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ISO 639-3 · fslfsl
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French Sign Language

langue des signes française

French Sign Language is a sign language, spoken in France. Wikidata counts about 283,000 speakers (2008). Wikidata describes it as “sign language used predominately in France and French-speaking Switzerland”.

5 · Developing283,000
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
fsl
Glottocode
fren1243
Family
unclassified
Wikipedia
51 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
—levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameFrench Sign Language · langue des signes française
Also calledLSF, FSL
All speakers283,000 (2008)
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

France84 languages in the index

Also spoken in France

fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationaldeuGermanIndo-European · 135 m1 · NationalnldDutchIndo-European · 23.1 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mgswAlemannicIndo-European · 10 m5 · DevelopingcatCatalanIndo-European · 10 m2 · ProvincialhyeArmenianIndo-European · 6.7 m1 · NationalvlsWest FlemishIndo-European · 1.4 m6b · ThreatenedyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredpflPalatinate GermanIndo-European · 1 m6a · Vigorous