Swedish Sign Language
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| Swedish Sign Language | |
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| Svenskt Teckenspråk | |
| Native to | Sweden Finland |
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Native speakers
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10,000 (2014)[1] total, including hearing, c. 100,000 (2010)[2] |
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? British Sign
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| SignWriting[3] | |
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| ISO 639-3 | swl |
| Glottolog | swed1236[4] |
Swedish Sign Language (Svenskt teckenspråk or STS) is the sign language used in Sweden. It is recognized by the Swedish government as the country's official sign language, and hearing parents of deaf children are required to learn it.[5]
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References[edit]
- ^ Swedish Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Bergman & Dahl (2010: 140)
- ^ SignPuddle 2.0. Signbank.org. Retrieved on 2013-10-29.
- ^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Swedish Sign Language". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ^ Padden, Carol; Humphries, Tom (1988). Deaf in America: voices from a culture. Harvard University Press. p. 119. ISBN 0674194241.
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