon1239[1] |
Lyons Sign Language is reported to be a sign language of the Lyon region of France. It is apparently not intelligible with nor related to French Sign Language, which developed in Paris. The number of current users is not attested, and it is not even known if it is still used.[2]
Classification
Wittmann (1991),[3] commenting on its listing in Ethnologue but without further information, posits that LSL is a language isolate (a 'prototype' sign language), and further speculates that LSL is related to Belgian Sign Language, of which today the two varieties, Flemish Sign Language and French Belgian Sign Language, are treated as separate languages.
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Lyons Sign Language". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Lyons Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Wittmann, Henri (1991). "Classification linguistique des langues signées non vocalement." Revue québécoise de linguistique théorique et appliquée 10:1.215–88.
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