Korean Sign Language

Korean Sign Language
Native toSouth Korea
Native speakers
180,000 (2008)[1]
Japanese Sign?
  • Korean Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-2sgn
ISO 639-3kvk
Glottologkore1273
Korean Sign Language
Hangul
한국 수화 언어
Hanja
韓國手話言語
Revised RomanizationHangung suhwa eoneo
McCune–ReischauerHan'gung suhwa ŏnŏ
Short name
Hangul
한국 수어
Hanja
韓國手語
Revised RomanizationHangung sueo
McCune–ReischauerHan'gung suŏ

Korean Sign Language or KSL (Korean한국 수화 언어 or short name 한국 수어) is a sign language used for deaf communities of South Korea. It is one of two official languages in the country, alongside Korean.

  1. ^ Korean Sign Language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon