Venezuelan Sign Language

Venezuelan Sign Language
Lengua de señas venezolana
Native toVenezuela
Native speakers
86,000 (2021)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3vsl
Glottologvene1237
ELPVenezuelan Sign Language

Venezuelan Sign Language (VSL; Spanish: Lengua de señas venezolana, LSV) is the national deaf sign language of Venezuela. The term, "Venezuelan Sign Language," began to be used in the 1930s. It is widely used, and Venezuela has a national bilingual education program for VSL and Spanish, though the language used by adults differs from that of the classroom. There is a large VSL dictionary published by the Federación Venezolana de Sordos. VSL has been used in schools since 1937.

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