Back Llingua de señes turca AST Llengua de signes turca Catalan Türkische Gebärdensprache German Τουρκική νοηματική γλώσσα Greek Turka signolingvo Esperanto Lengua de señas turca Spanish زبان اشاره ترکیهای Persian Turkkilainen viittomakieli Finnish Langue des signes turque French Bahasa Isyarat Turki ID
| Turkish Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Türk İşaret Dili | |
| Native to | Turkey, Northern Cyprus |
| Signers | 250,000 (2021)[1] |
Early form | Possibly from Ottoman Sign Language
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tsm |
| Glottolog | turk1288 |
Turkish Sign Language (Turkish: Türk İşaret Dili, TİD) is the language used by the deaf community in Turkey. As with other sign languages, TİD has a unique grammar that is different from the oral languages used in the region.
TİD uses a two-handed manual alphabet which is very different from the two-handed alphabets used in the BANZSL sign languages. It also uses the tongue in certain phrases.
- ^ Turkish Sign Language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
