| Swiss-German Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| DSGS Schweizerdeutsche Gebärdensprache Langue des Signes Suisse-Allemande Lingua dei Segni Svizzero-Tedesca Germani Helvetti Language | |
| Native to | Switzerland, Liechtenstein |
| Signers | 5,500 (2010)[1] |
possibly French SL
| |
| SignWriting | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sgg |
| Glottolog | swis1240 |
| ELP | Swiss-German Sign Language |
Swiss-German Sign Language (German: Deutschschweizer Gebärdensprache, abbreviated DSGS) is the primary deaf sign language of the German-speaking part of Switzerland and of Liechtenstein. The language was established around 1828.[2] In 2011 it was estimated that 7,500 deaf and 13,000 hearing people use DSGS.[3] There are six dialects which developed in boarding schools for the deaf in Zürich, Bern, Basel, Lucerne, and St. Gallen, as well as in Liechtenstein.[3]
- ^ Swiss-German Sign Language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Wittmannwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Braem, Penny Boyes: Gebärdenspracharbeit in der Schweiz: Rückblick und Ausblick Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, Hamburg: Zeitschrift für Sprache und Kultur Gehörloser
