Flemish Sign Language

Flemish Sign Language
Vlaamse Gebarentaal (VGT)
Native toFlanders (Belgium)
Native speakers
6,000 (2005) to 5,000 (2014)[1]
French Sign?
  • Belgian Sign Language
    • Flemish Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3vgt
Glottologvlaa1235
ELPFlemish Sign Language

Flemish Sign Language (Dutch: Vlaamse Gebarentaal, VGT) is a deaf sign language of Belgium. It is closely related to French Belgian Sign Language, but they are now generally recognized as distinct languages.[2] VGT is estimated to include around 6,000 sign-language users (Loots et al., 2003).

  1. ^ Flemish Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ ISO 639-3. "Change Request Documentation: 2006-001". ISO 639-3. SIL International. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)