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ISO 639-3 · dsedse
unclassified · sign language

Dutch Sign Language

Dutch Sign Language is a sign language, spoken in Kingdom of the Netherlands. Wikidata counts about 15,000 speakers (2018). Wikidata describes it as “sign language used in Netherlands”.

5 · Developing15,000
At a glance
ISO 639-3
dse
Glottocode
dutc1253
Family
unclassified
Centre point
52.25, 5.50
Wikipedia
18 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
—levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameDutch Sign Language
Also calledNGT, DSL, Sign Language of the Netherlands, SLN
All speakers15,000 (2018)
Kindsign language

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

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