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Paraguay–Uruguay Sign Language Geographic South America Linguistic classification A possible sign language family Subdivisions
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The Paraguay–Uruguay Sign Language family is a possible language family of two related sign languages : Paraguay Sign Language and Uruguay Sign Language .
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Primary language families
Africa
Isolates
Bangime Hadza Jalaa Sandawe Laal ?Shabo ?
Europe Asia
Afroasiatic Ainu Austroasiatic Austronesian Chukotko-Kamchatkan Dravidian Eskimo–Aleut Great Andamanese Hmong–Mien Hurro-Urartian Indo-European Japonic Kartvelian Koreanic Kra–Dai Mongolic Nivkh Northeast Caucasian Northwest Caucasian Ongan Sino-Tibetan Tungusic Turkic Tyrsenian Uralic Yeniseian Yukaghir Digaro ?Hrusish ?Kho-Bwa ?Miju ?Siangic ? Isolates
Basque Burushaski Elamite Hattic Kusunda Nihali Sumerian
New Guinea
Isolates
Abinomn Abun Anêm ?Ata ?Kol Kuot Maybrat Mpur Pawaia Porome Sulka ?Taiap ?Tambora Wiru
Australia
Isolates
Giimbiyu Malak-Malak (Northern Daly?)Tiwi
North
Algic Alsea Caddoan Chimakuan Chinookan Chumashan Comecrudan Coosan Eskimo–Aleut Iroquoian Kalapuyan Keresan Maiduan Muskogean Na-Dene Palaihnihan Plateau Penutian Pomoan Salishan Shastan Siouan Tanoan Tsimshianic Utian Uto-Aztecan Wakashan Wintuan Yukian Yuman–Cochimí Isolates
Chimariko Esselen Haida Karuk Kutenai Seri Siuslaw Takelma Timucua Waikuri Washo Yana Yokuts Yuchi Zuni
Mesoamerica
South
Isolates
Sign languages
Isolates
See list of sign languages
See also Families in italics have no living members. Families with more than 30 languages are in bold .
Sign language
List of sign languages List by number of signers Language families[a]
By region[a]
Sign languages by region
Africa Asia Europe
Armenia
Armenian Austria
Austrian Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani Belgium
Flemish French Belgian United Kingdom
British Croatia
Croatian Denmark
Danish Estonia
Estonian Finland
Finnish France
Ghardaia French Lyons Germany
German Greece
Greek Hungary
Hungarian Iceland
Icelandic Ireland
Irish Italy
Italian Kosovo
Yugoslav (Kosovar) Latvia
Latvian Lithuania
Lithuanian Moldova
Russian Netherlands
Dutch North Macedonia
Macedonian Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Norway
Norwegian Poland
Polish Portugal
Portuguese Russia
Russian Slovenia
Slovenian Spain
Catalan Spanish Valencian Sweden
Swedish Switzerland
Swiss-German Turkey
Central Taurus Mardin Turkish Ukraine
Ukrainian North and Oceania South America
International
International Sign Makaton Monastic Signalong
ASL
Grammar Idioms Literature Profanity Name signs Extinct Linguistics
Grammar (ASL) Bimodal bilingualism Cherology Handshape / Location / Orientation / Movement / Expression Mouthing Sign names Fingerspelling Writing Language
Media
Films (list) Television shows (list) Persons Organisations Miscellaneous ^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
^c Italicised languages demark which languages have gone to
sleep or have
become extinct .
Categories :
Sign languages Sign language families
