Polish Sign Language
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Polish Sign Language Polski Język Migowy |
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Signed in: | Poland | |
Total signers: | ? | |
Language family: | unknown | |
Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | none | |
ISO 639-2: | sgn-PL | |
ISO 639-3: | pso
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Polish Sign Language ("Polski Język Migowy", PJM) is the language of the Deaf community in Poland. Its lexicon and grammar are distinct from the Polish language, although there is a manually coded version of Polish known as System Językowo-Migowy (SJM, or Signed Polish), which is often used by interpreters on television and by teachers in schools.
[edit] Manual alphabet
Polish Sign Language uses a one-handed manual alphabet based on the alphabet used in Old French Sign Language.
[edit] External links
- (Polish) Polish manual alphabet
- Polish Association of the Deaf official website
- (Polish) History of Polish Sign Language