 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (August 2022) |
| Guinea-Bissau Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Guinea-Bissau |
incipient Deaf-community sign language | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lgs |
| Glottolog | guin1260 |
Guinea-Bissau Sign Language (Portuguese: Língua gestual guineense or Língua de sinais guineense) is an incipient sign language evolving from the single school for the deaf in Guinea-Bissau, which was founded in Bissau in 2003. In 2005 a linguist and Portuguese Sign Language teacher found GBSL to still be basic, but with some consistency among students in the school and village use when the students went home.
It is not directly related to the Portuguese sign language, although it has borrowed the alphabet from it.[1]
- ^ "República da Guiné-Bissau (Republic of Guinea-Bissau)". African Sign Languages Resource Center. Retrieved 2024-05-13.