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Valencian Sign Language

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Native to
  
Spain

Native speakers
  
6,000–10,000 (2014)

Glottolog
  
vale1251

Region
  
Valencian Community.

ISO 639-3
  
vsv

Language family
  
Catalan Sign Language Valencian Sign Language

Valencian Sign Language (Valencian: Llengua de signes valenciana [ˈʎeŋɡwa ðe ˈsiŋnez valensiˈana]), or LSV, is a sign language used by deaf people in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is closely related to Catalan Sign Language (LSC); they are variously described as similar languages or as dialects of a single language.

Valencia was the first Spanish autonomous community to support the use of sign language in the Statute of Autonomy, but does not specify which sign language is to be used. The use of LSV in Valencia has, however, diminished and is restricted to administrative communications and occasional usage in the media.

Learning LSV

  • "¡A Signar!", Interactive CD-ROM [1]. FESORD. València 1999. ISBN 84-605-9699-0.
  • References

    Valencian Sign Language Wikipedia