| Filipino Sign Language | |
|---|---|
 National Historical Committee marker for the Philippine School for the Deaf and the Blind | |
| Native to | Philippines |
Native speakers | 121,000 (2008) to est. 325,000–650,000 (2021)[1] |
French Sign
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | psp |
| Glottolog | phil1239 |
Filipino Sign Language (FSL) or Philippine Sign Language (Filipino: Wikang pasenyas ng mga Pilipino),[2] is a sign language originating in the Philippines. Like other sign languages, FSL is a unique language with its own grammar, syntax and morphology; it is not based on and does not resemble Filipino or English.[3] Some researchers consider the indigenous signs of FSL to be at risk of being lost due to the increasing influence of American Sign Language.[3]
The Republic Act 11106 or The Filipino Sign Language Act, effective November 27, 2018, declared FSL as the national sign language of the Filipino Deaf.[4]
- ^ Filipino Sign Language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Philippine Sign Language". Glottolog 4.3.
- ^ a b Martinez, PhD, Liza (December 1, 2012). "Primer on Filipino Sign Language". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ "PRRD inks Filipino Sign Language Act into law". Philippine News Agency. November 12, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
