Armenian Sign Language is the deaf sign language of Armenia. It is not known if it bears any relationship to Caucasian Sign Language, which was used by Armenian women during periods of mourning because of speech taboos.
Classification[]
Wittmann (1991)[1] posits that ArSL is a language isolate (a 'prototype' sign language).
See also[]
Language portal
Armenian language
Deafness
Languages of Armenia
Languages of Europe
List of sign languages
Sign language
References[]
^Wittmann, Henri (1991). "Classification linguistique des langues signées non vocalement." Revue québécoise de linguistique théorique et appliquée 10:1.215–88.[1]
^a Sign-language names reflect the region of origin. Natural sign languages are not related to the spoken language used in the same region. For example, French Sign Language originated in France, but is not related to French. Conversely, ASL and BSL both originated in English-speaking countries but are not related to each other; ASL however is related to French Sign Language.
^b Denotes the number (if known) of languages within the family. No further information is given on these languages.
^c Italicised languages demark which languages have gone to sleep or have become extinct.
Categories:
Languages of Armenia
Sign language isolates
Sign languages
Hidden categories:
Language articles with unknown population not citing Ethnologue 18
