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Cypriot Sign Language

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Native to
  
Cyprus

ISO 639-3
  
None (mis)

Language family
  
pidgin

Glottolog
  
None

Cyprus or Cypriot Sign Language (Greek: Κυπριακή Νοηματική Γλώσσα) is an incipient sign language of Cyprus. It appears to be a pidgin of American Sign Language and Greek Sign Language, not yet a fully developed language. The Greek Cypriot deaf community predominantly uses the Greek Sign Language (the Turkish Cypriot deaf community uses the Turkish Sign Language).

References

Cypriot Sign Language Wikipedia