German Sign Language family
European sign language family
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The German Sign Language family is a language family of sign languages, including German Sign Language, Polish Sign Language and probably Israeli Sign Language.[1]
Geographic
distributionEurope
distributionEurope
Linguistic classificationOne of the world's sign language families
Subdivisions
| German Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Europe |
| Linguistic classification | One of the world's sign language families |
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | dgsi1234 |
Anderson (1979) suggested that Swedish Sign, German Sign and British Sign share one origin in a "North-West European" sign language.[2]