| Finland-Swedish Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| finlandssvenskt teckenspråk (Swedish) | |
| suomenruotsalainen viittomakieli (Finnish) | |
| Native to | Finland |
| Ethnicity | Finland-Swedes |
Native speakers | 150 deaf and 300 total (2014)[1] Same figure of 150 cited in 2001[2] |
? British Sign
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | fss |
| Glottolog | finl1235 |
| ELP | Finnish-Swedish Sign Language |
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Finland-Swedish Sign Language (FinSSL; Swedish: Finlandssvenskt teckenspråk, Finnish: Suomenruotsalainen viittomakieli) is a moribund sign language in Finland. It is now used mainly in private settings by older adults who attended the only Swedish school for the deaf in Finland (in Porvoo, Swedish: Borgå), which was established in the mid-19th century by Carl Oscar Malm but closed in 1993.[3] However, it has recently been taught to some younger individuals.[4] Some 90 persons had it as their native language within Finland in 2014[5] and it is spoken by around 300 people in total.[6]
- ^ Finland-Swedish Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Finland-Swedish Sign Language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Jossfolk, Karl-Gustav (2017). "Carl Oskar Malm, en döv visionär" (PDF). SFV-kalendern 2017 (in Swedish). 131. Svenska folkskolans vänner. eISSN 2243-0261. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-23.
- ^ "Suomessa on uhanalainen kieli, jota käyttää enää 100 – koulussa Pohjanmaalla neljä suomenruotsalaisen viittomakielen taitajaa opettaa etänä lapsia ympäri maan". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 2021-06-17. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ Westerlund, Elin (3 August 2018). "Det finlandssvenska teckenspråket är utrotningshotad". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). pp. 8–11. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ "De finlandssvenska teckenspråkiga – en osynlig minoritet". svenska.yle.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-04-29.
