French Belgian Sign Language Explained

French Belgian Sign Language
Nativename:Langue des signes de Belgique francophone (LSFB)
States:French Community of Belgium
Speakers:4,000
Date:2014
Ref:e18
Familycolor:sign
Fam1:French Sign?
Fam2:Belgian Sign Language
Iso3:sfb
Glotto:lang1248
Glottorefname:Langue des signes de Belgique Francophone

The French Belgian Sign Language (French: Langue des signes de Belgique francophone; LSFB) is the deaf sign language of the French language Community of Belgium, a country in Western Europe. It and Flemish Sign Language are very closely related (and distantly if at all related to French Sign Language), but generally regarded today as distinct languages.[1]

Legal recognition

By decree of 22 October 2003, the Parliament of the French Community recognised the Sign Language of French-speaking Belgium.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ISO 639-3 . Change Request Documentation: 2006-001 . ISO 639-3 . SIL International . 2019-02-02.
  2. http://www.gallilex.cfwb.be/document/pdf/28210_000.pdf Décret relatif à la reconnaissance de la langue des signes