Levantine Arabic Sign Language
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| Syro-Palestinian Sign Language | |
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| Region | Levant/Bilad al-Sham |
Native speakers | 30,000 (2021)Template:Ethnologue25 does not exist |
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| ISO 639-3 | jos (Jordanian Sign Language) |
| Glottolog | jord1238 Levantine Arabic SL |
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Levantine Arabic Sign Language is the sign language used by people of the area known as Bilad al-Sham or the Levant, comprising Jordan, Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon. Although there are significant differences in vocabulary between the four states, this is not much greater than regional differences within the states. Grammar is quite uniform and mutual intelligibility is high, indicating that they are dialects of a single language.[1]
The language typically goes by the name of the country, as so:
- Jordanian SL: Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang". (LIU)
- Lebanese SL: Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang". (LIL)
- Palestinian SL: Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang". (LIF)
- Syrian SL: Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang". (LIS)
Jordanian Sign Language
Jordanian Sign Language (LIU) has multiple dialects, and no standard form.[2] A dictionary of 500 LIU signs was published in 2006.[2]
Palestinian Sign Language
The first school for the deaf in Palestine opened in 1972 in Bethlehem, but sign language was not taught until the 1990s, with the opening of new schools for the deaf and the publication of a Palestinian Sign Language (LIF) dictionary by the Ramallah-based Benevolent Society for the Deaf. As of 2021, all schools for the deaf in Palestine taught at least some LIF, but the official educational LIF dictionary only contains signs up through the seventh grade syllabus.[3]
Deaf clubs were founded in Palestine beginning in 1991 in Ramallah, and five clubs existed in the country as of 2021. These clubs serve as informal gathering spaces and educational spaces.[3]
The first university classes in LIF were offered by Birzeit University in 2014. Formal education in LIF interpretation was not offered in Palestine until 2019.[3]
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hendriks, Bernadet (2008). Jordanian Sign Language: Aspects of grammar from a cross-linguistic perspective (PDF). LOT. ISBN 978-90-78328-67-4.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hendriks, Bernadet (2007-01-01). "Simultaneous use of the two hands in Jordanian Sign Language". In Vermeerbergen, Myriam; Leeson, Lorraine; Crasborn, Onno Alex (eds.). Simultaneity in Signed Languages: Form and Function. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 237. doi:10.1075/cilt.281.11hen. ISBN 978-90-272-4796-4.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Abdel-Fattah, Khalil Alawneh and Mahmoud (January 2021). "Deaf education in Palestine: Reality and Aspirations". British Association of Teachers of the Deaf Magazine. ISSN 1366-0799.
Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hendriks, Bernadet (2008-09-25). "Negation in Jordanian Sign Language: A cross-linguistic perspective". In Perniss, Pamela M.; Pfau, Roland; Steinbach, Markus (eds.). Visible Variation: Comparative Studies on Sign Language Structure. De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 103–128. doi:10.1515/9783110198850.103. ISBN 978-3-11-019885-0. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Richardson, Kristina (Winter 2017). "New Evidence for Early Ottoman Arabic and Turkish Sign Systems". Sign Language Studies. 17 (2): 172–192. doi:10.1353/sls.2017.0001. S2CID 44038104.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Abdel-Fattah, Mahmoud; Alawnah, Khalil M. I. (2020-12-11). "Modality in Palestinian Sign Language". International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change. 14 (12). ISSN 2201-1323.
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