Uruguayan Sign Language Explained

Uruguayan Sign Language
States:Uruguay
Speakers:7,000
Date:2009
Ref:e18
Familycolor:sign language
Family:Paraguay–Uruguay Sign Language family?
Iso3:ugy
Glotto:urug1238
Glottorefname:Uruguayan Sign Language
Nativename:Lengua de señas uruguaya

Uruguayan Sign Language (LSU) is the deaf sign language of Uruguay, used since 1910. It is not intelligible with neighboring languages, though it may have historical connections with Paraguayan Sign Language.

In 2001, LSU was recognized as an official language of Uruguay under Law 17.378.[1]

References

  1. Meyers. Stephen. Lockwood. Elizabeth. 2014-12-06. The Tale of Two Civil Societies: Comparing disability rights movements in Nicaragua and Uruguay. Disability Studies Quarterly. en. 34. 4. 10.18061/dsq.v34i4.3845. 2159-8371. free.

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