French Belgian Sign Language

French Belgian Sign Language
Langue des signes de Belgique francophone (LSFB)
Native toFrench Community of Belgium
Native speakers
4,000 (2014)[1]
French Sign?
  • Belgian Sign Language
    • French Belgian Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3sfb
Glottologlang1248

The French Belgian Sign Language (French: langue des signes belge francophone, LSFB) is the deaf sign language of the French language Community of Belgium, a country in Western Europe.

It is closely related to the Flemish Sign Language, with differences primarily in mouthings,[2] but is generally regarded today as distinct from it. It is distantly if at all related to French Sign Language.

By decree of 22 October 2003, the Parliament of the French Community recognised the Sign Language of French-speaking Belgium.[3]

See also

Further reading

  • Loncke, Filip (1987). "Belgian". In Van Cleve, John V. (ed.). Gallaudet Encyclopedia of Deaf People and Deafness. Vol. 3. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. pp. 59–60. ISBN 9780070792296. OCLC 13821696.

References

  1. ^ French Belgian Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ ISO 639-3. "Change Request Documentation: 2006-001". ISO 639-3. SIL International. Retrieved 2 February 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Décret relatif à la reconnaissance de la langue des signes
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