Ecuadorian Sign Language

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Ecuadorian Sign Language is the primary visual-gestural language used by the Deaf community in Ecuador, historically derived from the French Sign Language family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf natural language
sign language
communicationChannel face-to-face interaction
video communication
countryUsedIn Ecuador NERFINISHED
hasAcquisition acquired natively by Deaf children of signing parents in Ecuador
learned as a second language by hearing interpreters in Ecuador
hasAlternativeName LSE NERFINISHED
Lengua de Señas Ecuatoriana NERFINISHED
hasCommunity Ecuadorian Deaf community NERFINISHED
hasCommunityInstitution Deaf associations in major Ecuadorian cities
hasGrammarType non-linear morphology typical of sign languages
hasLexiconSource historical influence from French Sign Language
indigenous lexical innovations in Ecuador
hasLinguisticType subject–object–verb dominant word order (in glossing)
hasPhonologicalParameters handshape
location
movement
non-manual markers
orientation
hasRelationTo French Sign Language NERFINISHED
other Latin American sign languages
hasStatus primary language for many Deaf Ecuadorians
hasUserGroup Deaf educators in Ecuador
children of Deaf adults in Ecuador
sign language interpreters in Ecuador
isNot dialect of Spanish
manually coded Spanish
ISO639-3Code ecs
languageFamily French Sign Language family NERFINISHED
modality gestural
visual
primaryUsers Deaf community in Ecuador
recognizedBy some educational and governmental institutions in Ecuador
region South America
usedBy Deaf people in Cuenca
Deaf people in Guayaquil
Deaf people in Quito
usedFor education of Deaf children in Ecuador (to varying degrees)
everyday communication among Deaf Ecuadorians
interpreting in public services in Ecuador
usedIn Deaf associations in Ecuador
religious services for Deaf communities in Ecuador
schools for the Deaf in Ecuador
television interpreting for Deaf viewers in Ecuador
writingSystem no widely used standardized written form

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French Sign Language family hasMember Ecuadorian Sign Language