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Paraguayan Sign Language

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Native to
  
Paraguay

ISO 639-3
  
pys

Native speakers
  
15,000 (2009)

Glottolog
  
para1318

Language family
  
Paraguay–Uruguay Sign Language family?

Paraguayan Sign Language, or Lengua de señas paraguaya (LSPY), is the deaf sign language of Paraguay. It is not intelligible with neighboring languages, nor with American Sign Language, but speakers report that it has historical connections with Uruguayan Sign Language. It developed outside the schools, and was only used in education "recently" (as of 2009).

Paraguay is notably a bilingual country, where both Spanish and Guarani are spoken. The Language Law No. 4251 provides for fingerspelling adequate to both languages.

References

Paraguayan Sign Language Wikipedia