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ISO 639-3 · esoeso
unclassified · sign language
Estonian Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language is a sign language, spoken in Estonia. Wikidata counts about 1,500 speakers (2011). Wikidata describes it as “national sign language of Estonia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
eso- Glottocode
esto1238- Family
- unclassified
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 9 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
—levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Estonian Sign Language |
|---|---|
| Also called | ESL, eesti viipekeel, EVK |
| All speakers | 1,500 (2011) |
| 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 Estonia
sweSwedishEast Scandinavian · 12.4 m1 · NationalfinFinnishUralic · 5.4 m1 · NationalestEstonianUralic · 1.3 mbakBashkirTurkic · 1.2 m2 · ProvincialekkStandard EstonianUralic · 1.2 m1 · NationalyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredvroSouth EstonianUralic · 80,000Definitely endangeredvroVõroUralic · 74,4996b · ThreatenedrmlBaltic RomaniIndo-European · 50,0005 · DevelopingvotVoticUralic · 628b · Nearly Extinct