Argentine Sign Language

E803228

Argentine Sign Language is the primary visual-gestural language used by the Deaf community in Argentina, with linguistic roots in the French Sign Language family.

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Label Occurrences
Argentine Sign Language canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf natural language
sign language
alternativeName LSA NERFINISHED
Lengua de Señas Argentina NERFINISHED
community Argentine Deaf community NERFINISHED
country Argentina
glottocode arge1238
hasDialect Buenos Aires variety
Córdoba variety
Rosario variety NERFINISHED
hasFeature classifier constructions
non-manual markers for questions
use of signing space for grammatical relations
verb agreement through movement and direction
hasLinguisticOrigin influenced by French Sign Language
influenced by local home sign systems
influenced by regional sign varieties in Argentina
ISO639-3Code aed
languageFamily French Sign Language family
linguisticTypology subject–object–verb dominant order in many clauses
modality manual-visual
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith American Sign Language NERFINISHED
Brazilian Sign Language NERFINISHED
Spanish NERFINISHED
primaryUsers Deaf community in Argentina
recognizedBy some provincial laws in Argentina
region Buenos Aires NERFINISHED
Córdoba Province NERFINISHED
Mendoza Province NERFINISHED
Santa Fe Province NERFINISHED
other urban centers in Argentina
signOrder typically topic–comment
status major sign language of Argentina
usedBy Deaf Argentines
children of Deaf adults in Argentina
usedFor community communication among Deaf people in Argentina
education of Deaf students in Argentina
religious services for Deaf congregations in Argentina
television interpreting in Argentina
usedIn Deaf associations in Argentina
Deaf schools in Argentina
interpreting services in Argentina
uses body movements
facial expressions
handshapes
spatial grammar
writingSystem no widely used standardized writing system

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French Sign Language family hasMember Argentine Sign Language