Portuguese_Sign_Language

Portuguese Sign Language

Portuguese Sign Language

Sign language

Portuguese Sign language (Portuguese: Língua gestual portuguesa) is a sign language used mainly by deaf people in Portugal.

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It is recognized in the present Constitution of Portugal.[2] It was significantly influenced by Swedish Sign Language, through a school for the Deaf that was established in Lisbon by Swedish educator Pär Aron Borg.[3][4]

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References

  1. [1]
    Portuguese Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Constitution of Portugal, Article 71 and 74
  3. [3]
    Lucas, Ceil (2001). The Sociolinguistics of Sign Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 29. ISBN 9780521794749. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  4. [4]
    Prawitz, J. "Pär Aron Borg - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-03-16.
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