Tunisian Sign Language
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Tunisian Sign Language (Arabic: لغة الإشارة التونسية, romanized: Lughat al-Ishārah al-Tūnisīyah; French: Langue des signes tunisienne) is the sign language used by deaf people in Tunisia. It derives from Italian Sign Language, mixed with indigenous sign.
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Tunisian Sign Language | |
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Native to | Tunisia |
Native speakers | 21,000 (2008)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | tse |
Glottolog | tuni1249 |
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It is not clear how the language of the Burj as-Salh deaf village relates to indigenous sign and TSL.[2]