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ISO 639-3 · vgtvgt
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Flemish Sign Language

Vlaamse Gebarentaal

Flemish Sign Language is a sign language, spoken in Belgium. Wikidata describes it as “sign language used by the deaf community of the Flemish Community”.

5 · DevelopingSgnwDutch alphabet
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
vgt
Glottocode
vlaa1235
Family
unclassified
Wikipedia
11 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
—levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameFlemish Sign Language · Vlaamse Gebarentaal
Written inSignWriting, Dutch alphabet
Kindsign language

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

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

Other languages at this level
where it is spoken

Countries

Belgium13 languages in the index

Also spoken in Belgium

fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationaldeuGermanIndo-European · 135 m1 · NationalnldDutchIndo-European · 23.1 m1 · NationallimLimburgishIndo-European · 1.6 m2 · ProvincialvlsWest FlemishIndo-European · 1.4 m6b · ThreatenedyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredpcdPicardIndo-European · 700,0008b · Nearly ExtinctwlnWalloonIndo-European · 600,0006b · ThreatenedltzLuxembourgishunclassified · 470,2004 · EducationalgsgGerman Sign Languageunclassified