Madagascar Sign Language

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Madagascar Sign Language is the primary visual-gestural language used by the Deaf community in Madagascar, historically influenced by French Sign Language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf natural language
sign language
communicationChannel face-to-face interaction
countryUsedIn Madagascar NERFINISHED
hasCommunity Madagascar Deaf community
hasLanguageType minority language
hasLinguisticLevels morphology
phonology
semantics
syntax
hasStatus primary sign language of Madagascar Deaf community
hasWritingSystem no conventional written form
isDifferentFrom American Sign Language NERFINISHED
French Sign Language NERFINISHED
spoken Malagasy
languageFamilyInfluence French Sign Language NERFINISHED
modality gestural
visual
primaryUsers Deaf community in Madagascar
usedBy Deaf people in Madagascar
hard of hearing people in Madagascar
usedFor access to information for Deaf people in Madagascar
education of Deaf children in Madagascar
social interaction among Deaf people in Madagascar
usedIn Deaf associations in Madagascar
Deaf schools in Madagascar
informal communication among Deaf people in Madagascar
usesArticulators body posture
facial expressions
hands

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French Sign Language family hasMember Madagascar Sign Language