Iranian Sign Language

Iranian Sign Language
Persian Sign Language
Native toIran
Ethnicity3.0 million Deaf people in Iran (2019)[1]
Native speakers
250,000 (2021)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3psc
Glottologpers1244

Iranian Sign Language (ISL) is the sign language used by Deaf and hard-of-hearing people in Iran. It is a true sign language, unlike the Baghcheban phonetic hand alphabet, which is a form of cued speech.

  1. ^ a b Iranian Sign Language at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon