Japanese Sign Language

Japanese Sign Language
日本手話 Nihon Shuwa
Native toJapan
Native speakers
320,000 (1986)[1]
Japanese Sign Language family
  • Japanese Sign Language
Official status
Regulated byJapanese Federation of the Deaf
Language codes
ISO 639-3jsl
Glottologjapa1238

Japanese Sign Language (日本手話, nihon-shuwa), also known by the acronym JSL, is the dominant sign language in Japan and is a complete natural language, distinct from but influenced by the spoken Japanese language.

  1. ^ Japanese Sign Language at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019) Closed access icon