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ISO 639-3 · fsefse
unclassified · sign language
Finnish Sign Language
Finnish Sign Language is a sign language, spoken in Finland. Wikidata counts about 15,000 speakers (2006). Wikidata describes it as “the sign language most commonly used in Finland”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
fse- Glottocode
finn1310- Family
- unclassified
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 21 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
—levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Finnish Sign Language |
|---|---|
| Also called | Suomalainen Viittomakieli |
| All speakers | 15,000 (2006) |
| 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 Finland
romRomaniIndo-European · 46 mDefinitely endangeredsweSwedishEast Scandinavian · 12.4 m1 · NationalfinFinnishUralic · 5.4 m1 · NationalfitMeänkieliUralic · 70,0008a · MoribundrmlBaltic RomaniIndo-European · 50,0005 · DevelopingkrlKarelianUralic · 35,6006b · ThreatenedsmeNorthern SamiUralic · 25,7002 · ProvincialrmfFinnish KaloIndo-European · 10,0005 · DevelopingludLudicUralic · 3,0007 · ShiftingsmsSkolt SamiUralic · 4207 · Shifting