Catalan Sign Language
| Catalan Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Llengua de signes catalana | |
| Native to | Spain |
| Region | Catalonia |
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Native speakers
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est. 9,000 (2014)[1] |
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possibly French SL
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| Dialects | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | csc |
| Glottolog | cata1287[2] |
Catalan Sign Language (Catalan: Llengua de signes catalana, LSC; IPA: [ˈʎeŋɡwə ðə ˈsiŋnəs kətəˈɫanə]) is a sign language used by perhaps 10,000 people in Catalonia. It has about 50% intelligibility with Spanish Sign Language.
Since 1994, LSC has had official status, due to a law to promote the language promulgated by Generalitat de Catalunya. Catalonia was the first Spanish Autonomous Community to approve a law for a sign language.
FESOCA (Catalan Federation of Deaf People) is a 1979 NGO to represent and to defend the rights of deaf associations and individuals to achieve a full social participation and integration. FESOCA organises several courses, activities and meetings.
There are research groups for LSC like ILLESCAT (LSC Study Centre). This centre studies the evolution of the language, makes linguistic studies and creates new neologisms. The Platform for Linguistic and Cultural Rights for LSC Users aka LSC, Ara! carried out a law to promote this language in the Statute of Autonomy.
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Relationship between LSC and other spoken/sign languages[edit]
As often is the case, there is no relationship between Catalan sign language and the spoken language in the country.
Sign languages are usually grouped according to their connections. In that regard, LSC has up to 70% similarities with Spanish sign language.
Classification[edit]
Wittmann (1991)[3] suspects that LSC may be part of the French Sign Language family, but transmission to Catalonia would have happened early, and is not easy to demonstrate.
LSC Award[edit]
In May 2015 the Departament de Cultura (Department for Culture) created the LSC Award[4] in order to acknowledge individuals, institutions and initiatives for their contribution to the promotion and spreading of LSC.
This biennial award has the same consideration as other awards regarding spoken languages like the Pompeu Fabra Award for Catalan and the Robèrt Lafont Award for Occitan.
See also[edit]
- Catalan manual alphabet
- Wikisign, LSC Wiki Dictionary
- Mira què dic, Diccionari Multimèdia de Signes de Catalunya (Catalan)
References[edit]
- ^ Catalan Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Catalan Sign". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ^ Wittmann, Henri (1991). "Classification linguistique des langues signées non vocalement." Revue québécoise de linguistique théorique et appliquée 10:1.215–88.[1]
- ^ "Es crea el Premi LSC de Foment de la Llengua de Signes Catalana". Departament de cultura (Generalitat de Catalunya). 9 May 2015.
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