Back የኒካራጓ ምልክት ቋንቋ Amharic لغة الإشارة النيكاراغوية Arabic Llingua de señes nicaragüense AST Нікарагуанская мова жэстаў Byelorussian Yezh ar Sinoù Nikaragwek Breton Llengua de signes nicaragüenca Catalan Iaith Arwyddion Nicaragwa Welsh Idioma de Signos Nicaragüense German Nikaragva signolingvo Esperanto Lengua de señas nicaragüense Spanish
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| Nicaraguan Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Idioma de Señas de Nicaragua, ISN | |
| Native to | Nicaragua |
| Region | The Managua region and spreading throughout the country |
Native speakers | 3,000 (1997)[1] |
Deaf-community sign language: developed as a creole language from home and idioglossic sign, with the addition of an ASL-influenced manual alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ncs |
| Glottolog | nica1238 |
| ELP | Nicaraguan Sign Language |
Nicaraguan Sign Language (ISN; Spanish: Idioma de Señas de Nicaragua) is a form of sign language developed by deaf children in a number of schools in Nicaragua in the 1980s. It is of particular interest to linguists as they view it as a unique opportunity to study what many view to be the birth of a new language.
- ^ Nicaraguan Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)