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ISO 639-3 · bfibfi
unclassified · sign language
British Sign Language
British Sign Language is a sign language, spoken in United Kingdom. Wikidata counts about 77,000 speakers (2014). Wikidata describes it as “sign language used in the United Kingdom”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bfi- Glottocode
brit1235- Family
- unclassified
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Centre point
- 52.00, -1.00
- Wikipedia
- 44 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
—levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | British Sign Language |
|---|---|
| Also called | BSL |
| All speakers | 77,000 (2014) |
| Written in | SignWriting, Stokoe notation |
| Kind | sign language |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelwhere it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in United Kingdom
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalurdUrduunclassified · 162.6 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafesylSylhetiIndo-European · 14 m3 · Wider CommunicationscoScotsIndo-European · 1.6 m5 · DevelopingsrdSardinianIndo-European · 1.3 mDefinitely endangeredgleIrishIndo-European · 1.2 m3 · Wider CommunicationyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredcymWelshIndo-European · 724,0002 · ProvincialrmyVlax RomaniIndo-European · 538,4806b · Threatened