Ukrainian Sign Language

Ukrainian Sign Language
Українська жестова мова
Ukrayinska Zhestova Mova
Native toUkraine
Native speakers
54,000 (2008)[1]
Official status
Regulated byDepartment of Sign Language Education at the Institute of Special Education of National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine
Language codes
ISO 639-3ukl
Glottologukra1235

Ukrainian Sign Language (USL) (Ukrainian: Українська жестова мова (УЖМ), romanizedUkrayinska zhestova mova (UZhM)) is the sign language of the deaf community of Ukraine.[2] Ukrainian Sign Language belongs to the family of French sign languages.[citation needed] Worldwide awareness of Ukrainian Sign Language rose sharply in 2014 after the release of a Ukrainian film The Tribe, where actors communicated in Ukrainian Sign Language with no spoken dialogue.[3][4][5][6][7][8]